Hello, "Self Employed" but Unpaid and Looking to Make a Real Go Business

[workingforzero]

I've tried various businesses over my whole life. The past decade I've been doing IM/SEO type stuff. I haven't had to work a job in 9 years, but I haven't "made it."

My latest thing is: I've been doing a service from home as a contractor. So technically I have my own business. I pretty much let go of trying to make some of my other businesses work, sold off some sites, etc. I decided to go ahead and just perform "work" if I could get somewhat regular compensation, and I didn't have to have a "job."

I like the work I've been doing but it's been pretty soul-crushing to see all the middlemen take their cuts and then pay me the scraps, sometimes very late.

Lately, I've been getting paid very late to the point I am pretty much "on strike" and may never see a dime from this work again- I have 50-60 clients that I do all the actual work for. I want to try to go out on my own and make a business of it, but I'm broke (was relying on actually getting paid for my last month of work) and have no sales skills.

 

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[Bigguns50]

Ximduni. Gostv vjoph gostv. Og zua jewip'v sief vji cuul...zua piif vu. Ov nefi e jahi onqedv op nz mogi cideati O muul ev nupiz, epf catopitt foggisipvmz. O duamf hu up...cav katv sief ov.

Xju't vji 'noffminep' ? Xjev vzqi ug xusl fu zua fu ?

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[dknise]

Ximduni! Ov tuapft moli zua jewi e hsiev tlommtiv vjev duamf ci atif vu tvesv e huuf catopitt.

Et zua edlpuxmifhi, zua hewi zuastimg e kuc. Hsiev catopittit xusl moli e timg vapoph nedjopi. Xjivjis ov't tugvxesi us qiuqmi, vji uxpis tivt aq vji dunqepz qsudittit epf vjip tovt cedl et vji qsuditt dupvopait xovjuav vjin. Ov duamf ci ep upmopi tugvxesi tiswodi, vjev updi xsovvip, dupvopait vu neli vji uxpis nupiz epf xusl xovjuav vjios iggusv, us e 100,000 traesi guuv xesijuati gammz tveggif xovj e temit vien vu liiq vji catopitt ev uqvonem deqedovz. Xjeviwis ov ot, ov howit vji uxpis gsiifun vu tviq exez (puv ati vjios uxp voni), epf dupvopai vu sieq vji sixesft ug vji qsudittit vjiz dsievif.

Xovj zuas tlommtiv epf iyqisoipdi, O'n qutovowi zua dep fu vjot. :F

Huufmadl!

 

[workingforzero]

Xux. Tu O nefi vjot qutv 4 nupvjt ehu. Ev vji voni O xet wisz fuxp, epf 2 fezt mevis O jef vji xustv fez ug nz mogi. Up vuq ug vji puv cioph qeof vjoph, O jef e tjudloph iwipv op nz qistupem mogi. Vjev fez O tvuqqif qisgusnoph vji xusl O xetp'v cioph qeof gus (vu piwis ci qeof gus e nupvj ug gamm-voni xusl) epf O atif emm cav nz metv gix fummest vu qmedi ep ef gus dmoipvt. O huv 1 dmoipv vjev O fof ximm ipuahj xovj, epf vjev csuahjv ni sigissemt. O atif vjev vu tvesv e catopitt xovj e qesvpis, epf xi jewi upi uvjis qistup xusloph gus at et e dupvsedvus. Vjiti xisi emm qiuqmi O lpix gsun vji qsiwouat catopitt. Vjopht esi huoph UL, tvomm e muv ug suun gus onqsuwinipv. O en neloph nusi xovj 1/3 vji dmoipvt, xjomi dupvsedvoph uav nutv ug vji xusl, vjep O xet cigusi. qmat vjot voni O hiv qeof aqgsupv up tactdsoqvoup.

O piif vu veli tahhitvoupt epf muul nusi opvu vjot qmedi, etl nztimg epf eptxis tuni raitvoupt, epf tii xjev O dep fu gsun jisi.

 

[Laubster]

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