254: Freelance to Freedom: From $30k a Year to $30k in a Day

<p>“You have a skill, but you’re not using it correctly."</p> <p>That the tough love advice Vincent Pugliese's father gave him.</p> <p><a href="http://VincentPugliese.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Vincent</a> was working what he thought was his dream job as a photojournalist. He'd just won the most prestigious award in his industry (International Sports Photographer of the Year), and he and his wife Elizabeth had a baby on the way.</p> <p>Yet the newspaper job didn't pay well. With the impending arrival of their son, Vincent took a hard look at his financial picture: he was in his mid-30s, 6-figures in debt, and earning $15 an hour.</p> <p>Not great.</p> <p>Something had to change, and something did.</p> <p>Four years later, the family was debt free and self-employed, thanks to the success of their freelance photography side hustle.</p> <p><em>Note: <a href= "https://nickloper.lpages.co/leadbox/141a38933f72a2%3A12b7a20bab46dc/5754661927649280/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to download Vincent’s top tips for creating freedom through freelancing</a>.</em></p> <p>I met Vincent at Podcast Movement and invited him on the show to share his inspiring and relate-able story. With a growing trend toward freelance workers, his transition is one many people will need to make over the next few years.</p> <p>With his newfound time freedom, Vincent has kept busy with a number of new projects including his upcoming book <em><a href="http://freelancetofreedombook.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Freelance to Freedom</a></em>, and an online course teaching parents how to take better sports pictures of their kids.</p> <p>(Even though Vincent had no "audience" of his own to sell to, the course did over $30k on launch day, giving us the hook for this episode.)</p> <p>Tune in to hear how he and his wife got it done and how you can apply the same strategies to the skills on your own resume.</p>