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Opportunity Spotting : Freelance Writing Is Booming.

by David_Drake

The word freelance was first coined by Sir Walter Scott, a
renowned Scottish historical novelist and poet when he wrote his
novel Ivanhoe to refer to a medieval mercenary warrior. In 1903
the word was officially recognized by etymologists and made it to
the Oxford English Dictionary.

Simply put, a freelancer is a person who is self employed.
Freelancers seek out different projects which vary in their size,
scope and variety. In case of freelancing writing, projects may
include article writing, book writing, ebook writing, Technical
reports, editing, proofreading, white papers, direct mail,
copywriting, newsletters, Ezine writing� and much more.

A Look at Current State of Industry

The freelance industry has literally boomed. $60 billion of work
is now outsourced to specialists� worldwide. According to the US
Department of Labor �35 million Americans class themselves as
independent professionals.�

In the past three years, companies have increased their
outsourcing by 22%

A survey done predicted that companies using freelance services
will more than double from 20% to 50%.

This trend is not a localized trend to be seen in USA or a few
countries but is slowly becoming a global phenomenon.

Looking at it ,being part of a $120 billion industry won�t be
bad!

But why exactly has freelance writing boomed?

Though there are many reasons behind this phenomenon ,two
reasons which clearly stand out above the rest.

The explosion of the Internet

The Internet is a relatively new medium when you compare it to
other mature mediums such as television and radio and is still in
its Wild West days. Apart from being a huge information resource
it is also a huge advertising medium where companies get their
businesses from.

Shift in business practices:

Back in the good old 60�s and 70�s you could set up a successful
business and could expect to reap profits for a long period of
time. Businesses could afford full time employees in all areas.
With hyper competition and large fluctuations in technology,
businesses have adopted a different model. They only do the thing
which they do best and outsource all other activities to
specialists.

So rather than having a full time writer on the company�s
payroll, it�s more efficient to find a writer who specializes in
a particular type of writing. If a company needs articles written
for their website they would post a bid on a website such as
Elance.com for a web content writer, get it done and move on.
Another time they need a good copywriter they would post a bid
for a copywriter, get the job done and move on. The key point to
understand is that companies now place more value on specialists
- freelancers who are more skilled in a narrow focus of work.

For freelancers, this literally means a world of opportunity.
You can work from home, doing interesting and rewarding work,
working with customers all over the world. You can be paid
directly into your bank account, and earn more than you ever
dreamed possible in your 9-5 day job.

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