How I Earned $1200+ as a Freelancer This Month

My first real ‘successful’ month in freelancing.

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I started my freelancing journey some over a year ago and until August of last year. That didn’t have any luck, but it really kick-started my freelancing career when I started writing on Medium.

I set my target last month to earn over $1000 this month, so I completed that task, so let’s try to raise the goal to $2000 for a month now.

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1. Partner Programs: $314.14

When looking at my income for this month, I earned only 23.6% through partner programs (Medium.com and Vocal. Media). With Medium, I earned $313, and on Vocal, only $1.14.

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One of the reasons I separated these incomes is that earning through partner programs doesn’t get you paid directly because you don’t work for one client. It is passive income. I’m considering uploading on YouTube more to add that income stream to the list in the future.