How to Build a Freelance Career as a Student (Ep. 97)

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Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

Work Smart, Career, Class, Productivity, Lifehacking, Learning, Business, College, Education, Lifestyle Design, Personal Branding, 101, University

4.8 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Ever wondered how freelance writers get accepted to write for huge sites - and get paid for it? Today I'm talking with Aja Frost, who has done exactly that - as a student (and paid off all her loans in the process). Full show notes Things mentioned in this episode: Discuss this episode in the community Connect with Aja on Twitter Aja's website All of Aja's freelance writing The Prospect 4 Super-Common Interview Questions The controversial frat article QUIC G-Eazy Boosted board Inboard M1 Casey Neistat My 14,000-word post Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey it's Thomas Frank. I've just got a quick note for you before we get into the show.
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0:34.0	A what is up everybody and welcome back to the College Info Geek Podcast.
0:42.0	My name is Thomas Frank and this is a show that helps
0:43.7	you become a more effective student and hopefully a more financially savvy one as well because
0:48.2	in this episode we are talking about how to build a freelance career as a student.
0:52.6	And specifically, my guest on the show today,
0:54.6	her name is Asia Frost, and she started a freelance writing career
0:58.1	during her freshman year.
0:59.3	And she is graduating this June,
1:01.6	and she has paid off all of her student loans and also built up
1:04.9	$12,000 in savings all through freelance writing.
1:08.0	And the cool thing is she started out as a freshman writing for free, just on topics that
1:12.0	interested her, and used her experience writing for free and getting more and more bylines under her belt to start getting paid right and now she's getting more requests for freelance writing gigs than she can even handle.
1:24.4	So in this episode I'm going to talk to her about how she got her start,
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