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Here’s How I Became a Full-Time Freelance eLearning Designer

Tim Slade

Earlier this year, I shared with you that I made the transition into becoming a full-time freelance eLearning designer. For me, the journey to becoming a full-time freelance eLearning designer is something that I’ve been working towards for many years. And that’s exactly what I want to share with you today.

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How Freelance Clients Find Me

Experiencing eLearning

The biggest shift for me is that more of my work now comes from networking and referrals rather than from my blog and portfolio. An online portfolio is a requirement if you’re freelancing or consulting. Your portfolio is a way to tell your story about the work you do and the work you want to do in the future.

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Looking Back at 2023, Looking Ahead to 2024

Experiencing eLearning

Should we start elearning with a list of formal learning objectives? Free templates are always popular, and this post from early 2023 about projecting your income as a freelancer was my #3 post last year. Freelance Income Projection: Free Template : As a freelancer or consultant, your income can vary widely from month to month.

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Should You Create Free eLearning Samples?

Experiencing eLearning

Some employers ask prospective hires to create free elearning samples before being hired. However, in some limited circumstances, creating free elearning samples make sense. This happens more in fields like graphic design and editing than elearning, but I’ve heard of some sketchy things in our industry. Portfolio example.

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Instructional Design Careers and Freelancing Presentations

Experiencing eLearning

Blogging to Build Your Business Blogging to Build Your Business In this presentation, I shared what I have learned about blogging to build a reputation as a consultant. We talked about my transition from band teacher to freelance LXD consultant. I discussed the mistakes I made, compare platforms, and share tips. Looking for more?

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Podcast Interviews on Scenarios, ID Careers, and More

Experiencing eLearning

Instructional design careers, freelancing, consulting. We talked about everything freelance: knowing when to start, time tracking, finding clients, creating an LLC, pricing projects, making sure clients are the right fit, and more. Freelancing and Consulting. Podcast Interview on Freelancing and Consulting.

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The Power of an E-Learning Portfolio

Rapid eLearning

I received hundreds of qualified applications; however I couldn’t screen them all, so I created a first filter based on their work portfolios. Most of the applicants tended to fall into one of two camps: they didn’t have an e-learning portfolio or the projects they worked on were proprietary so they couldn’t share them.

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