Our guest today is Shannon Colón! Her work mainly focuses on branding for startups and entrepreneurs. She also does product design for mobile apps and web apps. She's been freelancing full-time for 7 years and is based out of Providence, Rhode Island.

Shannon and I talk about:

• What it was like quitting her job to figure out how to freelance full-time
• Why there's never a perfect time to quit your job
• How to hire your previous employer to get your first freelance client.
• How joining a co-working space was 'monumental' for getting more clients.
• What to do when you have no projects lined up.
• How to raise your rates as a freelancer
• Day rates, weekly rates, hourly, value-baed. All of the pricing goodness
• How Shannon takes a 1 month long vacation without clients getting mad

Freelancer Fav Five

1. Best Month of Revenue
   
   - In the 5 digits
   
2. Book Recommendations
   
   - Four Hour Work Week
   
   - Rework
   
3. Software Recommendations
   
   - Notion.so
   
   - Harvest - Invoicing/Time Tracking
   
4. People to Follow
   
   - @Naval