FREELANCERS UNITE: The 2007 Global Freelancer Survey Is Here!
The 2007 Global Freelancer Survey is online and we want you to take it!
Freelancers by nature usually work on their own, as such we often don’t really know what others are doing, charging and thinking. This survey aims to compile our collective knowledge for the benefit of freelancers everywhere! By taking part in the Global Freelancer Survey you will be rewarded in three ways:
1. Detailed Statistics. After the survey is complete we will be posting an abridged version of some results on FreelanceSwitch.com, however respondents who complete the survey will be emailed a COMPLETE set of information and data from the survey. I.e. you’ll get exclusive data that non-respondents don’t get!
2. Random Prize Draw. We have prizes. That’s right, fabulous prizes! We’ve put together the ultimate freelancer kit from Amazon for one lucky winner who will be drawn at random from the pool of respondents. The prize pack includes:
- A Balance Ball Chair from Gaiam. Balance ball chairs give you stability while encouraging proper posture. Plus they’re bouncy so you can burn calories while you work!
- A Microsoft Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000. This keyboard will help you fend off the evil RSI.
- Studio Monitor/dj Headphone. This headphone is a gem for anyone who needs to block out distractions, as it delivers superior sound while blocking outside noise. If you have kids, noisy neighbors, or an overexcited schnauzer in the house, you will love it.
- Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain. We all need a little creative wake up call once in a while, and this book is just the ticket.
- Western Digital 60 GB USB External Hard Drive. It’s sleek, black and sexy, and it also holds all your bits and pieces. Every freelancer needs some heavy duty back-up, and this baby will do the business.
- And finally, what I want for my birthday, a Nintendo Wii!!! These will provide not only a great break after a hard day’s freelancing, but will also get you off your butt after sitting on your balance ball chair all day long.
3. Satisfaction. By completing the survey, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you’re helping compile information to help freelancers everywhere, it only takes 10 minutes of your time and the sum of our collective knowledge will be huge!
The survey only takes a few minutes and will be a great resource for all of us – so take it now!
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Excellent! Just submitted my survey.
Yay! Thanks Glenn!!
Done! very painless!
Great, Just submitted mine too! Very easy to use by the way
Huzzah, mine’s in!
It would be interesting to see the results!
Looking forward to this!
All done! I can’t wait to see the results, It is going to be very good reading.
Done!
I also blogged about this initiative, trying to drive some traffic your way…
regarding http://freelanceswitch.com/unite/250×250.jpg
the overtly communistic-ish artwork, including the russian inspired font and psuedo-nazi hand gesture, is in pretty bad taste. I’m more surprised and disappointed by this than your attempt at selling themes.
Just took it too. I was getting anxious for this glad to see it is up and can’t wait for the results! Thanks for putting this together and I hope you get lots of responses!
Wow! Great to be a part of this huge community.
Such an eye opener for myself as a fresh freelancer. Now I know I don’t earn as much as I wanted to, time to buck up.
Thanks Heaps to you guys from eden.cc and freelanceswitch.com
Not that I remotely think that I will be the lucky one to win all of this. I am in fact more anxious about the results, which will be a great help for all freelancers out there to further assess their goals and perspective about what they do.
Thank you guys
Just submitted mine – it will be interesting to share these statistics at BarCamp.
Just took the survey. Looking forward to the results!
Thanks for the opportunity to submit – which I just did – looking forward to seeing the results based on *hopefully* thousands of fellow freelancers world wide.
My survey info is in the pool too.
Oh, another thing… I kinda’ like the “Black Panthers” meets “Karl Marx” image you used for this post. It seems to fit the idea of a Utopian world for Freelancers hopefully the survey will help make possible. ;p
Done for me too!
I’m anxious to see the results!
Thank you. Looking forward to get the results!
I’m in
Would love to see the result
thanks for putting this together! I’m interested to see the results.
when is the prize draw? there is no date listed.
Nice and clean questionaire!
Now I’m waiting to win this great chair to ease the backpain
Yea! I filled it out…I’m excited to see the results, but I also really NEED a Wii!!! (Yes I NEED it!!!)
Ironically, the Wii would probably be the *last* thing I’d need around while working
But I’m willing to risk it!
Man I don’t know how you guys do it, but for every little subsite you pull of a killer original design
I wanna do the survey just because of that
Doesn’t anybody here realize this is just a knock-off of The Web Design Survey organized by A List Apart?
Come on. They did it back in April and are still crunching the data it was so overwhelmingly and positively received.
The ALA survey was for web designers only, not freelancers in general, and on top of that it had about a million questions (I only got halfway through the bloody thing).
Great survey. Looking forward to the results. Everyone’s probably making loads more money than me. :\
that’s awesome info!