The Massive Growth of the Gig Economy: How to Succeed in Today’s Freelance Writing World

Julia McCoy
10 min readSep 11, 2018
Work from ANYWHERE if you’re a part of the modern “gig economy.” Here’s me, at WeWork, in a fun, tiny soundproof room built against the wall. It kind of resembled a train compartment.

More people than ever are saying “no” to office life. And there’s a reason. Today’s new workforce is also known as the gig economy.

I heard about this when I was at #CMWorld last week, listening to Mike Weiss from The Creative Circle speak from the stage how hiring remote freelancers is a huge part of our future.

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Julia McCoy

Adapt to AI, or die. E/Acc. From exiting a 100-person SEO content agency to leading the AI content frontier at Content at Scale w/ a bunch of bright foks.