I have been reworking the introduction to Popcorn Content. Here is part of it. If you have any feedback, please share through the comments function.

==

One of the biggest downsides of being a freelancer working from home is that you are alone.

Many of us choose to be freelancers simply because we are loners and like to work as solopreneurs. In fact, some of us don’t work at our best in teams anyway.

For myself, I love to be the sole master of both my successes and disasters.

But isolation also has its downsides.

For one, we can become isolated from a massive world of opportunities. By being alone we can get stuck in our own little rut. Ironically, the more successful we become, the more we lose touch with what is happening in the world around us.

There have been times in my own freelance career where I have become so busy working on a few large projects that I have barely even noticed the passing of the seasons. I have simply been head-down at my desk, working incredibly hard and becoming increasingly isolated from the people and events around me.

That may be fine from an income point of view while one is working on those projects. But there is a downside. That isolation means that you may miss out on new opportunities as they arise. Worse still, you can lose touch with people.

One of the first things that happened to me when I started participating on Twitter is that I got back in touch with dozens of people I hadn’t been in contact with for years.

It is this fracture of isolation that lies at the most important benefit you can get from participating on Twitter.

With Twitter you can build and participate in a high-value network within days or weeks.

There is no other tool that can get create so many potentially valuable contacts so quickly.

The bottom line is that Twitter can help you find new work and make more money.

It’s fast, it’s simple and it works.