A positive of being self-employed is that you don’t need to book time off to go where you want to go. You just get all your work done and let clients know you’ll be away for a certain amount of time and may take longer to deliver. Luckily, I got all my work done and went to London with a work-free mind. I despise having work ready to do and I can’t stop thinking about it until i’ve finished it so my work in queue is usually rather short. Fast delivery & perfection is the key!
It took an early morning wake up call, a public bus to Gloucester and then the National Express to London (4 hours in total). I was really happy to be in the company of my Fiancé who is always very supportive of attending these Fiverr events with me. The last Fiverr event was 2014 and we stayed at a 3 star hotel. The shower was cold, the furniture was rather dated and there wasn’t much space to move. This time we had a 4 star hotel located near Victoria Bus Station. A hot shower, complimentary breakfast and a really comfortable bed. It certainly felt like i’d come a long way since last time just to have all these luxuries! Or I just didn’t know how to pick a good hotel back then as there was only £30 difference… aha!
We finally found the event, hidden in We Work Warehouse, a few minutes walk from Chancery Lane tube station. The event in 2014 located at The Lucky Pig was more of a party, with food drink and dancing. Full of Fiverr sellers and staff, many I knew and many I met for the first time! A Photo Booth, a videographer and it was the most amazing party in my life. So many Fiverr staff and Swag (t-shirt, phone charger, stickers, notepad etc). But this event was a little different. Less party and more professional.
The complimentary food and drink was lovely, only three members of fiverr staff came this time and the swag was a hot drink cup. Most of my top-rated seller Fiverr friends didn’t go which was a great shame, there wasn’t any music and we had to be out by 9pm. It was quite a long way to go for a 2.5 hour networking event and it attracted mainly London based entrepreneurs. Many people had their own businesses, maybe used Fiverr for Logos etc. But I got asked questions like “Do you earn enough?” of which I replied yes I do! and someone nearly spat out their drink when I said I sell gigs usually $175+. The previous event had speakers, it was inspiring to sellers and made me really feel like my job was real and something to be proud of. I hope they’ll arrange a party very soon so new Fiverr Sellers will get inspired like I was 🙂 Networking events aren’t as wild as parties! 😉
I am glad I went, I don’t visit London very often and it was great to see Liron, MrExplainer and Danilo again. Gareth and I also visited the first ever Hard Rock Cafe, saw the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, saw Big Ben in Scaffolding and WALKED OVER sharks at the SeaLife Aquarium! It was a slow 5 hour journey back home but all in all a very good trip!
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