Training platform & community for IT professionals

Finally a playbook for everything you encounter as a freelancer

Follow a proven track of training and self-development that will take your freelance career to the next level. Become a pro at negotiating, getting assignments and much more.

Experienced coach who can can help you with all your questions
You're not going to get better than 15 years of experience in the market.
No more gambling with other people's random advice
Just advice from people who really know how it works.
Entrances to 500+ clients
Directly with the client, with an online helpline.
Community with others to discuss what you encouter
Always a group of experienced freelancers to help you.
Playbooks, instructions, and tooling
For everything you're about to encounter.

We help freelance IT professionals like you get the skills, knowledge and community to win as a freelancer

We help you to see where you are at the moment and to take you where you want to go in your (professional) life. Make a vision of what you really enjoy and gives you fulfillment as a freelancer in the future. You will then gradually make that dream a reality.

Steady flow assignments

We give you all the tools you need to never run out of assignments again and to have much more choice between assignments.

Entrances to 100+ clients

This makes it easier to get assignments and you can discuss former/shared customers with each other.

Always a playbook ready

There is an NLF playbook for every situation. To help you get out of panic mode and to get the most out of an opportunity.

Find end customers

This way, you get more margin, you have more control over conditions and you build your own network.

The program that prepares you for everything you will encounter as a freelancer.

We'll help you with everything you'll encounter when you are a freelancer or just started freelancing . Orders, contracts, regulations, administration, etc. With the NLF program, you are ready for anything.

Explore, integrate and reinforce all the knowledge you need to win as a freelancer

Through our learning management system, you have 24/7 access to dozens of hours of videos and in-depth articles. How do you find end customers? How do you get a rate increase during your assignment? How do you deal with a customer who doesn't pay? What makes a good/bad freelance contract? Everything is covered!

Coaching calls that give you an unfair advantage

Spar together and learn from other starters during recurring group calls under the guidance of our coaches with decades of experience. Discuss what you're up against and share experiences and tips with each other, live or afterwards on Circle.

Always an expert or coach at your disposal

Senior coaches, an asset manager, tax specialist, insurance specialist; as an NLF member, you have direct access to an experienced set of specialists, all with 5 to 25 years of relevant experience. Knowledge and advice that you normally pay thousands of euros for.

An experienced mix of specialist advisors on standby

Whether you need help with legal issues such as drafting or auditing a freelance agreement, planning your pension, or auditing your financial statements, call in the right advisor when you need it.

Circle community of starting and professional freelancers

“Does anyone have an entry into this company? Can this agency be trusted? Which laptop should I get? Is anyone else going to this event? Just asked over 85/h for the first time and agreed right away!” Here are just a few examples of how our Slack works!

Exclusive “insider knowledge” tools

We give you various tools that make your position even stronger, such as our hourly rate analysis, recruiter blacklist and a number of classified systems that we only share with our members.

Meet each other in real life

Meet other starting and experienced freelancers from the community in person at in-person community events. Go beyond digital networking, if you need it, and get to know each other in a different way at our drinks and (networking) events.

The foundation for success that always gives you the best outcome.

Discover our proven program, where you get a combination of more than 43 hours of training and coaching, combined with a community. Built on the successes and learnings of more than 20 years of experience in recruitment and proven methods, with more than a hundred IT professionals who started or grew through Next Level Freelancer.

Training
Live & on-demand training to provide you with all the necessary expertise
This is what you're going to learn
Finding clients and end customers
Linkedin and resume optimization
Negotiate with recruiters
Achieving an optimal rate
Expanding yuor network
Automate acquisition and leads
Retirement, investments & accounting
Set up a BV when the time comes
Coaching
Ongoing 1:1 and group coaching plus experts to help you with every challenge
This is how we figure it out together
Create a 1:1 roadmap
Weekly coaching calls
Sparring partner on standby
Live group coaching
Accountant, lawyer and investor at your disposal
Community
Your own tribe of ambitious starters, successful freelancers and advanced entrepreneurs
This is what you can expect from your tribe
Exchange orders
Sparring about everything
Drinks & networking events
Peer coaching
Topic-specific groups; investing, remote work, etc.

These IT professionals have taken their careers and their lives to the next level

We've already helped more than 120 developers, engineers, data engineers, testers and cloud engineers like you with better freelancing. Whether that means more customers, higher rates or project-based work, we'll get you there.

Huib Vroege

Data Engineer

“Within a year with NLF, you'll know you're safe for the future and will never run out of assignment again.”

Wesley Lether

Fullstack Software Engineer

“Thanks to Next Level, the financial space is very different, but so is the freedom to choose what you want.”

Johnny van Rijn

Microsoft 365 Consultant

“Now that I've completed the entire process, I feel very comfortable. A very free feeling. It's my rules; I'm the boss.”

Michel Moorlag

Software Developer

“Financially, I've also made huge progress. My mortgage bank called that it was impossible for me to repay so much.”

Kwok-Ching Lam

Test automator

“Compared to employment, NLF gives me much more freedom in the choices I make; the assignments, the layout of time.”

Alex Bijlsma

Backend Software Developer

“Without Next Level, I really wouldn't have been able to land this amazingly cool assignment.”

Mohamed el Hamouti

System & Cloud Engineer

“Proud to announce that my first assignment was successfully completed without the intervention of third parties.”

Jeroen de Bonte

ICT & Azure Cloud Consultant

“If you are still unsure about becoming self-employed, please contact NLF!”

Various programs

Do you want to do it yourself or just be completely unburdened? We have different levels of service, so you can choose what best suits your situation.

PROGRESSION
Access to the online environment without troubleshooting or coaching.
Access to the online learning environment with videos, documents, templates, playbooks and tooling.
Community access
Weekly video updates
One-time investment:
€4,000
1 year of access
ADVANCED
Access to the entire environment. All groups, weekly coaching calls and troubleshooting if you run into something.
Everything from PROGRESSION
Weekly coaching calls
Access to premium community channels
Direct contact with coach
Annual financial planning event
One-time investment:
€6,000, -
€5,000, -
1 year of access
FREELANCE ELITE
Intensive guidance with 1:1 support and no-cure-no-pay payment.
Everything from ADVANCED
Unlimited coaching
Prioritized negotiation support (08:00 > 22:00)
Own bookkeeper included
Customized monthly coaching
Events: monthly drinks, summer and winter events
Exclusive real estate and investment group
Three best partners can have a week stay in Madeira for a complete Monk Mode
Payment of your hourly rate:
€7.50 per hour worked
For 1 year
Access after screening and assessment
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY!
You don't want to do a big investment, but you do want to get a taste of our program and stand stronger together for things like the DBA? Join our community where we provide updates, share market info, and more!
Access to the community, chats by subject area, events, drinks and knowledge sharing
Weekly video updates about the market and tools that give you inside info
Joint solutions for DBA legislation (we've got a workaround;)
Exchange orders
Basic access to the online learning environment
NLF COMMUNITY
€49.95 per month*
- Cancellable per month after 6 months
* When paid annually

Here's where your new life as a freelancer starts

When you work with us, you'll learn to unlock the complete freedom of freelancing.

FAQs

Below we have already answered the most frequently asked questions about the digital program. During our introduction there is plenty of room to ask your individual questions.

I don't have the money. What now?

If you are unable to pay the entrance fee now, we can offer a payment in instalments. For this, get in touch with us.

How many people have you helped already?

More than 120 people now and they are all still freelancing. Which proves to us that it is successful. Want to know more about other participants' experiences? Then take a look at us YouTube channel.

5,000 euro is a lot of money, though.

On average, you will work 160 hours a month and you will earn twice as much net income as a salaried employee. So if you start freelancing even 1 month earlier because of this program, you will have already earned 2500, - back. If you spread the other 3500 over a year that you are freelancing (+/- 2000 hours), that is 1.75 of your hourly rate. So if you have even more than 1.75 or, for example, 2.50 higher hourly rate with our techniques, or can talk the recruiter down, you have already earned it back.

Then you already have a profit compared to doing it yourself, and that's purely financial, regardless of all the stress we're going to help you prevent and avoid.

And let's be honest. If you fully focus and get help negotiating and getting good assignments, we can still hope that together we would get your rate at least 5 euro higher than usual, if it's not 20 euro.

Selection for the annual monk mode event?

Every year, we isolate ourselves on the fantastic Portuguese island of Madeira with a select group to work dedicated to our company and the next steps for a week.

So no party vacation, but focus on your company to take it to the next level. In addition, we are in nature with hikes, canyoning and paragliding. To get you out of that standard way of thinking.

We select the most driven freelancers who are successful, want to get the best out of themselves, and want to work on projects where they don't work just the hours they agreed to.

How do I make sure it works?

We can tell you that we have already had more than 120 people make the switch  and that everyone is still freelancing with at least 5000 euros net per month. Many people even with rates above 100 euro. However, that doesn't guarantee you and we can't offer it either. Because there is 1 variable in this and that is your own effort.

Entrepreneurship has a risk. What you need to ask yourself is how you're going to have the greatest chance of success. Alone, or with a team around you.

You're probably reading this question because, of course, you're just seeing words on a website. So take a look at our testimonials at YouTube and the tips and tutorials we share at Instagram. You're not going to get more certainty than that.

What do the training courses look like?

You know it with normal training courses: You listen to someone for 3 hours, hopefully you will have 2 or 3 learnings that you will really apply and most of them will pass you by or you will forget it in a few months. With our program, you will continuously work with the knowledge and really master all the tactics.

In several small, manageable steps, we not only explain how it works and what to do, but litteraly practice it with you. Then you will do it yourself and, if you run into something, you can join our weekly calls to troubleshoot. In addition, you are in our community Circle groups, where you see others taking the same steps, so you are not alone in your transition or growth journey.

How long will I have access to NLF?

Your access is for 1 year. After that, you can continue to use all tools with a monthly fee. Why not lifetime access? Because we are a community that helps each other.

So we don't want “read only” members who just piggyback on other people's experiences and knowledge. We are a group that helps each other.

Still having questions?

Get in touch with marieke@nextlevelfreelancer.com and we'll help you out!

Here's where your new life as a freelancer starts

When you work with us, you'll learn to unlock the complete freedom of freelancing. First things first, find out how much you could earn as a freelancer.

120+ successful freelancers preceded you