How to start freelancing
Many of us who work on the internet had our first questions about how we could start freelancing, and in this article, I want to leave some tips on how a new person can start freelancing, which is a market full of opportunities.
Be aware of your abilities and what you want to do, everyone knows how to do something, or wants to learn to do something they like, focus on that and learn everything you can about the skill you want to sell, and the better you are at what you do, the more profit opportunities you will have.
Create a list of skills, If you make it clear what your skills are from the beginning and what your previous jobs have been, potential clients will be more willing to give you a chance. Imagine that you are a person looking for a freelancer to do a job for you, you see his feed and you can't find relevant information, would you hire him?
Research the market and competition, Investigate the platforms that are available to advertise as a freelancer, investigate other freelancers and what jobs they offer and what rate they charge, that will give you global information of what you can do as a competitor, if you do not observe your competitors closely, you will not be able to compete with them, because rest assured that they will be watching you closely.
Set your rates, as we said before, study your competitors and set your rates so that they are competitive, this way you will encourage more clients to give you a chance.
Search for potential clients on different platforms, join different platforms, and start looking for clients, you can do some networking or sometimes offer proposals to clients about what you can do, join different platforms, there are many, some recommendations are Fiverr, Freelancer, Upwork or Bitcoinerfreelancer.com is another new one option for lovers of receiving payments in cryptocurrencies.
Provides high-quality service, Your clients are looking to pay for quality service, if you offer a poor result, they may not want to work with you again and may even give you a bad rating, make sure you do a good job to receive more offers in the future.
Be patient, patience pays, and we should not expect to receive a lot of work in the first month or the first few days, so being patient is something that will pay off since sooner or later you will receive jobs if you do the aforementioned steps.
Being a freelancer is not easy, but it is possible if you follow the aforementioned steps and have patience. The important thing is not to start in a hurry and create a winning profile and have the desire to work. If these steps are followed, you will be able to be successful as a freelancer.
