As a freelancer that just got a digital skill like digital marketing, copywriting, project management, graphics design, content marketing etc with no real experience how do you get jobs. Nobody or if any, very few people entrust their work to a rookie with no experience whatsoever. The only way one can be a pro at a skill he just learnt is by doing the work consistently for a while.
So to people here who are successful freelancer today, how did you do it? How were you able to get gigs when you were new to the field? I know what worked for Mr A may not necessarily work for Mr B but I'd really appreciate your insight.
Everyone has to start somewhere and without a doubt most offers for those jobs require some kind of experience, so before you think about making a lot of money you need to think about building your portfolio, this probably means charging lower fees than what your job is worth, provide free samples, be faster on your delivery than others, basically you want to give so many perks that your relative inexperience is outweighed by the perks you offer, then once you finally have enough experience you can begin to charge what your work is worth. So to people here who are successful freelancer today, how did you do it? How were you able to get gigs when you were new to the field? I know what worked for Mr A may not necessarily work for Mr B but I'd really appreciate your insight.
