Topic: How to take the first step into freelancing? (Read 236 times)

The pandemic period indeed help people to uncover their potential of working remotely. As the world seemed to pause in that period, people were looking for ways how to earn money over the net to survive. And fortunately, online jobs boomed at that time and a lot discovered that they can work from home owed to digital technology.

The digital economy or what they have called is the 'gig' economy have grown even bigger during the covid19 height. This helped a lot of people know that the can do something even from remote places. If it's the freedom, yes the answer is there and it is obvious that it is giving everybody to work at any place that they want. Some freelancing jobs still have been tied from the schedule of working from 9 to 5 but that's fine, you're working on your working place at your home or any place that you're comfortable working for.

Yes, that's right. Not much different actually, in reality being a freelancer is not as easy as imagined. Because the hardest thing is the discipline to work alone and be responsible for the work. In addition, you also have to be consistent and continue to develop.

Being a freelancer also has risks when you can't choose tasks that can't be completed. So it's best not to take a job if you really can't do it. The problem is that on the platform, we can definitely be blacklisted for not completing our work. Freelancers also have to go through a process, so at first you have to be able to take easy jobs that can be completed. After that, just start taking on more difficult ones until you become proficient. It takes time.

Honestly, being a freelancer is tough, the advantage is that we have full control over our time, but sometimes that makes us too relaxed.

Due to the fact that almost every niche is highly saturated, and the competition is exceptionally high, waiting and depending on natural growth can barely make you get clients because others are probably going to do more than that in presenting themselves as the right fit for the gigs they are getting.

There are two things that are extremely important in freelancing. The first one is to market yourself and your services to potential clients in a way that they should consider hiring you for the tasks/jobs they have available, and the second one is communication. If they liked how you have presented yourself in visuals and in descriptions, etc., the next thing depends on how you communicate which will decide whether you are getting the client or not.

Those who master these things will only survive for the initial stage, but once they get a hold of everything, they will see things going very well for them, and from that point onwards, it's on them to manage everything properly so that they can grow over time.

Find your market. That's pretty much step 1. The steps after that is just developing yourself in that market. Varies from person to person how but that's generally how it goes imo. Outside of that, it's just natural growth since making customers means marketing means spreading your business.

As for deeper reasons, it's just the idea of becoming your own boss. It's an idea that's prevalent in a LOT of the younger generations. And it's completely possible as well with how the internet has made it possible to serve services from across the globe.

Freelancing is done in a very competitive environment. In this environment, you have to be better than others because a steady income is needed and you have to earn this income to meet your needs. Many freelancers earn more than those working in government jobs, but this is directly proportional to their self-development.

Being your own boss offers a lot of freedom. If you earn a good income by freelancing, this can be a great advantage for you.

Freelancers are workers who are free from ties to any party including the government because people who work freelance are people who do have special intelligence that they can rely on for themselves even though they can also be hired by companies to complete a job that they are better able to do. And for career matters, it can also be quite easy to rise for people who have special skills because they will certainly be more easily recognized by many people when they have succeeded in one or several fields of work that have nothing to do with other parties.

However, when you have the opportunity to work for a government agency and a particular company, it is also good to be accepted because you can learn a lot from them and can develop your own business when you already have some important capital such as knowledge and also enough money to start your own business at some point in the future.

Its possible, and many have been doing this, and this is why freelancing is a very attractive job; you are your own boss, and the pay is better than your average 8 to 5 jobs in many third-world countries.
Those living in third-world countries are the ones benefiting from online freelancing; they are earning $10 daily for 8 hours of work, whereas if you are in freelancing, you can work triple of that amount in just a few hours of working.
You have to be good at what you are doing because freelancing is a highly competitive industry. Only the best will emerge.

Freedom and career can go hand in hand, and more persons are seeking that because the working environment these days in some countries is very unpleasant, and a fixed sum in salary at the end of the month or at the agreed period is no longer being sufficient for the economy. There are freelancers who make more money than office workers do and in a very short time often with sometime a single job. They are one living better than some of the people who have office jobs. This is the reason why freelancing is becoming more popular because the freedom it offers is invaluable first of all and you could make more than you do in your office job.

I think when we talking about the future of work we should be narrowing it to freelancing as it's gradually finding it place in workforce. The beauty of freelancing jobs is that the individual could always work from anywhere (location) and on any project of choice without having to face physical hassles that comes with the conventional working  requirements and schedules. Being a good freelancer demands that you'll have to constantly upskill yourself broaden your knowledge to be able to handle multiple tasks because freelancing jobs isn't as simple as some persons makes it seem except that it gives the individual some level of  freedom than normal office jobs.

When I was just taking my first steps in freelancing, I had absolutely no income for many months in a row. Well, I couldn't compete with those people who had a lot of experience. It's very hard to go down this path. Not everyone can work like that without any results. Most likely, after a couple of weeks, the person will give up and abandon this business. I've met a lot of people like that. Everyone wants to get money here and now, and not after a long period of time, which can be called a probationary period. To work as an intern. But the latter also get money, and in freelancing everything is completely different.

Freelancing is still that relevant and could really be that giving out a life on which a little bit more better since you do have that freedom and other perks in comparing into those people who do go into office on day to day basis. Its really that depending on you on how you would be finding a slot on freelancing world and also of course it will really be basing up into the skills you do have because you cant really be able to achieve such freedom on working remotely if you dont really have the skills. You will really be needing up to be competitive so that you will really be able to find yourself having that chance on earning even more in comparing into those people who do go into offices. The challenge on here is that on how you will be able to land your first job? Whats the skills that you can offer?

It will really be basing up accordingly into the skills that you do have because freelancing world doesnt basically means that you do just simply doing some easy tasks or job. Becoming a successful freelancer isnt something that an easy path to take and if you arent that good on this one then you will definitely be facing up some struggles on going into this career. So it will really be that up to you on how you would gonna handle yourself when it comes to this manner. If you do have plans on going on freelancing career then hone up your skills well and build up a solid portfolio so that you will be able to get your first client. Only getting the first client is the main challenge on here.

Yes ,you are right but that is not end of life if any businessman business flop or he became unsuccessful in his mission. He can develop new skills in the market which can give him good amount of money as a wage . I think business has more value than any job either that is government or private job because job person always try to get income without working because government pay him . But businessman always try to improve his strategies to get success in future because every next 10 years will be different from last 10 years as we saw the big Change before and after COVID and now Industries are filled with employees and government don't want to take jobs.Government only hire the persons on salary basis and after it pays and that employees are on contract.

Career is not only obtained from job choices, you choose freelance or government work if you have a career that makes you have a high economy, but there are differences in these choices if you consider the economy and your career.

For example:
You work in the government/no matter what, you have expertise in your field of work, so you can also be promoted and have a good career for your position.

The choice of freelance work can also determine your career and your economy well, if you are successful and successful in running the business you are trying.

So freedom and career go hand in hand if you are successful in developing your business, but if your business dies, your career dies too, unlike those who work in government.

IMO, as a full-time web developer, freelancing lets me create projects or do tech i usually wouldnt be able to do in my current occupation.
For me it's a nice hobby to have while both generating some extra income and getting more career related skills 

Those who consider freelancing as a career with freedom know nothing about it. It's indeed your choice to decide when you want to work and when you don't, but you can't deny the fact that it can have consequences on your career or work if you decide not to work when your clients want you to work for them. You will slowly start losing your clients if you don't do things based on their requirements and deadlines, and things aren't as easy to manage as some people might think.

I have often seen people wishing they had a freelancing career because it allows them to have freedom while earning good money. That isn't how it works. If you want to make a lot of money, you will have to sacrifice your time and freedom for it, and this is not only about freelancing but in anything you do in your life.

In freelancing, you will first have to find clients that can give you work regularly, and then you will have to work according to their deadlines and you won't be the one who would decide that because you are still a worker and they are the ones paying you. So, the word 'freedom' doesn't fit in here, basically.

The reason why some people choose freelancing is simply because it creates enough time for them to do other things if they want to and it also gives them the freedom to do any other thing such as having another job, starting and runing their own business and having enough time for their family too. So, someone can actually choose freelancing as a career but you need to acquire the skills required for it and you also need to be patient because in freelancing, you might not just start making money in the first one or two months.

There are many freelancing jobs, first step is identifying the one you want to go into and second thing is to learn how it works. Some freelancers  are into e-marketing (selling off products), script writing, software developing, etc. So, depending on the one you are planning on venturing into, you will learn the appropriate skill for it and then start to look for the opportunity online.

Talking from experience, as a freelance we are free to work from anywhere but we still have timeframe when we should work, so it's not complete freedom, even sometimes the working hours are much more exhausting then regular job. Not everything is easy, moreover you won't have fixed income so you need to have good financial planning, if you can't safe your money and then the time of less work come you will struggle financially.

There are some career jobs that gives some level of freedom. But these jobs are reserved for skilful employees whose skills are in high demand. These employees usually give employers conditions for service. Career can also strive with the freedom of the employee if the worker has stake in the company. At this level they can tailor their work schedule to suit them.

But for the average worker career under a contract of an organization will cannot go hand in hand with freedom. Mostly in developing nations where there are high rates of unemployment, you are seen as the property of your employer. Your employer can call you at any time of the day to come and perform a task. If you are not comfortable with the way you are treated, you are free to live. Your position will be filled in less than few minutes because there are many people who are willing to perform these inhumane task better than you. The only way to enjoy freedom in this part of the world is to learn a highly needed skill or become self-employed.

Any work that gives you steady income can be classified as a career because you're putting time and energy into it, so freelancing is a career if you're making money from it overtime. The difference between a regular job and freelance is that you're employed permanently in a job while freelance is rendering services for a fee, there's job security if you're employed but you're on your own if you're into freelance. The advantage of being a freelancer is that you're your own boss, you have the freedom to operate at your own time rather than being confined in an office space during work hours. It's not easy to solely depend on freelance as a source of income if you're not well established in your area of freelancing.