Freelancing is becoming famous day by day and people left their 9:00 to 5:00 jobs because of freelancing. Everyone wants to learn Freelancing and make money. According to the survey, every country has 4 to 5% freelancers. People like freelancing because you are your own boss and don’t have to obey anyone.
This blog post will tell you about these points in detail.
- What is Freelancing?
- How to start freelancing with no experience.
- Freelancing skills to learn.
- Best freelancing sites.
- Pros and cons of freelancing.
- Freelancing for Computer Science.
- Freelancing Females.
What is Freelancing?
There are a lot of misconceptions about freelancing. People often think that freelancers are unemployed or who work from home in their pajamas. But the reality is that freelancing is a professional career that is growing in popularity.
Freelancing is defined as working for oneself instead of an employer. Freelancers are their own bosses and they set their own schedules. They are also responsible for finding their own clients and projects.
There are many reasons why people choose to freelance. For some, it is a way to make extra money. For others, it is a way to transition into a new career. And for others, it is a way to have more control over their work-life balance.
No matter the reason, freelancing can be a great option for many people. If you are thinking about freelancing, here are a few things to keep in mind:
2. Make sure you are good at communication.
3. Make sure you can do work consistently.
4. Make Sure you have Patience in Life.
5. Make sure you are a hard worker.
How to Start Freelancing with no experience:
We all know experience is very important in life but in the field of freelancing beginners somehow get success too early without any expertise.
For starting freelancing, firstly you have to learn skills that you will give to your clients and earn money. In today’s world, there are a lot of high-demand skills in the market, and people are learning them day by day and becoming professional. I will tell you about the skills that are long-term and have a good depth in earning money.
Freelancing skills to learn:
I will tell you below where you can learn all these skills, so read full and get valuable knowledge.
List of freelancing skills to learn and become independent in life.
Blockchain:
Blockchain is basically a programming language that helps us to store crypto-type transactions and make our transaction route safe. In recent times we all know cryptocurrency is in high demand and people talk about it all over the world and its jobs have also increased. so, it’s a good option to learn blockchain and do freelancing.
Where you can learn this skill?
Coursera is the best option to learn Blockchain.
Mobile App Development:
Mobile app development is a very famous skill and people usually know about it. We all use different types of apps on our mobiles very easily but making a mobile app needs specific coding knowledge and it is a very high-paying job all over the world.
Where you can learn this skill?
You can learn this skill from Shawacademy.
Website Development:
Website development is also a very growing skill because almost every day thousands of new websites are made and someone is needed who knows all about websites. In past, we can make websites by only coding but WordPress, Wix, and many more provided us the fully functional websites we just have to drag and drop things to start the website.
By learning website development you will have a higher chance of getting orders because of soo much need for developers in today’s world.
Where you can learn this skill?
Codecademy is very popular for learning Website development.
Adobe Illustration:
Adobe Illustrator is software where we can make logos, images, ads, and marketing ads. Most companies hire illustrator experts because they want to be the best and don’t want to use stock photos. So, learning illustrator is a very good option to earn money in the long term.
Where you can learn this skill?
Domestika is a fantastic website to learn Illustration.
Artificial Intelligence:
AI is becoming famous day by day and people want to learn about it because the world’s future is AI. Ai content generator tools like jasper are in very much demand because they build on AI concepts and help people a lot. learning AI is the best option to work for big companies and earn a huge amount of penny as a freelancer.
Where you can learn this skill?
You can learn Artificial Intelligence from Udemy.
Search Engine Optimization:
SEO is well known to anyone who works online or wanted to work online and earn money. SEO is a way to get your blog posts, and videos in a better position in search results. SEO tells the search engine that a video or post is uploaded by a professional one and it is obvious that the video or post should be ranked high. Learning SEO is not difficult but its competition is high and people are already earning a lot from this skill.
Where you can learn this skill?
Youtube is the best platform to learn SEO.
Data Analysis:
Data analysis is very important in every part of life. whether in business, hospitals, markets, schools, or everywhere. But the people who know about data analysis are less than work. Learning data analysis means you already found work as a freelancer and big companies also hire you when your freelancing profile looks amazing.
Where you can learn this skill?
Udacity is a good option to learn Data analysis.
Accounting:
Accounting is a very important part of building a business. According to reports 60% of the small business owners don’t know to manage their finances and other things in business and because of this, they hire accountants who take care of their finances and many more things.
Where you can learn this skill?
Icslearn offers you courses to learn Accounting and work as a freelancer.
Ethical Hacking:
We all know about hacking threats faced by big companies each day and they spend a lot of money to secure their business. Ethical hacking is difficult to learn but it has a big market to get a good-paying job. Learn Ethical hacking means you make a good impact on the internet world.
Where you can learn this skill?
Cybrary is a very good option to learn Ethical Hacking.
Social Media Marketing:
Social media marketing is a well-known skill for freelancers and most people learn it because it can help them grow businesses and get a freelancing job easily. I also learn this skill because I have my own business and I promote it daily with social media marketing.
Where you can learn this skill?
You can learn Social media marketing from Udemy and YouTube.
Content Writing:
Content writing means writing content on anything and it is the most common job all over the world. If you learn SEO and Content writing you will easily get a job on freelance marketplaces because clients need a content writer who knows about SEO also.
Where you can learn this skill?
YouTube is the best platform to learn Content writing.
Voice-Over Acting:
Voice-over means talk behind the video. We watched a lot of videos on youTube where the screen is shared and someone is explaining the video from behind and we all can easily understand. In the freelance marketplace, voice-over is highly in demand because many people made videos but are afraid to share their voices and they want someone to talk on their behalf. This skill in you naturally and I think it doesn’t need classes to learn.
Where you can learn this skill?
Udemy provides courses to learn voice-over and how to act in different situations.
Virtual Assistant:
Virtual assistant means doing small jobs for clients such as word, excel PowerPoint work, etc. This skill is always in demand because the work is increasing day by day and people needs virtual assistant to do their work so they can save some time for other work.
Where you can learn this skill?
You can learn this skill from Pitman.
Video Editing:
Video editing is a very professional job and it is not to learn but it has a big market. In today’s world everywhere a lot of people, companies, and NewsChannel making videos, and they want someone who can edit them and made them look professional and engages a large audience.
Where you can learn this skill?
You can learn Video editing from Skillshare.
Graphic Design:
Graphic design is the most famous all over the world. Graphic design making something like logos, pics, etc. We all know how valuable this skill is and everyone wants to become a master of it and make money.
Where you can learn this skill?
Skillshare is an amazing platform to learn Graphic design.
Translation:
Translation is somehow a new skill to people but it has a vast market. People think we don’t how to translate sentences into different languages. It is the easiest thing, just copy the sentence and go to google translate and translate it. This skill is the easiest skill to learn.
Where you can learn this skill?
Future learn is a good website to learn translation at a high level.
Freelancing Websites For Beginners
We all know that there are a lot of freelancing sites that exist in the world but I will tell you the best 4 websites where you can start your freelancing career and earn a good handsome amount of money.
1. Fiverr:
Fiverr is a very famous freelancing site and somehow every freelancer knows about it. People think competition on Fiverr is very high and beginners can’t get orders from here but the reality is Fiverr is easier hen to get orders because here you can make a gig and when someone visits your gig if he likes he placed an order.
2. Upwork:
Upwork comes 2nd on my list because of its amazing features. In Upwork, you can’t make gigs but give proposals to clients, if he likes he places your order. When you sign up for Upwork they give you 50 connections and you use these connections for submitting a proposal. each proposal costs you 1,2 or 5 connects. when 50 connections ended. you have to buy more connections to place a proposal. That’s why I said Fiverr is the best option for beginners.
How to get the First order on Upwork.
3. Guru:
Guru comes third on my list because of its popularity with good clients. Guru is somehow like Upwork where you made a proposal and convince clients to give you an order and earn money. Upwork and guru both are high-level freelance marketplaces and mostly professionals work on them.
Workchest:
Workchest is a bonus for beginners because most people don’t know about this marketplace. Workchest is the 1st Freelancing website in Pakistan where people comes at a vast majority and place orders but the freelancers are low in the majority. If you want to tat your freelancing career then workchest is the best option to grab your first order and make your profile because in near future this website becomes one of the top websites in the world.
Pros and cons of freelancing:
As we all know everything thing has pros and cons so definitely freelancing also has these things.
Pros:
1. Freedom of work.
2. Part-time job.
3. Full-time job.
4. Extra Money.
5. Respect in society.
6. Parents are proud of you.
Cons:
1. You have to pay taxes because freelancers’ penny comes from different part of the world.
2. You have to do work on time.
3. Sometimes sleepless nights.
4. Lack of benefits like Insurance and Medical facilities.
Freelancing Females:
I saw a lot of people talking about how a female becomes a freelancer? Most of the big freelancers are females and this is a reality. Females wanted to become freelancers they just have to learn skills and start freelancing and become independent in life.
I always admired females to become freelancers and admiring again to start and change their life 360%. In today’s world, everyone wanted to become something big and they are working hard so why you are not? Do what you love and made a legacy.
Conclusion:
The conclusion is simple, Start freelancing and you don’t have the experience to start just learn one skill that I talk about in this post and become a master of that field in 45 days and then jump to freelance marketplaces which I tell and start earning money.