What is Freelance Work and How to Start Freelancing?

In the current rapidly changing life environment, we are witnessing huge differences in our daily life work routine. Freelance work is one of the most common terms that we used to hear during the past few years, especially after the digital revolution.

What is freelance work? And why has it attracted that much attention recently? And to what extent the future of freelance work is promising?

Let us get started

What is freelance work?

There are many definitions for this concept, but in a very simple way we can say that freelance work is a specific type of self-employment as you, as a freelancer, can provide a specific service to a specific client within a specific period of time. For sure, you will get paid in return based on your hourly rating, project milestones or based on the project as a whole.

So, instead of being committed to one employer with contract conditions and for many hours a day. Here you will free yourself from such obligations and you can contract with several clients to deliver specific or different services at the same time. You can for sure manage your time efficiently by negotiating with your clients. So this is a privilege, right?

You must be aware that it is not a comfortable journey as you will be responsible to manage your whole value chain. You will be responsible to find your potential clients, target them, convince them to work with you and make the deal!

For sure, you have the flexibility that we are all looking for. So you can choose your working hours, the place of work, and the payment mechanism if you would prefer it to be hourly basis or by a project.

Can I make $1000 a month as a freelancer?

Yes and No.

Yes, and you can make more than this number in one month. Sometimes, you get this number from one project that you work on for a few hours a day. All you need is patience as this number is the result of smart working, being organized and a good self-learner.
What freelance jobs are good for beginners?
There are many fields these days that are considered hot trending fields like copywriting, graphic designs, voice-over, social media management and video editing.
The best way for you as a beginner is to do something like an analysis so you can discover the best job for you as a freelancer. You need to ask yourself some questions like:

What kind of jobs can I do and enjoy doing?

• To what extent do I have the ability to work from home?
• Do I have a stable infrastructure? Like a stable internet connection and a good speed?
• Is there a real need for what I can do?
• Is there a high level of competition? If yes, can I compete? Or do I need to enhance my skills and abilities before starting such work?

Therefore, we cannot say that there is a definitive list of the best freelance work for beginners, as things depend on your skills, the services you can provide, and your ability to build a strong profile in the field, which enables you to establish trust with clients.

How do I start freelance work?

We advise you to visit Fiverr website and check the most trending fields. Then you can analyse these fields and check if you can go through one or two of them as a beginner in this world. Also, you can check Upwork website and check the offers that are posted by potential clients. This is a very good starting point to analyse your skills, ability and competition in the field. Just take the first step and once you start, you will go with the flow.

To start, we advise you to follow these simple steps:

• Identify your specialization or field of work.
• Create an account on some freelancing platforms like Fiverr, Upwork and Freelance.
• Build a strong profile on these platforms, put your previous work to convince potential clients.
• Send offers to those who posted jobs.
• Negotiate and accept the first offers even if the rate is not suitable in the first period. We need to build a strong portfolio at this stage.
• Commitment. This is the secret.

What work can I do from home?

As a freelancer you can do too many things from home. This is one of the advantages of freelance work. Generally, you can deliver services like:

• Graphic design.
• Social media management.
• Content creating or writing.
• Voice-over.
• Digital marketing
  You can start by imitating others. Then you can create your own style. Development comes by practice and by learning from our mistakes.

What skills are needed for freelance work?

Many skills are required, especially in today’s world. But, in general, we can say that you need soft skills and hard skills, like:

• Communication skills.
• Presentation skills.
• Negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• IT skills, and this is very important as most of your work will be online by using IT tools.

Conclusion

You can start your freelancing journey NOW. All you need is a clear plan for yourself. Then, day by day, you will be able to scale things up. Good luck.