How to Start Freelancing - Short List Learn

Freelancing is an art and without passion, patience and skills, you never become a good Freelancer.  It is looking very comfortable when we are thinking that we can work and making money at home, but practically its need ambition to implement our ideas and show our skills all over the world. 

We need the right skills, the patience to get work from our clients and make them satisfied.

We are just like vendors and we should display our skills in good manners.  Shortlist Learn have some advises to achieve the goal for beginners to get work from clients and satisfied them.

 Ask Pro Freelancers

If you are a beginner freelance, you need some guidelines to get interaction of clients. If you have not joined the freelancers’ forum of community so do it as fast you can do.  Ask experienced freelancers how they get clients, and they'll probably tell you that referrals are the key. But you're just starting out. You haven't yet worked with any clients. Actually, you can get referrals having never worked for anyone. Your friends and family and your business contacts - are your biggest asset in your search for your first freelance client.

Do not care Money

When we have decided to work online, first we need experience like field experience for other jobs in the market. I want to suggest you to get your first job as freelancer do not care money.  You can bid on project start from $5, it will build your profile authenticity for the clients that you are an experienced Freelancer.

Use Social Media

Social media have vast roles in our daily life now days.  We can find new people every day from all over the world and share our expertise.  Just like that share you freelancing profile on social media.  If you have completed a job of have a gig post it on your walls and share with others.  It is like marketing of you professional skills as vendor as I mentioned above. 

Join All Platforms

There are multiple platforms are available for online projects/works.  Some are free and some are paid, try to join all the networks as possible.  Joining of all platforms will provide awareness about client’s behavior and works environment.  It may provide you vast variety of your specific skills.

Be Realistic

When we are browsing works on freelancer’s websites, at first instance we think that this work we can complete in very early moments.  In reality it may not be possible, so keep the project in mind and time ration then make bid on it with time frames.   Clients also have idea about the deadline so no need to be worry to offer valid timings. 

These are the basic things in my point of view in freelancing.  Next I will try to research more ways to earn with freelancing and online work. 

Zaheer Ahmed

Pro Blogger and Freelancer with experience of 5 years.