7 Questions every freelancer had in the beginning
Freelancing is a trade of future. The day is not far when most full time jobs will become remote jobs and hiring freelancers would become more popular than hiring employees. We always have numerous questions when starting something new. These are few most popular questions every freelancer had in the beginning:
1. When is the good time to start freelancing?
Right now.
If you keep thinking you are not ready. You would never be ready in near future. Freelancing work is of all kinds and for all levels. Means you will always get online work with your current skills. Start right now by making a good profile and browse the projects, you will always find many projects you can easily complete with the skills you have right now.
2. How much money I can make in online freelancing?
It depends on so many factors. Time, country, niche, category, currency, taxes and so on. So many things work together and decide your monthly\yearly income. How much a freelancer makes in online remote work is explained in details in this article:
https://www.toogit.com/blog/web/how-much-a-freelancer-earns
3. How much I should charge? How to setup my hourly rates in freelancing?
Depending on niche and category of your freelancing domain, you should start with a fair market rate for equivalent experience. For example, if you have 2 years of experience in your domain check hourly rates of freelancers having same experience. Your rate also depends on the quality of work you can deliver. You can set up a fair rate that other freelancers are charging with equivalent experience, skills and quality. In the beginning, start with a fair rate and as your expertise grow you can raise your rates with the time. Most of the times, a fair rate is average of minimum and maximum prices you thing you can get.
4. How to make a good freelancing profile?
Building a good profile is an easy but tricky task. Profile is the only thing that makes your online image and your first impression in a client’s mind. Check these tips for creating an impressive profile:
https://www.toogit.com/blog/web/dont-be-bob-in-your-freelancer-profile
5. What to show in portfolio?
Creating a good portfolio is a must and mandate task in freelancing. Your portfolio will get you most of the work in online freelancing. If you don’t have something to show, you should create a couple of work samples to add in portfolio. For example, if you are a web developer but can’t show your previous work, you should build one or two websites to add in portfolio. It would cost you a little but totally worth it. Check these tips to make a good portfolio:
https://www.toogit.com/blog/web/how-to-make-a-strong-portfolio
6. How to bid for online freelancing projects?
Bidding or making proposals for the projects is an integral part of online freelancing. This is the only way to get projects and clients. It is a fact that most of your bids and proposals will get turned down in beginning but with time you would start making the best bids. Checkout this:
https://www.toogit.com/blog/web/make-the-best-bid-to-get-freelancing-project
https://www.toogit.com/blog/web/how-to-make-winning-proposals
7. What to do in the first week as a freelancer?
In first week you would learn how to create your profile, search for projects, bid on projects. In first few weeks don’t expect to get projects. It might take a couple of weeks to get your first online job, sometimes it might take 1-2 months. But once you start getting the projects you would never need to look back. These are few tips on what to do in the first week:
https://www.toogit.com/blog/web/first-week-as-a-freelancer
Last Modified: Mar 19, 2017