Freelancing is basically a job that anyone can do online. I mean that if anyone is doing an offline job he definitely has a boss and he has to follow his instructions in any situation. In simple words, you are not allowed to do what you want or what you think is right, and you have to strictly follow your seniors or your boss's orders. whether they are right or wrong you have to follow it. But in doing freelancing you are free from all these barriers. in other words, you are your own boss, you can do what you want. you are free to choose your working time. And you can do it in the comfort of your home.
Now I will tell you exactly that what is Freelancing and How Anyone can do It? How you can start freelancing. well for starting freelancing you have to follow these steps.
- learn some skills
- practice that skills
- make your portfolio
- join freelancing platforms
- earn money by selling your skills
Now let discuss these steps in detail.
1. Learn some skills:
this is the most important step in freelancing because if you don't have any skill then how you can sell that and earn money. so, first of all, you should learn any skill in which you are interested. So to choose the specific skill you have to make a list and decide which suits you the best. Now when you decided which skill you are going to sell, then it's time to get experience in it and you can get that by doing practice.
2. Practice that skill
Now learn about that skill as much as you can. You can learn that skill by doing some courses or simply from youtube. and make sure that you should do the practice of what you have learned because as you know "Practice makes the man perfect". so do practice as much as you can and get experience in your skill.
3. Make your Portfolio
Now while you are doing practice and you are getting the experience you should make a portfolio of your work. Portfolio simply means that you should make a website and save your work on that website. you should save the sample work, that you are doing by using your skill, on that website. So that when you will sell your skill to someone then you have the sample of your work to show him that you are an expert in your skill.
4. Join Freelancing Platforms:
Now when you get experience and also make your portfolio, Now it's time to sell your skills to others and earn some money from that. For that, you have to join some freelancing platforms where you become a part of other buyers and freelancer's community. After joining these platforms, the next thing you have to do is post a service that you are selling.
Some of the best freelancing platforms are:
- Fiverr
- Upwork
- Freelancer
- People per hour
- Guru
- Toptal
Now join these platforms and then it comes to earning
5. Earn money from your skill
Now when you have joined several freelancing platforms and post your services on those platforms then it comes to selling. Now when any buyer sees your services and want to buy those he can contact you on that platform and you get a notification. Now you can do chatting with him on that platform and discuss your pricing and work details. After that when he places an order then you have to complete that order and then deliver it. After that, you can receive your payment in that platform.
Now how can you receive the payment?
well, it is very simple you can connect your bank account or credit card with that freelancing platform and easily transfer your earned money right into your pocket.
So that's all about what is freelancing and how you can do it. In conclusion, I want to say that you can earn if you have some skill. Just explore yourself and start from today. Now Thats all for this post Thank you for reading. You can subscribe by adding your email to get notified about other informative articles like this. Thanks