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5 Focus Points to Launch your Freelance Career as 2022 Approaches

ojesvi singh
ojesvi singh
Create: Oct 21,2021

There are a lot of freelance jobs available in the market and they only require you to invest on yourself, that is, teach yourself a skill and sell your services in the marketplace. What are these skills? It can be dance, music, art or even business and marketing ideas – the potential is limitless. Here are five focus points to launch your freelance career as 2022 approaches.


1.  Focus on your skills

Freelance career is all about selling your skills. If you have a skill to sell, then that is all it takes to establish yourself and start earning. The freelance market is highly competitive, and you will not be the only one possessing the skills, so it is important to build upon it and grow your potential. For instance, if you are a writer, you must find a domain and build your portfolio in it. attend some courses to build your skills. For instance, if you are good at technical writing, maybe you can write a creative writing course to bring some flair to the way you present the content. You can attend a course on online marketing and understand SEO and SMM and how your writing and presentation can be altered to be optimised. 


2.  Ascertain the price of your skills

Neither overcharge nor undercharge for you skills. To understand the market value of the services you are offering at your level or experience or proficiency, first understand what the market is charging and for what level of experience. Someone with a broad spectrum of experiences, beside their skill in their domain is likely to be paid higher. A lot depends on your negotiation skills too. Important point to note is you must set a price below which you will never work and beyond that you must be reasonable enough to acknowledge the rates of someone with your level of skills and experience will get paid. 


3.  Marketing! Marketing! Marketing!

In freelance work you are marketing and selling yourself and your greatest asset, your skills. So, find avenues to market yourself and your skills. You can do this by joining focus groups and discussions, you can submit your work on various platforms where your work will get noticed and assist people form your field when they have queries. The important thing is to promote your skills and proficiency in it. the key is to market yourself on the right platforms where you will get visibility. 


4.  When to do it for free and when to charge fair

Sometimes it is okay to work at a lower rate if you feel you are getting other intangible value. Maybe it is accompanied with powerful brand name, or you learn a lot from the project or in some other ways it opens new avenues for your career growth. However, be sure to evaluate the overall value addition of the project before deciding to work at a lower rate or on a project that doesn’t challenge you or add value to your portfolio.


5.  Focus on Quality

Always maintain top quality in your work, and the way you interact with your clients. Your client will probably never meet you and there will be a communication gap. So, maintain breadth to accommodate reworks and be patient even where the client sounds agitated or unfairly accusatory in their tone. How well you listen and how much you are willing to work will determine your service quality.

There is a learning curve that one must aspire to stay on and constantly upgrade themselves to stay at the top of their profession.

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ojesvi singh
ojesvi singh
Create : Oct 21,2021

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