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Starting freelancing is hard
You have no idea what it is and how to do it
I was there too, and after doing a lot of research I learned how to do it
Now I want I save you the research time with this
This is how to start freelancing as a beginner
First, let's clarify what a freelancer is
A freelancer is a person who provides a service to other
That could be:
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Facebook ads
- Email marketing
- And more
So, you start freelancing by selling a service to other
But there is more
The first thing you need to do is choose what service you want to provide
I think that most of you all already know that but if you don't do this:
Think about something you are naturally good at or something you enjoy doing
If you're good at writing sell copywriting
If you're good at design sell web design or graphic design
It's as simple as that
After you choose your skill you need to learn that
Spend no more than 3 months on this
Study from everything you can find online
- Youtube
- Online courses
- Get mentors
You can't offer a service to others if you can't bring them results
So first focus on learning a skill
After you did that it's time to choose your niche and craft your offer
Why do you need a nice?
Because you can't sell your service to everyone
You need to target a specific group of people and learn as much as you can about their problems
So think about who do you want to work with and choose that niche
Keep in mind that the people you want to work with need to afford your service
After you choose your niche it's time to do the market research
This is one of the most important parts of your freelancing career to be fair
You need to spend some time to find out what your potential clients struggle with
- Talk with people from your niche
- Study how they run their businesses
- Use Reddit
Stuff like that
Your goal is to find a big problem that those people have and that you can solve with your service
After you did that, half of the job is done
The next step you need to take is to create your offer
So this looks something like this
"I will X achieve Y with Z"
Where X is the niche you're targeting
Y is the problem you're solving
And Z is the service you're offering
After you have your offer done it's time to create a personal website
I think this is crucial because you need to have a place where you can show:
- Your offer
- Some of your work
- The testimonials you'll get in the future
Don't spend too much time on this one, just build something with Carrd in a few hours
After you did that, it's time for the outreach
To do this I have a few threads where I explain everything you need to do next
In the thread from above, I explain the strategy I use to get my freelancing clients
And I recommend using this too
In this one, I teach you everything you need to know about outreach and how to do it the right way
After you read all of these threads you are ready to start freelancing
All you have to do is now is take action
If you follow the "roadmap" I gave you here I can guarantee that you'll succeed as a freelancer
Now get to work!
I hope found this useful and if you did please let me know. If you have any questions feel free to DM me on Twitter
Top comments (1)
Many of our best employees started out with free projects for friends. I guess everyone started out that way.