How to Start Freelancing: A Beginner's Guide
September 17, 20245 Mins Read
Freelancing is a free profession. The main difference between regular employment and freelancing is the duty hours. That is, if you want to do any job, you have to do duty from 9 am to 5 pm. There is usually no time limit in the freelancing profession. There is freedom to work at your own time.

Freelancing

The term online income is used to describe the term freelancing more simply. Freelancing is the money that is earned by doing the work that is usually available online. That is, working for different organizations based on contract without working for a specific company or organization is called freelancing or earning online.

The concept of freelancing has been prevalent in society since ancient times. The term has acquired a distinct self-esteem through the incredible development of technology. However, we are all curious about what freelancing is because the mainstream media is constantly covering news about online income.

There is a positive atmosphere in the society. Due to contract work only in this profession one can be one's own boss. Gaining skills in online work can be earned by selling it to clients through freelancing. Basically, the freelancing profession gives an opportunity to work with many people and organizations both domestically and abroad which helps to improve skills and learn new things.

Freelancing is a profession that is also known as online income. So those who do freelancing are called freelancers. These days the term freelancer is well known to all of us through Facebook and YouTube.

The world is gradually becoming online based. Nowadays, administrative or commercial work is being converted online in the country or abroad. This increases the speed of work and saves time. Jobs available online are a little different from traditional jobs.

For this reason, to do them, we need to gain experience on specific subjects. Among the jobs available online today are web design and development, graphics, video editing, programming, app development, article writing, marketing, etc.

Freelancing is the process that takes place from learning the work of a typical freelancer to getting work and receiving payment through delivery.

There are some important steps you need to follow to start freelancing. Let's go into detail about the steps.

the plan
There are many types of jobs available in the freelancing sector. If you don't have experience about these tasks, you can't do them. For this reason, before entering the freelancing profession, you need to decide if you really want to see yourself as a freelancer.

However, wise people plan before starting any action. Likewise, before starting freelancing we need to have a bullet-proof plan in place. While arranging the plan one must keep in mind that both easy and difficult jobs are available online. Here some work can be completed in one hour and some work takes 15 days.

In every online job you have to choose the job that will last for next 10 or 20 years. Because if the work is stopped after learning then the time given there will be completely wasted. Basically before starting freelancing you need to decide what you will learn, where you will learn it and how long you will learn it.

Create work learning outline
You have to put in some effort to select your favorite topic. Gain knowledge by searching about the main major jobs that are available online. This will make it easy to choose the subject that you understand.

A smart career can be built and no topic can be selected out of greed. Because if you want to learn the subject then the interest will decrease in the middle and the learning will remain incomplete. However, once you have chosen your preferred subject, a proper guideline should be developed.

Making an outline for learning the work accordingly makes learning the work much easier and faster. Having guidelines never wastes time on other things from the routine. It can be learned in a very short time.

Create project
With enough time to learn to work, the task is to create some practical projects. That means you have to create some difficult projects based on what you have learned so far. These projects will help you develop your skills and strengthen your portfolio.

You can take ideas from Google or do any varsity project to make the project. On the other hand, work for free with someone who is an expert on the subject you learned from Facebook to speed up the work. This will increase work experience and give you the confidence to work directly with clients. Real life experience is very important in doing proper research to solve problems.

Portfolio creation
Portfolios are needed when projects are completed after work learning. Portfolio is proof of your experience. The more work evidence and experience you have in your portfolio, the faster your chances of getting a job online will increase.

Creating a website for a small amount of money and keeping it as a portfolio will set you apart from other freelancers.

Account creation in the marketplace
After doing all the above steps correctly you are now ready to earn online. To get work initially, you need to create an account on a freelancing marketplace such as Fiber or Upwork.

Apart from these, you have to share your experience by creating your own profile on LinkedIn and other professional websites. Especially in the marketplace, always be active and apply for jobs. Nowadays Fiber has made it easier for new freelancers to find clients. Here, if you open a gig and share your work skills and experience, the client himself gives you a job offer.

Payment system
Setting up a payment account is as easy as it sounds. All freelancers use Pioneer, Wise, Direct Bank Transfer method as there is no PayPal in Bangladesh.

When you submit work in the marketplace, the money you get in return should be brought to your bank account through the mentioned payment method. Basically whatever you earn from online should be brought to the country using payment method.

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Therefore, the last step is to create an account on the website or service where payment can be taken. If you follow the steps mentioned above correctly, you can successfully enter the freelancing profession through hard work. Otherwise the upside of building a career in freelancing will be wasted.