WHAT IS THE BEST TIME TO START FREELANCING?



❗�LONG POST FOR FRUSTRATED FREELANCERS AND NEWBIES

�"Freelancers and independent workers are the fastest-growing workforces of all industries." 2018 Research on Freelancing.
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�Just before the COVID-19 pandemic, we had several people in offices working for bosses while they enjoy the monthly payments.
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�But during the pandemic, most people were laid off. That was pathetic because not many people prepared for freelancing.
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Freelancing means you work for yourself. You offer your skill(s) and get paid.
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��THE BEST WAY TO START.

�If you want to chart a path for freelance career success, you need to be sure you’re not doing it for the wrong reasons. Don’t do it because it’s popular, or you believe it’s an easier way to make more money.
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�If you do, you will be frustrated. From getting your first client to landing other jobs, freelancing will need you to be well prepared.
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��FINDING YOUR FIRST CLIENTS

�To start, you need to know who your ideal clients are. You may not be able to get them right away, but you have to have a clear idea in your mind of who you’re trying to target, so the decisions you make about which clients you work for are gaining you momentum down that path.
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�Know who you are targeting with your skill(s). Write down 5 things you have to offer them about the skill.
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�You will find people who will tell you to start with freelancing sites like Upwork, Toptal, Guru, Fiverr, and so on.
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❗❗Don't take that advice except you are ready for the frustration.
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�Those sites offer you International competition. You are competing with people who have been there for years and have earned a reasonable amount of money.
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�Rather, ask your family, friends, school connections, previous employers, or colleagues if they know anyone who needs your services.
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Make personal connections with local community members you can meet in-person, and intimately learn the needs of their businesses.
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�When you first start, your main objective is to gain experience. Making money — although it may be a pressing need — is a secondary concern for the long-term health of your freelance business.
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More experience and expertise will bring more money. You have to put in the work to build up to that goal.
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Some freelancers have little knowledge about the skill and still go-ahead to teach it and offer it as skills.

Then you will see graphics design class with a very poor flyer.

Seek expertise. Money will follow later.


Happy weekend.�FINDING YOUR FIRST CLIENTS

�To start, you need to know who your ideal clients are. You may not be able to get them right away, but you have to have a clear idea in your mind of who you’re trying to target, so the decisions you make about which clients you work for are gaining you momentum down that path.
.
.
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�Know who you are targeting with your skill(s). Write down 5 things you have to offer them about the skill.
.
.
.
�You will find people who will tell you to start with freelancing sites like Upwork, Toptal, Guru, Fiverr, and so on.
.
.
.
❗❗Don't take that advice except you are ready for the frustration.
.
.
.
�Those sites offer you International competition. You are competing with people who have been there for years and have earned a reasonable amount of money.
.
.
.
�Rather, ask your family, friends, school connections, previous employers, or colleagues if they know anyone who needs your services.
.
.
.
Make personal connections with local community members you can meet in-person, and intimately learn the needs of their businesses.
.
.
.
�When you first start, your main objective is to gain experience. Making money — although it may be a pressing need — is a secondary concern for the long-term health of your freelance business.
.
.
.

More experience and expertise will bring more money. You have to put in the work to build up to that goal.
.
.
.
Some freelancers have little knowledge about the skill and still go-ahead to teach it and offer it as skills.

Then you will see graphics design class with a very poor flyer.

Seek expertise. Money will follow later.


Happy weekend.

Tosin Ayodeji
Writing Mentor.





Tosin Ayodeji
Writing Mentor.

Have you been depressed or you are getting into depression? I'm here to help you.

Have you been having thoughts that no one cares about you?
One day, you will realized that you have more secret lovers.
The behind the scene angelic friends who wake up every day to shower you with sincere payers.
One day, you will know that you are not alone.
I've been depressed too. I've been there.

At some point, a friend of mine, Itunu sincerely asked me if I was depressed. The reason wasn't far-fetched. I loved to be alone. And yes, I was depressed.

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I was though battling with depression but still cheerful. All because lives depend on me. I was depressed yet was still a counsellor.
To the stories unshared, may your pages never be blank.

During that time, I met a lady who told me she was going to kill herself. Well, she did attempt suicide but God saved her. Many other cases that I've seen and confronted.

The PMO(Psycho-Medical Organization) invited me to speak at their February discusses. There I met practical cases of mental illness.

Eyes have seen. Beautiful and cheerful ladies can be depressed. The rich can be depressed. We have seen pastors died of depression. Kaii!!!

You know why I motivate? Not because I want you to believe you can run 1000metres in a second. But I want you to KNOW that beyond what you are seeing, YOU are a great being. I tell people if it's about dying, I should be dead. But I tell you, until you see what God has placed in you, you might never know your worth.

Whenever you are depressed, just relax. Relax and think of why exactly you are depressed.

Don't believe the situation can't be solved.

If it's a bad habit causing it, replace it with good and rewarding activity.

If it's loneliness, engage people around.

Just break from it.

You are great and you know. Being depressed is not the right thing for you right now. You have greatness in you. Cheer up!

Till I come again,
DoctorTalkingpen
Tosin Ayodeji.
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