6 High In-Demand Skills to start Freelancing in 2021(A Beginner’s Guide)
Originally Published on my Blog-Silent Retreat Blog
Every budding freelancer hopes to thrive in his/her business, achieve location-based freedom and generate insane money!
Well, it’s quite possible!
Freelance business can generate a sustainable income, and most importantly, can give freedom from 9 to 5 circus (no offence “wink”). But it’s also true that only a few achieve these goals and most of the freelancers’ slog for long hours to meet both ends.
If you want to start your freelancing business and want to know what skills can make you good money, then this blog post is for you!
Keep reading as we share the best skills to learn for freelancing, how much you can earn and where you can learn them from.
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Top in-demand skills for Freelancers
1. Video Creation & Editing
Be it a long-form of video content on Youtube and FB, a short one on Instagram reels, Pinterest Video pins; Video content is winning over the social media & the internet.
According to Hubspot Statistics, 50% of consumers wants to see more video content from their preferred brands. And, video is a form of content that has a high engagement rate too.
Therefore, to meet the expectations of consumers and generate more sales, businesses struggle to produce quality video content consistently.
With your video creation and editing skills, you can help clients with video ideas, plan content calendar, create and edit videos to meet their business need.
The demand for this freelance skill is soaring and one can generate steady and good income between $50- $180/hour.
Check out these Udemy courses on Video creation and editing skills.
2. SEO Expert
Every business wants to organically rank #1 on Google. Despite numerous blog posts and optimized website content, companies struggle to figure out what went wrong.
If you are new to SEO; Search-engine-Optimization (SEO) is a way of improving your website visibility and attract more traffic. The search engines like Google frequently updates the ranking algorithm hence it becomes even more difficult for companies to stay abreast with SEO knowledge.
As a freelance SEO expert, you can help the client optimize the website content, gain more visibility on Google, and acquire new customers.
To learn SEO, you can either follow Neil Patel’s YouTube Channel for his pro-tips or you can join Udemy paid course.
Wait, I have a suggestion for a free SEO course. Check this course by Ahrefs YouTube channel for a complete guide on SEO.
3. Copywriting
Don’t know about freelance copywriting? Copywriting is a form of persuasive writing that aims at selling a product or a service to a target audience.
As we know, every business out there is selling something hence, they need a good copywriter for a magnetic sales copy.
If you are interested to learn freelance copywriting, here is the top-rated free Copywriting course available on Educonix.
The entry barrier for a copywriter is low, therefore it becomes easy for new writers to find projects. The more you will write the better you will get at it. And, with time and experience, you can excel in this freelance skill to generate a good income.
4. Social Media Marketing
Social Media platforms like Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter, have different demographics and type of content that performs.
It’s difficult for businesses to manage their presence on social media accounts and generate selling opportunities. Instead, they prefer to spend money to outsource social media marketing efforts and save time.
This opens the door of opportunities for freelance social media marketers.
As a social media Marketer, you learn to run ads, manage the social media community, create and plan content calendar, post content regularly and much more.
You can take up Social Media Marketing Courses on Udemy to learn this freelance skill. One Pro-tip for you- strive to be an expert on one platform as clients prefer experts over a generalist. Moreover, experts are paid well and hired for a long-term project.
5. Graphic Designing
If you have a flair for colours, designs and fonts; Graphic designing skill can help you generate a steady and handsome income.
Whether it’s graphics for website, blog posts, YouTube, social media posts any type of marketing material; a relevant & appealing HD graphic design is essential to grab eyeballs.
As a beginner, you can start with Canva.com and take up simple designing projects. The best part of this skill is that you can continue your learning along with your work.
With more experience and improvement in work quality, you will be able to complete projects in less time and can take up multiple projects at the same time.
A graphic designer can potentially start with $40-$250/project depending upon the project requirement.
Check out these beginner-friendly Skillshare classes to learn Graphic designing.
6. Mentorship Program
Budding business owners need the right guidance and mentors to help them thrive!
You can start a mentorship program if you are knowledgeable in a particular field. Maybe you have this knowledge from your previous work experience or any time-tested skill you self-learned for your work.
You can share your learnings, growth hacks, and experiences and failures too with your students over counselling calls or pre-recorded sessions.
This is a great way to give back to your community and in return, you can earn a reputation and potentially generate a good income.
If you are interested, check out this course on Udemy on course creation.
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Madhvi G | Hire me for Content writing