How to Start Freelancing, Tips for Beginners

Freelancing has become another great source of income for Millions of youngsters from across the world, people having skills can connect with anyone from another corner of the world and get paid for their skills and services.

If you are a newly graduate and do not have any job but looking for something then there are some platforms you can join and quickly start earning money from home, you just need a skill which your clients demand from you for their businesses. It can either be related to social media marketing, website designing, lead generation, video editing or graphic designing.

There is a very easy way to start if you have never worked on UP-WORK, Fiverr or Freelancer.com, you need to go and start learning designing on Canva.com which is a graphic designing tool with ready templates, you can make some changes according to your clients demands and get started.

The second thing you need to do is to create your profile on Upwork giving your basic information, once you get started on Upwork, try making impressive designs on Canva and post those on your Up-work portfolio. Make sure your profile is completed 100% including your introduction video.

You will have go for the niche you are good at and find jobs accordingly. Up-work will recommend jobs to your feed according to the job skills you have provided in your profile.

You will be given free connects from Upwork in the start but you will keep losing your connects whenever you submit a job proposal and you do not get any response, so try using your connects very carefully.

Job proposal is another skill you need to learn when working on Upwork, if you are new and do not know how to find suitable proposals in the same niche you are working in then you have to read this properly.

1) Apply for a job which is recently posted.

2) Make sure there are not many proposals submitted on the job you are interested in.

3) Make sure the payment method of the client is verified with Upwork.

4) Read the job description carefully and understand what the client is looking for and if you can do the job he has written down in the description, then go for it.

5) Also make sure the amount client is offering you suits the job you are doing.

6) Use formal language in writing your proposal.

7) Use formal and polite language when the client reaches out to you for the job.

8) Try to complete the job before the deadline.

9) Do not copy from internet or you will not be trusted again.

10) Be confident and positive all the time.

You also need a proper cover letter when you apply for the job, you can also search the cover letter template on google or watch videos related to cover letter writing.

Beginners should also carefully read the Upwork partner policy and all the terms and conditions, remember, Upwork can block your account anytime if you are found violating any of their terms and you will not be able to recover easily. Try to read all those detail information.

It is not 100% sure that you will get a job within few hours but you need to be very consistent, passionate and patient when working on Upwork.

So create your account, learn how to use Canva and start your freelancing journey.