Three Most Paid Freelance Careers
With the advent of the Internet and the growth of technology, almost every job today can be done from home, thereby adding to the number of profiles that can think of a work from home position. However, there are few freelance professions that actually pay a lot. Here are the top three:
Web Designer/Programmer: The web designer job or the web programmer job can be considered to be one of the most well paid jobs in the realms of freelance. Even in a day job, the programmer will always have a chunk more than the other profiles, so why not freelance? Along with the web programmer, the web designer also is considered to be a very lucrative freelance profile. What makes both these profiles so lucrative for freelancing is that the profiles can work from a simple computer.
Event Manager/DJ: AN Event Manager or DJ is another profile that is considered to be in the list of the top three highly paid freelance jobs. The event manager, or the DJ is basically the soul of the whole event and has a lot of responsibilities.
Game Designer: Game Designers are those individuals who are specifically into game designing. These individuals may either work on PC CD games or on the new rage, the online flash games. This is another of the most lucrative freelance careers
Freelance Career: The One Way to Kickstart It
If you have just begun your freelance career. you must have already felt a cold feeling on days when you simply do not have any work. If you are feeling down on such days, fret not, these days are felt by almost everyone who has been in the freelancing business. However, such days make you want to kickstart your freelance career. Read on to know how you can actually take it by the scruff of its collar and point it wherever you want it to.
Work for Free: Okay, this suggestion may come with some brickbats, but come to think of it. The only resources you have as a newbie is your talent, along with time. And only if you use both of them will you get anywhere in the world of freelance. So, you can do some freelance work for free, for people whom you know. Of course, if your freelance will be going online and used commercially, you can ask for credits. this way, you will have freelance work from home and add important brownie points to your freelance career.
The best way to look for freelance work that you would be giving away for free is not the freelance web nor the freelance sites - it is locally. Visit your local newspaper editor and find out whether they are looking for citizen reporters, visit the newly opened software company in your neighborhood and find out if they are looking to finance projects, or even look for advertising agencies that are looking for hacks... all of it will pay out someday!
And then, you do not have to worry much... the last organization that gave out its work for free is Google. :)
But, on a more serious note, once you offer your services for free, there will be many individuals, organizations and companies that will hound you for your help on something that will change the we look at things. But be wary. If you are really keen on working for free in the freelance world, remember these three tips:
The work should really be awesome with a capital A.
Due credit should be given to you, the person.
The entire activity should have some kind of scope to get you paid work.
How to Expand Your Freelance Career?
Freelancing is mostly considered by people as a hobby and something that they do for the little extra money that tides them through the end days of the month. Not many understand that freelancing is actually one of the most lucrative careers if it is treated and taken in the right way. If you are thinking how you can expand your freelance career, here are some tips that you can keep in mind.
Expand Your Freelance Career - Network: Network8ing is the major aspect of any kind of business or profession that you are in. With the right kind of networking, you will come in touch with people who can help you enhance your freelance career. Of course, this does not mean that you should spend all your time networking, but consider spending some time per day networking.
Expand Your Freelance Career - Get on the Internet: The Internet is fast becoming the place to network and meet new people. In fact, there are several professions that are mainly settled on the Internet. Therefore, it would be a good idea to get on the Internet and find groups and other people who are in the same line of business as you are. Getting on the Internet will also expose you to the freelance web, which will basically get to to the freelance sites, and therefore, freelance projects.
Expand Your Freelance Career - Enhance your skills: Most of us are in a profession which is dependent on another profession. For example, a programmer depends on a graphics guy, while the sales guy depends on the manufacturing guy, etc. However, when are in the freelance business, we do not have the comfort levels of the company giving us the required resources to complete the work. If you enhance your career, you will be able to get more and more types of freelance work, which would greatly enhance your freelance career.
Therefore, it would be a good idea to actually enhance your skills, or add new skills when you have time.
Freelance Projects: Tips to Handle a Freelance Project
So, you have got your first freelance project. Remember that getting a freelance project is just a percentage of the entire aspect of completing the project within the given timeframe. Here are some tips to handle a freelance project.
Manage your time: Time is the one of the most important resource that a freelancer has. If the freelancer uses the resource in the right manner, they will have a successful freelancing career. If not, they will be broke at the end of the month, it is as simple as that. when a person decides to take up freelance work, they actually commit that they will spend a certain amount of their time of the day or night to working.Managing time is the most important trait that one should have if they wish to have successful completion of freelance projects.
Chalk out a Plan: When you take up freelance work from home, you should understand that there is no manager above you, or peer and colleague who would egg you up to work. It is quite simple to get a freelancer from the various freelance sites, but it is quite difficult to get someone who is serious about having a freelance career. Therefore, you should chalk out a plan for yourself, as to how much time you would give for the assignment, and exactly how you would be getting the project done.
Communicate: Non communication is one of the major reasons that freelance projects fall through. Make sure that you do not commit the mistake. There are several freelance sites that offer freelance projects, and they also offer a chance for the freelancer and the client to speak via their site itself. Make sure that you follow the communication aspect of the freelance world.
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Freelance Career Question #2: Which are the Best Freelance Sites?
Comparing a newbie into the Freelance world to a person who has just endeavored into space travel would be too dramatic, but it wouldn't be too wrong. Once a person leaves their day jobs and begin the journey of freelance, they come across many planets and organisms, some friendly and some not so friendly. If you consider Freelance to be a space journey, consider Freelance sites to be your friendly planets. Now that you know that the Freelance sites are your friendly planets, where do you find them, and more importantly, do they really exist? Well, this blog post tries to answer both your questions. Here are some of the best Freelance Sites around.
Freelancer: Previously known as getafreelancer, this is site has been around for quite a long time. According to the site itself it is
owned by Ignition Networks Pty. Limited, trading as Freelancer.com (ACN 134 845 748), with license from its wholly owned subsidiary, Plendo Sweden AB. Freelancer.com was started in February 2004 and is today one of the top online freelance marketplaces in the world.Freelancer has progressed quite well in its six years of existence. It has made several changes to the site, and it recently made a complete graphic overhaul, that really adds some taste to the site. However, other than the cosmetic aspect of it, GAF, as the community still regards it as, is one of the better websites that offer freelance work.
All you have to do is to make a profile on the site, and then fill in all the details that are related to your professional life. Make sure that you make the profile an exhaustive read, or else you will end up just being on the site and not making any money out of joining the website.
Remember that GAF itself rarely offers any jobs. It is simply a common ground for the freelancer to interact with people who wish to offer freelance projects to the freelancers.
Once you have made your profile, you can browse through all the projects that are on offer and you can bid on them.
Freelancer is an integral part of the freelance web, and making a profile on the site will surely help you in expanding your freelance career. As the name itself suggests, freelancer is the site that is used by the world over to get a freelancer.
Scriptlance: Scriptlance is another website that is quite popular amongst the freelance community. The website follows the same program as Freelancer does. As Scriptlance and Freelancer are Bid for Work sites, the working of the sites is basically the same.
Here is a list of the other freelancing websites:
www.guru.com
www.odesk.com
www.limeexchange.com.
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Freelance Career Question: Is there Freelance Online?
The freelance career may be one of the most rocky careers in today's world. But then, this career is even the one of the most lucrative. Who wouldn't love to work in their pyjamas and work when they want to and take a break when they don't want to? Trust us, the sense of freedom you get in a empty cinema hall on a Monday morning while watching your favorite movie before your peers is outstanding. However, before we paint a rosy picture of freelancing, we should also tell you that getting freelance work is as difficult, if not more, than getting your first job, getting your promotion, or even dating the person you always wanted to!
Of course, when you begin freelance work from home, there are several questions that are unanswered, and just one of them is: Is there Freelance Online?
While the question seems quite simple and even blatant, we should tell you that the answer is as simple as taking candy from a baby, and the answer is - Seek and You shall Find. Here are some places where you can look for freelance projects, and we can be sure, these projects will surely add the require firepower to move your freelance career out of the dumps and into the skies. :)
The Freelance Web: Hold that search engine window. There is no Freelance Web as such. The Freelance Web is a phrase that we use to describe all the forums, the blogs (including this one), the communities and the forums that provide help and information to those looking for freelance work and freelance projects. As you spend some time over the Internet, you will find several of our brethren that will offer you information and networks that are quite active in the world of freelancing, the core of the freelance web. Tread carefully though, since you are no longer in Kansas anylonger.
You will find all kinds of people on the Freelance Web, people who will go out of the way to help you, people who will take out the time to hand hold you through the ropes, and people who will rob you of your time and resources, but then, we never said there's no risk on the Internets, did we?
Freelance Sites: One would ask, what is the difference between the Freelance Web and the Freelance Sites, aren't they one and the same, or, aren't Freelance Sites just a part of the Freelance Web? Well sure it is, but this is like the badlands and the governed areas we used to see in those dystopian movies of yore. There are several freelance sites that offer freelance projects and freelance work. These sites basically make freelance online the lucrative profession that it is. And simply because it is more systematic and scheduled than other options that you would look at if you are looking for freelance work.
There are several such websites, which you will find with a simple search online, which allow you to make accounts on their sites and access the projects that they have to offer. Once you bid on those projects, the ball starts rolling. There are many people who make accounts on these sites to get a freelancer. If the person who has posted this project likes your work, they will contact you and if everything goes well, you will soon have that freelance project!
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What is oDesk?
There are several sites that act as a intermediate between freelancers and people who are looking to outsource their work to others. oDesk is one such site. Though Odesk is quite similar to Scriptlance or GetaFreelancer, it has a significant difference.
While SL and GAF restrict themselves to acting as a intermediary between the freelancer and the employer till the time the project is done, oDesk goes a step ahead and actually tries to create a virtual workspace.
Once you make an account on oDesk, you will be able to access the number of projects that are available. You can then apply for these candidacies and then you will be interviewed by the employer. The interview can be carried out via oDesk as well as Skype, Gtalk or other internet messengers.
Another significant aspect of oDesk is that it actually allows the project owner to monitor the work timings of the freelancer, with the help of software and a webcam, if the employee agrees to the same.
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How does Scriptlance Work?
Scriptlance is a well known freelance website. The website acts as a platform for freelancers to meet people who wish to outsource work that they have. If you are thinking how you can use this site to make some money via freelancing, read on.
Scriptlance is a 'Bid to Work' Website: Scriptlance follows the Bid on projects model. To bid on projects all you require to do is to make a free account on the site. Make sure that you fill in the entire profile so that the prospective employer can get a nice idea of what services you offer and what your experience is.
Bid on the Projects and interact via PMB: Once you bid on the projects, you can contact the employer via the PMB. In some cases, you can also send a direct private message to the employer.
Wait: Once you have got the confirmation that your bid has been posted, you will have to wait until the project poster decides on it. The wait time is quite less, as the SL community is quite active.
Click Here for Scriptlance.
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How do I become a Published Writer on the Internet?
One of the most lucrative types of freelancing is writing articles for the Internet today. Generally, this is termed as 'content writer' or 'copy writer'. A content writer may have to write articles on any given subject matter or even create the entire copy for a website. A copy writer would basically have to give a copy for a banner, or an advertisement that is doing the rounds on the Internet.
While these jobs are available in plenty, most of them are lapped up by individuals and organizations that have written material to prove that they are, indeed, content writers of copy writers. So, how does a content writer with no prior assignments? The answer is simple.
There are several websites that offer a free platform for writers to write their articles in their name. This not only allows the writer to make their profile on the Internet, but also acts as a learning platform for them to understand the finer aspects of writing for the Internet, like SEO, etc. Here is a list of the best sites that allow for free uploading of articles:
1 Ezine Articles: Probably the most famous of the article directories. The website is allows one to make their own account, select their niche and write articles about whichever subject they are comfortable in. The writer can also prepare a resource box that will give information about the writer.
Ezine also sends a useful newsletter regularly to inform the writer about new trends on the Internet and Internet writing.
2 Buzzle: Another famous article directory that concentrates more on the fact and knowledge sharing aspects of article directories. The user gets to make their own profile and can share their profile with others. No Newsletters.
3 Articleswave: A new kid on the block, but shows a lot of promise. Users can make an account and create a public profile.
There are several other article directories that are more or less popular. Have a look over the Internet and you will find many more.
4 Skimmers Nook: Another site offers writers to write their own content and upload them on the site. This site is directed towards the writers and is one of the few that allows poems, limericks and even jokes to be uploaded on the site.
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Freelance Vs Work at Home
A few years ago, freelancing and working at home was considered to be the job of those people who could not face the outside world. Today, freelancing and working at home is supposed to be only for the fortunate few, how the times have changed! However, because Freelancing and working at home has just gained popularity, there are several misconceptions about the two. One common misconception is that Freelancing and Working at home is the same. However, it is not so. Here are some major differences between Working at home and Freelancing.
A company employs you if you are working from home: A work at home position is a job position that is offered by some companies. Working at home is beneficial for the employer as well as the employee.
If you are offered a work at home job, you are employed by the company, getting all the perks and having all the responsibilities of a company employee. You are on the payroll of the company and may be eligible for all the perks that are offered to the other employees of the company, like medical insurance, health insurance, pension, job security, etc.
Also, if you are working from home, it might be illegal for you to work for more than one company. This will generally be cleared in the agreement that you and the company will be signing.
When you are freelancing, you are not bound by one company. You can take any assignments from anyone that your little heart wishes. Of course, the job security in a freelancing job is only as much as you get paid for your assignment.
Three Golden Tips for Freelancing
With the advent of the Internet and increase in communication, freelancing has become one of the most lucrative professions today. There are so many people who have given up their jobs and are working from the comfy confines of their home. But it is not an easy. Here are the Three Golden Tips that you should keep in mind while freelancing.
1) Manage Your Time: The best part of freelancing is that you can work whenever you wish, the worst part of freelancing is that you can work whenever you want. You should be very careful if you are working form home, simply because you might end up sitting at home and playing games while you are actually meant to work. Remember, if you are freelancing, you have no supervisor or peer to egg you on, and you will know the wasted time only at the end of the month - when you cannot pay the bills because you didn't work at all!
2) Know Your Limits: The problem with freelancing is that a person tends to think that they can do anything and everything. If you are in a company, your skillsets are already decided upon and your work responsibilities are given to you within the first week. When you are freelancing, the biggest problem is that you are the only person who decides whether you can do a particular job, and by the time you find out that you cannot do it, it's too late. Therefore, make it a point to understand your abilities and make the best out of them. Of course, this does not mean that you should not experiment. But any experiment that does not sit good in the realms of practicality and logic may not end as well as you would want them to.
3) Have Fun: The basic reason that you stopped a day job is because your life was getting wrecked. Freelancing is good money, but if you continue to be as workaholic as you were during the job, you are not exactly getting all the benefits of being a freelancer. So, whenever you can, take some time off... go with the folks for a picnic in the middle of the week, catch a chick flick or a romcom or a action adventure in the middle of the day - Understand Your Freedom.
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