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Freelance Work from Home: Why You Should be Doing It

There are several freelancing opportunities available all over the Internet as well as offline. However, there are few people who actually undertake freelance, because of their several ideas about Freelance, most of them unfounded. Here are some reasons why you should be doing freelance.

It pays good money: Gone are the days when freelancing was done by the misfits of the society, and the employers would throw some dollars onto them just to keep them happy. Freelance today has turned out to be a almost competitor to main stream jobs, both in terms of name as well as the financial aspect. You will find very few freelancers sitting at home doing nothing or working for peanuts. There is a lot of freelance to go around and there are a lot of companies and individuals who are looking for freelancers.

It is Completely Legal: Some people would be wondering whether working from home is legal or not, after all you are using your residential premises for a commercial endeavor. However, unless and until you are not part of a scam, or are actually running a scam, work at home is completely legal. Of course, this will also depend on whether you are working for any other company or not. Some companies do not allow their employees to work as freelancers. Most of them are not even allowed to visit freelance sites, let alone take up freelance projects.

It can be long term: If you are good at your work, you may actually find out that the clients stick to you and that you have appraisals and everything else just like someone having a mainstream career. This depends on your freelance work and how you see freelance online. Also, if all goes well you could actually start a small outfit of yours and take more work from people and outsource it to the employees.

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.

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.

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!