In your freelance career, you’ll meet all kinds of clients.
There are clients who are kind, generous, as well as clients who are angry, irritating, and those who disappear when it’s time for payment.
In this post, I wanted to highlight a few different types of clients you’ll meet in your freelance career.
If you’re new to freelancing, it will take some time before you meet all these types of clients. But it’s better to have some idea of them in advance.
Most experienced freelancers will likely tell you not to rely on freelancing marketplaces to find work.
It’s good advice because those sites, like UpWork, pressure you to compete with other freelancers and lower your rates to win jobs.
But, the truth is, we all have to start somewhere and the chances are even the most experienced freelancers have used a freelancing site at some point in their career to score a project or two.
The first freelancing site I used was Elance (now UpWork). I didn’t get many jobs on this platform, but I used it to connect with clients and build long-term partnerships. At the time, there wasn’t too much competition on Elance so landing a job was easier than it is today.
Want to make a little bit of extra cash on the side?
Who would say no to that, right?
Freelancing is actually one of the highest-growing industries in the world today. Look at all the new freelancing sites popping out everywhere.
People are leaving their day jobs to work from home and triple their monthly paycheck.
It’s also turning out to be a great part-time job as well. College students do it to pay their tuition fees, moms at home do it to make ends meet, and 9-5 office workers are doing it too.
40% of America’s workforce will be freelancers by 2020 – Quartz
However, not all find success at freelancing.
Most new freelancers fail because of three main reasons:
Before we get into the Part-Time vs Full-Time freelancing battle or learn how to start freelancing, let’s talk about some of the things you can expect as a freelancer.
Don’t listen to anyone who mocks you or laughs at you for not finishing high school or college.
Despite what your parents and friends are saying, you can find jobs without a degree. You don’t need those fancy 4-year college degrees to land a profitable job and make a comfortable living.
There are plenty of ways you can find a career without a degree. In fact, I’ll show you how I’ve managed to create my own career without any school qualifications.
In this post, I will also tell you about 5 of the best careers for college dropouts and high school dropouts that you can pursue online and in the comfort of your home.
There’s never been a better time to learn something new than right now.
The freelance industry is booming. The demand for remote work is rising. And finding jobs online is getting easier.
If you’re wondering about what are the best skills to learn today, I have a few suggestions for you.
In this guide, I explore some of the best skills to learn with high demand. Plus I’ll share a few online course suggestions to help you get started on learning each skill.
Will artificial intelligence (AI) replace my job? What will we do when that happens?
It’s a question that most people are now starting to think about.
To be honest, I’ve often wondered about it too.
Just recently, I came across a software that writes articles using Artificial Intelligence (AI). That’s basically my job automated by a robot.
My first thought was that this software won’t be able to replace me. It will probably generate some robotic articles with words scraped from the Internet. And boy was I wrong.
This AI software is capable of generating high-quality articles. You only have to enter a few keyphrases and it generates an article as if it was written by a human.
As a full-time freelance writer, this was very concerning for me. And the scary part is that it’s not the only software I came across. There are many other AI software and platforms that are already replacing my job.
