How to start freelancing with no experience?

The process of earning money through the internet from your home is called freelancing. (Start freelancing with no experience) It is basically a contract base employment in which different clients hire Freelancers relevant to their niche. There are different platforms of freelancing like:

• Fiver
• Up work
• LinkedIn
• Facebook

If you want to know about freelancing in detail, please read this article https://being-educated.com/what-is-freelancing/

Let’s discuss the most common question: How to start freelancing with no experience? Because I am also a freelancer so I heard this question many times and it brings me to write a detailed article to answer this question. So, in this article, I will tell you how you can start freelancing with no experience and portfolio.

How to start Freelancing?

The first thing to start freelancing is that you should know about freelancing. Then after that define your niche or domain in which you want to be an expert. Like I am an SEO expert and doing SEO for the past 3 years. So similarly find your domain in which you are interested. Different domains of freelancing are:

• Graphic designing
• Digital marketing
• Content marketing
• Amazon affiliate marketing
• SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
• Web development
• Blogging
• Social media marketing

The way to find your domain is very simple. As a beginner, you should get basic information about al domains. So then after that make a decision according to your interest. Once you find your domain then start exploring it. Watch YouTube tutorials and try to get a lot of information. Well, I would recommend as a beginner you should spend the first 4 months just getting skills. Because in freelancing skills matters a lot. Your communication skill should be good because when you communicate with the clients of other countries this will matter a lot.

The next step is that make your freelance profiles on freelancing platforms. If you don’t have an idea about the creation of a freelance profile, tell me in the comment section I will guide you. Now after the profile creation simply start applying for different jobs relevant to your niche. Sooner or later you will grab a client. So, by following this pattern you can start freelancing.

Five most demanding skills:

The five most demanding skills of the freelance industry are given below:

• Digital marketing
• SEO
• Graphic designing
• Web development
• Data Entry

For detailed information about all these skills please read this article: https://being-educated.com/mention-five-in-demand-and-most-selling-skills-of-freelance-industry/

Start Freelancing with no Experience:

You want to start freelancing but you don’t have any experience or portfolio. Do not worry! I will tell you how it is possible.

Well, it is true if you are a beginner and new in the freelancing field. You don’t have a portfolio. But when the clients came they demand about your past experience or about your portfolio. Yes, it is true you can grab clients without a portfolio but it is rare. The best practice is that you should have your portfolio.

But the question is how can I make my portfolio as a beginner? Well, it’s simple!

For Example, you are an SEO expert. So as an SEO expert, you can perform keyword research and make an excel file. You can show it to your clients. Or you can also make your portfolio website for free. There are many platforms that offer free domain and hosting. You can create your portfolio website easily. Tell me in the comment section if you want to know more about it!

Similarly, if you are a graphic designer you can show some dummy logos or video or photo editing samples to your clients.

Some Tips and tricks to start Freelancing as a beginner:

• As a beginner don’t much focus on money. Focus on building your profile or gig. Because once you got a 5-star rating then after that you can frequently get orders.
• Charge fewer budgets as compared to other sellers.
• Deliver as much as you can.
• Your maximum online presence increases the chances of getting orders. So try to maximum online.
• Daily put some work on your portfolio website. Because it matters a lot for clients.
• Deliver your work in minimum days.
• Quickly respond to your clients. Do not let them wait for your reply.