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Top 10 Success Tips – How Do You Become a Successful Freelancer!

Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 posted by Bill in Employment News

You have finally decided to become a full time freelancer and are extremely excited about your new venture. You have several ideas of what you’d like to accomplish, and you know your income potential is limitless – but you’re still unsure of exactly how to go about being the success you know you can be. Here are 10 tips to becoming a success as a freelancer:

1. Set up your home office. You should have at the very least the following: a computer with internet access, printer, and telephone with a good long distance plan, a messenger system like yahoo, and a good office software package like MS Office.

2. Set some goals for yourself: How much money would you like to make in the next year? The next 5 years? How many jobs will you have to take on to make that amount of money?

3. Do your research – not just online, but go to your library and read up on the subject of freelancing. Find other freelancers in your area, or online and don’t be afraid to ask them questions about how they got started.

4. Explore the many websites for information. This will take some time. Learn what types of companies are hiring, and the types of jobs they hire for. This will be a myriad of things – creating websites, writing articles, sales page creation, data entry, etc. This will also give you an idea of how much they are willing to pay. Some companies have large budgets, some have very small budgets.

5. To be a greater success, you should consider specializing in one or two areas. Decide on your niche and take some courses to upgrade if you need to. This will give you a lot more credibility when applying for jobs.

6. If writing is going to be your niche, subscribe to magazines who hire freelance writers. Study their style to get an idea of what types of things they publish. Send them a query with a sample of your work.

7. Consider joining a freelance association. Be prepared to pay a membership fee. The benefits are many. You will become part of the freelance community and be able to talk with others and share your triumphs and tribulations.

8. Practice, practice, practice. If you want to specialize in website design, then get busy and do it! Ask friends and family if you can create websites for them (for free if you must!) This will give you work samples to give to prospective companies who are looking to hire you.

9. Make sure that all jobs and tasks you are hired for get completed on time and that you submit quality work. Ask if you can use them as a reference.

10. Once you’ve completed a few jobs, and have established a niche, you can set a fee that you’re willing to work for. If you are good at what you do, you can charge more than someone who is just starting out. This could give you unlimited earning potential!

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