Are you looking for additional income? Do you wish
to quit your 9-5 job for a better control over your career and work experience?
Freelancing is the best option for most businesses
are looking at Freelancers as an answer to the rising competition. Moreover,
Freelancers are a minimal business risk, as no training cost is involved and
saves a lot of time.
According to a survey conducted by Payoneer, a
freelancer on an average works 36 hours at $21 per hour with pretax earnings of
$39,000 or more.
Brand yourself, promote your work by blogging as
well as on social media platforms. This will help you gain trustworthiness,
exposure, and business growth.
Here are the top 10 skills you can learn and earn as
a freelancer.
1. Content writing
This is a huge opportunity if you can write well,
know your way with words and good at grammar. All you need is to master a few
styles of writing, understand your audience, competition, can perform keyword
research and write a catchy title.
If you understand the basics of CSS, SEO, HTML, WordPress,
social media specialist then you are bound to succeed. You will see your career
soaring high.
2. Blogging
Start your own blog in any niche, like technology,
internet marketing, fashion, travel, entertainment, personal finance or
anything that interests you and make more than $100,000 every month.
3. Web development
Since, there are millions of websites, handling the
back-end process and maintenance by working a few hours daily, you can earn a
significant amount.
4. Graphic designing
If you are creative and can design graphics on Photoshop
and other software you can certainly make a good career.
5. Social Media
Marketing
If you love interacting with people, make a career
in social media marketing. All you need is an understanding of the various
social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Pinterest, and
Instagram.
You need to help businesses interact with their potential
customers online and help the brand increase user engagement. You can earn a
significant amount in return.
6. Search Engine Optimization
(SEO) Expert
If you know SEO; all businesses need traffic on
their website, and they hire SEO experts to consistently rank on page one of
the search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing as well as social media sites.
If you have some of these skills, sharpen a few and
test the waters. You do not need to quit your 9 – 5 job, freelance during your
free hours and create additional sources of income.
There are a few 'more freelance skills on demand', more about them in my next post.
There are a few 'more freelance skills on demand', more about them in my next post.
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