More freelance work means more income,
which means more pleasant things can be done with it. However it takes a lot of
hard work and dedication to get that piece of bread and butter on the table.
Below are some secrets of getting more freelance work.
Get yourself
seen
One of the obvious secret is to appear in search
when someone is looking out for hiring your services. Having said so, get
yourself an online portfolio, or alternative get registered to microjob
freelance sites. The benefit of online presence will fetch you more
work in comparison to non-online existence also you can rely upon microjob site
when payment is involved, as you will be assured that your payments are 100%
safe and secure. Draft your profile with more clarity and highlight your skills
that your are available for doing as a freelancer. Always keep in mind buyers perspective and
tag your profile according to their keywords. For instance: If a buyer is
looking to avail a service related to his business' logo design, he may search
with the query of "where can I find logo designer"
or "freelance logo design jobs"
or may be something close to this. So keeping this prospective in mind will
result in getting more buyers.
Be proactive
Search the client,
before a client search a freelancer. Approach agencies, or may be brands that
you may like to work for, be vocal and proactively, take the help of
word-of-mouth promotion. Cold emailing may sound like an old technique but it
always works fine. Dig you inbox and check whether you have a potential client
sitting in your inbox, or may be do some market research and get email ids of
startup companies/entrepreneurs and email them.
Costing your
services
Get your rate agreed
upfront and don't let it lagged until the last moment. It becomes very vital to quote yourself before
your begin the work, as this also give leverage to the client to understand
their budget and it also evades any dispute or confusion it may have. While
quoting the cost, keep your competition in frame and quote accordingly. For
instance, if you are quoting your logo design service for $50 and in market but
your competitors are doing it only for $10, its more likely that your client
will give order to your competitor. Make
sure you don't over commit your client in terms of cost and deadlines otherwise
you will find yourself struggling to meet your client's demand.
Showcase
your endorsements
Now that you have
successfully completed your project and had satisfied client's demand. Make sure you are not the only one who would
shouting out your success, get yourself endorsed by your satisfied client.
Remember the more people endorsing you the more buzz is been created. Add the
endorsement to your profile and shine like a star. Demonstrate your skills by
showing your previous work and feedbacks that you may have received.
Accordingly to survey a freelancer is tend to get 600% more sale than
comparison to one who do not demonstrate their previous work experience. Share
you profile and the services you offer regularly on almost all the social networks, like Facebook,
twitter, instagram, googleplus, LinkedIn, stumbleupon, pinterest, digg, reddit,
etc. Your future client will have more
trust in you, as you already have proved your capability with your past
experience.
The secret of getting
more freelance work is pretty simple - take action and let your action
speak. Feel free to leave your
suggestions and observations as this will definitely help lot of freelancer.
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