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Landing Your First Client Even Without Training and Experience

Freelancing is not an “overnight success” because it takes a lot of hard work to be in freelancing. The same with landing your first client, it takes time. It is because you need to show how excellent and outstanding a freelancer you are. But, how can you do it, when you don’t have any training and experience? 6 tips in landing your first client in freelancing. Focus and be patient Focus is pivotal to your new career; thus, you need to change your irrelevant old lifestyle. This means avoiding poor time management and procrastination. When you’re just a newbie in freelancing, you need to build your portfolio. And, in building your portfolio, you will be investing a lot of time on it. There will be no room for laziness because your portfolio is significantly a must in landing your first client. Patience is also essential since freelancing takes time. The competition in the market is tough. You need to learn how to accept rejections and continue to thrive. You need to embrace your mistakes and grow from there. Gather your work samples and create your portfolio Freelancing today is a portfolio based industry and so, clients always look for a portfolio. Your portfolio is a document where you put all your work samples. It must present the services that you can do and your expertise in fulfilling such tasks. In landing your first client, you need to present your portfolio during application time. If you have too much to show, don’t display everything, instead, pick at least 5 best samples that you have. And if you have less, you can find the previous outputs that you had relating to your niche. An example of this is the designs and graphics you created during your college days, that is if your niche is graphic designing. Or, if you’re an aspiring social media manager, you can just optimize your own accounts and experiment. This is an effective avenue to show that you know the job well, and you have the experience. Be professional In landing your first client, you need to treat your career as a business. During application, you need to have a professional cover letter and resume. As they say “the first impression lasts,” so, you need to give a professional impression to the client, especially during interviews. Choose a decent photo to your social media accounts, freelancing platforms and even your resume. Optimize your Digital Presence Over the years, online traffic is massive and so, you must boost to reach your targets. One way of reaching your targets is through optimizing your website and social media account. Optimizing your digital presence is a way of marketing your business as a freelancer. You optimized to have a “call to action” where clients will notice you. Aside from updating your social media accounts, you must incorporate relevant keywords. To do this effectively, you need to conduct keyword research. And the good thing is that there are tools where you can use it for free. Below are seven key effective ways to optimize your online presence: Build Your Personal Brand Create Trust and Credibility Get Visible and Attract Clients Scale Your Business Build a Website That Appeals to Your Customers Keep to a Maximum of 3 Social Media Platforms Start with local businesses Considering you just started freelancing and no one hires you. It is normal because clients only hire those with experience. But, how can you get experience when no one will hire you? There are two ways to get experience, first is you will look for local businesses and offer your services to them. You can either serve them at a minimal cost or even for FREE for a month. And the other one is through apprenticeship, online academies have this apprenticeship programs where you will experience freelancing. All you need to do is to pay a small cost to get the actual experience. Don’t give up Freelancing attitudes are pivotal to the success of a freelancer. Bear in mind that your new career takes time and so, the right time will come where all of your efforts will pay off. And, every time you feel hopeless, think of your deepest whys, the reasons w

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Can Everyone be A Freelancer

You may be thinking whether you are fit to freelancing , or not. Whatever you are thinking now, it is your mindset that holds you from freelancing. So many hesitations and worries that you forget to see the possibility of becoming a freelancer.

Anybody can be a freelancer, as long as you are willing to thrive and you’re willing to get out from your comfort zone.

Who can start freelancing?

As long as you’re 18 years old and above, you’re qualified. Why is that so? It is because identification cards are required when you verify your accounts. In FVA we have students who are 14-17 years old. We train and equip them with the relevant skills needed in freelancing. And, when they’re at a legal age, they are ready to start freelancing. But, there are also some who are already working, and they were backed up by their parents.

Reasons that hinder you to freelancing

As long as you’re 18 years old and above, you’re qualified. Why is that so? It is because identification cards are required when you verify your accounts. In FVA we have students who are 14-17 years old. We train and equip them with the relevant skills needed in freelancing. And, when they’re at a legal age, they are ready to start freelancing. But, there are also some who are already working, and they were backed up by their parents.

1. Hesitations

A lot are afraid to to be a freelancer because their fear comes first before starting. You don’t need to worry, because there is a fair game in freelancing. People from different educational attainments regardless of their status, are welcome to start as long as you have the skill to deliver. You will be serving different clients; thus, owning skills and the right character is pivotal.

2. TIME

Another defining factor in freelancing is TIME. Successful freelancers are willing to pay the cost in achieving the dreams of their lives. This means that for you to become a successful freelancer, you need to invest time in everything. Learning the skills and growing it takes time therefore, you need to have the willingness to let go and use your time wisely. Right now there are a lot of influencers in social media and no matter how successful they are, they started from scratch. Influencers started from zero, they invest time and dedication that’s why they’re successful now. Now, are you willing to start with #freelancing?