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Freelancing as A Career Option
by: Lewis LowHome bound workers can either consider
telecommuting or freelancing. While telecommuting may keep you out of
your home for some hours a week, online freelancing is a good way to
make money if you are forced to stay at home. For example, homemakers,
part-time students, retired folk, or others who wish to supplement their
income from jobs or businesses can all consider freelancing.
Freelance Skill Sets
You can start earning as a freelancer as long as you have skills that
someone is willing to pay for. For example, writers, web designers,
photographers, and programmers can earn a substantial income by creating
articles, websites, portfolios and software from home. The Internet is a
hot and viable source of income for freelancers from around the world.
Your target customers can be webmasters, online business owners, blog
owners etc. For example, blogs and wikis are hot sources of income for
freelance writers nowadays, and there's no reason why you can't tap into
this market if you possess good writing skills.
Freelance Income
On the flip, your income may fluctuate from one month to another. As
with all businesses, freelancing does not guarantee a stable paycheck at
the end of the month. So keep a small kitty reserve for dry days or have
another source of income for which you can work part-time. Be prepared
to accept boring, low-level work initially just to keep the cash flow
strong. Once you get a good reputation for providing original,
high-quality work at reasonable price, then clients will flock to you.
Freelance Advantages
Probably the best thing about freelancing is that you get to work at
your pace, in your own hours, from home, and be your own boss. That
means, your shop is open 24x7. And as long as you provide good quality
work and meet deadlines, your clients will remain happy with you.
In order to be visible, you also need to be seen and heard in the right
places, like forums, blogs, online groups, etc. Spend time everyday to
visit such sites because they are invaluable repository of freelance
gigs and email addresses of prospects. Alternatively you can sign up
with freelance sites like Elance.com, GetAFreelancer.com and
Scriptlance.com where you can start bidding on projects and snag a few
as early as today!
To conclude, a freelance business is one of the best ways to earn money
from home and to work for your own self. If you've got a fair amount of
time on your hands, maybe you too should consider freelancing as your
full-time career alternative or supplementary income source.
(Hint: While you can find plenty of lucrative freelance assignments on
Elance, the other sites mentioned above generally tend to feature
lesser-paid projects. However, if you're just starting out as a
freelancer, the competition on Elance can prove to be really tough. So
you might want to first try GAF and Scriptlance to build up your
portfolio, and then go for Elance.)
About The Author
Lewis Low is the founding editor of OnlineBizPromo.com. For more
Practical Online Business Ideas and Work-From-Home Opportunities, visit
his Work-At-Home directory at
http://www.OnlineBizPromo.com
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