| Every now and then I hear about people getting in the | | | | accept it and work hard for client positive feedback. |
| freelancing career. With dreams of high income and | | | | 3. Market Trends - Specialization |
| free-from-boss tension, the new freelancers | | | | If you are new freelancer (web designer or developer), |
| experience things that make them think to join a job | | | | try to study the latest trends in the market. Study |
| again. Its not easy, definitely not easy to become a | | | | design trends. Whats most people like about the |
| freelancer. You have to compromise on a lot of things. | | | | current design. What are good designers design's |
| I will be sharing some 5 quick and foremost tips for a | | | | characteristics. And whats applications are there in the |
| freelancer starting career. | | | | market that people like. This is debatable, but you must |
| 1. Regular Income | | | | master your self of a specific field if possible. Like if |
| This is a tip that I didn't follow myself. But its the most | | | | you are PHP developer, you can master in joomla, |
| important tip of all others. You will see this on every | | | | WordPress, oscommerce and other CMS systems. |
| freelancing guide website and blogs. I am quoting it too. | | | | 4. Social Media Marketing |
| Never leave your permanent job unless you think that | | | | Yes, you have to market yourself a lot if you are new |
| you've become independent of your current job for | | | | one. Create an account on twitter, tweet about your |
| living. Most of new freelancers resign and the next day | | | | field relating and current trends. Try to follow people |
| they are freelancing. They don't find work and become | | | | you are inspired with. Create your professional profiles |
| disappointed. | | | | on other social networks like linked-in. Submit your |
| 2. Patience | | | | services to freelance marketplaces. Try to share your |
| That's the truth. Patience. For a new web designer or | | | | knowledge with others in some forum or blogs. Write |
| developer, it is must to have a high patience ability. You | | | | your provided services information in your mail |
| wont be finding much work or may be wont find any | | | | signatures. |
| work at all in that start. But you have to keep your self | | | | 5. Keep Learning/Sharing |
| patient. Best things, besides trying harder to find jobs, in | | | | Keep learning. Follow some blogs related to your field. |
| these starting days is to build things that you are | | | | Try to learn a new language tool while you find job. If |
| master of. If you are a web designer, spend time on | | | | you already knew something important, do create a |
| building an attractive portfolio of sample work. If you | | | | blog post for it and share it on twitter. Always keep |
| are a developer try developing some plugins, widgets | | | | yourself equipped with the latest news in your field. In |
| or other code snippets and share it in the community. | | | | this case, even if you aren't landing jobs, then at least |
| Most probably your first job will be only of few bucks, | | | | you are fueling yourself for better ones. |