| Freelancing has become very popular in the last years. | | | | a bad feedback. Bad feedback is a real pain in this |
| There's a really good chance for a nice side income | | | | business and if you are new in the business with only |
| and some people went one step further and work as | | | | one negative feedback, you won't come very far. So |
| full-time freelancers. Unfortunately there's big | | | | to prevent this you should only bid on jobs where you |
| competition on all those freelancer sides and it's | | | | are 100% certain that you can fulfill all the specified |
| sometimes hard to win a bid. | | | | requirements. |
| The problem with freelancing is, that most buyers | | | | 2. Read the requirements carefully |
| make their decision on the rating of the applicants. | | | | To not carefully check all the requirements of a single |
| That's really understandable as, let's be honest, we | | | | job offer is a common mistake new freelancers make. |
| would too, wouldn't we? So if you have zero | | | | It's crucial that you understood everything before you |
| feedback on a particular freelancer site the chance is | | | | bid on a specific project. If there's something you're not |
| very small to win a bid. There are still some important | | | | sure about, don't hesitate to ask the buyer for further |
| points you should consider when you apply to these | | | | information. This also helps to clear things up and also |
| jobs. | | | | gives the buyer the feel that you are actually reading |
| 1. Only apply for jobs you have the skills | | | | all requirements! That's a crucial part. |
| Many people who are new in the world of freelancing | | | | 3. Do not give up! |
| don't even know what their skills are. They just apply | | | | It can be really frustrating if you finally found some job |
| for every job opportunity they can find and hope to | | | | offers you are interested in and don't get the jobs. But |
| make quick and easy bucks online. Of course if you | | | | that's part of the game and the least you should do in |
| bid on 100 projects, there's a big chance that you win | | | | these stages is giving up! If you keep bidding on the |
| some of them. If you applied for a job you don't have | | | | jobs you have the skills for, keep applying. As soon as |
| the skills for, you are in deep trouble. If you can't meet | | | | you have a bit feedback in your are of expertise then |
| the specified criteria of the buyers they firstly don't pay | | | | it will be much easier for you in the future. |
| you any money (which is clear) and secondly, give you | | | | |