Easiest Way To Get Started With Freelancing

Joseph Robinson

Banned 14 years ago

Depends. What are your skills?

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carlosthemexican

14 years ago

I can't write.

I can't do graphics.

I can't do web design.

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chiefman 14 years ago

Originally Posted by carlosthemexican

I can't write.

I can't do graphics.

I can't do web design.

Can you type?
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Laura Stevens 14 years ago

Originally Posted by carlosthemexican

I can't write.

I can't do graphics.

I can't do web design.

you can be a graphic artist
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Demetrius 14 years ago

Originally Posted by carlosthemexican

I can't write.

I can't do graphics.

I can't do web design.

You can't be in freelancing.

When you will tell us,
I can....
I can...
I can...

may be we will be able to help you.
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- magicsubmittertutorials 14 years ago
  
  Sign up to the above freelancing sites and start applying for jobs.
  
  Look at what the person hiring wants to pay and offer your services for free / a lot less than they want to pay.
  
  Explain in the application that you are very keen to get started on your career as a freelancer and that you to do everything possible to make sure they are 100% happy with your work.
  
  Create a great application to go with it and you will start being given jobs to do.
  
  Make sure that you go above and beyond whats asked and they will leave great feedback for you. They may even come to you first next time they are hiring.
  
  Once you have started building feedback you can start charging more.
  
  I am always looking for freelancers and the next task I get i'll give you a try.
  
  Get signed up to odesk and I'll give you a shout in a few days when I need something doing.
  
  If you do a good job I'll give you a great review
  
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jfambrini

14 years ago

You will be great as a web designers. Most of them can't do these things either. :-)

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Tony Humble

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by jfambrini

You will be great as a web designers. Most of them can't do these things either. :-)

Haha well said..

To OP, you might want to look into posting forum posts or so.

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goindeep

14 years ago

I heard you can offer your services on certain street corners at certain times to certain people. You wont have to do any writing or webdesign so shouldnt be that painful

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Andrei Rotariu

I heard you can offer your services on certain street corners at certain times to certain people. You wont have to do any writing or webdesign so shouldnt be that painful

I guess the level of pain would depend on what your customer likes ;(

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EnterpriseWebsites

14 years ago

jfambrini do you speak from experience? lol sorry just yanking your chain! carlosthemexican what can you do, you've only listed what you can't do. no one can help without knowing your skills.

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carlosthemexican

14 years ago

Originally Posted by EnterpriseWebsites

jfambrini do you speak from experience? lol sorry just yanking your chain! carlosthemexican what can you do, you've only listed what you can't do. no one can help without knowing your skills.

i can take a picture of my toe for $5.

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hitman13

14 years ago

You can start with Data Entry...this is the first think I did. Now I make videos. Important is to start with something.

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 14 years ago

Can you code? Can you program? Do you have any...odd talents that might get you started on a Fiverr gig? Honestly, if you don't have a skill to offer as a service you aren't going to be freelancing.

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carlosthemexican

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Joseph Robinson

Can you code? Can you program? Do you have any...odd talents that might get you started on a Fiverr gig? Honestly, if you don't have a skill to offer as a service you aren't going to be freelancing.

Nothing whatsoever. So WHAT should I learn that I can then sell?

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magicsubmittertutorials 14 years ago

Have a look at Odesk, when you sign up as a contractor there is lots of different fields you can select as your skills.

Read through them all, there must be something you are good at.
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- MissTerraK 14 years ago
  
  Perhaps you could be a VA.
  
  If you can type, that's a start.
  
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jakifou

14 years ago

Fiverr is the best way

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laurencewins

14 years ago

As others have said, you need to work out what you CAN do and everyone does have some skills. Then we might be able to suggest options for you.
Whatever you do, it won't be easy in the beginning so don't think you can simply say what you want and then make loads of cash.

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carlosthemexican

14 years ago

Originally Posted by laurencewins

As others have said, you need to work out what you CAN do and everyone does have some skills. Then we might be able to suggest options for you.
Whatever you do, it won't be easy in the beginning so don't think you can simply say what you want and then make loads of cash.

No skills. Even restaurants won't hire me.

Please suggest WHAT skills are marketable for freelancing. Besides writing, graphics, web design because I'm not the creative type.

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magicsubmittertutorials

14 years ago

Originally Posted by carlosthemexican

No skills. Even restaurants won't hire me.

Please suggest WHAT skills are marketable for freelancing. Besides writing, graphics, web design because I'm not the creative type.

Come on man, are you kidding?

Who really has NO SKILLS?

You must be at least average at something.

People pay people to copy and paste stuff from one place to another.
People pay people to write articles
People pay people to offer IT support

You can make money doing any of them or you can learn how to seo and sell sell seo services

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carlosthemexican

14 years ago

Originally Posted by magicsubmittertutorials

Come on man, are you kidding?

Who really has NO SKILLS?

You must be at least average at something.

People pay people to copy and paste stuff from one place to another.
People pay people to write articles
People pay people to offer IT support

You can make money doing any of them or you can learn how to seo and sell sell seo services

I can't write articles. I know nothing about IT. I know ET but not IT. I CAN copy and paste. Where are these freelance jobs?

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picnic

Banned 14 years ago

What about singing? acting gigs, cooking, whatever you're good at. Then take that interest, build an authority site around it, and create a platform to build a tribe following of readers, then build your own products or sell other affiliate products using your site - or better yet, advertise your freelancing gigs on it, to go back to your freelancing model.

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carlosthemexican

14 years ago

^^ VA and Odesk. Good ideas. Thanks

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Kyle Tanner

14 years ago

Originally Posted by carlosthemexican

HELP

Please tell me how to get started. What's the easiest, fastest way for a complete idiot, dummy to get started with freelancing?

I'm skeptical as to the sincerity of your post, but I'll bite.

Everyone has abilities and skills (that are legal

) that other people would be willing to pay for. Make a list of these things. Create a page demonstrating these abilities, like a portfolio of sorts to show people how competent you are. Then advertise! Let people know that you are available for hire. Network and connect with people. The money will come!

If you honestly feel you don't have any skills that's of value to anyone, make a list of things you're interested in that you know could make you money and learn how to do those things. Always read,learn, and apply that knowledge.

If you want an idea of what type of work people are looking for online, check out sites like Odesk, eLance, Guru, and Freelancer.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by jfambrini

You will be great as a web designers. Most of them can't do these things either. :-)

This, my friend, is the most hilarious thing I've read all day. Thank you for that!

Originally Posted by hitman13

You can start with Data Entry...this is the first think I did. Now I make videos. Important is to start with something.

This! ^ ^ ^ At bare minimum you could do data entry. As long as you can read and type you're good to go. The idea is to take action and take action now. You never know where it will lead to.

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carlosthemexican

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Kyle Tanner

I'm skeptical as to the sincerity of your post, but I'll bite.

Everyone has abilities and skills (that are legal

) that other people would be willing to pay for. Make a list of these things. Create a page demonstrating these abilities, like a portfolio of sorts to show people how competent you are. Then advertise! Let people know that you are available for hire. Network and connect with people. The money will come!

If you honestly feel you don't have any skills that's of value to anyone, make a list of things you're interested in that you know could make you money and learn how to do those things. Always read,learn, and apply that knowledge.

If you want an idea of what type of work people are looking for online, check out sites like Odesk, eLance, Guru, and Freelancer.

Good luck!

This, my friend, is the most hilarious thing I've read all day. Thank you for that!

This! ^ ^ ^ At bare minimum you could do data entry. As long as you can read and type you're good to go. The idea is to take action and take action now. You never know where it will lead to.

Thanks for the location on where to find skills to develop.

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IMcoder

14 years ago

If you have no skills, rather than freelancing... you might consider getting your own reality show. If you have any skills whatsoever.... you're typing in English and you call yourself "carlosthemexican"... English/Spanish bilingual? Can you translate? If so, you can find work. Try eLance, and see if you can find any work translating documents, or websites, etc.

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Mreese601@gmail.com

14 years ago

Hell you don't have to know how to do anything to make a fulltime income online! The number one skill you need is to learn how to find a problem and then find a solution to that problem. Example! Bob needs a website, well joe is a web designer and need works so you focus on becoming the middle man. You make money for putting things together.

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carlosthemexican

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Mreese601@gmail.com

Hell you don't have to know how to do anything to make a fulltime income online! The number one skill you need is to learn how to find a problem and then find a solution to that problem. Example! Bob needs a website, well joe is a web designer and need works so you focus on becoming the middle man. You make money for putting things together.

So some kind of broker or arbitrage, yeah I can do that. Just have to figure out how to start.

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Randall Magwood

14 years ago

You can't write? What kind of freelance work are you going for?

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nasuryono

14 years ago

I'd suggest doing backlink building or data entry work. Or even editing Word documents.

You MUST have some skills right? What did you learn at school?

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carlosthemexican

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Andrei Rotariu

I heard you can offer your services on certain street corners at certain times to certain people. You wont have to do any writing or webdesign so shouldnt be that painful

Thanks for telling us about your experience.

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Cee 14 years ago

Originally Posted by carlosthemexican

^^ Thanks for telling us about your experience.

Very good! Being quick witted is a talent. So you have something going for you. It also means you can learn new skills. Just because you can't do something now doesn't mean you couldn't learn if you apply yourself. It's not that difficult to learn a new skill when you put your mind to it.
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carlosthemexican

14 years ago

Here's what I've gathered from the 4 big freelance sites.

From ODESK I narrowed down my interest to

-Administrative Support
-Customer Service
-Sales & Marketing
-Business Services
-Internet Research

And from GURU.com I realized those belong to the "Business" category and that I lack propensity towards "Technology" and "Creative Arts" categories.

And from ELANCE I learned that the most popular skillset in the market for me are Admins, Marketers, and Consultants.

And from FREELANCER, I learned I could probably start with

-Advertising
-Sales
-Bulk Marketing
-Data Entry
-Research
-Web Search
-Excel
-Data Mining
-Reviews
-Product Descriptions
-Leads
-Proofreading
-Virtual Assistant
-Internet Marketing
-Marketing
-Data Processing
-Copy Typing
-eBay

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The Copy Warriors

14 years ago

Maybe you'd be better off asking, "how can I get some valuable skills so I can actually be useful to paying freelance clients."

Sheeeesh.

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TanyaRebrov

14 years ago

The easiest way to start freelancing is to discover what type of work you enjoy. Then, increase your skills in the interested field through necessary training and study if you need. If you think it is easy to start with Data Entry jobs, measure your knowledge on some office software like MS Word, Excel etc. Remember, nothing is easier when it involves competitions.

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cferfland247

14 years ago

Do something you enjoy yourself while working. Also develop your skills and make portfolios.

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boy ayrots

14 years ago

Hi guys! if it's not too much to ask, is there a "hire a freelancer" section here in warrior forum?

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contentwriting360 Banned 14 years ago

Yes, there is. Check out the Warriors For Hire section.

Originally Posted by boy ayrots

Hi guys! if it's not too much to ask, is there a "hire a freelancer" section here in warrior forum?

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- cashp0wer 14 years ago
  
  Everyone has skills! There has to be something that you are good at doing even if you don't have experience doing it. Go to oDesk and look around on the jobs that are needed there. I bet you can find something.
  
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OutsourceFactor

14 years ago

Best way to get started is to know your skills then search for a place to market them. oDesk and Outsource Factor are good places to start. If you don't exactly know what skills you have then maybe you could figure it out then take a few tests on oDesk or Brainbench.

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exploremyschool 14 years ago

Do something which suits to your skills & will create interest!!
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twinkenterprises

14 years ago

I guess you can sign up for some of the sites that have been listed and pick what you're interested in trying and apply for some jobs. Maybe pick something that you really like to do and see if you can do that for pay or learn a new skill.

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