Freelancing is no longer perceived as a “side hustle” or a way to supplement your income while unemployed. You now can work from the comfort of your own home and earn a full-time income!
It’s always interesting to see what’s in demand, & find your ideal freelancing role today!
Graphic Designer
- Potential:$200 – $1200/project
- Competition:High
- Details:Pick a graphic designing niche like illustration design for example.
SEO Specialist
- Potential:$500 – $2000/month
- Competition:High
- Details:Pick a specific industry niche to stand out from the competition.
Google/Facebook/Instagram Ad Specialist
- Potential:$350 – $1500/month
- Competition:High
- Details:Pick a specific industry niche to stand out from the competition.
Web Developer
- Potential:$1000 – $10,000 (one-time). You may be able to charge maintenance costs when the client needs web updates.
- Competition:Medium – High (Competition will vary depending on which coding languages you are an expert in)
- Details:Master WordPress or Shopify as these are the most popular CMS providers.
Virtual Administrator
- Potential:$40,000 – $60,000/year
- Competition: Medium
- Details:Focus on being an administrator for busy clients such as business owners.
Chatbot/Email Support
- Potential:$15 – $25/hour
- Competition:Medium
- Details:While automation may be the preferred method of communication for many new companies, my thoughts are that you can never replace human interaction.
Call Support
- Potential: $15 – $30/hour
- Competition:High
- Details:While large companies will generally hire their own team or outsource to an established support company, if you can work with small/new companies you might have a chance.
Cold Outreach
- Potential: $1000 – $3000/month
- Competition:Medium
- Details:Become great at copywriting and become an expert at email, Linkedin outreach.
Copywriting
- Potential:$1000 – $8000 / project
- Competition:Medium (Not many people are actually good)
- Details:Once you learn how to write through persuasive copy the opportunities are endless. You can focus on website copy, ad copy, email copy, etc.
Data Entry
- Potential:$25 – $50/hour
- Competition: High
- Details:If you are an expert with Excel and other data visualization tools you can support industries that rely on data.
Digital PR & Link-Building
- Potential:$1000 – $5000/month
- Competition:High
- Details:If you can master digital PR to help brands promote their name while at the same time driving natural backlinks to a clients site, this is priceless.
Freelance jobs I think are starting to die out…
- Web Scraping– There are plenty of plugins that can automate this
- Social Media Management– The days of posting have been automated with the help of many free and paid tools.
- Bookkeeping:Although bookkeeping is still very profitable and is relationship based, there might be a point in the future where bookkeeping can be automated.
Here are some of the tips that I used to take my freelancing to next level.
Tips to start
- Understand your core expertise and sharpen the skills.
- Create profiles on popular websites like Upwork, Fiverr, freelancer, and people per hour.
- Create a portfolio describing your core skills.(Not mandatory)
- Create a stunning profile in these popular websites shown above and link to your portfolio(Not mandatory)
- Since your profile is new, always start giving services for a lower rate compared to your competitors. (when I say lower, I do not mean providing a service worth 100$ for 5$). You can to always see your competitors and offer a lower price compared to them.
- For the first few months, your goal should always be to build 5-star ratings, reviews, and testimonials.
- Never commit to a project that you are not confident in doing.
- Always communicate with your clients and understand the requirement properly.
- Follow policies that are applicable to each website.
- Try to build a long-term relationship with every client to get more projects in the future.