Freelancing Tips!

[bryanariate]

Hi!

As a newbie in freelancing, I'm reaching out to the pros. What tips/experiences can you share from where should I start to payment transactions. Basically, everything about this profession. I know it's also hard lalo na kung baguhan ka palang since madami rin naman nagpi-freelance. Hope you can share something! I'm not sure if I'm in the right forum.

[jinkazama92]

local clients or international?

[hellodani]

Connections is one way to start in freelancing. I suggest you join groups in Facebook. There are a lot.

[aquinoelliot91]

Di mo naman kailangan ng malaking projects agad. Start small. Build your reputation. Create connections. Hone your skills. Let your work speak for you. Lastly, and more importantly, choose the best card to get your payout. Naks! Hope this helps!

[MeMing]

I used to recommend online freelancing to everybody since 2008. After nearly a decade, I won't anymore. Unless you can play this game at a level beyond yourself (create your own agency, make it a business).

If you are a professional, say an engineer, stay with 1 company for say 10 years and go for early retirement and you get paid at least 1M to stop working. As a freelancer, when you stop working, you start dying.

As a professional employee, the longer you stay in 1 company, generally, the harder it will be for that company to get rid of you. The more indispensable you will become. As a freelancer, your just like a sl*t who keeps grinding your way to the next project regardless if your a newbie, or a veteran. If your grind isn't what your customers are looking for anymore, you are disposed of accordingly in a heartbeat.

Sure being an online freelancer can start you off on a higher pay faster than a regular full time work but it won't last. There are billions in India that you are going to compete after no matter how good you are, your rate will stop at a certain price point. Doesn't work like that when you are on a regular professional work although for sure the latter also has its own challenges.

[spectrespook]

I used to recommend online freelancing to everybody since 2008. After nearly a decade, I won't anymore. Unless you can play this game at a level beyond yourself (create your own agency, make it a business).

If you are a professional, say an engineer, stay with 1 company for say 10 years and go for early retirement and you get paid at least 1M to stop working. As a freelancer, when you stop working, you start dying.

As a professional employee, the longer you stay in 1 company, generally, the harder it will be for that company to get rid of you. The more indispensable you will become. As a freelancer, your just like a sl*t who keeps grinding your way to the next project regardless if your a newbie, or a veteran. If your grind isn't what your customers are looking for anymore, you are disposed of accordingly in a heartbeat.

Sure being an online freelancer can start you off on a higher pay faster than a regular full time work but it won't last. There are billions in India that you are going to compete after no matter how good you are, your rate will stop at a certain price point. Doesn't work like that when you are on a regular professional work although for sure the latter also has its own challenges.

- Same as self employment, better play it smart and move forward to being a businessman.

[ace101]

I used to recommend online freelancing to everybody since 2008. After nearly a decade, I won't anymore. Unless you can play this game at a level beyond yourself (create your own agency, make it a business).

If you are a professional, say an engineer, stay with 1 company for say 10 years and go for early retirement and you get paid at least 1M to stop working. As a freelancer, when you stop working, you start dying.

As a professional employee, the longer you stay in 1 company, generally, the harder it will be for that company to get rid of you. The more indispensable you will become. As a freelancer, your just like a sl*t who keeps grinding your way to the next project regardless if your a newbie, or a veteran. If your grind isn't what your customers are looking for anymore, you are disposed of accordingly in a heartbeat.

Sure being an online freelancer can start you off on a higher pay faster than a regular full time work but it won't last. There are billions in India that you are going to compete after no matter how good you are, your rate will stop at a certain price point. Doesn't work like that when you are on a regular professional work although for sure the latter also has its own challenges.

You have a point but this is not entirely true across the board. There are freelance clients that are for long term work engagements. If you really prove your worth to them, you never have to worry about the length of service with that client. They will really take care of you and keep you. Maybe depends also on the field your offering freelance services. Im not an Engineer though.

[MeMing]

You have a point but this is not entirely true across the board. There are freelance clients that are for long term work engagements. If you really prove your worth to them, you never have to worry about the length of service with that client. They will really take care of you and keep you. Maybe depends also on the field your offering freelance services. Im not an Engineer though.

Agree with that. I know like 3 freelancers who found those people willing to pay full time work on a long term basis for them to do VA / data entry work at like $3/hour?

If you get into a good company full time locally, I'm sure in time you'll get higher than $3/hour plus you get benefits and you don't have to pay for foreign exchange transactions which will eventually bring this rate lower.

My agency is into internet marketing which is performance based but our rates are also a lot higher. I'm sure there are also other fields that offer more pay and stable work as well, I just don't know much about them given my exposure. But I'm pretty sure many of such jobs are at the below $5/hour rates.

[aquinoelliot91]

I used to recommend online freelancing to everybody since 2008. After nearly a decade, I won't anymore. Unless you can play this game at a level beyond yourself (create your own agency, make it a business).

If you are a professional, say an engineer, stay with 1 company for say 10 years and go for early retirement and you get paid at least 1M to stop working. As a freelancer, when you stop working, you start dying.

As a professional employee, the longer you stay in 1 company, generally, the harder it will be for that company to get rid of you. The more indispensable you will become. As a freelancer, your just like a sl*t who keeps grinding your way to the next project regardless if your a newbie, or a veteran. If your grind isn't what your customers are looking for anymore, you are disposed of accordingly in a heartbeat.

Sure being an online freelancer can start you off on a higher pay faster than a regular full time work but it won't last. There are billions in India that you are going to compete after no matter how good you are, your rate will stop at a certain price point. Doesn't work like that when you are on a regular professional work although for sure the latter also has its own challenges.

very insightful!!! but in the end it's mostly about diskarte and continue to learn new stuff so you can offer new things.

[MeMing]

very insightful!!! but in the end it's mostly about diskarte and continue to learn new stuff so you can offer new things.

Same with regular 40 hour jobs really.

Basta if you want to go into this, please take note to include calculating your gov't required benefits and pension/retirement funds that you would be getting if you are a professional working for a reliable industry because all of this is not covered in online freelancing.

And just like what @aquinoelliot91 said, diskarte ni siya, diskarte to the max. I see it more for those who are business minded / entrepreneurs but for most of us who have not the quality of being one, para nako mas safe ang regular employment samot na kung professional ka.