How to Apply to Jobs at Freelancer.com

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In this post, we are going to see how you can apply to jobs at freelancer.com. I have shared a few tips that may help you to get your first job on freelancer.com. Watch the video below and if you have any questions feel free to ask me.

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What is Virtual Assistant Service and Why do you need to know?

Virtual Assistance is an Internet based Service where a tech savvy person provides professional assistance to clients remotely from home or anywhere in the world.  The person who provides such service is called a Virtual Assistant or VA.  A VA is generally self employed or freelancer and provides administrative support, creative assistance or technical assistant. Virtual assistant service is very popular in freelancing world and the average virtual assistant earns $10,000+ annually. With a little bit of knowledge & research anyone can work as a virtual assistant and start earning from his/her home. That sounds interesting…isn’t it?!  

You might be wondering who hires a VA? How do they get they get paid?

Usually CEOs, HR, Marketing professionals who don’t have enough time for small tasks or just a busy person who needs a helping hand to unburden some his work pressure hires VA. They usually go to freelancing websites and post a job to find the right person. If you want to see a VA job post the visit this link. Usually client pays through the freelancing website they are using. But freelancers can also get paid into their paypal or payoneer account.  Some clients offer to pay directly into the Va's bank account.

So, exactly why do you need to know about Virtual assistance? 

Whether you are a business person, Job holder, Student or a House wife at some point of your life you will need virtual assistance for your business growth, organizing your work, Unburden some of your work pressure or with your presentations-assignments.  A VA can help you with lots of different stuffs you can imagine about.If you want to earn some extra money or want to start your career as a freelancer you will definitely need to learn about Virtual assistance whether you are working as a VA or not.

 Here are some useful tips if you are thinking about start working as a VA:

1.       Essential skills you must have – Reliability, Good communication skill, Good at Time management, Detail oriented, Resourcefulness, MS office, Google office tools, these are some basic skills a VA must possess.

2.       Be Honest – Always be honest with your client. If you don’t know what to do just ask your client and s/he will guide you through.

3.       Add Value – This is one of the most important thing when you are looking for VA jobs. Why should a client hire you? Give them some good reason and they will surely hire you.

4.       Be Professional – You might be working from home but you need to be extremely professional both in your words & work. You must know what to say, How to say and how to handle different situations professionally.

5.       Learn new things – As a freelancer you will face tremendous amount of competition. And it may feel like freelancing is not your cup of tea. But if you believe in hard working then you should consider learning new skills. This is just another way to out stand your competition and get the job you desire. Try learning skills like Digital Marketing, Web development and Graphics designing. These are very demanding skills and it will surely help you to get more jobs.

6.       Showcase your work – Last but not least, showcasing your works will increase the chance of getting the job you have applied for. A client always looks for the best candidate. And showcasing some of your work can prove that you can do the job perfectly. You can create a portfolio and use it with your job application. Here’s an example portfolio website:

St badhon

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact with me. And if you find this article helpful then don’t forget to check out my other articles. You can also subscribe by your email to get notified whenever I post a new article.

If you own a business and thinking about growing your business you can also contact with me. Here’s my agency website so that you can see our working history: Qua IT

You can also check out my active freelancing account from here: Md Ashfak Sayed

Freelancing Tips: Skills You Should Consider Learning

There are thousands of skills out there and its confusing to choose the right one. When choosing what to learn you should first think about what excites you. In other words, What is that one thing you will love to do. If you want to earn money then you must check the market demand of that skill you are going to learn. After observing freelancing market for several years i have noticed a few skills that has a great demand and the demand is growing day by day. So, Without wasting anytime let's get to the skills list.

1. Graphics Design

Graphics Designing is one of the most coolest and demanding skill in the freelancing market. Creating logo, book cover design, Social media content design are the few things i see often on job posts. Softwares like Adobe photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Picasa are the key tools. You can also use Canva.com as it's very easy to use and you don't have to install it on your computer.

2. Web Development

Web development is a kind of a skill that can make you rich. It's a high paying & high demanding skill.
Web development is a so elaborate process that it's almost impossible to create a good website by a single person. There are so many different sub skills that it's even hard to mention them all. But the most important ones are HTML. CSS, PHP and Javascript. Learning HTML 5 & CSS3 could help you to get started your freelance career. If you want to learn web development for free try this website.
 https://www.w3schools.com/

 
3. Content Writing 

Writing jobs are keep growing constantly. Ebook writing, Blog contents, Social Media contents, Products description writing, Business articles and Research reports are very common jobs in freelancing markets. Most of the clients look for quality contents in cheap rate. But once you gain some experience you charge more than a $100 for a single content.

4. Social Media Marketing

Social Media is a very important place for businesses. It can help a business to grow insignificantly. It is also a great way to drive traffic to the website. Each day hundreds of businesses are going social and the number is growing rapidly. Which means learning social media marketing could help you in the long run.

5. Virtual Assistance

Upwork released first-ever quarterly skills index revealing the fastest-growing freelance skills in the U.S. And they have mentioned Virtual assistance as the number 7 top skill. Which means learning about Virtual assistance can help you to start a good freelancing career. Virtual assistance is simply assisting your client with different tasks like administrative assistance, web research and other stuffs.

6. UX design

Last but not least, The UX designing is the number 1 skill in upwork's skills index. Which means learning UX design can pay very quickly. And it's one of the most highest paying jobs on freelancing market. UX design means User experience design. It is the process of enhancing user satisfaction with a product by improving the usability, accessibility, and pleasure provided in the interaction with the product.



There are lot's other promising skills like ASP development, Shopify development, SEO writing and animation. These skills can definitely get you a good & high paying freelancing career.

How to Stand Out from Competition And Get Your First Freelancing Job

Hey, What's up?! Hope you are having a good time. Today i'm going discuss about how to stand out your competition and get your first freelancing job! Well, If you ever tried freelancing you will surely know that it's not that easy as you thought it would be. It takes immense concentration on details, good strategic planing, lot's of patience and hard work. And here are a few things you should consider you if you want to get your first freelancing job.


1. YOU MUST COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE TO 100% AND SHOW OFF YOUR SKILLS.

This is the first step you need to make for your thousand steps journey of freelancing. I'm a freelancer, I used to work at different companies for years. And after a good struggle i was able start my own company and be self sufficient. All because of freelancing. Freelancing can turn into your main income source if you want to make it. All you need to do is just put some efforts into it.

2. Write down Unique & Impressive Job applications.

Whenever you are going to apply on a job you will need to write something on the job application. So, why don't you write a couple of short and impressive job applications so that you can use them whenever you are applying for a new job. Write it down so that you don't have to write every time you are going to apply. you can simply copy-paste the thing.

3. Create a portfolio

A portfolio is a digital resume. It carries all the information a client wants to know. Here is an example portfolio. http://quaitbd.wixsite.com/stbadhon . You can create one for free from wix.com. Try to put your portfolio link into your job application. It creates a good impression.

4. Don't Apply on any Job if it has more than 20 applicants.

Clients usually have that much time to visit more than 20-30 applications. I have worked with clients for hiring other freelancers and noticed this. And i even read on some article that If your application is the first one and you have all the skills we need then you have 100% chance of getting that job. So, try to apply on jobs as quickly as possible.

5. Learn & Develop New Skills.

 Skills like Web development, App development & Digital Marketing are very popular and demanding skills on the freelancing market. Although there are lot's other skills on demand out there. So, If you are not getting any jobs try to learn something new and demanding. It will surely get you a new job.

6. First Job Takes the Most Time & Effort.

When i started freelancing i didn't had that much skills. All i knew was data entry & web research. After spending a lot of time reading articles on how to get the first freelancing job i decided that i will get my first job by any means. So, i started to offer very low rates. My first work was just 30 minutes task and i made only 0.2 cents out of it. But i was very happy because i knew that it was the beginning. Money wasn't the thing what i was looking for back then. I was looking for reviews & stars. After getting the first review i gradually increased my earnings by learning new things and also maintaining the quality of what i was doing. On my third job i have earned over $200 in a month. So, be consistent. And remember, only one bad review can ruin your freelancing career. So, maintain a very good quality, be honest & confident.



As i said above, Patience, Hard Work and a good strategy is all you need. So, be patient and apply on new jobs. Don't lose hope. If you didn't read my other articles then read those too. It'll help you out with freelancing. Don't hesitate to ask my anything. Subscribe by email to get notified when i publish a new article. Cheers!!

Basic Skills You Need to Start Your Freelancing Career

What's up everyone! Hope everything is going well. Today i'm going to discuss a bit about the basic skills you'll need to start your freelancing career. The interesting fact is you can start with very basic skills like a Computer literacy and Internet browsing skill. Although your English skill plays the vital role. You have to understand what exactly other person is saying to you and reply in a professional manner. Remember, You may work from home but freelancing is just like an ordinary traditional job. Where you have to present your self very professionally or you will not be able to get any jobs. Anyway, Let's begin with the list of basic skills that you need to start freelancing.

1. Conversational English Skill

Freelancing is working in an International market. And you are going to work under a foreign company or client. So, Conversational English skill is a must. It's ok if you cannot speak fluently. What you really need is able to write proper English so that your client can understand you. If you can speak in English but not fluently that's ok too! In fact it's a plus point.

2. Computer Basics

Computer basics are must to have skill. If you don't know how to use a computer properly then freelancing is not your thing. Computers are the work station for freelancers. They complete all their tasks using pc, laptop and even their mobile devices. You can take a Computer basic test from upwork.com or freelancer.com too see if you know enough.

3. Internet Browsing

It feels kind of lame to write about this skill because if you don't know how to browse then you wouldn't be reading this article. By internet browsing i actually meant searching something on google, Able to use Advanced search options and finding the accurate data is something what you need in order to start freelancing as your career.  

4. Ms Office, Google Office, Google drive & Dropbox

If you know the basics of Ms Office or just Microsoft Word & Excel it would be enough to start. But you also need to learn about other office programs and cloud sharing tools like google drive & dropbox. This are very basic things you need to know in order to start your freelancing career.

5. Email and Skype

We all know about email and skype. But when it comes to freelancing this two are very important things.
You must know how to handle an email account and how to use skype. Because most of your clients and your clients are going to contact with you via your email or skype. There are even jobs titled as "Email Handling".


If you have all these skills mentioned above you can start your freelancing career. What you need to do is just register on a freelancing market place (website), complete your profile and start looking for jobs. With this skills you'll be able to apply on any entry level jobs. But you need something else to stand out and get the job. On next article i will talk about those things that will help you to stand out from everyone else and get your first job. Till then have a nice day.
 

Top Websites to start your freelancing career

Lot's of people want to start their career as a freelancer. But they don't know where to start from.
In this article i'm going to give you a list of top websites to start your freelancing career. This websites are the absolute best ones and i have earned from some of this websites. So, let's begin...


1. Upwork

Upwork is probably the number one website for freelancing. Upwork has over a million users & each day this site transacts over millions of dollars. There was a time when anyone can register and start applying jobs immediately. But now you need some exceptional skills to get approved by Upwork. You can still register but in order to apply on jobs you need to get approved by Upwork.


2. Freelancer.com

Freelancer.com might be the second biggest freelancing job market on internet. Tons of new jobs are created in every minute. This website don't need any approvals. You can easily register and start applying on jobs.

3. Fiverr

After Elance got sold to Upwork and Vworker got sold to Freelancer.com , Fiverr got some hype. And probably they are the 3rd biggest freelancing websites you can start your career. This platform is quite different than any other freelancing websites. You have to create $5 gigs to attract clients. I'm not a fan of this platform but Fiverr is one of the largest market where you can earn thousands of dollars.


4. Peopleperhour.com

People Per Hour is a platform for hourly contracts. Hourly contract means that you'll get paid for the hours you have worked. This is relatively new website to freelancing market but it got huge in no time. Start your career on this website will be a good choice.

5. Guru.com

Guru is also relatively new website but it got on top because upwork & freelancer.com bought other top freelancing websites. Guru.com also has millions of users and thousands of jobs.


That's the top list. On next article i will try to cover up how to get started & get jobs. Till then stay fine.