Contents Acknowledgement ................................................................................................................................... 5 Journey: From Zero to Hero: ............................................................................................................... 6 How I become Graphic Designer? .................................................................................................. 6 First Earning From Freelancer Website ....................................................................................... 7 What my clients are saying about me right now: ..................................................................... 7 Introduction: ............................................................................................................................................. 9 What is Freelancer or Freelancing?............................................................................................. 10 Why I should also become Freelancer? ...................................................................................... 10 How much you can earn?............................................................................................................... 11 You are ready? Let’s start ............................................................................................................... 11 Selection of Freelancer Website: ...................................................................................................... 12 Signup: Become their Member: .................................................................................................... 13 Getting Started: Things you should know .................................................................................... 13 Job Applications ................................................................................................................................ 14 Time Tracker ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Hourly vs. Fixed ................................................................................................................................. 14 How to make Profile Attractive.......................................................................................................... 15 No ID card Type Profile Picture: ................................................................................................... 16 Overview of you profile: ................................................................................................................... 16 Hourly Rate should be Minimum: ............................................................................................... 16 Portfolio should be uploaded: ....................................................................................................... 17 Test Yourself: ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Writing the Perfect Cover Letter: ...................................................................................................... 17 Bad Example: ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Explanation:........................................................................................................................................ 18 Best Example: .................................................................................................................................... 19 Explanation:........................................................................................................................................ 20 Applying for the first Job: ................................................................................................................... 20 No Milestone ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Low Price .............................................................................................................................................. 21
Getting Your First Job Done: ............................................................................................................ 21 End of Chapter 1: .......................................................................................................................... 22 Get Your Own Blog: .............................................................................................................................. 22 Let’s Get an Advice From Expert! ................................................................................................ 23 Why I recommend Blogging as Freelancer? .................................................................................. 23 Blog or Portfolio Website: Which should be Selected and Why? ....................................... 24 Solution ............................................................................................................................................ 24 Why Blog should be Your Choice?............................................................................................... 25 Social Profiles and Portfolio ............................................................................................................... 25 Behance: .......................................................................................................................................... 26 deviantART ...................................................................................................................................... 27 Wix ..................................................................................................................................................... 27 End of Chapter 2:.............................................................................................................................. 27 Advancing to the Expert Level .......................................................................................................... 27 Video Marketing................................................................................................................................. 28 How video can be Helpful for displaying your Services? .................................................. 28 Where I should upload My Videos? ......................................................................................... 29 Enhance Your Creativity ................................................................................................................. 29 Increasing your Hourly Rate with Time ..................................................................................... 29 The Secrets behind Getting All Stars.......................................................................................... 30 Rocket Man ..................................................................................................................................... 30 The Word “Dear” and “Respected” ........................................................................................... 30 Giving Something Extra .............................................................................................................. 30 Ending This Report and Beginning for You .................................................................................. 30 Sharing Is Caring .................................................................................................................................. 31
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Journey: From Zero to Hero: Before starting this it is important that I should introduce myself and to share my story with you. Well, my name is saqib ahmad owner of vectorpsdfree and currently part-freelancer. I am business student and completed degree of master in commerce.
How I become Graphic Designer? The year was 2011. I remember that my brother started working as designer on freelancer website and I am big fan of his designing and photography and I always appreciated his work. Since you know that there are lots of online logo design contest website so he used to add his design there and whenever he completed his design the only word that I spoke is “wow” but due to some issues he leaved his work and stared the regular job but his designing leaves the great impact on me so I thought I should join freelancer website for purpose of entering in the contest.
I don’t know anything about graphic designing all I know that I can make a good painting so I started using Microsoft paint. Yes. That right I started my career as default windows paint program and for the whole one year my entries keep rejected by the contest holder but I know that it will improve my skills. But as soon I saw my paint entry got 1 star I thought now it’s time to move on the next level and maybe I should get a professional software so I choose
adobe illustrator after doing some research without knowing any tools of it so I started using it first with the pen tool and with that tool I made some more logos. But as the time progressed now you can say that I know most of the tools and can draw best design according to client description.
First Earning From Freelancer Website My first earning was $2 only and yes I haven’t forgotten the zeroes in it that because this is the first ever amount I received from the first job that is logo design for the company.
What my clients are saying about me right now:
Above are some of the reviews of the logo design contest that I won and all of them are with great price ranges from $100 to $500 however there are lot more on other websites. Beside these I have more reviews on hourly and fixed jobs.
So, let’s start this guide and above story is just mentioned so you know that everything presented here contains the true and personal experience nothing extra at all.
Introduction: Unemployment and Low income is the biggest problem that we are facing now days. How can you spent or make your budget since the prices and expenses are daily increasing. Research had done and it has been seen that lots of people are now joining the freelancer website not that because they have talent but the main reason is
that they need money or they want to increase their income. So, the question arises that if you are newbie and you want to start the journey as freelancer then what are the steps, techniques and methods you need to become the expert freelancer within very few days. So, in this eBooks I am going to give you my tips, tricks and method that I have adopted to become the top freelancer.
Ok! Now you thinking that I don’t even know how to work on excel or you can’t even design. Believe me I was same person like you 4 year before but time has changed and I am sure after reading my
personal experience and my techniques you will also become the top leader in the freelancer.
What is Freelancer or Freelancing? Freelancer and Freelancing can be defined as many words like outsourcing, working for another person or company and making good for other. In my opinion in simple words you can define freelancer as “Getting work done from others�
Why I should also become Freelancer? In this busy world nobody have time to complete their important work or they are not professional enough to make their work completed. I believe that freelancer in coming years will enjoy his life easily since the jobs and other activities are increasing.
How much you can earn? If you are newbie it’s possible that you can earn $200-$500 but if you are professional in some area like graphic and web designing you can earn up to $1000 and even more.
Are You Ready? Let’s start
Perfect! You have taken an excellent decision and I am sure after reading this report you will surely going to learn and can start your career as the freelancer.
Above introduction was just a preview of what’s included in this eBook. Following are serious step by step guide and techniques which you will learn.
Selection of Freelancer Website: Back in four years I was confused to choose the best freelancing website. Since they are many in numbers and have their own importance. If you search on Google or read forums you will able to find the top 3 freelancing website which are as follow. Freelancer Elance Odesk So the question arises that which one you should selected or best suited for you according to your skills. I know you guys are thinking lets join all together but for the newbie’s I recommend only one at this time since you have to know about it from basic to advance and then you can move to next level. Here I am selecting the Odesk which is my personal favorite but worked very little their but its worked well for new joiners.
Signup: Become their Member: Just like other website it’s easy to join them click on the signup button and make sure you signup as employee and not as employer. That’s really fast I guess let’s move toward the next step I am sure you already in love with this ebook
Getting Started: Things you should know All right now are the member of the website here I am going to tell you some of the things you should know before moving further. Let’s see!
Job Applications It’s a kind of bids that is provided by the odesk since you have started you can see that you have 2 applications that you can apply in a week and it will reset next week. But you can increase these applications up to 25 after completing your profile and Test.
Time Tracker Time tracker is software that is also provided by the Odesk that captures your screen while you are working and it’s a proof that you are working and not doing anything else. I like this tool very much since this can automatically generates the income while you are working and will be visible at your payment section only when the client hire you on hourly basis.
Hourly vs. Fixed If you click on profile you will see at your hourly price which can be set by you. Hourly job is trustworthy since it automatically sends the payment to you as work progressed.
While fixed job is kind of payment after work done. But, in my case I have never seen anyone who hasn’t paid me all were trusted buyer. The only thing you can demand from the client while you are working is the milestone and it’s the amount set by you. It’s a kind of advance that is paid to you in beggining.
How to make Profile Attractive Sometime secret question is asked and keep remember your answer because this is the only way you can withdraw your payment. So, the question is how I made my profile attractive that you can see by visiting the Link.
No ID card Type Profile Picture: I have seen people are using the pictures with blue, black and green background to represent themselves but this should be avoided since this time we are not talking locally but we have to deal with the international member so the profile picture should be selected carefully.
Overview of you profile: Describe clearly that what can you do or what your aim is add relevant quotes and attract the customer as much as you can for example I have added my Facebook page, my web address and a catchy ending quote and that is making my profile even more cool.
Hourly Rate should be Minimum: I have seen people having $15/ hour rate and they have just joined the website which will never help them getting the job. When I
started working I set my hourly rate to $2 and glad I did because as soon as I did this I received my first job after applying.
Portfolio should be uploaded: If you have bunch of work you have done then you should add them to website since client always see your work before hiring you.
Test Yourself: You should take test that is presented there and see how much you are expert or what’s your experience level. Clients love people who rated among top 50%. You can check my profile if you are interested that what I have done. Go ahead take a look see what I have included and what I have avoided.
Writing the Perfect Cover Letter: You can never get the job unless you attract the clients by your words. This is one of the most tricky and important thing. I will going to show you bad and best example of cover letter.
Bad Example: Hey, I am ready for the work let’s start and I am sure you will love my services. Please hire me so that I can start the work I am new and will provide you best work. Thank You Regards, Saqib Ahmad
Explanation: See how I have started without giving any respect like he is my friends or I am demanding instead of requesting and also I am telling myself that I am new and will work best for you. My Friend, this type of attitude is not required here now let me show you
what’s the best example that I used and Almost getting 70% reply from the jobs.
Best Example: Dear Sir, I am interested in Graphic Design Job you have posted. I have expertise in Illustrator and will design a professional vector based graphic with many source files for further editing and modification and work. Why you should hire me? 20+ Recent Jobs with 100% satisfied customer you can check my profile a vast collection of Portfolio 4 year of experience in related field. Currently I am running personal website of graphic designing if you like to see some more work. http://www.vectorpsdfree.com/ I am hoping to get positive response from your side and Ready to build strong future relationship. Thank You
Explanation: Just check how professional it is. Started with respecting the client and described what I can do and what I have done already. Also if you have link to external portfolio then make sure you give them don’t worry no one will ban you!
Applying for the first Job: I am considering you here as newbie so if you applying for the first time make sure you don’t get involves in few things like checking the client past reputation, price of project or any other related things. Since it’s your first
Application then you can apply to anyone you want, but make sure it’s according to your categories and you know what to do and
check client payment is verified or not. If all these things are good then go ahead apply now and wait for result.
No Milestone Please do not select millstone at this time even after getting 4 to 5 jobs you should consider avoiding this option.
Low Price Keep your price as low as you can since you really can’t attract the client except showing how less you are charging.
Getting Your First Job Done:
If you really want to get your first 5 start rating on profile then you must follow each and everything said by the client. Give extra time If you can! first few days are always tough but once you got 5 to 6 jobs you will start receiving the jobs invitation and offers.
End of Chapter 1: This is the end of chapter first and so far we covered choosing the right freelancer website, applying on particular job, writing an effective cover letter and much more. Hope that you have followed each and every thing carefully. Let’s move to the next level and I named it Advance Chapter since it will cover lots more and you will learn more as progress so let’s get started.
Get Your Own Blog: Welcome back as you can see you have covered a lot. I can say that you are now at a bronze position but don’t worry I will going to take you to the gold level.
In this chapter I Like to tell you that I am greatly thankful to the blogger who helped me a lot. Since this is my personal experience and exactly what I have done. In February 2014 I have started the blog of graphic designing which is going very well and the reason I
have made it is to expand my portfolio and show my work to even more people and increase my client and I am proud to say that it helped me a lot.
Let’s Get an Advice From Expert! To be honest I am not an expert but I am a friend of an expert blogger who will going to tell you how you can have your own blog, Basic things you need to start and what you should need in the start and some of the tools he is using. Ammar Ali - http://allbloggingtips.com
Why I recommend Blogging as Freelancer? If you are freelancer then you definitely start thinking to have your own blog. The reason I am forcing you as blogger is that because you will able to get more coverage then you currently getting. You
can show off your work and recent completed task that you have done for your client.
Blog or Portfolio Website: Which should be Selected and Why? Now here is the confusing part since you are new and could not able to decide at which side you should go so, here I am going to help you in this matter.
Solution Both have their own importance for example if you are designer such as involving in web designing, development then you can have your own personal website but if you are article writer or involving in other profession then you can have your blog. But, I Still Preferred Blog
Why Blog should be Your Choice? There are many reason why I am emphasizing that you should select the blog and not to go for the website. Since we know that this is the age of SEO and it’s a very less chance that you can be seen by the client looking for the person like you so it’s easy to have your own blog and update them with some the latest and trendy keywords which can be easily ranked in Google so people can able to know who really you are and I am sure they will see the author profile where you can add link to your services. However following are some benefits I like to mention. Easy to maintain Search Engine Love How and What People Writes More Exposure For more information and complete guide, tricks and tips of blogging
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Social Profiles and Portfolio I know that first thing came to your mind is that I will going to tell you same method that is already told by millions of other that you can have your own facebook page for showing your portfolio. But, here I am going to show you how you can increase your existence by some of the advance methods. I am not saying that facebook page is not good for showing your work it is well known and must
followed step you should do! Go ahead make a facebook page with unique name or services you are offering it will help you up to great extent. Let me show you top ways you can increase your presence by joining some of the following programs.
Behance: This website is all you need in start. If you are creative photographer, designer, developer or any other related field expert then you can join this community website where people love to see each other work and that is not all there is big chance that after seeing your work they will contact you to work for them. Secret Trick: *just provide the link to your freelancer profile in every portfolio Item you upload
deviantART another website similar to above one where you can add portfolio items and can also link to your website, blog or freelancer profile for getting attention. Easy and Free to use and lots of big blogs and companies are already using this website.
Wix Is one of the best ways to show your portfolio work. If you don’t like to go for a blog then I recommend you should use this you can have personal and professional website in no time.
End of Chapter 2: As you can see that you have now learned the importance of blogging as a freelancer and I hope that you have learned a lot with the link I have shared. So far you are doing well and I am sure you are not far from becoming one of the top leaders of the freelancer websites.
Advancing to the Expert Level Welcome back the third and last chapter I will reveal some of the secrets. Tricks, Tips and how can you achieve the Golden level on freelancer websites. Believe me I was same person like you back in 4 year and now you have seen my progress that I have showed at
the start. I can’t wait to show what strategies I have used so, let’s get started.
Video Marketing If you observe my odesk profile you will see that I have video that is representing and showing my services you can have this to by hiring some professional or you can make yourself. If you really want to get some professional video then I recommend using Fiverr for hiring someone. How video can be Helpful for displaying your Services? There are approx more than 1 billion daily internet user and I bet there are more than that so it’s a good chance to show you services to them. Well, its quite simple just hold the camera and speak about your services you are offering or you can make a creative videos using software’s such as Sony Vegas and after effect.
Where I should upload My Videos? You can upload your videos to Youtube, Vimeo, Daily Motion, and Break. These are the top I mentioned but you can add on more if you have great list or you can search on the google.
Enhance Your Creativity Just like in chapter 2 I told you about how can you increase your portfolio or how can you build it? The same websites I mentioned can also be used to enhance your creativity for example like if you are using behance you can see other people work! Ask them about how they done it or what the inspiration behind it and I am sure you will also learn something from there.
Increasing your Hourly Rate with Time As you started receiving offers and invitation you should start increase the hourly rate but make sure the thing I am going to tell you now is the most information. I have seen that most of the Asian countries have hourly rate more than $20 per hour and they hardly getting any job that because client is looking for the professional work in cheapest amount so keep remember that not to increase your hourly rate up to certain limit this will surely end your journey. So keep remember that to increase your hourly rate according to the country you are living.
The Secrets behind Getting All Stars If you really interested in getting all 5 stars from the client then you should consider some of the following tips.
Rocket Man Complete your work as fast as you can client love those workers who provide first mockup of their work quickly and professionally.
The Word “Dear” and “Respected” Whether you are getting job of $5 or $500 just keep remember that in every message you send you start your message with Dear sir or Respected Madam.
Giving Something Extra Sometime clients demand that he need worker who can complete the work in 1 day and if you can make it happened within 12 hours then it leave no choice for client to leave positive feedback with 5 stars.
Ending This Report and Beginning for You As you can see I haven’t added any non useful information in this short report that because I know how much time is important for
you. At the end I can only say that just keep working and never lose the hope because there will be a time you will remember that due to your patience what level you have achieved. If you have learned any single thing from this report then I am satisfy and I will think that my job is done I really want to help you guys just prove yourself that you can be the one that thousand people are looking for their task.
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