1. Level up your writing and professional skills
Certain writing skills are absolutely necessary for writing career. However, as freelancer, you need to develop a number of professional skills. This is due to the fact that freelance writing is not a creative endeavour. Its entrepreneurial career, and you must run it like a business to maximize your earnings.
2.Pic a niche
Everyone is knowledgeable about something. If you don't have any professionals or paid experience, think about what you know , are good at , or passionate about. For example you may have travelled or backpacked extensively during your college years. You could begin by writing about your travels. If you are a single parent who is having a difficulty with child care, write parenting articles about single parenting
3. Build a portfolio and personal profile
Put your portfolio, no matter how small, on blog or website, or on one of the free platforms like fivrr or contently, which are really job exchanges but also serve as place to showcase your content
4. Time for outreach: Find those clients!
Now that you have set yourself up for success, its time to find your first clients! Again there are numerous options to consider which includes:
-Content writing and marketing agencies such as contently
-Marketplaces for freelancers such as Upwork
-Building a profile on LinkedIn and reaching out to people in your network
5. Land and expand
All of these steps will almost certainly land you a job. Now its time to upsell to existing customers so just expand your base .
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