Freelancer Tips

Make Money Online As A Freelancer 

If you want to make $3000+ per month online, then read this freelance tutorial. As a freelancer, you don't have a particular employer but you work for many different employers. There are many opportunities open to freelancers, some require skills while some do not. Below are few freelancing job opportunities open to freelancers online:

• Article Writing
• Copy-writing
• Web Designing
• Computer Programming
• Link Building
• Multimedia
• Engineering
• Research
• Editing
• Typing/Transcription

You can really make money online as a freelancer. You don't need to invest your money because most freelancing websites are free to join. The only thing you need to invest is your time. The more time you invest the more money you'll make.
[Freelance Websites bring you in contact with many different employers. They handle the payment processes and make sure that no one is dupe.]
If you want to make a living as a freelancer, then you have to spend 7 or more hours on freelancing sites every day. On the other hand, if you just want some quick cash, then you can do freelance jobs whenever you get the chance.

How to Win your First Bid

To start freelancing work, you can register with any freelancing site and start placing bids on projects you can do. New freelancers usually find it very difficult to win their first bid. To overcome this, you must have:

1. A solid profile and
2. A professional portfolio.

Your portfolio is the most important aspect of winning bids. It is a sample collection of your published or private works. If you are a writer, your portfolio will be some of your best writing samples. Similarly, if you are a web designer, your portfolio will be some websites you have designed. Employers will employ you if they like your portfolio.
Your profile on the other hand has to do with your work experience. It is one of the ways employers find you and evaluate you, and it is the place where you showcase your skills and work experience. To succeed as a new freelancer, it is very important that you have a thorough and compelling profile that sells your talents. Upload a picture of yourself to your profile.
If you are a writer, your profile will contain your writing experience. If you think you don't have any, then think of those intensive writing courses you've taken in college. Similarly, a web designer's profile will contain his successful experiences during practice.
In case you have not done any freelancing work online before, you can start by accepting low cost projects. When you've successfully finish a number of projects you can then go for higher paying projects. It is very important that you bid on jobs that suit your interests and match your abilities.
While submitting a proposal, make sure that you clearly let the employer know that you can do the job and deliver an excellent result. You can hardly win a bid if you can't assure employers that you are qualified to do the job.

[A proposal is a kind of personal message you send to let an employer know that you have interest in the job he posted. Never include any form of contact information in this message or you'll be ban from the site.] 

Method of Payment

There are many different methods of making payment online, but most Freelance websites will pay you using Paypal and MoneyBooker. Freelancer.com will pay you through Paypal, Wire Transfer, MasterCard, and MoneyBookers.

7 Trusted Websites for Freelancers

There are many freelance websites you can register with free of charge. Among them Freelancer.com    seems to be the most popular. Below is a list of freelancing sites you can join and start bidding on projects
1. www.freelancer.com: This site was formerly Get A Freelancer.com. They have a lot of projects/jobs posted daily on a wide range of fields.
2. www.scriptlance.com: Scriptlance is programming related. Posting projects is completely free.
3. www.elance.com: This site is as popular as Freelancer.com. They have free and paid membership. They have large varieties of jobs like article writing, data entry and web designing. They have a rating system that tells employers how good a freelancer had been performing in the past.
4. www.project4hire.com
5. www.guru.com: This site is similar to Elance and free membership is available. They also have a rating system.
6. www.constant-content.com: This site deals only on writing and they are very strict on quality. They may ban you if your work is rejected more than 3 times.
7. www.mturk.com: This site is sponsored by Amazon.com. Jobs are known as hits. There are all sort of jobs available such as article writing, forum posting, blog posting and so on.
Finally, being a freelancer enables you to earn a descent amount of money online without being afraid of scams. You can stand more chance of winning freelancing jobs by having a compelling portfolio, a well-written profile and a convincing proposal. The sites mentioned above are popular, well trusted, free to join and scam-free. I wish you good luck as you try them out. And remember, your success online lies on focusing on one thing and doing it very well.