Hello everyone , I wanted to increase my monthly earnings and for that I know I need to have some skills.
Currently I do write articles, but not getting paid as I would like.
I am willing to learn some more skills so that I can get good paid freelance work here in this forum or any other freelance website.
Can you please guide me what should I learn.
Some options I thought digital marketing or take a course on blockchain.
Please give me some advice. I want to earn good money and for that I am ready to work hard and learn some good skills which would help me do so.
Before I give you some of my advice as an experienced freelancer, let me tell you a story of mine on how I got started my career and developing my skills.
During my college days, my dad only gave me a weekly allowance of $10 + my late grandmother who also give me extra $2 per week that time for a total of $12. I didn’t learn how to save money that time (I did for once just to buy a cheap colored Nokia phone that took me a very long while to afford it). For a 3rd world country, the amount was already decent to buy cheap food and drinks in the university canteen. I usually walk from home to the university and vice versa since it’s kinda near to me. I encountered freelancing for the first time when my friend called me from home that he saw some extra sites that could make me some extra money, and I was intrigued by it.
In the university, I go to an IT department building where students can use the computer and internet for a limited time (no games allowed lol). During my extra time, I researched about freelancing like I could earn an extra $2, $5 or $10 for a simple task. In my mind, those amounts are already “big” for a college student in a 3rd world country. I started learning on how to do data entry, forum posting and other simple tasks.
I remembered that the first task I got was a simple forum post and I earned $2+. And yes, I was happy! I already have a Paypal and bank account back then. Then I kept searching for more tasks, earning $3, $5, $10, etc., until there’s a client who is looking for a forum poster in his travel forum offering $30. I applied and he accepted it. When I finished the work and he gave me $30, I was super happy! Then he offered me a monthly work of $50 for maintaining the forum with some posts. Since we don’t have internet at home, I usually do the work within the university’s IT department computer station.
Despite that my dad didn’t want me to do extra work (and money) and likes me to focus on graduating first, it’s where I finally felt that a weekly allowance of $10-$12 isn’t enough. Something tells me that I can do more than that. But of course, I didn’t left out my studies. I managed my time for both studying and working. And yes, I did graduated in college.
During that time, I see that there are lots of article writing opportunities that pays more. I didn’t have any experience yet, but I was eager to learn. I started doing writing gigs for clients. Despite that my English isn’t fluent, I still managed to get paid for a decent looking article.
After that, I was asking myself on why others are getting paid more than me even if it’s just 500 words? I was curious. So I kept improving my skills as an article writer until I got a good paying client who paid me $300 to $400 a month because of the quality articles I’ve written. But sad to say that the project didn’t last long. Because of that, I am urged to learn more skills like doing video editing, managing clients and customers, graphic designing and so much more.
Fast forward to today, I am more passionate in doing video editing. I learned how to increase my video’s clickthrough rate (I am still getting there), attractive banners and thumbnails, giving value to viewers and subscribers, etc.
Regarding my advice to you, upgrade yourself and don’t be just satisfied on the current level of skill you have. Don’t just stick to what you have if you are not happy of your current income. Have self-confidence. Be expandable and eager to learn more. Empty your cup by spending time training and practice more to become a successful freelancer that clients are hungry to offer your services in the future.
Ask yourself on why others are successful and getting paid more than you even if it’s just for article writing. Instead of asking,
“I can’t do what other successful people are capable of.”, try something like
“How can I be like them?”. Once you’ve asked that to yourself, for sure you’re going to gather a lot of ideas and brainstorm it. Take it one day at a time. It’s not an easy journey, but one day it’ll be worth it and inspire others to do the same.
Hope this helps you and I wish you a future success in your freelancing career.
