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How to start freelancing business online

Are you currently looking for a side income to supplement your current job, or you’re totally unemployed and have gotten tired of relying on support?
With the internet stretching is large arms of generosity to everyone equally, all you need to do is find the right opportunity and start making money online. If you doubt this, just study what facts and statistics say on the internet’s financial standing.

In a Bizjournal article, the internet is reported to be the 6th biggest economy in the world in 2016. In 2010, it added a whopping $975 billion to the U.S economy ? that is an impressive 4.6 percent of the country’s GDP.

If you think that is huge enough for you to start an online business that can help you attract a side income or, better still, one that can totally sustain your lifestyle as full time freelancer. You can start today without spending a dime. All you need is your knowledge, experience, and probably a laptop / computer that has access to the internet.

Let’s get started.

Website Designer

A lot of businesses are taking advantage of the opportunities that internet has to offer in terms of customer acquisition. This makes it imperative for them to have a website that serves as a point of touch between their prospects and their business.

And the good news is no one appreciates a bad website design. This is where a website designer comes in. Website designers charge in the hundreds to customize a ready-made theme or website template.

With the right experience and a couple of projects to set you on track, working as a website designer can change your financial status for good.

Freelance Content Writer

Websites need content. Apart from the design of a website, the content on it is the second most important element. A great content will help businesses educate their customers and also introduce their goods and services to them. This makes freelance writing a well paying business.

As a freelance writer, you could be hired to help businesses come up with fresh content for their websites, or help to develop sketchy ideas into completed content pieces. Freelance writers have a handful of opportunities to make money from the internet through service requests from the following areas:

  • Whitepapers
  • Blog Posts
  • eBooks
  • Newsletters
  • News Writing

To get started as a freelance writer, you only need access to the internet and get yourself familiar with the writing structure of the different needs of businesses. Following some of the popular writing blogs on the internet will also help you shape your skills. It is also important for you to develop your portfolio by having a blog of your own where potential clients can see samples of your work.

Copywriting

In essence, a copywriter is a writer who develops sales copies for ads and service pages. While the number of words or content length needed from a copywriter is not usually as much as what is needed from a regular freelance writer, due to the extra training in psychology and advertisement a copywriter needs ? his charges are higher.

As a copywriter, you could be hired to write sales pages for companies’ products and services pages to newsletters and product launch copies.

The only tools needed to get started are your experience in professional writing, marketing and sales, and a laptop that has internet access.

Copy Editing

Copy editing jobs pay well on the internet. As a copy editor, you can work for businesses who need an extra hand in making sure their content comes up smooth. You can work for news outlets and businesses who have websites and blogs.

Copy editors also help to edit ebooks, tutorials and newsletters before they are finally sent out. To get started, you do not need to invest any money on tools. All you need is your editing experience and a couple of samples to show your skills.

Consulting

If you’re an experienced professional in a field such as marketing, business development, counseling (on anything from eating to relationship to wellness), or a licensed medical or legal practitioner, you can start an online home business without spending additional money.

Get started by creating your service at Seocheckout and advertising your services on free jobs sites. Once you get your first few clients, you should develop a professional website from the proceeds and give your business a professional feel.

Generating Project Names

People often have ideas but find it difficult to come up with a perfect name to give their ideas. You can establish a home business by offering to give people the perfect name for their projects or ideas. Since finding the perfect name for a new product takes a lot of research, not to mention dealing with names of similar existing products ? new business founders would prefer to hire someone else to do this for them.

To get started, all you need is a website that advertises your services to the world. You could also hunt for jobs on the internet by going through sites like Angel.co, CrunchBase and other sites like Craigslist’s.

Book Critique

If you have a mind for analytical thinking and critical judgment, then being a critique could be your call. The last thing an author wants is to have their manuscript tossed out because they failed to process their thoughts perfectly. This is where you come in.

Getting started as a book critique does not cost anything. All you need is your laptop, access to the internet and a couple of clients to get started.

Full-time Blogging

Blogging is now becoming a very important business on the internet. A lot of businesses have realized they must have a blog to keep their customers engaged and active. Becoming a full time blogger can open up many opportunities for you.

Start by following some of the internet’s most popular bloggers such as Neil Patel, Darren Rowse and Pat Flynn.

Data Entry and Analysis

We’re in the age of big data and the demand for data experts such as big data analysts is on the rise. Companies are paying handsome checks for the right set of skills. It costs you virtually nothing to get started as a data analyst.

Virtual Assistant

Do you have an eye for detail or are you skilled in handling simple tasks without getting bored? Then being a virtual assistant might be the perfect opportunity you’ve been waiting for.

Help business owners who are not ready to hire in-house staffs get their jobs done. The upside is you are not constricted to work for just one person. You can work for as much people or businesses as your capacity allows.

Is there any of these online businesses you’re willing to get started on? Just getting the right skill-set and of course a simple laptop computer with access to the internet is all you need to get started.

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Lynne
This is a great post Anwebservices! I love the way you have highlighted all the main areas to concentrate on.

What a brilliant and clever idea to generate project ideas. I have always fallen short on this and struggled to come up with ideas for names when I have started a project. I would most certainly like to hire someone else to do that for me!

I also like the idea about counseling online, I am wanting to get into this for addiction problems. But as yet I am just working on my addiction website as a hobby and nothing more.

Do you have any ideas on how to add online counseling to my blog?



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anwebservices
Well i am not much into online counseling, but from my point of view it should be done like "one on one" talk, so creating forum or multi-member social site (like using Wordpress with BuddyPress plugin) would be great idea where you and other members can talk in groups or one on one etc...



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Lynne
Yes counseling I would like to do one on one, but group therapy and also group chats can be really effective and helpful for addiction counseling, this is the reason why such a huge part of the drug rehab programs are group therapy!



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vinaya
Online counseling can be a great business idea. However, not everyone can do this. First of all you need to have a good knowledge on the topic, secondly, you need to have experience. If you had an addiction problem and you managed to give up addiction, you can start working as a counselor, however, you also need to have the general understanding of human psychology and mental physiology in order to get established.



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webexpert1313
Really Appreciate it. Its really helpful to new member who's search regularly "how to earn money online".
Its really helpful article for these types of people How to start freelancing business online Thanks



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Cristian
Consulting services - well, to be honest, I've tried multiple consulting services on seocheckout, especially SEO related. I love to give people direct advice rather then implement everything myself and end up cleaning the mess. I prefer to teach the client to clean his own mess and to get paid for that.

Unfortunately, I had no luck, no orders so I deleted my services or suspended them. I think this "consulting" type of services only works for really big clients or very opened minded ones. Most clients on SC want direct results and fixes, can't say I blame them.



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overcast
I think opening freelancing business online is not the hard part. But keeping it sustained and making choices based on the client acquisition seems to be the hardest part. I have found that some of the time freelancing is lot easier. But you may have to work on things to get things properly sorted. You can see that freelance business takes time for for stabilizing. You need regular clients for things to work out.



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vinaya
The world wide web gives us unlimited opportunity to earn and learn. If you have skills on certain areas you can make a good money online and do not require a regular job to survive. However, to make money online you need specific skills. For example, you write general articles, you can never make good money. However, if you have ability to research and write SEO articles, you can make more money. Writing earn you, however, designing earn you more. If you have graphic designing skills you will earn more than from writing. Likewise, knowledge on programing will earn you better than from graphic designing. Therefore, the number one rule for making money online is to have specific skills.



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Barida
I'm a writer and have enjoyed working as a freelance writer, but that does not rule out the fact that I'm looking forward to learning of other ways that I can start making money on the internet as a freelancer. This is where your post comes handy for me.



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vinaya
I started working as a writer in 2006. I wrote articles for newspapers and online platforms. I first contributed to print and online publication and later joined the freelance marketplace and began writing articles, stories and ebooks for clients. In my experience, writing is a demanding job especially if you are not writing in your first language (I write in English as a second language). Secondly, writing is also a poorly paid job. You have to spend hours to do the research and spend days to write an article, but earning is very low compared to what you do. That's why I am making a switch to web designing.



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Corzhens
I agree that the first step is the website designer that’s why some people I know who have plans of putting up their own website are turned off. Website designers here charge a lot. And for personal websites, it is not appropriate to spend $750 for the design which does not include the domain name and hosting. It really pays if you know how to create web pages with the Dreamweaver because you can do what you want and you don’t have to worry about the budget. But to be honest, I would hire a website designer if I will have my own website.



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vinaya
I started as an online writer. In my experience, writing is the lowest paid job in the online world. Therefore, I developed internet marketing and web designing skills to earn better. I have earned a good money by designing websites. Programing is another area where you can make more money.



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