Freelance jobs over the internet and how it success

A freelancer, also known as a freelance worker, is someone who is self-employed and is not in a long-term contractual commitment to any one employer.The most common freelance jobs include writing, editing, photography, web design, graphic arts or computer programming. Freelancers make their money selling their work to a clients rather then being employed by a business.

Things You Need to Do Before You Start Freelancing

Before we get into the nitty-gritty of moving from full-time employee to full-time freelancer, there are three things you need to figure out to make sure freelancing is the right path for you...

1. Lock in Your ‘WHY’

• Why do you want to become a freelancer? While there could be many reasons you find freelancing attractive, what’s that one reason that’s compelling you to take the plunge now?

• Is it working on projects that excite you so you don’t have to slave away on projects that don’t?

• Is it the freedom to set your own hours so you don’t have to miss another recital at your daughter’s school?
• Your “why” needs to be your north star. It’s the thing that won’t let you quit when things get tough (and I assure you, they will).

For example, as a freelancer myself, my big “why” is building a life that gives me the freedom to call my own shots, in every aspect of my life.Every time things get hard or I get a job offer with nice pay and excellent perks, I think of the things I’d be giving up if I took a day job. I think about being unable to take the summer off to travel and spend time with my family. I think about the personal projects I’d no longer have the time for and the big plans I have for my business. Most of all, I think about the freedom I’d be giving up if I accepted a day job.

2. Give Yourself a Deadline

Like it or not, human beings are natural procrastinators. And as pumped as you feel about freelancing, you aren’t any different.Right now, you’re reading as much as you can about how to be a freelancer. You’re making notes and figuring things out. But you probably haven’t made any hard decisions yet. Plans only work when you act on them. So, give yourself a deadline.Actually, you need to give yourself a bunch of them. Decide specific timelines for:

Figuring Out Your Niche

What are you good at? What do you do really well in your day job?If money and responsibility weren’t a consideration, what kind of work would you want to do? Would you write all day long, go on photo walks, or sketch whatever catches your eye?

Finding Your First Client

Are you really a freelancer until you work with clients? It’s easy to get lost in the research, planning, and setting-up phase of your freelance business. If you’re not careful, another year will have passed and you’ll still be without a single client.Giving yourself a deadline to land a client makes it real. It will push you to go out there and market yourself. We’ll discuss getting your first client a little later in this article.

Quitting Your Day Job

Quitting your day job is not an easy thing to pull the trigger on. You’ll be throwing away your security blanket, and that is a scary thing to do.But the ultimate goal of starting a freelance business on the side is to quit your day job and start freelancing full time. If you aren’t deliberate with your planning and timeline, you’ll never be ready to quit your day job.

3. Do the Math

While you don’t have to wait until your freelancing income matches (or surpasses) your day job income, you do need to figure out some money-related stuff.

Things like: 

How much money do you need to survive/live comfortably/thrive?

Those are three different states of freelancing, so you should come up with three sets of numbers.

1. To survive: The amount you need to survive includes money for rent, food, insurance, utility bills, school, and installments of any debt/loans that you may have to pay. Basically, all the necessities of your life. This is the amount that you absolutely must make before leaving your day job.

2. To live comfortably: This includes everything you need to survive, plus things like entertainment, a car, food other than Ramon noodles, etc.

3. To thrive: What does the top of your game look like? When you think of a lavish lifestyle, how do you envision yourself living? Is it having enough money to take a vacation and travel? To send your kids to summer camp? To buy/renovate a house?

List your expenses for each set of numbers. Not only will doing so tell you how much you need to make, it will also make it immediately clear to you when you’ve moved from surviving as a freelancer to living comfortably, and finally, to thriving.It’s your decision as to how much you want to earn before you transition over. We recommend covering your basic needs first and also having some money in savings.