The popularity of online work continues to go up every day. The increasing number of freelancers and online entrepreneurs is a good proof that people today prefer to work online. Wait no more, I got your back. Here I collate the basic tips in online work.
For those who just heard about online work or working from home may sometimes get a wrong notion about it. Many think that it is just simple to get this kind of job as long as you have a computer and an internet connection.
If you are new in online work instead of commenting “how” and “interested”. You can follow these basic tips as your guide.
Basic Tips in Online Work for Beginners
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Read
Reading information about freelancing, online jobs, work from home and online entrepreneurship, gives you a little background about each topic. At least do your small research and reserve your chance of asking a question to the more complicated one. There are some members in online communites on Facebook that don’t like very elementary kind of questions. They are much willing to help you if you show initiative to learn rather than to be spoon-fed.
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Get Training
Enrolling to a reliable online trainings in the Philippines keeps you on the right path. You might consider yourself having the skills so there’s no need for you to enroll. But in online work, there’s what they called alignment. That is when your skill is what the client is looking for to solve his problem. When you equip yourself with knowledge and skill it will help you to develop a service that is marketable online. Plus, you will be able to produce your own portfolios – this is the second important thing in freelancing every beginner must-have (The first one is the experience).
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Optimize your profiles
Beginners in online work tend to sign up for all the online job platforms because of their excitement to get one right away. Your freelancing accounts and social media accounts are your digital representation. There are effective ways on how to present yourself online to become appealing to the clients.
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Get an Experience
A lot of clients always look for your experience, which makes experience the most important thing for online workers. There are many memes on Facebook that talk about the clients looking for experienced freelancers. There is a gap between the newbie freelancer and the hiring opportunity. But what you can do is to try getting experience by doing just a sample work for your friends or family for free in exchange of testimonial. That way you are able to create portfolios and get testimonials and even get a chance to be hired when you are able to gain the trust of business owners you’ve worked with.
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Don’t stop
Be aware and accept that competition in online jobs is high. Continue submitting proposals. Continue learning – enhance your skill or learn new skills. Don’t stop because you are not hired, stop when you’re done. Remember that there’s a time for everything.
Following these basic tips saves you into falling to loopholes that cause the delays of the success of your online journey. Stay guided.
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