Tips for marketing yourself as a freelancer

 

Market yourself or pitch to clients daily 

Do you know that you can make as much as $500 - $5000 monthly as a freelancer working in the writing, content creation or social media management niche. 

Web designers and software engineers make as much as $10,000 monthly. 

How to Start Freelancing in Nigeria and Becoming Financially Free

The ins-and-outs on how to start freelancing in Nigeria is often a mystery.

There are so many resources online on how to start freelancing in Nigeria that are not practical or do not guide the reader towards execution.

This article will not do that to you. It will show you how to implement the strategies that I will share with you in this article.

If you are a young person who is interested in becoming financially free in Nigeria, I will recommend you start freelancing.

It is a quick taste of adulthood and the joys and thrills of paying bills. Scratch that. No one enjoys paying bills. It is one of the responsibilities that go with being an adult.

What is freelancing?

Let's jump into the steps you will need to take in becoming a

How to start a blog and earn money from it - A guide for newbies 2020

How to start a blog and earn money from it. This is relevant to you and vital if you must have a resource to present as a portfolio.

Your blog is a portfolio that you recommend to clients. It is proof that you can do what you talk about. All you need to do is share a link with them.

Freelancers often meet roadblocks when pitching for jobs.

The life of a typical social media manager in Lagos

Being a social media manager looks like fun.

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Ever heard that quote about loving what you do and so not having to work a day in your life, it's actually a fallacy.

How to start a blog in Nigeria today

Blogging is a new way to make money.

It is one of the necessary skills for work in 2020.

One of the ways to build credibility as a freelancer is to have your portfolio on your blog.

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Learn the ropes

It is a popular saying the readers are leaders.

This is a true saying as only readers can proffer solutions because of their wide reach and a large area of influence.

Everyone influences someone.

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Some freelancing opportunities are scams

In my short time freelancing, I have gotten scammed.

Scams happen because people sometimes want free information that they do not have to pay for. Or they want jobs done free for them, they complain about the job, edit the job and assume that they did the job for themselves.

The truth about scamming

Scamming is wrong in any form. Anyone who scams others cannot be trusted.

How can you avoid scamming in the freelancing business?