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| Freelance
and work-from-home job opportunities in
India |
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By
Shambhu Patnaik |
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| With easy access to computers,
broadband connectivity, and cheaper telecommunication,
India is now offering a great platform
for freelancers. If you are an expert
in some field and you have a computer
with internet connectivity and a telephone,
you can get started immediately. |
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| The environment
is just right for freelance jobs |
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| The cost of searching for
a suitable candidate, hiring, training,
and providing facilities to an employee
are rising, and that’s why many
companies are looking for freelancers,
especially when it’s a one-off project
or the work load is low. Small companies
are finding it difficult or expensive
to get the required level of expertise
for hiring. Here comes the freelancer. |
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| Freelance job opportunities
in India |
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| Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai
and Chennai are the hubs where all sizes
of companies reside and therefore these
cities offer more opportunities for freelancers.
You can get freelance jobs for writing,
web and graphic designing, SEO, marketing,
software development, data entry, data
processing, financial work, legal work,
and many big and small online and offline
tasks. |
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| Getting work regularly
in a freelance job |
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| So, turns out you have substantial
expertise in your domain and you want
to morph into a freelancer; but nobody
is contacting you for work. Freelance
jobs require a certain level of marketing
skills too. You need to showcase your
work and market it to the right people.
Here are some steps to get started:
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1. Visit all major freelance job
sites like Craiglist.com, Kijiji.com,
GenuineJobs.com, etc. and reply to
all the postings that are suitable
for your expertise. There are many
paid and bidding-based sites too like
eLance.com, Guru.com, FreelanceJobs.com,
etc. Just types the keywords in Google
and you will get many.
2. Search for freelance job postings
on other job sites like Naukri, Monster,
Times Jobs, etc.
3. Prepare an online showcase in the
form of a website or a blog. This
should contain your professional experience,
educational background, examples of
your work, and your contact details.
Promote your online presence by sending
the link in all your emails. It would
be great if you can optimize your
website for search engines, so that
you can get organic enquiries through
Google or Yahoo.
4. Make a network by contacting people
who might need your service through
mail or phone.
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| Remuneration in
a freelance job |
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| Sadly, in India freelancers
with low or mediocre skills don’t
get paid much unless they do large volumes
of work. If you offer superior services,
you can charge a premium and do only high-quality
work. To decide your rates, do a search
on the web and send mock mails to other
freelancers and find out how much they
are charging. Also visit freelance sites
to see what clients are offering for different
kind of projects. This will help you in
quoting the right amount to your clients.
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| Surviving in the
freelance world is tough but rewarding |
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| There is tough competition
in the freelance world too and it’s
not easy to survive unless you have a
few fixed clients who trust you. But,
if you have decided to take that step,
remember that freelancing does not come
alone. It’s a packaged deal where
you have to become a leader, market your
skills, thwart the competition, manage
different jobs at the same time, handle
finance and collections, service and nurture
clients, and do a lot more while producing
high-quality work. If you are able to
soar above all these challenges, you will
earn much more than your regular job and
enjoy it too. |
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