Freelancing during Lock-down
By: Khansa Anwar
Tags: Freelancing, Freelancers, Freelance, Freelance Writing, Lockdown

Freelancing during Lock-down

Corona virus pandemic is increasing day by day across the world. Government and health experts advise people to stay home to stay safe. So, we are kept in isolation to be alive and have to wait for things to get better. Majority of individuals around the globe have additionally experimented an effect on their livelihoods, regardless of whether in reduced working hours, varied working patterns, or losing work. Until the situation is not better, and we are stuck at home, why not to think to do something creative and to earn something to survive.

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If you are one them and searching for an occupation and decent amount of extra money you should probably go for online freelance market to sell your skills. Give it a shot. Explore your skills and master them. It would be fun to pursue your passion as your profession. There are a lot of earning ways and websites to help you during this potential epidemic.

Freelancer is a term specified for the one who is not restricted to one employer for a long term and freelancing is a self-employed job. You can make money on hourly basis through your own selected tasks. Your portfolio is in your hands. You must be passionate for the skills you want to be paid for. So, master your skills and build some extra skills.

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Searching for the customers is not that easy going. Marketing your work is indeed on of the most tedious tasks that you can face. Here the freelance websites come in.

Listed down are a few websites that may help you to start.

Sites offering freelance work come up with different work types and payment terms. They put employers and companies in contact with a global network of freelancers. If you are not careful, you can end up wasting time and effort on a platform with questionable standing.

Online freelance market is a big market. The number of people working in coworking spaces worldwide is predicted to grow to 2.26 million in 2020 — almost 128 times higher than the 21,000 workers in 2010. These numbers seem to be set to increase further considering that younger generations appear to be more motivated to take freelancing jobs than older generations.

If you know web developing and coding there are plenty of opportunities for you to become a freelancer. You could be a web developer and run your income. If you are a creative writer from childhood you can earn from content writing and if you are not a camera shy person and a good communicator YouTube could be the platform for you to earn in this tough time. You may go for graphic designing if you are skilled with designing techniques and may earn by offering online services in this field. Listed down are a few ways to make money during quarantine.

Web development Content creation Graphic designing Create YouTube videos Start teaching online Starting your own website or blog Virtual assistant Translation Product reviews Consulting Customer service

And if you are not a web developer nor a creative writer or a designer no worries, internet is a vast ocean with many other opportunities to earn. Find out which ones suits you best according to your interest and start with it. Just explore. You may learn some new skill to earn because now a days the one thing we have in huge amount is time.

All we need is to figure out the way to best utilize the time. Best of Luck!