Freelancing: Challenges & Opportunities

Freelancing is something many people wish to do. But a lot of them fails or fear to enter. In this session, Prince shares the challenges he faced while getting into Freelancing. How he handled them & opportunities he finds to keep to continue his journey.

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1. Getting into Freelancing Challenges & Opportunities 1 #WCNagpur @onemoreprince - Prince Kumar
2. Freelancing Fancy? Risky? … 2
3. Freelancing vs Job, or Both Making a decision 3
4. Pros • Location (Anywhere) • Schedule (Flexible) • Projects (You Choose) • Income (Your Decide) • Learning Opportunities • Vacation (Approval Not Required) • Growth (Phenomenal) • Work-Life Balance • Connection (Business Owners) • Your Own Boss 4
5. Cons • Unpredictability (Business Volume) • Self-Motivation (Highly Required) • Social Validation • Income (No Stability) • High-Risk • Additional Skills (Social, Selling) • Bad Experiences (Bad Clients/Payment Loss) • Mental Pressure • No Benefits - Health Insurance, Retirement etc. 5
6. Freelancing Now help me begin my journey… 6
7. What to do? I know many things but not confident at any… 7
8. Potential Clients Who can take my services? 8
9. Finding Leads What can I do to market myself? 9
10. Making Clients A qualified lead to my client… 10
11. Interaction Understanding Requirement… Quoting Budget… 11
12. Workflow Start to end of the project 12
13. Cheers! I’ve completed my first project. Now repeat… 13
14. Improvement Let’s get better. 14
15. Lead Filtering Getting more ideal clients…wasting less time.. 15
16. Pricing When & How much? 16
17. Proposals & Contracts Safeguard myself & client relationship 17
18. Follow-up Why & How? 18
19. Building Trust Why & How? 19
20. Growing Skills Upsell & Cross-sell 20
21. Marketing How can I reach more potential clients? 21
22. Expanding Teams, Interns, Employees…Outsourcing… WordCamps… 22
23. Anything Else? I can do… to make it even better. 23
24. It’s not for you if you… • Lack self-motivation • Aren’t self learner • Problems turns you down • “No” demotivates you • Lack confidence in decision making 24
25. It could be for you if… • Like taking risks • Love Learning • Solving problems makes you happy • Love freedom over risk • You need financial consistency 25
26. Thank You! You all have been an amazing audience. 26 @onemoreprince