Tips for Becoming a Successful Freelancer

Inkbot Design
8 min readFeb 8, 2018

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Freelancers are everywhere these days.

However, successful freelancers are a bit of a rare breed.

Clients often have trouble finding reliable people to work for them, and the market is cutthroat competitive.

In the sea of good, hardworking, skilled people, how can one person stand out?

Even more so, what can you do to make freelancing a successful endeavour for yourself?

We have some tips that just might help with that, so read on.

1 — Start early

successful freelancers

Starting freelance the moment you quit work is a mistake. Why?

Setting up your brand, finding clients and networking requires a lot of work and preparation.

To start this unemployed would take up much time, during which you could have already started making some money, and will undoubtedly put a dent in your plans.

Start doing the research 30 days or 6 months before quitting your regular job, in your spare time.

2 — Dismiss illusions

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