How to Start Freelancing as a Student in 2024

Introduction:

If you are a student  and you want to start freelancing in 2024 but you have no experience,  don’t worry.  In this article we’ll tell you a complete guide on how to start freelancing as a student in 2024. In this article we will also tell you how to manage freelancing work with your study.  So let’s get started.

Identify your Skills and Interest

Identifying your skills and your interest is very important before starting freelancing. I know most people choose their niece opposite to their interests and this is because he fail in freelancing. So fast of all you will need to understand your interest in which skill you can work easily and perfectly according to your client’s needs.  Maybe your interest still will be web development, graphic designing, video editing etc so this depends on you in which skill you can easily work.

Learn High Demand Skills

Now you will need to learn high demand skills. After choosing your best skill according to your interest you will need to learn it.  I know as a student you will have no extra money to join any office or IT agency to learn the skill. And for this reason mostly students quit learning freelancing.  but you can easily learn any type of skills from YouTube without any money and believe me on YouTube there are a lot of videos.

 You can watch any video of any type of content according to your mind set but you can easily learn any skill from YouTube without paying any money.  Basically people do not understand the value of YouTube content but if you want to learn freelancing as a student without any money YouTube is the very best option for you.

Develop Strong Communication Skills

 Communication skill is very important to attract any client to you.  If you have a strong skill but you do not have any strong communication skill you cannot get orders on a freelancing platform.  If you will handle any client with the help of your communication skill then definitely you will earn more money and you will get more success on the platform.   But don’t worry  about the communication skill you will learn from YouTube without any money. There are many videos available for learning how to improve communication skills as a beginner.  You can watch any video  to learn communication skills before you start freelancing as a student.

Build Portfolio

After learning top skills, you will need to build your strong portfolio. Basically, a strong portfolio shows the client that you are a skilled person and you have many positive reviews. Before joining any freelancing platform you can provide your services outside of them. The best options are to use social media to find clients, do their work and get positive reviews from them. This will help you to grow quickly on freelancing platforms. You can find clients on different social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram etc.

Stay Consist in Freelancing

Freelancing is diamond for you if you are consistent in it. I know many people who quit freelancing because of their lack of consistency. Basically when you are a beginner in freelancing, any time you are excited for your first order but most of the time in a few months you have not received orders.  On this stage mostly people quit freelancing. But if you will be consistent and do more research for getting your first order you will definitely be successful in it. Once you will get your first order on any freelancing platform then the next orders are easy for you.

Conclusion

Being consistent, learning more skills, strong communication skills and a strong portfolio is key to success in freelancing.