what is freelancing

This is a basic guide on what is freelancing, how to start and succeed as a freelance and how to become freelancer writer. If you want, you can check out my full Vocal articles on writing, editing, marketing and more.

What Is Freelancing

What Is Freelancing?

Freelancing has become such an important part of the business world.Particularly in these seasons of social removing and lockdowns.Since it's easier than ever to find work, people who are happy with the idea of being their own boss get together with some freelancers and let them do whatever they like.

This is where the name free-freelancer comes from. But, sometimes people who just don't want to take over the full day job get into it so that they won't have any responsibilities. And, for that reason, there are also those people who choose freelancing and enjoy it so much that they take full advantage of it and start building a massive client base.

I think one person who really loves to freelance is me because I write a lot of interesting stuff and sometimes it gets hard to concentrate. So, when I'm not producing quality content I tend to work with other people which leads to many distractions and then sometimes I just don't want to anymore. That's why I love the idea of freelancing and I like that I can share my unique point of view about topics I feel are worth having a look at. No matter what kind of writing you're doing, you need to be ready for anything.

There are many kinds of clients who are looking for writers in different areas such as technical, science, business, and others. It is up to you to decide whether you want to work for yourself or be someone's slave. Some people will pay very well before you start working (I didn't even say this) and sometimes it may take several months until you make a living at your place of work.

It depends upon the type of project you're going to do on a daily basis. There are three kinds of writing gigs:

- Personal Projects – You can write any kind of blog and create hundreds of dollars.

- Technical Project – The requirements for this type of work are really high. For example, your task could be to develop a new system based on open source or to design a tool for a specific company.

- Business Case Studies – This type of writing is quite popular and requires more detailed tasks and you've to create reports and documents with the help of technology, especially if it's a complex topic like data analytics.

personal project

So, it's good to do research. A great way to find projects for personal projects and start writing for them is to start by finding something you like to write about and pick a project within that area. Then try to do a similar project but with different topics and maybe add an extra layer or two to it. This is called a "personal project"........see more