00:00I had to choose freelancing for freedom.
00:02I thought that my time will be my clients,
00:04my clients will be my job.
00:06I will be able to go,
00:08I will be able to do the laptop,
00:10I will be able to do the money.
00:12But as long as I have been able to do the day,
00:14I understood that freedom
00:16without discipline is only a illusion.
00:18I thought that there are skills,
00:20there are a laptop, there will be a client.
00:22But in the first 6 months I have tried it,
00:24not the money, not the project,
00:26only the silence.
00:28I thought that freelancing is not just a lifestyle,
00:30it is a mindset shift.
00:32Think about a triangle,
00:34which has 3 sides.
00:36Freedom to work, control over decision,
00:38and steady income.
00:40People often take 1 or 2 things,
00:42but career is still when you have
00:443 things to balance,
00:46and listen to one thing.
00:48If you need a steady and predictable life,
00:50then don't do freelancing in starting.
00:52But if you see the uncertainty,
00:54then let's start.
00:58First of all,
01:00some common duty expectations
01:021. Freelancing is easy.
01:04No. 1. Freelancing is easy.
01:06No. 1. Freelancer is not a designer.
01:08He is a one-man army.
01:10He is a one-man army.
01:11You have to do the work,
01:12to handle the clients,
01:13to manage the invoices,
01:14to manage the leads,
01:15to generate the leads.
01:162. Freelancing is equal to freedom.
01:18My first year,
01:20I didn't go out of the house,
01:21because every month's income was not stable.
01:24Freedom was not,
01:25it was just a workload.
01:26No. 3.
01:27I think that AI will be easy.
01:30AI is only a support system.
01:32If you don't have a clarity of your work,
01:34then you will have a basic output.
01:37So,
01:39now we will talk about 5 things,
01:40which I know,
01:41when I started freelancing.
01:43Lesson No. 1.
01:44Platforms are not a job.
01:45Outreach is not a job.
01:47Fiverr, Upwork,
01:48these websites,
01:49new freelancers,
01:50not a lot of visibility.
01:52The solution?
01:53Direct outreach.
01:54Cold emails,
01:55DMs,
01:56and your work,
01:57smartly pitch.
01:58Today,
01:59the AI tools,
02:00like Floor Hide,
02:01ChatGPT,
02:02used to write emails
02:03more easily.
02:04But,
02:05personalization is very necessary.
02:06Lesson No. 2.
02:07Google Drive
02:08has gone to the time of the portfolio.
02:10A Google Drive folder
02:11can never become a real portfolio.
02:14You can use Framer,
02:15Notion
02:16or Bix
02:17to create a simple portfolio website.
02:20You can also show
02:21real world mock projects.
02:22And,
02:23you can enhance their presentations
02:25like
02:27Use 3D mock-ups
02:28to showcase
02:29and present your designs.
02:30Lesson No. 3.
02:31Treat Freelancing
02:32like a business
02:33from day one.
02:34When you become a brother
02:35you become a brother
02:36and you become a brother
02:37and you don't get money.
02:38Every project
02:40make a contract
02:41make an invoice
02:42and at least
02:4425% advance payment
02:46demand.
02:47Whether it's 10,000
02:48or 10,000
02:49or 10,000
02:50should be the same.
02:51Lesson No. 4.
02:52Skills
02:53beyond
02:54you should have complimentary skills.
02:55Just edit
02:56and you will get a job.
02:58But the client
02:59told me
03:00to send me a proposal
03:01suggest a plan
03:02negotiate the scope
03:03and I didn't get anything.
03:05Freelancing
03:06is a real struggle
03:07to get sales calls,
03:08negotiation,
03:09lead generations
03:10and bold pitch
03:11and bold pitch
03:12to write.
03:13Lesson No. 5.
03:14Personal Brand
03:15is way more important
03:16than having a CV
03:17simple
03:18simple
03:19what you can see
03:20is that
03:21I share my work regularly
03:22on Instagram
03:23and YouTube
03:24and I share my work
03:25with clients
03:26and DMs
03:27to create reals
03:28today
03:29and Descript
03:30tools
03:31which will be easier
03:32to make your work.
03:33But again,
03:34the most important thing
03:35is that
03:36the consistency
03:37is necessary.
03:38the most important thing
03:39is that
03:40I started freelancing
03:41without planning
03:42to start freelancing
03:43without planning
03:44but the reality
03:46gave me a mistake
03:47and I want
03:48that you don't repeat that mistake.
03:50If you are in a job
03:51or college
03:52then
03:53make a side hustle
03:54at least
03:556 months
03:56make a consistent income
03:58at least
03:5912 months
04:00make an emergency fund
04:01build
04:02and then switch
04:03no doubt
04:04that freelancing
04:05is rewarding
04:06but it is so unpredictable
04:07if you have
04:08these 5 lessons
04:09which I have shared with you
04:10they have understood
04:11then you are already
04:1250% of the freelancers
04:13better
04:14and if you know
04:15which tools I use
04:17regularly
04:18in my content creation
04:19then
04:20please comment down
04:21and if this video
04:22was helpful
04:23then don't forget
04:24to subscribe
04:25and don't forget
04:26and like this video
04:27I will see you in the next video
04:28so take care
04:29and always
04:30stay raw
04:31stay creative
04:32peace out
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