Have you been wanting to have a time for your family and at the same time work for your family? Have you been wanting to do what you love while working? Have you been tired of working long hours and having overtime without an increase in your salary? Well, you probably did, and you are probably asking why and how to start.
Keep on reading if you want to start working as a freelancer because I will be citing you 10 REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO START WORKING AS A FREELANCER.
Be convinced now and start now, there's no stopping you on become a successful freelancer.
FAITH
As a freelancer, you will be able to do your job, your projects and will not be able to interfere with your ministry and your fellowships in your church. You will not have to think whether or not the client or business owners will accept you because you have a different faith or different religion. What matters most here is the services you have to offer to them because is what they really need.
FAMILY
From full time regular job, most cases, with over time in the office, less social life and family time. But having to work at home or anywhere, you will be able to enjoy your time with your children, with your family. As for moms, having to see your children grow is a very big blessing because they really grow up fast. You can also have family trips while working as a freelancer.
FREEDOM
Since you will be the one who will assist churches, organizations, business owners, clients with services you can offer. You have the ability to choose your where to whom you will work with and/or the projects you will be working on. You decide on your own. You control it all in your own because freelancing offers great independence on on your job. Yes, you need to consult your client but they will pay for your work with the services you offer them.
FLEXIBILITY
The best thing about freelancing is about being flexible in time and place. You can work anytime or in any place. No dress code needed to follow. As a freelancer, you are now a business owner, you can decide on whatever work setting you prefer. You can choose what time of the day you want to work. You will be able to manage your time very well, for your projects, clients, other jobs, chores, and also your me-time.
MULTITASK
Are you are person who likes working on different tasks within different fields? I do. I love to teach Online ESL and work with admin related work, bookkeeping and finance, also creating contents and editing videos. Yes freelancing does it. You will be able to overcome the daily and repetitive office tasks assigned to you. You will have more opportunities to work on multiple tasks within your expertise at the same time. If you are a teacher who wants to work as a virtual assistant and a Social Media Manager, you can. As a freelancer you can do share and offer your skills, knowledge and expertise.
HIGHER PROFIT
An regular employee receives a fixed rate salary, sometimes with bonuses, and fewer chances of having overtime pays. In freelance, you will be paid twice, thrice as high or even much higher with few effort since you will be paid in US dollars. It means higher profit. It is true that freelancing can perform a great way to earn income for you and your family. You will get paid for the effort they put and the results you create. Consequently, the more you work, the more you will get paid.
LESS EXPENSES
Freelancing is your solution to have less expenses, especially nowadays. By working at home it means no more transportation fees and more fees you incur when you work as a regular employee. You will not have to buy expensive equipment, pay huge utility costs or give salaries to any employees. Freelancing has no additional costs, you just your own laptop your table and a coffee beside you. You can simply start by registering to Upwork, LinkedIn and to find clients, business owners, projects and start applying as a freelancer and look for freelance jobs.
GROWTH
You will have a greater opportunity to grow professionally, financially and have more self-confidence if you are a hard-working, faith-driven, goal oriented, committed person and have the knowledge and skills to perform the job as required. By starting to freelance, you will acquire new skills and more knowledge which means that your professional profile will improve. In fact, many freelancers end up starting their own companies. As a freelancer, your financial growth means that you will earn more profit because you get higher payments and spend way less.
PASSION
The best part about being a freelancer allows you to do what you love and what you are very passionate about. Marc Anthony said “If you do what you love, you will never work a day in your life.” If you love what you do, you enjoy it and you will never be stressed out. You will feel better. Your passion gives you greater motivation and more creativity to continue. Seeing your clients get satisfied and on you providing and delivering fantastic results is a beautiful feeling. You will be able to make things happen and share your knowledge with many people.
ASSIST & SUPPORT
As primary objective of a freelancer, it is to help, assist and support your clients for the growth of their products and services. In whatever expertise you are good at, you can be a blessing to your clients as you partner with them or be a team member. As freelancers, we’re able to match our abilities to the exact needs of clients. It is very rewarding for us as we assist them and giving a hand is one of our professional achievement and gratification.
How did I start?
When I heard about freelancing, I read about it and decided to give it a go right away. I was trained at Filipino Virtual Assistance with Freelancing Course. It is for me to learn more about freelancing and to gain knowledge and skills about a freelancer can offer like Social Media Marketing and Management, Data Entry, General Virtual Assistant Services, SEO, Content Writer and many more.
Our Coach Julmar Grace Locsin, guided and assisted us as we acquire new skills, creating my own website, optimizing different social media platforms such as my Facebook Page, my Business Profile in Instagram, my Twitter Account, my LinkedIn, and more. The basics in Freelancing was introduced to us and we were able to gain a lot of knowledge and skills during our training and of course was able to land a job as a freelancer, received projects and get to know clients. I am truly grateful to be a part and to have been trained in the FVA family.
So Have you been wanting to have a time for your family and at the same time work for your family? Have you been wanting to do what you love while working? Have you been tired of working long hours and having overtime without an increase in your salary? If the answer is YES. Why not shift to freelancing now. There's more in store for you.