skills needed by every Freelancer to success
Basic skills needed by every Freelancer
This is the fourth lesson in the freelancing,
in which we will address the most basic skills that every Freelancer must
possess.
Although every field of freelancing needs
some special skills, there is a set of basic skills that must be available for
each Freelancer, which contribute mainly to its success and help it to achieve
more profits. In this lesson, we will address the most important of these
general skills that every Freelancer must possess and develop.
13 essential skills for your success in freelancing
The freelancing market is characterized by being an open competitive
market, and remaining in it is able to learn and develop its skills and
capabilities. On the other hand, freelancing has a special nature as you do not
have a manager to guide you in what you must do, and you are supposed to have
the skills to manage and develop your business.
With this in mind, we will provide you with a
list here of the most important skills that you must possess in order to
succeed in your freelancing job.
1- freelancing skills
The ability to self-learn is one of the most
important skills for freelancer, there is none of us familiar with all the
techniques, skills, or all programs, and no one knows the directions or
conditions of the labor market how it will be after a year or two, so how can
you compete amid these daily developments In new programs and technologies?
Your freelancing ability will always ensure
that you are at the center of the action. Seeking help is good, but you will
not feel the value of the information or skill that you have acquired except
after a great effort from you, from practicing, experimenting, researching and
organizing your ideas well.
Freelancing here includes learning from the
available articles, videos, and courses, of course, along with trying and
trying.
2- Research skill and access to information
Research is your most powerful effective
weapon ever, through which you can access the information or ideas that you
need, and through it, you can solve your problems, and develop your career
always. In the world of freelancing, research boils down to dealing with search
engines to reach what you want on the Internet.
3- The skill of dealing with the English language
In the online business world, English is not
an option, but an imperative for your success and prosperity. English is the
language spoken by about 20% of the planet's population, and it is the primary
language in the world of technology and the Internet.
Also, English is the language that represents
the common denominator when two people communicate. English is not their first
language (for example, when an Indian communicates with an Egyptian, they speak
English).
In the field of freelancing, you will need
the English language to register and deal with freelancing platforms, you will
need to communicate with your non-Arab clients, and you will need them to learn
something new (most of the good educational resources are in the English
language).
You are not required to be a professional in
English, but you have to have the minimum language you can handle smoothly
through.
4- The skill of dealing with office software packages
Considered Microsoft Office programs It is
the favorite programs of many companies and institutions.
The freelancer must know how to deal with
Excel And Word And PowerPoint All of them are basic skills that a freelancer
needs to get his work done, regardless of which programs he uses Microsoft
Office, Or directly online like Google Docs program.
5- Time management skill
Good management of your time gives you
precedence in the labor market, it reduces your stress and work pressure and
gives you good and new job opportunities and achieves more achievements and
more profits.
So time is the primary driver for any
freelancer that helps him in career advancement, and time management skill
helps you perform your tasks in a balanced and more effective way.
6- Good communication skill with others
The ability to communicate well with others
is an inevitable skill in the field of freelancing, in fact, a large part of
your success as a freelancer depends on your ability to communicate and build
good relationships in your community, and the ability to deal professionally
with your customers, which drives them to deal with you again.
7- The skill of working in a team
It may come a day when you will be forced to
work within a team, so you should prepare for that day and be certain that the
ideas of others are completely different from yours, and that you must accept
the criticism and opinions issued by them with open source as long as it is
within the framework of developing the tasks assigned to them.
8- Negotiating skill
One of the most important skills that must be
available in any freelancer is the skill of negotiation, so you must be a
skilled negotiator.
You should periodically check the prices of services similar to the
service you provide because this helps you in the stage of negotiating with the
customer so that you do not set prices higher than the average market price, so
the customer refuses to complete the purchase process, and at the same time do
not set a price lower than the market prices and underestimate your right and
effort, Be balanced with your material requests.
9- Reporting skill
One of the necessary skills for every
freelancer is how to properly prepare reports, and it differentiates between
the professionalism of a freelancer and another, always it requires the
preparation of summary reports of what you have done or a case report on a
service that you will perform, and in the event that your report was good and
well designed, of course, it will contribute to the acceptance of your request
and quickly with business owners.
Remember that business owners are always
looking for an organized person who is able to show what they can implement,
and who is able to prepare a report of what they have already implemented.
10- the skill to deal with differences
The customer’s dissatisfaction with the level
of services provided, or even your dissatisfaction as a freelancer with how
some clients deal with you, all of which are contained in the field of
freelance work. Good and calm dealing with disputes requires training.
You have to be objective, sympathetic to the
customer, and try to adopt the customer's point of view and look at the dispute
from the angle in which he looks. Avoid aggressive phrases, whether in your
correspondence with the client or face-to-face, and you must be a good listener
without interrupting the customer as he explains his point of view.
11- Skill of flexibility and ability to manage priorities
It has become very necessary in the current
labor market to be flexible and adapt to all changes, as you have to adapt to
the labor market at all times, and to use your day effectively by preparing a
list of your work tasks required of you in the day, and to develop a short-term
plan for your daily and weekly tasks And also create a long-term plan for your
monthly tasks.
12- The skill of managing social media pages
Social media is a great opportunity to form a
community in your field and to get new clients constantly. Your clients are
already present on social media, and you can build specialized pages about the
services you provide, attract those interested in these services and get great
benefits.
One of the most important features of social
media pages is communication with customers, it allows you to get to know the
comments of followers, discover their reactions to the services you provide and
gives you an additional advantage is to develop what you offer faster.
Social networking pages also gives you the
ability to identify the nature of the market in which they operate, you can
note changes in consumer behavior thereby enabling modification through
marketing, or strategy change your work to fit with the changes to your target
audience, you can also ask customers directly.
13- Skill in dealing with technology, interfaces, systems, and programs
freelancing requires dealing with technology
constantly, starting with defining the field of freelancing that you want to
work with, preparing its own tools and training in dealing with them, through
creating professional accounts on social networking sites, especially to
LinkedIn, and making accounts on freelance platforms, ending By completing a
successful sale of your services. At each of the above points, you will need to
be able to deal with what comes in your way from programs, interfaces,
platforms, and their advanced settings and options.
You can view the previous lessons here
