What does your father does when you ask the children of the old? Many would reply as self-employed. Some of the children now respond as working freelance. So what is freelancing?

The equivalent of the word "freelance", which we can also call freelance workers, actually means a mercenary. Freelance which is mostly preferred by those who start or want to establish their own business, who wants to work at home or from a cafe without being tied to a place or work, has now become a working style?

    i.       What are the advantages of freelancing?

First of all, if you are a freelance worker, you determine your daily working hours. If you start work at 9 o'clock or at 10 o'clock in the morning, there is no one to be angry with you for being late for work. In big cities, you will not have wasted time in traffic. At least 3 hours a day you spend on traffic alone is up to you. Since you usually work on a project and job basis, it is sufficient to deliver the work on time.

 

 In other words, you can take a head holiday one day and work 14 hours the next day to complete the job. You are not tied to the place. One day you can work at home, the other day, you can work in a cafe until the evening. You can follow several jobs at the same time. The important thing is to get the job done on time.

ii.            What are the disadvantages of freelancing?

Freelance may have more disadvantages than advantages. First of all, there is no insurance pension since there is no specific working order; it means endless and unbeatable jobs for people who do not have work and internal discipline.

 

 Jobs are not guaranteed. It can be said that we gave up the work-project without getting any payment for half of the work. For this, if you have a sole proprietorship, it would be beneficial to sign a contract. Even if you are the boss of your own business, you are also the secretary, accountant, tea maker. There may be days when you cannot find a job for months, so always have a backup plan and financial savings.

2.What are the jobs that can be freelance on the Internet?

 

Working in a full-time job, sitting at the same desk from morning to night, and doing the tasks assigned to you may not be for everyone. However, working freelance gives you the freedom to choose both your working hours and the jobs you will do. Freelancers, who often work from home or from cafes, can earn as much, if not more, full-time employees when they work regularly.

On the other hand, students and people who do not have time to work full-time have the opportunity to earn additional income by working freelance. Freelance workers make up about a third of the workforce in the US. Our country has also not yet at this level if not for the sake of freelance jobs and freelance considered a request can be made.

 

In this the article, we explained some freelance jobs you can do on the internet and listed the sites where you can find freelance jobs.

 

     i.            Who can work as a freelancer?

In fact, anyone can work freelance, but there are prerequisites for being a successful freelancer in any field: You must be disciplined and always comply with deadlines. Otherwise, the negative points and comments left by your customers may make you unable to find a job in a short time. High-rated, hard-working freelancers, on the other hand, find jobs more easily.

 

 ii.            General-purpose freelance sites:

There are many platforms that aim to connect freelancers and customers. On the following platforms, you can find thousands of postings in many areas such as software development, design, video and audio, writing, sales and marketing, assistance, data analysis, and advertising.

 

If you examine these sites carefully, you may encounter freelance jobs that you did not think of before but may be suitable for you. You can also better understand what kind of jobs are in demand in the market and how freelance workers introduce themselves.

 

·        Virtual assistant

·        Digital marketer

·        Content writer

·        Web developer

·        SEO expert

 

If you have a foreign language, we recommend that you also check the following English sites to reach more business opportunities and customers.

 

·        Fiverr

·        Up work

·        Guru

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  What are freelance jobs?

Now that we've talked about sites where you can find freelance jobs, it's time for the jobs. So, what are these freelance jobs? We have compiled a list of 10 most demanding jobs for you. Of course, you can determine and increase your work according to your creativity, abilities, and opportunities in your environment. Here are the freelance jobs:

 

Ø Writing and editing

Ø Photography

Ø Give private lessons

Ø Visual design

Ø Consultancy

Ø Virtual assistant

Ø Translation

Ø Social media management

Ø Programming / IT expertise

Ø Play games

We will look at all of them in more detail now. Let's start.

 

     i.       Authorship and editing:

Every website, every company needs original and quality content. Search engines like Google rank sites full of quality articles and frequently updated. However, not every site owner has the ability or time to produce content. In this case, freelance writers (in other words ‘content producers’) step in.

 

The most common jobs for freelance writers are writing blog posts and articles on client-selected topics. Generally, you will be asked to write "SEO compatible" articles between 100-1000 words. Apart from that, you may encounter jobs such as magazine articles, technical documents, and regular news on news sites.

 

Undoubtedly, you need to have advanced language skills to be a freelance writer. Also, most customers will want to see examples from your previous posts. If you have a personal site or blog, articles published in different places, you can compile them and present them to your customers. If you don't have writing experience but want to start somewhere, it's a great idea to start a blog on a topic you're interested in. You can cite your blog as an example when applying for writing jobs.

 

Sites where you can find freelance writing jobs:

·        Content Cloud

·        icerik.com

·        Biounluk

·        OnlyOn

 ii.            Photography:

In the article, we both gave the answer to the question of what are the jobs that can be freelance online and listed the sites where you can find freelance jobs.

If you have a professional camera and you are confident in your eyes, you can start photography. There are two ways to make money by taking photos: First, freelance photography (wedding photos, product photos, location shots, etc.), where you take photos requested by your customer. You can catch jobs like this by posting your own post on freelance job sites and keeping track of current job postings.

 

The second the way is stock photography. In this case, you are not working directly with a customer. You upload your professional photos to stock image sites. Designers; on websites, magazines, books, posters, etc. the photos they want to use order to get more business by highlighting yourself; you must have an effective portfolio. You can exhibit your previous work by uploading it to a site like Behance, or even show your work by setting up a personal website if possible.

 

Your career starting out with small jobs can take off as your customers recommend you to others and write positive reviews.

 

Sites where you can find freelance design jobs:

 

·        Bionluk

·        Pear

·        Graphicriver

·        onSite

·        Foil

·        Krop

·        99designs

iii.      Consulting:

Are you seen as an expert or a successful person in your field? Do you often ask for information, ideas, and advice from you? The appraiser; is a platform where you can provide consultancy by phone in areas such as business life, finance, technology, marketing, law, design, automotive, and publishing. You can register as an expert on the site and set your minute call rate.

 

iv.    Virtual assistant:

A virtual the assistant can be thought of as a secretarial or executive assistant job where you work from home. Not every company or business person needs a helper to stand in the office all day. A virtual assistant that they can reach in case of need and can organize certain tasks is enough for them.

 

The main tasks of the virtual assistant; It can be tasks such as managing appointments, keeping track of e-mails, conducting various correspondence, travel planning, archiving/classifying files, researching on the internet, entering data, checking phones. Thanks to the developing technology, most of these jobs are already done on the internet.

 

As you can imagine, strong communication skills are essential for a virtual assistant. You also need to have a basic knowledge of office software. No other technical knowledge is required.

Sites where you can find virtual assistant jobs:

 

·        Bionluk

·        Specialist

 v.      Translation:

Turkey's foreign language teaching is a known fact, unfortunately not very successful. Therefore, the need for translation is quite high. If you have a good command of a foreign language, you may want to consider freelance translation. You do not have to be a professional translator to translate, but remember that not everyone can translate: You need to master the subtleties of both the source language and Turkish, have writing skills and also be knowledgeable about the the subject you will translate.

 

Among the jobs you will encounter may include short articles and blog posts for websites, corporate website content, academic texts, software, and mobile application translations.

 

Sites where you can find freelance translation jobs:

 

·        Bionluk

·        Specialist

·        Protranslate

·        Find Translator

·        ProZ.com

·        Upwork

vi.       Social media management:

Managing the brands' accounts on social networks such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn is a task in itself.

 

Social media management consists of many business items: opening social media accounts, preparing content and

Ø Send feedback

Ø History

Ø Saved

Ø Community

These will be on social media apps or sites.

Conclusion:

Freelancing is the job basically from your couch or comfort zone? In this type of job, you are the boss of your own. You have to not follow 9 to 5 timing or restrictions. In the modern world, people are interested in self-employed at home.