Freelancing sounds pretty good – flexible hours, flexible locations and at the end of the day – flexible jobs. But it’s quite tricky to get it right. For one, you don’t have the security of a regular salary. It’s a rough world out there, and for anyone who wants to freelance their way to the top – you’ll need to read this.

1. Specialise

The benefit of freelancing is that you can aim to do the things you love doing. And the best way to get into the industry of your choice is to specialise – know your field and master it. This allows you to target certain jobs, commit to doing little bits of work, and earn your stripes.

2. Find the right projects

This just comes down to good old networking. Rajeev Jeyakumar, co-founder of Skillbridge, an online marketplace connecting company projects with qualified freelancers, says the best thing to do is ask.

If you imagine, without Airbnb, if you want to rent an apartment in the city and you don’t want to stay at a hotel, you would ask a friend, ‘Hey, do you know anyone in New York who has an apartment that’s free? That’s the old model and the funny thing about it is that freelancers are doing that and companies are doing that.

3. Represent your experience

Because freelancers tend to move about, their CV’s end up being filled with little choppy bits of work spread all over the page. How are freelancers supposed to represent their total work-experience, especially if a lot of it is online? With digital portfolios, according to Jeyakumar. A clean, one-page digital portfolio will showcase multiple projects, especially for creatives. Plus, utilizing tagging technologies will allow potential clients to narrow down your breadth of work based on their own needs.

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[Source : Mashable]