How to Earn Your First 10,000 Rupees as a Freelancer in 30 Days

Jul 18, 2024

How to Earn Your First 10,000 Rupees as a Freelancer in 30 Days

Introduction

  • Goal: Guide to earning your first 10,000 rupees (~$1,000) in the next 30 days
  • Target Audience: Students, early career professionals
  • Focus: Set realistic expectations, get that first client, create first project, gain initial experience

Personal Story by Ishan Sharma

  • First Earning: September 2020, earned 8,000 rupees as a freelancer
  • First 1 Lakh: November 2020, decided to work solely as a freelancer
  • Current Status: Works from home, for companies around the world, earning well

Key Steps

1. Setting Realistic Expectations

  • Focus on getting the first 10,000 rupees monthly

2. Finding Your Niche/Skill

  • Importance: Specialization is crucial, avoid being a jack of all trades
  • Examples: Notion expertise, graphic design, video editing, UI design
  • Action Step: Pick a skill and start learning it

3. Learning the Skill

  • Resources: YouTube tutorials (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve)
  • Method: Follow tutorials, practice diligently

4. Understanding Your Target Audience

  • Options: Profitable businesses, startups, corporates, solo creators, real estate professionals
  • Action Step: Define your target client base

5. Market Research

  • Platforms: Fiverr, Upwork
  • Action Step: Research pricing, service offerings, and competition
  • Documentation: Take notes (using Notion, diary, etc.) on market rates

Implementation

Week 1: Learning Phase

  • Activities: Learn skill, identify target audience, take notes on market research

Week 2: Creating a Portfolio

  • Action Steps: Implement learnings in your own projects, create sample work (e.g., e-commerce website, logo for a coffee brand)
  • Platforms: Showcase on Behance, Vimeo, Dribbble, GitHub, personal website
  • Tools: No-code tools, personal domain name (e.g., ishan sharma.com)
  • Goal: Create a professional-looking portfolio

Week 3: Being Discoverable

  • Platforms: Fiverr, Upwork, LinkedIn
  • Profile Setup: Create and optimize profiles/gigs for visibility
  • Outreach: Reach out to potential clients (e.g., cold email, social media direct messages)
  • Best Practices: Showcase work samples to potential clients for engagement

Week 4: Content Creation

  • Activities: Create and post content on social media (e.g., logo redesigns, website creation processes)
  • Platforms: Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn
  • Goal: Be discoverable and attract potential clients through content

Final Thoughts

  • Challenge: Document the 30-day journey on social media as '30 days of freelancing'
  • Outcome: High chance of landing your first client and earning 10,000 rupees or more
  • Encouragement: Start immediately and consistently work on the plan

Conclusion

  • Call to Action: Engage in the 30-day freelancing challenge
  • Contact: Leave questions in the comments section

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