Top ten Freelancing Skills
Now a days Freelancing has gathered considerable attention from people who are in search of a stable and interesting living. Freelancers are the ones who work as an independent company rather than working as bound employees. They offer some sort of digital skills to companies on contractual basis.
Many renowned and popular freelancing marketplaces like Fiverr, Upwork, Freelancing.com, Guru.com, LinkedIn, etc. are providing a stable freelancing platform to emerging and talented youth. Following are the top ten best-paid freelancing skills being offered today.
• Graphic designing
Graphic Designer freelancer designs logos, posters, and images for companies. He uses different images and graphics to create a unique and identical visual to represent the client’s idea. It is considered a highly paid freelancing service because companies never bother to spend too much on their identity symbol
• Content writing
Content writing’s scope has increased a lot in the last three years due to increased digital writing demand. Due to Covid, people started to spend most of their time online watching and reading digital content. So, the writing industry has bloomed as people found writing articles, blogs, and scripts as their career alternatives.
• Web designing
A freelance web designer professionally creates websites for his clients and employers. He is responsible for creating page layouts, visuals, and graphics that reflect the client’s demands and brand standards. A freelance web designer is never underrated. His earnings increase with experience, skill-set, location, and web category.
• Copywriting
A copywriter writes advertisements, blog posts, articles, social media marketing posts, and digital marketing content. This content is called sales copy which diverts the online audience to the targeted web pages and ensures they’re well ranked in different search engines.
• Virtual assistance
A virtual assistant freelancer provides technical, administrative, or creative services to their clients remotely for a specified amount. Employers prefer virtual assistants over hiring full-time employees. It requires assistance skills, a strong internet connection, and communication tools to perform several tasks like answering emails, scheduling meetings, and manage documents, etc.
• Web developers
Web developers professionally code websites to regulate web functions and management. They are self-employed and choose their employers according to the pay rate and job category. The scope of web development has increased because a web developer performs all major tasks such as designing, graphic designing, monitoring traffic, troubleshooting solving, and updating websites.
• Digital Marketing
A digital marketing freelancer offers various freelance marketing services. These services include trend identification, marketing investment allocation, planning marketing operations, managing website maintenance, SEO, and content optimization. The scope has increased due to the failure of traditional marketing campaigns over the years. That is why the demand for digital marketing freelancers has increased and they are paid well in competition.
• Video editing
A video editor freelancer edits the videos professionally. He gets a raw video and applies multiple editing tools to it to add sound, subtitles, effects, background, adjust the length, and enhance quality. Companies need video editors for advertisements and introductions for the brand. Video editor freelancers are paid well because they have access to paid and professional tools.
• Bookkeeping
A bookkeeping freelancer performs several bookkeeping tasks for their clients such as; monitoring payroll, accounts, finance, entering data, and recording every transaction. The most used software for bookkeeping is QuickBooks Online, Xero, FreshBooks, and Wave. Bookkeeping is not an old freelancing skill so companies prefer to hire freelancers instead of employing full-time bookkeepers.
• Accounting
Today’s freelancing scope is not limited to just the extent of content writing and graphic design. Many companies prefer to hire accountant freelancers to cut several costs for full-time accountants. Freelancing accountants are responsible for preparing tax returns, payment of tax, preparing financial reports, evaluating financial operations, making financial strategies, and helping companies run smoothly.
