How to learn freelancing using mobile for free

Do you want to earn money by working as a freelancer alongside your studies or working somewhere else? Or do you want to make it your career? If you don’t know how to learn freelancing, then you have come to the right place.

If you want to become a successful freelancer and don’t know how to do it, then today’s blog is for you. In this blog, we will discuss in detail what it means to work as a freelancer and what freelance work is.

What does freelancing mean?

The English word “freelancing” in Bengali means “free profession”. To explain further, freelancing refers to working on your own time and opportunity, without being tied to any specific time or organization.

If you have a job, you have to work 8 hours straight from 9 am to 5 pm. And you have to do the same job 30 days a month, 365 days a year. You have to work regularly, except for weekends, public holidays, and other special holidays.

On the other hand, freelance work involves working independently. You can work 7 days a week if you want. If you want, you can take 7 days off in a row. Whether you work or not depends entirely on your wishes.

However, there is a very common problem with freelance work. That is, you can have multiple bosses. In a job, you only have to follow the instructions of one boss, which freelance work does not offer.

Since you will have the opportunity to work with several people or companies, there will be several bosses or clients. This often creates problems when creating work schedules.

What is the difference between freelancing and outsourcing?

Many people think that freelancing and outsourcing are the same thing. But the truth is, although the two things are related, they are actually two different things.

There is a subtle difference between these two words. When you do freelance work for an organization, you call it freelance work. And the company that hires you to do the work, they call it outsourcing.

Outsourcing basically refers to the performance of work by employees outside an organization or country. When someone hires a freelancer to do a job, they are essentially outsourcing the work.

What are the types of freelancing?

Before learning how to work as a freelancer, let’s take a look at what types of jobs there are.

There are many types of freelancing jobs. With the development of technology and the expansion of business, the number of such jobs is also increasing. For example, when AI did not exist, no one was looking for AI experts/operators. But now AI has started to become mainstream, and the demand for people skilled in this type of work has started to increase in the market.

There is no specific type of freelance work. Below is a list of the most popular freelancing jobs.

Website Design
Website Development
Mobile App Development
Graphics Design
Video Editing
Content Writing
Social Media Manager
Data Entry
Data Analysis
Search Engine Optimization
Digital Marketing
Virtual Assistant

Apart from these, there are many other freelancing jobs. Here is a list of some of the most in-demand and popular jobs.

How to Learn Freelancing?

So far, I have learned various facts about freelancing. Now let’s see how beginners can get started. In this part of the blog, I will answer your frequently asked question: “How do I learn to work as a freelancer?”

If you want to earn money by learning freelancing from home, then you need to be very strategic and plan in advance. Now I will suggest you to start your freelance journey in a few steps. If you follow these guidelines, your journey will be very beautiful, I hope.

How to learn freelancing:

Choose a sector of work
Learn a job
Find a mentor
Create a freelancing account
Find a job

If you follow these steps, the process of learning to work independently will be much easier. To give you a more detailed idea of this, I will analyze each step separately below.

1. Choose a sector of work

I have listed some freelance jobs above. Apart from this, there are many more freelancing jobs. To learn to work as a freelancer, you first need to decide in which sector you want to work.

You should choose a subject that interests you and that you have good knowledge about. Again, you should not choose a field in which you are very interested but which is not in demand in the market.

You should choose your field of work only after balancing your interest, market demand and long-term support.

If someone loves to write, then they write content; if someone loves to draw, then they do graphic design or animation, etc.

Now that AI is in its early stages, choose a job that cannot be completely replaced by it.

2. Learn the job

This is a very important step. You have to learn the job you want to do for freelancing first. Freelancing is a subject where nepotism, academic performance, etc. are of no use. Your future will be determined by how much you know about the job.

There are many ways to learn freelancing. There are many good institutions in Bangladesh that provide freelancing training. You can enroll in those institutions.

Apart from that, freelancing can also be learned by using online courses or free video resources on YouTube. We will talk in more detail about the ways to learn freelancing later.

3. Choosing a Mentor

A mentor is essential for learning any job. He or she can closely observe you and give you various instructions. You need a mentor in this freelance profession too.

You should choose someone close to you as a mentor. If you face any important problem, suggest someone to whom you can go for help. There are many internet celebrities who earn lakhs of rupees every month, do not become their mentor.

Because they do not know you, and if you send messages to them or call them for help, they will not respond. So do not choose a mentor based on success or income alone; choose someone who can help you.

4. Create a freelancing account

At this stage, I would suggest creating a freelance account on one or more websites. The advantage of opening an account on multiple sites instead of one is the possibility of getting a lot more work.

However, here, our people of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are making a mistake. They open accounts on freelance marketplaces and send messages to buyers without learning the business properly. This has created a negative perception among buyers in developed countries about self-employed workers in this region. This is a big mistake on the part of our so-called freelancers.

I request you, please do not make this mistake. Doing so will damage both ours and your reputation. At the end of this blog, I have talked about how to open a freelance account.

5. Find work

Once you have learned the tricks and opened a marketplace account, the next step is to create listings, create jobs and bid on these sites. This also applies to offers made by buyers.

In the first stage, you might apply to 100 jobs and get a response from only one, but if you can complete 2 or 3 jobs, then it will not be difficult to find a job from then on. You can keep an eye on Facebook and LinkedIn to find more work. From there, you can also get jobs on many long-term projects.

Where to learn freelancing?

If you are determined to learn freelancing and make money doing it, then you will have a lot of resources to help you do it.

Because this freelance profession has become so popular and reliable that hundreds of organizations, YouTube channels, and blogs across the country are providing training in this field.

In addition, there are other foreign platforms. But having so many platforms is also a problem. Those of us who are new to this subject, do not know where to learn to work as a freelancer.

Since you are new here and I started this blog with the promise that I will help you learn freelancing with mobile, now I will share some resources with you. I will also tell you which ones to accept and which ones to reject.

1. YouTube

If you are completely new, I would suggest you start your journey of learning freelancing by watching YouTube videos.

There are many experts and experienced people on YouTube who will teach you various skills for free. However, it is difficult to find well-organized tutorials on all topics. However, if you look hard enough, you will find it.

It is best to start with YouTube as a starting point. Because here you can learn completely for free. As you learn, you will understand whether you will enjoy this work or not.

2. Udemy

Udemy is one of the most popular e-learning platforms in the world. It has courses on numerous subjects in Bengali and English. The number of courses in English is higher

The interesting thing is that the prices of the courses here are much lower. There are also numerous free courses. Although the free courses will definitely not be as high quality as the premium courses.

Paid Udemy courses include instructor support, quizzes, course completion certificates and more. Free courses usually do not offer the possibility of achieving an A grade.

3. Online courses

There are many online courses to learn how to work as a freelancer from home. Several reputable institutions in Bangladesh teach their students to work independently through live or recorded classes.

Most courses are paid. The price can range from 5000 to 50000. If you have enough money and want to enroll in a paid course, you can take an online course.

Also, these institutions also offer in-person courses. Some of these institutions are Bahubrihi, Eshikhon, Kodar Trust, Ustad, Ghuri Learning, etc.

I would advise against enrolling in paid courses from the start. First, see if you are really serious about this career. If you are really interested, you can sign up for the course.

4. Blogs and Forums

There are numerous blog sites around the world, including Bangladesh, where information and articles are published on numerous freelance skills such as web development, graphic design, data entry, content writing, app development, and many more.

Those blogs have a lot of resources. If you get stuck at any point after practicing, you can visit one of these blogs and get solutions.

There are also several forums and Facebook groups where various topics related to freelance work are discussed, problems are solved, and suggestions are given. You can join them.

How to open a freelancing account?

A freelance account means creating a seller account on multiple marketplaces. Some of the popular marketplaces around the world are Fiverr, Upwork, Freelancer, PeoplePerHour, 99Designs, etc.

You will need a few things to open an account on these sites. These include: an email address, a mobile phone number, a bank account, freelance skills, etc.

The account registration process is different for each site. However, there are some common steps among them. They are:

Registering an account,
Verifying language skills,
Demonstrating professional skills,
Creating gigs, bids or offers,
Searching for jobs, etc.

Basically, these steps are different on different sites.

How to learn freelancing with a mobile phone?

Although not everyone has a laptop or desktop computer at home, we all have a good quality mobile phone. At first, buying a computer with a good configuration or convincing your family can be a little difficult.

This is why many people ask: is it possible to do freelance work using a mobile phone? The good news is, you can do freelance work using a mobile phone. However, you will not have the opportunity to do all kinds of work here.

While working on a computer or laptop is as comfortable as working on a mobile phone. Of course, there are many more obstacles when it comes to mobile devices.

What freelance work can be done using a mobile phone? If you don’t know the answer to this question, we will give you an idea. You will be surprised to know that most of the content on this blog is written for mobile devices.

Freelancing tasks that can be done with mobile:

Content writing
Social media marketing
Graphics design
Photo editing
Voice over
Translating and proofreading
Social media management

You can easily complete these tasks using your mobile phone. However, you will be deprived of the benefits that you would get if you did it on a computer.

How to start freelancing?

There are a few steps you can take to start as a freelancer. Many of you who are new, want to know how do I start working as a freelancer? I would tell them to first create a plan before starting to work as a freelancer. A plan cannot just be in your head, it must be written down.

First, determine what skill you want to acquire.
Identify what opportunities are around you to learn your desired skill.
Then choose the convenient ways to acquire skills.
Learn the job and practice a lot. Remember, the more you practice, the more you will be ahead of others.
In the last step, try to get your first job by opening accounts on some marketplaces and social media as shown above.

If you have read the entire blog, then thank you very much. I hope the purpose for which you started reading this article has been fulfilled, at least to some extent.