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Even for those with
the skills needed, finding copy editing jobs can seem
next to impossible. The simple fact of the matter is,
though, that through quality and building relationships,
these jobs can be found and employment can lead to a
career in the field. For those who are struggling to
start out, finding those first copyediting positions is
the most difficult part of the challenge. But, with the
web’s growth and the demand for more and more at home
workers, freelance editing jobs are out there!
It may seem next to impossible to put together a resume
when you haven’t had that first experience in the job
market. Sometimes it feels that you can’t get experience
without having experience. Funny how that works, right?
Not for those seeking vacancies. The most important
aspect in this situation is the education you have and
the skills you now possess. As a matter of fact, there
is no way to get better results than to work on
developing your skills in copy editing. By using your
schooling or knowledgeable skills, you can put together
a portfolio of examples to show. Does a client have to
commission you for you to work? Of course not! So, why
not take your knowledge and hone it through a few
personal projects. Develop a few solid pieces of
material to show case.
To find the freelance copy editing jobs that will propel
your business, simply look online. If you are in an
environment where bidding happens, bid slightly lower as
you are newer. All it takes to get moving in the right
direction is one solid lead. From this one lead, you can
provide the quality product and show your worth. From
there, you will have this experience and hopefully a few
references to work off of. Freelance implies that you
work as your own separate business, but another way to
gain valuable experience is to work under other
individuals who have compiled more work than they can
handle. Again, you can earn the experience and gain the
references and maybe even some referrals from these
experiences.
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How
to Make Money From Freelance Jobs
By Enzo Chiu
Many people try to make money online by
joining paid surveys, affiliates, mystery shopper or day
trader. They all have their own characteristics. Paid
surveys and mystery shopper are easy jobs, but they
definitely won't make you rich since their fees are low.
Affiliates and day trader can make you rich, but they
are very difficult to maintain and also very risky. If
you look for something that is safer, not too difficult
and can make you rich, you should try to work as a
freelancer.
What is a freelance job?
Basically, working freelance is the same as doing
fulltime job. The differences are just that you can work
at home, manage your own deadline, and free to choose
which jobs you like. There are hundreds of freelance
jobs you can find online. Some of them, such as IT
programmer, web developer, web designer, product
designer, label designer, medical transcriptor and
copywriter require special skills. But some other such
as data entry, data converter, book reviewer and bulk
emailer are very simple to do!
How to get a freelance job?
Nowadays, there are so many websites that act as
marketplaces (places where buyer/ project owner meet the
freelancer). They usually charge 5% – 10% transaction
fees. Three biggest marketplaces are elance, guru and
rentacoder. Elance as the biggest marketplace has
hundreds of new projects every month, their project
price is the highest, but its membership fee is also the
most expensive ($11 – $199/ month). Guru and rentacoder
charge lower membership fees (rentacoder is even free),
but their project price are much lower than elance.
There is one similarity between these marketplaces; they
indeed have thousands of projects but just 40% of them
that are eventually awarded.
How much can I make from a freelance job?
How much you can earn from freelance jobs depends on
many factors. A small project such as web development
costs $100 – $300 per project and can be finished within
1 – 2 weeks. Book reviewing project costs $100 – $200
per books (if your client is satisfied you can get this
kind of project every week). Data conversion, such as
converting PDF to HTML files, costs $3 – $5 per file.
This type of project usually is given in a bulk (about
100 – 200 files per project). So you still get huge
income. But remember, you can also earn $0 if you do not
do any efforts to win a project (by bidding too high) or
violating the agreements (can not meet the deadlines,
the completed software is full of bugs, charging
additional fees, etc).
Risks
Every business has its own risks. Working as a
freelancer also has no difference. Here are some of
those risks:
Buyer disappears soon after you completed his project.
Not every buyer is trustworthy. So please be careful if
you meet a client who likes to change his project
scopes, ask for the lowest price (but demanding the best
service) and keep delaying to pay (even after you have
completed the project). It's better if you ask them to
pay 20% – 30% soon after you have completed 75% – 80% of
the total project.
Buyer cancels his project.
This is a very common case. Usually it's because the
buyer doesn't trust his freelancer anymore. Almost all
of the buyers ask his freelancer to give progress report
every week or every three days. If they are unsatisfied
with these reports, they can suddenly cancel their
project. So please be careful.
You never won any single projects.
For freelancers who're joining "free service" websites
such as Guru and Rentacoder, this is not a big problem.
But not for them who're joining "paid service" websites
such as elance. You must understand that it's not easy
to win a project. There is bloody competition out there,
especially from the third world freelancer who likes to
bid very low price.
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