Freelancing Freelancing Full Course Week 05 Week 01Title1 - Introduction of the instructor2 - What is covered in the Course and Course Support3 - Introduction to Freelancing: What is Freelancing?4 - Introduction to Freelancing: Why Freelancing?5 - Introduction to Freelancing: Importance of Freelancing for Females6 - Introduction to Freelancing: Types of Freelance marketplaces7 - Introduction to Freelancing: Advantages of Freelancing8 - Introduction to Freelancing: Disadvantages of Freelancing9 - Essentials of Freelancing10 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): Define Your Goals11 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): What skills do you have?12 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): What skill excites you?13 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): How to learn a new skill?14 - What is Business Communication?15 - Importance of Communication Skills for Freelancing16 - How to Improve Communication Skill17 - Real World Scenarios and Examples of Communication With Clients18 - Ways of Freelancing Week 02Title19 - What Will I Learn?: Learn how to win your Client's trust20 - What Will I Learn?: Charge more to your Freelance clients21 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: Level of Skill22 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: Communication Skills23 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: Speed of response24 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: Professional Behavior25 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: Presenting your work26 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: Defining Project deliverables27 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer face: Which project should I take?28 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer Faces: Pricing yourself29 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer face: Calculate hours30 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer faces: How to manage time?31 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer Faces: Work-life balance for Freelancers32 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer Faces: Freelancing Behaviour33 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer Faces: Setting project scope at the beginning34 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer Faces: Lack of client response Week 03Title35 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: Freelance Job Selection36 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: Bidding on the right project37 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: Identifying fake vs original project38 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: Asking questions39 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: Importance of professional response to the project40 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: When to put a premium bid?41 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: High-priced projects vs low priced projects42 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Traditional freelance marketplace and Nontraditional freelance marketplace43 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Upwork44 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Freelancer.com45 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Fiverr.com46 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Guru.com47 - Types of freelance marketplaces: PeoplePerHour48 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Craigslist49 - Types of freelance marketplaces: List of all major freelance marketplaces and their reviews50 - Presenting Yourself Week 04Title51 - Best Time to Create a Profile52 - Essentials of Profile53 - Create Graphics for Your Profile54 - How to Open Bank Account55 - Difference Between Payment Verification and Withdrawal method56 - Setting your payment information: Reason for populating your payment information57 - Setting your payment information: Registering your business with FBR58 - Setting your payment information: Getting a bank account59 - Setting your payment information: Getting IBAN, Swift code60 - Setting your payment information: Populating bank wire information61 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): Introduction to Fiverr62 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): Importance of profile details on Fiverr63 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): How to create a GIG?64 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): The importance of keywords65 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): The importance of Video for your Gigs66 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): Extra offer (time constraint) to get more money Week 05Title67 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): The importance of meeting timelines (deliverables)68 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): Importance of employer's feedback69 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): How to promote your GIG on Fiverr?70 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): The importance of multiple Gigs71 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining Fiverr): Buyer request and its importance72 - Fiverr: Funds withdrawal method (Payoneer)73 - Fiverr: Disputes74 - Introduction to Freelancer.com75 - Freelancer: Bidding on projects, bid types, and requesting milestone payment76 - Freelancer: Payment integration and withdrawal methods77 - Skrill: Account creation and payment method integration78 - Introduction to PeoplePerHour79 - PeoplePerHour: Requesting Milestones and Raising Invoice80 - Upwork: Introduction81 - Upwork: Benefits82 - Upwork: When to start doing business Week 06Title83 - Upwork: Profile Setup84 - Upwork: Tests85 - Upwork: Badges86 - Upwork: Project Catalog87 - Upwork: Specialized Profile88 - Upwork: Connects policy89 - Upwork: Membership plans and their perks90 - Upwork: Difference between fixed and hourly jobs91 - Upwork: Work Diary92 - Upwork: Handling invites93 - Upwork: Feedback and Reviews94 - Upwork: How to identify Scam95 - Upwork: Handling Disputes96 - Upwork: Direct Contracts97 - Upwork: Finding the right jobs98 - Upwork: Effective bids for the right jobs Part-01 Week 07Title99 - Upwork: Effective bids for the right jobs Part-02100 - Upwork: Client Retention101 - Upwork: Identify Good Clients102 - Upwork: Reach out to existing clients103 - Upwork: Upselling104 - Upwork: Policies105 - Upwork: Agency and its Pros and Cons106 - Upwork: Forum and Communities107 - Realtime project hunting - case study-01108 - Realtime project hunting - case study-02109 - Realtime project hunting - case study-03110 - Realtime project hunting - case study-04111 - Realtime project hunting - case study-05112 - Realtime project hunting - case study-06113 - How to find Work on Traditional marketplaces (Guru, Upwork, freelancer.com): Identifying the project114 - How to find Work on Traditional marketplaces (Guru, Upwork, freelancer.com): Importance of understanding the client’s brief Week 08Title115 - How to find Work on Traditional marketplaces (Guru, Upwork, freelancer.com): Summarizing client’s brief116 - Upwork, Guru, and Freelancer policies: Policies of Freelancing Marketplaces117 - Upwork, Guru, and Freelancer policies: What gets your profile banned?118 - Upwork, Guru, and Freelancer policies: How to get your profile unbanned?119 - Effective time for bidding: What is the best time to bid on a project?120 - Effective time for bidding: How soon a response should be submitted?121 - Effective time for bidding: Importance of using a smartphone for PMB (quick response)122 - Importance of PMB: How to craft a response for an employer’s message?123 - Importance of PMB: How soon a reply should be submitted?124 - Importance of PMB: Free offer in the response125 - Importance of PMB: Encouraging an interview time setup126 - Importance of PMB: Importance of Video127 - Importance of PMB: Why message storage in PMB is important?128 - Steps for project Award: The first response129 - Steps for project Award: Setting up a payment proposal130 - Steps for project Award: Requesting Escrow Week 09Title131 - Steps for project Award: Defining milestones132 - Managing Freelance marketplace dispute with employer: What causes a dispute?133 - Managing Freelance marketplace dispute with employer: The importance of keeping track of the conversation134 - Managing Freelance marketplace dispute with employer: When to file a dispute?135 - Managing Freelance marketplace dispute with employer: When to get out of a dispute?136 - Inspirational Story: Mudassir Malik (CEO AppsGenii)137 - Inspiration Story: Nazia Rasool (Business Development AppsGenii)138 - Inspiration Story: Hisham Sarwar (Making a freelance career with no digital skill)139 - What to do when bids don’t attract a response?: How to manage disappointment?140 - What to do when bids don’t attract a response?: Think un-orthodox141 - What to do when bids don’t attract a response?: Go back to previous clients142 - What to do when bids don’t attract a response?: Give an amazing offer143 - What to do when bids don’t attract a response?: Check your bid time, PMB response144 - How to win your first client as a freelancer?: Self-confidence145 - How to win your first client as a freelancer?: Mastering a skill and knowledge146 - How to win your first client as a freelancer?: The amazing formula for landing your first project Week 10Title147 - Business Side of Freelancing: How much money can you make?148 - Importance of creating a brand: Importance of Creating your business logo (your brand)149 - Importance of creating a brand: Importance of creating your website150 - Importance of creating a brand: How to create a free website?151 - Importance of creating a brand: How to get hosting and a domain name for a very low cost?152 - Importance of creating a brand: Importance of creating a PDF profile153 - Importance of creating a brand: Importance of creating a Facebook page154 - Use of Social media to promote your Freelance profile: The importance of LinkedIn155 - Use of Social media to promote your Freelance profile: Paid vs Free promotion156 - Outsourcing: What is outsourcing?157 - Outsourcing: When to think about outsourcing?158 - Outsourcing: Using software to keep the check on progress159 - Outsourcing: Payment milestones160 - Outsourcing: Importance of networking with your outsourced team161 - When to hire an in-house team member?: The right time to hire a resource162 - When to hire an in-house team member?: The appropriate talent hunt Week 11Title163 - When to hire an in-house team member?: Website to hire talent for your work164 - When to hire an in-house team member?: How to grow your work and team?165 - Importance of using software for project management: Why software?166 - Importance of using software for project management: What is the best software for project management?167 - Difference between a freelancer and a home-based service business: The balanced, logical differentiation168 - Difference between a freelancer and a home-based service business: Decide what you want to offer169 - Difference between a freelancer and a home-based service business: The target market170 - Difference between a freelancer and a home-based service business: Reach out to your target market171 - The Pros of being a freelancer: Compensation172 - The Pros of being a freelancer: Work-life balance173 - The Pros of being a freelancer: Location174 - The Pros of being a freelancer: Optimism175 - The Pros of being a freelancer: Recession Proof176 - The Pros of being a freelancer: Entrepreneurs of the future177 - Cons of freelancing: Pessimism178 - Cons of freelancing: The profession of freelancing may not prove to be a veritable paradise Week 12Title179 - Cons of freelancing: Low productivity180 - Cons of freelancing: Better Reward181 - Cons of freelancing: No health security182 - Cons of freelancing: Stability183 - Cons of freelancing: Effected by economic ups and downs184 - Lesser Known But Equally Powerful Freelance Websites: 99designs185 - Lesser Known But Equally Powerful Freelance Websites: Freelance Writing Gigs186 - Lesser Known But Equally Powerful Freelance Websites: Toptal187 - Lesser Known But Equally Powerful Freelance Websites: Simply Hired188 - Conclusion: Emphasis on freelancing189 - Conclusion: Your role in taking up freelancing and improving Pakistan’s ranking190 - Conclusion: Increase in foreign remittance191 - Conclusion: Pakistan’s role in the global IT world192 - Passive Ways of Income193 - Global Presence194 - How to Move From Freelancing to An Entrepreneur195 - How to Setup Team196 - The Last Advice