When you speak about a freelancer, it is obvious that there is no boss and you are the manager of yourself. Thus, you need to have some guidelines in order to become a good freelancer and in effect guarantee your job. Here you can find some of these guidelines which help you go through this road more easily.
The first one deals with the contract of the projects. The items a contract needs to cover is not the every detail of the project but a general agreement between you and the client which is about the basic and essential agreements in the project. This in fact can protect you and order your work. The second issue refers to the payment. Since not paying on-time is the main problem of freelancing, you need to take 50% of the whole payment at the onset of your work and the second half before submitting the whole project. Understandably, you need to put this item down in your contract to let your client know about you position. In this case, you will never have this problem.

The third issue is about your qualifications and your conditions for accepting a project. Before accepting any work, you need to pay attention to the opportunity you have, your wellbeing, your family, and your future. There is a good statement which states that “You can’t say yes to your ideal client if you never say no to the wrong ones.”

The fourth issue deals with letting your identity be a brand of special projects. You need not to accept all types of projects for a while and then not have any afterwards. Try to make yourself a specialist in a specific field and just do that type of project. This allows you to have a permeant job. The fifth one concerns with your portfolio as a freelancer. It should introduce you as a specialist in a specific field with every of the projects you have done in that field.

In case your portfolio is a patchwork of projects, the client will not know you as a qualified freelancer who can do his or her work wisely. The sixth issue is about you yourself. Try to be yourself and do not hide it behind a fake face. Try to be yourself with your own name, face, and interests. This in fact can make your clients trust you and give you more works. This is “what seals the deal in a proposed project.” The seventh issue relates to writing.

You need to advertise for yourself through “blog post, a newsletter, a book, a video, or an email to a client” and this inevitably comes with writing. It can upgrade you as a freelancer. The eighth one deals with the statement “the biggest achievements start with the first step”. Becoming a qualified freelancer does not happen immediately and needs planning. If you have these guidelines in your mind, you can achieve a significant growth in your job as a freelancer. Be successful!