The Secret to Being a Successful Freelancer

B2 – Upper Intermediate

You are your own business when you start being a freelancer.
You have to market yourself and you have to know how to run your business on your own. It could be tough but it’ll give you the freedom to choose and do what you want the most.

Watch as Paco De Leon talk about the secrets to becoming a successful freelancer.

Discussion Questions:

  1. Do you think that artists are way too underpaid these days?

2. When starting a freelancing career, why is it important to know your target customers?

3. Explain: “When you earn enough working with clients that value your work, you don’t have to compromise by working with clients who don’t. “

4. Do you want to be a freelancer? If yes, what kind of business would you want to start?

5. Are the tips mentioned above helpful? Which one is your favorite?

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2 replies on “The Secret to Being a Successful Freelancer”

1) Yes I do. Absolutely. Most people don´t interested in art, don´t know how to value a picture or an sculpture, including me. So, we trend to undervaluate an artwork, so we are going to pay less to the artist.
2) Because your skills are not for everybody, and just a little percentage of the total customer will be interest in your skills and what you offer. Focus in your target customer helps you to have a fair tariffs and no undervaluate your work.
3)Yes I do, I have it in my mind. It is very simple. I would like to create a webpage or a mailing list where my subscribers would find a list of trades that could execute and make lot of money. The value of this mailing list is the algorithm that I have created. It´exclusive and the returns are very high..
4) Yes it is. I like a lot this one “If you don´t have the answer to why would anyone hire you over your competition, neither can your potential clients”

Thanks for writing your responses. You did a good job.

Please take a look at how this sentence can be improved:

Most people don´t interested in art, don´t know how to value a picture or an sculpture, including me.
Most people, myself included, are not interested in arts, don´t know how to value a painting or a sculpture.

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