5. What is Freelancing
• A freelancer is someone who doesn’t work for one company
• Is hired by different companies for certain jobs.
• Working on a contract basis for a variety of companies, as opposed to
work as an employee for a single company.
• A Freelancer is a person who pursues a profession without a long-term
commitment
• A freelancer is someone who performs tasks, provides services, usually
for multiple employers over the course of a year, to one or multiple
clients at a time.
• Freelancers may work part-time or full-time
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Comparisons aspects Freelancing Normal Work
Functional safety No Yes
Health insurance No Yes
A retirement savings No Yes
Monthly salary Not fixed each month Yes
Personal freedom Yes Not all
Work without
Administrative
restrictions
Yes No
Creative space Greater creative space Not all
Hourly work Flexible Not flexible (Regular)
Employment vs. Freelancing
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP VS. FREELANCING
8. ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
✓A way to fight unemployment
✓Flexible Hours
✓Control over Jobs
✓Control over Clients
✓Work Wherever You Want
✓You’re the Boss
✓You Keep All the Profits
Not Steady or Reliable Workloads
Distinguishing Between Work and Personal
Time
A lot of Legwork: active physical work (as
in gathering information) that forms the
basis of more creative or mentally exacting
work
Not Getting Paid
No Employee Benefits
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11. Freelancing Methods
Business Models and Strategy
• In-platform freelancing
– It’s an easy way to start your freelance business using freelance brokerage sites, known as
Freelancing Platforms.
• Mini services (Gigs Markets)
• Out-platform freelancing
• Online remote work (www.indeed.com)
• Outsourcing:
– Outsourcing is the opposite of insourcing; it’s the process of hiring an outside
freelancer/organization, a third party, to complete a specific task.
• In-sourcing:
– In-housing (or insourcing) refers to conducting an operation within the company instead of seeking
outside help; it’s the practice of assigning a project to a permanent employee (or a department).
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14. Upwork
• A global platform aimed to connect businesses and freelancers
• Established in 2015, Elance and oDesk merged
• Stephane Kasriel (CEO), Thomas Layton (Chairman)
• Headquarters: Mountain View, California, U.S.
• 12 million registered freelancers and
• 5 million registered clients.
• Three million jobs are posted annually, worth a total of $1 billion USD,
making it the largest freelancer marketplace in the world
• NASDAQ Stock Market, 2019
• Alexa Rank: 410 (19-03-2019)
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15. Freelancer.com
• Freelancer is a global crowdsourcing marketplace website
• Founded in 2009, its headquarters is located in Sydney, Australia, CEO:
Matt Barrie
• Most of Freelancer's users come from India, the United States,
Philippines, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom
• The top three job categories that most frequently get job requests are
IT and software, 34%; design, media and architecture, 31%; and writing
& content, 13%.
• More than 47 million users (freelancers + clients)
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16. Mini services (Gigs Markets)
• Sites that offer a service from your business and offer a certain price,
then the buyers choose and buy the service, and some of them ask for
some modifications.
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17. Mini services (Gigs Markets)
• Sites that offer a service from your business and offer a certain price,
then the buyers choose and buy the service, and some of them ask for
some modifications.
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19. Fiverr
• Fiverr is an online marketplace for freelance services.
• Founded in 2010, the company is based in IL, and provides a platform
for freelancers to offer services to customers worldwide
• Fiverr is one of the cheapest and most varied freelance sites
– Broad spectrum of services offered
• Free to signup, gigs starting at just $5
• More than seven million registered users
• You can sell and buy from one account
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20. Other Platforms
• Guru is a free job posting site that companies can use to hire freelance
writers, designers, programmers, developers and more. 3- Million Members
Worldwide
• Gengo: a specialized translation freelancing platform provides fast,
affordable and quality translations by native speakers located worldwide.
• Envato is an online marketplace, where you can buy many kinds of digital
assets, ranging from WordPress themes or plugins to audio and video
footage you can use in your creative projects.
• People Per Hour: General-purpose marketplaces
• 99Design: The global creative platform for custom graphic design: logos,
websites and more. Hire a talented designer or start a design contest.
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21. Assignment 1
• Start preparing your personal profile
– Introduction (Bio)
– Skills (keywords)
– Protofolio
– Employment history
– Education
– Other Experience
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