- How to make $100 a day freelancing.
We talk a lot about this on the channel
in terms of making money online.
We've talked about
how to make $100 a day doing YouTube recently.
We talked about how to make $100 a day in passive income,
but I think freelancing is actually faster
than both of those things and is probably more realistic
for those of you who are just getting into this
and don't have any kind of following
or don't have a lot of experience.
So today I wanna talk
about how you can start earning $100 a day and put yourself
on the path to becoming a full-time freelancer.
This is something I actually had to learn
for myself the hard way when I first got started.
So let's jump into the video, everybody.
Hey, everybody, this is Roberto Blake,
helping you create something awesome today.
Welcome back to the channel.
Today, we're talking about freelancing
and we're gonna talk to you
about how you can make $100 day freelancing.
So we're gonna cover a few things.
We're gonna cover
where you're gonna find your freelance clients,
we're gonna cover how much to charge
so that you can get to a place
where you're averaging about $100 a day,
or at least maybe close to $3,000 a month.
And we're gonna talk about some of the different skills
that you would need
in order to actually pull this off,
because you do need some creative ability
or technical ability in order to be able
to produce the amount of value that's gonna be there
for somebody to pay you enough money to do this full time.
So if you wanna be a full-time freelancer,
understand this is not gonna happen overnight.
I keep saying it, there's no such thing
as overnight success, but if you're willing to do a couple
of core things, work at this,
you can put yourself in a position to make more money
than you are right now by just knowing a few things
that maybe nobody bothered to tell you.
So let's start with breaking down the $100 a day math here.
You may not be able to be a full-time freelancer right now.
You might be working a nine to five job,
and so you might only have some time on your nights
and weekends to do freelancing and that's okay.
We just need to make sure you're using
that time effectively.
It's not about like losing sleep. (rumbling)
Everybody wants to talk about this whole thing
with the hustle culture and people telling you not to sleep.
I've never heard a legitimate entrepreneur tell you
to not sleep or to go down to like four hours a night,
nobody says that.
What I have heard is use the time
that you're awake more effectively.
And I think that that's good advice
for any goal that you want to achieve in life.
It's about being intentional as all hell and making the most
of what you have, where you are right now.
So let's say you're in that nine to five position,
great, I was to.
What I used to do on my weekends was I used
to actually do photography, I used to shoot weddings,
I used to shoot headshots,
and you know, this is a $500 camera,
obviously, have more expensive ones now,
but I had something similar to this
in order to start out with.
This is the Canon M50.
This is often the beginner YouTubers camera
and you'd be surprised
what this is capable of in the right hands
if you know what you're doing.
Now, when you have a inexpensive camera like that,
it's very hard
to specifically get decent paying wedding gigs,
but you probably can do something for people
who are on a tight budget
and it can help you make extra money.
Now you may not have a camera at all.
so that's not really gonna be the focus of this,
I'm just telling you a personal story of something
that I did when I was getting started
because that's something I had an interest in.
And if you already are kind of double-dipping
as a content creator
while you're trying to make that first $100 in YouTube,
like I talked about in my other video,
I'm gonna link to it up here
and in the description down below,
if you're already using a camera like this,
to try to make it on YouTube,
you might as well go ahead and take advantage
of the time you're not making videos
and try and use this to make a few extra bucks
by either shooting commercials
or something for a local, small business,
helping somebody set up, who has a small business
or as an entrepreneur set up something for their website
or even for them to start making YouTube content as well.
You could shoot an edit for them, or you could, again,
just try to do models, wedding photography, shoot headshots
for business, people, et cetera.
And part of the reason I brought this up is, it's an easy
and straightforward way for somebody to understand the value
of what you bring to the table.
They may not have a camera
and they may not know how to use one.
And that's really the gap here.
In order to be able to make $100 a day or $3,000 a month,
you're going to need to be able to provide value
for someone that they can't provide for themselves
or you're gonna have to make it convenient for them.
And that means that you have to spend the time
that you have,
if you don't already have some of these skills,
you're gonna need to spend the next maybe 30
or 60 days developing a reasonable amount of skill
to be able to produce something of value for people.
See, a lot of people won't tell you that.
The good news is you can learn a lot of these skills online,
either affordably or for free.
Now I'm not selling you on some online course,
but I am gonna recommend you check out Skillshare.
Skillshare is not sponsoring this video,
I know they sponsor all the YouTube videos,
hey, Skillshare sponsor my videos,
but what I will say is sign up for a free trial,
use my link down below
and check out a lot of their free online courses,
and if you can afford
to pay for it after your trial is over,
then use that opportunity to pay just a few bucks
like pay like $12 a month,
but learn skills that allow you
to charge $100 for something,
$200 for something, $500 for something,
and then be able to create that value,
build up skills and then deliver value for people.
But Roberto, how do I find clients?
I don't have an audience,
I don't have people in YouTube or Twitter,
I don't have a following,
you can't do anything without a following.
Look, that's a load of crap.
People have been making money online
without massive followings for time immemorial.
Social media is relatively new, freelancing is not,
side hustles are not,
direct to consumer business is not,
service based businesses are nothing new.
This is an old game that existed
before people had follower accounts.
Networking is the key.
And one of the reasons you're struggling is
because you only are talking to people
who are in the exact same financial situation as you.
You need to expand your reach,
you need to expand your horizons
and you need to get out of your comfort zone.
Now, I know a lot of you have your feelings
about Facebook and you don't like it,
maybe you deleted Facebook, that was a mistake.
It is a significant opportunity for you
to become part of online business groups
for small business owners, entrepreneurs
or people in specific niches that have disposable income.
It may feel like the world is coming to an end,
but guess what?
The PlayStation 5, like sold out in terms of pre-orders,
the like Nvidia Graphics Card, the 380,
like that sold out.
Apparently people still have disposable income.
So it's your opportunity to get a cut of that.
And if you wanna do that, I highly recommend looking
at Facebook and LinkedIn.
Update your LinkedIn profile, make it very much tied
to the skills that you have.
I've made an entire video that tells you
why you might be doing LinkedIn wrong,
I'm gonna link to it up here,
but also get involved with these Facebook groups.
Look at people who want to hire talent
and don't know anybody in their own network
who can provide what they need.
Guess what? That's an opportunity for you.
Obviously, you can go to a lot of these freelance websites
and the gig economy.
Upwork is a very popular one.
Fiverr is more popular than ever,
and it's probably the biggest one most well known one
and it's where people go when they need to outsource work.
Me and my team, team Roberto, we've actually outsourced
to both of these platforms before.
I do have some of my own criticisms about Fiverr,
but ultimately it is the most convenient option out there,
and in terms of you getting started as a freelancer,
it's the most accessible option and the easiest one
for you to use and be approved of.
With Upwork, you may not get approved into the program
so that opportunity may not be realistic for you.
And there are other freelance platforms out there,
they're just not as heavily trafficked.
And so you may not be able to find the opportunities
that best suit your skills and your level of ability.
So let's focus on the concept of Fiverr.
You need to try to look at what opportunities exist
where you're not gonna get paid a measly $5.
You need to be shooting for tasks
where it's something that you know you can accomplish
in a day that won't take you all day,
that you can charge $100 for
and you need to consider, well, what's my $100 skillset,
and then what's my $500 skillset.
What can I deliver on for $100
that I know I'm good at,
and what can I knock out of the park for $500?
And this becomes important
because if you're only doing $100,
you either have to be able to do a task once a day
or even multiple times a day
to try to hit this full-time status,
but if you have a $500 skillset and a $500 offering,
then that means you only have to hit that six times
in a month to make your $3,000.
So again, if you wanna go full-time,
this is what you need to be shooting for,
that's how the math works out.
And when it comes to opportunities that allow for this,
again, graphic design is good,
but a lot of people don't value it enough sometimes,
so you'll have to actually be very good at it
in order to make that kind of money.
Web design hire to your skillset, especially
if you can do something template wise,
if you're good at setting up blogs
like things with WordPress, then that's gonna be helpful,
or setting up websites for Kajabi
to help people sell their online course
or their online business.
I would find the platforms where people actually have
to spend money on the hosting
because those people have disposable income,
and so their issue isn't, oh, I don't have money,
their issue is, oh, I don't have time.
Okay, so you need to look at that.
For my online coaching business, Awesome Creator Academy,
we use Kajabi.
For those of you who want to do membership websites
or online courses, highly recommended,
I'm gonna link to it down below.
A lot of people for their regular website,
they do what I do,
they use Bluehost and they set up WordPress blog.
And if you're going to try
to market yourself as a freelancer,
you're probably gonna need
to set up a WordPress website yourself.
If you don't wanna learn code and WordPress,
you might want to set up Squarespace.
So I'm gonna link to some options
for you to build your own website down below,
you can use Squarespace, Bluehost with WordPress,
one-click installs, or you can use wix.com.
Those kinds of things will make it easy for you
to have your own website,
so you're not behold in the platforms
like Fiverr exclusively
and you can still pursue your own opportunities.
You're also gonna want this because you need a body of work
in a portfolio, which I'll get to a little bit later.
So definitely gonna need and want a website here,
and it's relatively affordable.
When it comes to finding clients,
I recommend that if you find clients,
whether you're doing web design, graphic design, marketing,
anything at all, really if you look at people
who are paying for something like Kajabi,
they have disposable income,
and because they're selling courses or a membership,
they have a revenue source,
so they can afford to pay what you're asking.
Go after those more affluent clients.
Remember the reason you might be struggling right now
as a freelance is your immediate circle
are usually people they're
in the same central situation is you.
You need to go ahead and you need to broaden your horizons
and go beyond that immediate circle,
go outside your comfort zone.
Now, in order to land those clients,
you're gonna need to be able to show results.
Now, if you're new to freelancing,
if you're a new freelancer,
you might have to actually do some free work
to build a portfolio.
And that means that in terms of those people,
that you're already closest to
that don't have a lot of money,
you do work for them for free or for very cheap,
just so you can have results,
and you can have testimonials,
that way you can ask for more money from people
who can actually afford it.
We get paid in proportion to the perceived value
of whatever we create, that's how it works.
So once you have a body of work,
once you have a few testimonials,
once you have a few referrals,
you're in a position to start charging more
and to go after those larger clients.
And like I said, look for someone who clearly has budget,
that's the key here.
And just because you're on something like Fiverr or Upwork,
and it looks like, well, oh, there's an abundance
of these low tier jobs, it doesn't mean you have to pitch
for those jobs or take those opportunities.
Go ahead and look at what is paying more,
just put yourself in a position
to justify going after it
and then make sure you're absolutely delivering
so that you get good reviews and good ratings
that you build a good reputation, more work will follow.
At some point, I'm thinking of doing a video
about the best paying gigs on Fiverr.
If you're interested in something like that,
let me know in the comments.
Also, let's go ahead and get this video up to 1500 likes,
and that will just make sure
that I make that video a little bit sooner.
So go ahead and take care of that now
and subscribe if you haven't already.
So my final thoughts on becoming a full-time freelancer
and making $100 a day comes down to the fact
that you need to look at your time
and you need to allocate time
to finding new clients, learning new skills,
building our portfolio
and then actually getting the work done and deliver.
And you're not gonna be able to do that all
at once at the same time, so you need to be patient
and you need to work through this process,
but once you get through this process,
you're gonna be in a better position,
and the thing is, you can end up making more
than $100 a day if you play your cards right
and if you're patient.
Discipline, consistency
and patience are the secret to success,
it's not really a secret,
it's the same way you get washboard abs.
(abs rumbles)
So that is kind of the advice that I have for you here,
put yourself in a position to be valuable to the market,
look at what people want and what they need,
put yourself in a position to deliver for them,
and then make sure
that you're just looking at the all the options,
looking at all the opportunities available to you,
and then scaling up, making sure that you're in a position
to create real results
and then put those results on display.
Also, break down the math.
If you don't think something's worth your time,
then fine pursue what is and concentrate your effort there
where you're gonna get the most value
for you out of your effort, just make sure
that you're not deciding
that effort is exactly the same as value, it's really not.
It has to produce something, it has to prove results.
And for you, I would say that the priority
for you is results that earn you more money,
especially during this time.
Question of the day,
how much money have you made as a freelancer,
like what's the most you've been able
to make any month as a freelancer?
Let me know in the comment section.
Also, I think this is gonna be inspiration,
it's gonna be a ton of inspo for other people
on the channel.
Speaking of inspiration, inspo,
I post to Instagram pretty much daily,
so make sure you're following me over there,
if you need a little bit of motivation,
so you can be more disciplined, consistent,
and a little bit more patient.
Definitely appreciate seeing you guys engage over there
and also make sure you're checking out the other videos
on this channel in terms of making money online,
if that's something you're to do right now.
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As always, you guys, thanks so very much for watching
and don't forget, go out there
and create something awesome today
with whatever you happen to have.
Take care.
("Starfields")