Tag: hiring freelancers

  • Shifting Gears From Working As a Freelancer to Hiring Fellow Freelancers

    The courage to shift gears from working as a freelancer to hiring other freelancers to collaborate with you on a project requires a proper set of mind.

    Robert Kiyosaki, the best selling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad classify wealth acquisition process in 4 categories that he calls ‘Cashflow Quadrant.’

    Video – Shifting gears from working as a freelancer to hiring other freelancers

    The first quadrant is Employee- who earns money by holding unto a job. His/her income is limited to monthly salary. The second quadrant is Self Employed- who works for himself or owns the job. He has control of what he does. Freelancers fall on this quadrant of self employed.

    Transitioning from Freelancing to business requires courage, faith and change of mindset.

    In this blogpost, I will point out different opportunities you should take advantage of as a freelancer and transition from Freelancing to business.

    When You win Mega Contract

    When you have a good reputation on any popular freelancing site, you will get hired for big projects. For example, I regularly get hired for high value contracts in video production. Since I am good at video editing, I prefer hire a script writer, voice over artist, 3D animator to help me where needed in the video production process.

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    Not everyone will do this. They would rather do the whole job and have all the money than hire a fellow freelancer. If you do this, you will limit yourself from growth. Also, you will find yourself always busy and not having time for yourself. Take advantage of such openings to start learning to hire and setting up your business or agency.

    Temptation to Learn a Skill For The Sake of Money

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    Lets say, I get a well paying 3D animation contract for the first time. My first thought will be to learn how to model and animate 3D characters because the pay looks good. That will require me to dedicate a lot of time on learning how to do it perfectly. On the other hand, if I have a business mindset, I will do my math and hire a freelance expert in 3D animation to do the job.

    At the end, I will worry less about doing the job and shift focus to commenting and criticizing on the completed work. At the end, we will both take credit for the job.
    I recommend freelancers to take this route so long as they are able to profit from the project and deliver quality service.

    When You Are Travelling

    I assume Freelancers plan and go for vacations at least once a year. With this said, if a long term client you have been working with sends you an e-mail on the day you are travelling and asks you to work on an urgent project, what will you do? Will you cancel your air ticket so as to attend to the client needs?
    Most freelancers will cancel their plans and get back to work.

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    But what if you could find someone with skills same as yours to step in for you and do the job at a lower fee? Wouldn’t that be great? That’s exactly what you should do, post the job for freelancers to apply and hire someone to do the job on your behalf. Once done, send the completed work to the client.
    Being able to reason this way alone might forever change your life.

    This are 3 among the many instances that I suggest you hire a fellow freelancer to work with you.
    Small actions like this will stimulate your growth. You will be free to do many other exciting things in life.

    And that’s it from me.

    In what instances do you hire freelancers to collaborate with you? How has it changed your life?
    Share your feedback in the comments section below.

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  • 5 Reasons You Should Hire Freelancers For Long Term

    If you are a client, the only way you can make a difference in a Freelancers life is hiring with a view of working with them for long term. It’s obvious, by the time you decide to hire, you have already done your due diligence and made sure that they have all that it takes to complete the job at hand.

    Watch video- 5 Reasons You Should Hire Freelancers For Long Term

    Unlike traditional way of hiring people where someone signs a contract for a given period of time- Freelance hiring terms are different. For you to succeed in hiring a freelancers to work for you, look at hiring for long term.

    But not every newbie client looks at it this way. Why? because, they have the liberty to hire and fire anytime. Also, you can opt to hire one on one-time fixed contract.

    I mean, even if you are working on a same project over and over again-you still have the freedom to end the contract after completion of a milestone and hire someone else to do the same job without any problem. In some occasions, the reason behind the decision may be valid.

    So how is this problem anyway? Well, initially it isn’t. Its fun doing so. It feels good to work with people from different countries and see what they offer. But as you go on, that excitement to ‘hire‘ someone new starts to fade. This is contributed by a number of reasons.

    In this blog-post I will be exploring long term unforeseen issues that will arise as a result of inconsistency in working with an individual freelancer.

    Broken Communication

    Sometimes, when you post a job, you get only one qualified freelancer. You may not have a problem during the interview process and you end up a hiring him/her.

    Mark you, when doing this, you already have 2 or 3 qualified freelancers in your contacts whom you had hired to work for you in the past and they did a perfect job.

    Now, when the deadline is due, the freelancer stops communicating and ghosts you for weeks. This is quite disappointing. While you may have the liberty to re-post the job and get new applicants, the project at hand may not be any useful depending on its intended purpose.

    Assuming you had consistently worked with one freelancer from day one, you could have been in a position to predict his behavior and find a resolve before the deadline reaches.

    Repeatedly Explaining What Your Expectations Are

    Unless you were disappointed by the first freelancer you hired, there is no point in hiring a new freelancer to do a similar job for you. Its wise to consult the first freelancer on if they can do the job at hand as well as their availability.

    Its more easier to work with a freelancer you had worked with before. You will take very little time explaining to them what to do as well as what you expect from them.

    Room to Negotiate on Charges

    While there is a probability of finding a new freelancer with a lower bid anytime you post a job on a freelancing platform, the quality and guarantees you get will vary.

    In this day and age, prices go along with quality. If your requirements are high and the amount you are willing to pay is low, only entry level freelancers will apply.

    This may lead to wasting a lot of time hiring and re-hiring with the hope of saving money only to end up loosing more.

    But when you repeatedly hire the same freelancer for the same skills- at some point – after several contracts, you will be able to negotiate for a discount.

    Sense of Security

    When a freelancer is assured of consistent work , they will give your project their all. Your project will be on top of their priority list. They will worry less.

    They will stop taking in new work because what you are offering to them takes care of their bills.

    Their life will eventually change because they will have time to think of investing their earnings. At the end, it’s not about the pay, its about what it does to their lifes.

    It feels good when you know that the job you are offering is helping someone live a life of their dreams.

    Consistency Means Trust

    When you are consistent in what you do, everyone around will trust you. It’s effect is symbiotic.

    The freelancer will trust you and you will trust them. If you are connecting with the freelancer through a gig platform, the platform will love you more.

    These are 5 reason you should hire a freelancer for a long term. I hope you learned something from this post.

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