Freelancing Question

Hi guys,

I wanted to ask if I should start freelancing in 2018? How saturated is it?

And if I should, which are the best sites? UpWork, Freelancer, Fiverr?

Should I spend money on buying the initial reviews? Is it worth it? Will I get something out of it considering I have heard many people here say freelancing is overly saturated in 2018?

Any advice is appreciated.

LarryGaz said:

Hi guys,

I wanted to ask if I should start freelancing in 2018? How saturated is it?

And if I should, which are the best sites? UpWork, Freelancer, Fiverr?

Should I spend money on buying the initial reviews? Is it worth it? Will I get something out of it considering I have heard many people here say freelancing is overly saturated in 2018?

Any advice is appreciated.

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Freelancing never is satured, but I do not advise you to focus on those sites, it is better to improve your professional portfolio and get a good impression of your service, build you blog with your name, you are a brand

What do you think freelancing means? It's basically just working on your own. How could this possibly be saturated?

Join all of the sites. Create a social media presence. Create your own site. Contact local businesses if whatever you're doing can help them. Cast your net as wide as possible.

Real reviews are best but you can buy a few to get you going.

Crap is saturated. If you're not any good at anything you can call it saturated.

If you do good work, the profession is never going to be saturated.

My area is overrun by people offering SEO services, and many companies I approach already have someone managing their web/SEO, yet I still win contracts based on my reputation and results.

Since you're just starting out you won't have the benefit of a reputation yet, but you can still get results by making your own sites to use as portfolio pieces.

Also, don't go looking for clients in obvious places, try looking where nobody else does. Everyone tries targeting the companies with the 20+ year old Geosites page, but that company has already turned away a hundred or more offers identical to yours. Instead, look for under-the-radar companies with only a minimal public presence. Find the handyman who doesn't even carry business cards, find the antique shop that's open by appointment only, find the Amish-run bakery that doesn't even have a telephone or electricity. These are the sort of people who stand to gain the most from a web presence, and who haven't been bombarded by years of offers form fly-by-night 'marketing' companies that consistently oversell and underdeliver.

Try and don't give up