If you have done with your matric or inter exams and have nothing to do, learning something productive and beneficial is the best way to cope with idleness. In this regard, learning freelancing and skills could be your best investment opportunity. This article will disclose the top 5 skills you can learn during vacations or breaks. It will allow you to earn handsomely and manage your expenses with your studies as well.
Become Online Teacher
After doing matric and intermediate, you can teach the students of junior classes. In Pakistan, the practice of being a tutor is common. However, as we live in the era of progressive technology, we can become online tutors and earn more than physical home-based teaching. Online teaching expands to overseas students interested in learning a language, about your culture, or particular skills you may know. The teachers in the online spectrum earn more handsomely as compared to the local market.
Learn Graphics Designer
Graphic designing is a skill that is always in demand and has extensive opportunities. As a graphic designer, you will design logos, illustrations, social media cover pages, website banners, prospectuses, flyers, broachers’, and other related type of content. Animations and video ads are also advanced forms of graphic design and fall under video editing skills.
You can learn graphic design and work for foreign clients in your free time. This can be your route to your successful career as a graphic designer.
Polish your Writing Skills
If you are good at writing, it is your golden chance to become a freelance writer. You can peruse any writing as per your interests. You can be a story writer, ghostwriter, scriptwriter, essay writer, news writer, ad writer, web writer, product description writer, content writer, or copywriter. You can also make your blog following your passion, either as a current affair analyser or storyteller about any hobby or whatever gains your interest, and you have a piece of valuable information about it.
Learn Data Analysis & Marketing
The future lies within data and analytics. Therefore, data sciences are the emerging future on a global spectrum. You can learn software like google analytics, search console, Facebook analytics and Twitter analytics to analyse how a certain website, blog, or social media page performs. You can help businesses and professionals looking to find out their target audience and potential clients through the same data. In addition, if any specific content is not delivered, results can be identified and replaced, and performance can be enhanced.
Learn Social Media Marketing
If you learn data analytics, you can also become a social media marketing professional and help businesses run Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter ads. The analytics will enable you to analyse how ads are performing. However, making and writing an ad is another element. You can manage which ad is beneficial to run and which ad campaign is to be stopped.
Where to learn these skills
Now, once you have decided which skills you are interested in pursuing in your free time. There is no need to spend huge money on learning. High-quality content is available in free resources over the internet. You can utilise the following recourses to start your learning journey.
- YouTube
- Coursera
- edX
- Facebook Certification
- Google Digital Marketing
- Udemy
YouTube is a video-streaming site having dozens of channels. All are free of cost. There are professionals on each line and professional who can help you to initiate, understand, expand, and excel in your career. On the other hand, Coursera is a website having a huge combination of paid and free skills-based courses. You can choose one that suits your interest and ace your career. In addition, the big social media and web-search-engine are also lined up in making people skilled in their operations. You can rely on Facebook courses and Google Fundamental courses in digital marketing.
Where to Start Earning?
After you learn specific skills, the best idea to start your freelancing career is to utilise freelancing websites. Some of the famous freelancing websites that are free to use are as follows.
- Freelancer.com
- Fiverr.com
- Upwork.com
- Guru.com
- Workchest.com
- PeoplePerHour.com
In addition, LinkedIn is also a reliable source to advance your freelancing career. After you do some jobs online and have some feedback, and you feel it is an ideal time to scale up your freelancing career, you can go to LinkedIn to reach out to direct clients. In addition, certain Facebook groups are also available for freelancing work, buyers and sellers. All you have to do is to research and pitch your potential client.
Conclusion
It is an ideal time to start freelancing. This will help you boost your confidence, potential to earn, and exposure to the world of skills and news. The start is crucial because you will earn money, whether you make a small or huge sum. Everything expands and evolves with time. So as we have listed the best freelancing skills to learn as a student, now it is upon you how to initiate.
