The document defines freelancing and provides its history, modes of operation, payment methods, benefits and obstacles. Freelancing allows individuals to work independently for multiple clients without long-term commitments. It provides benefits like flexible hours, expanded market reach, and improved skills. However, freelancers may face obstacles like finding clients, low initial income, and late payments that can be addressed through strategies such as using freelance websites, focusing on fixed-price work, and clear communication.

1. Presented by:
Mahhek Tahir (12L- 5422)
Khizra Samad (12L-5419)

2. Content
 Define Freelancing
 History
 Modes
 Payment methodologies
 Benefits
 Obstacles and possible solutions

3. Freelancer Defined
 Freelancer means a person who do some work or a job
without any long term commitment to a particular
employer.
 Massive shift in the way people prefer to work.
 Work is no more captivated by complex boundaries
such as legal terms, single client, space and time.
 1.6 million freelance in the UK with £84 Billion added
to UK GDP

4. History
 Used for the first time in a novel called
“Ivanhoe” written by Sir Walter Scott.
 Used to describe a free-lance with a
person who is not under oath to any
lord for his jobs

5. Modes
 Freelancing market places –
odesk, elance, getafreelancer.
 Bid
price, profile, experience, expertise, rate, l
ocation, history of similar
projects, recommendation of other
clients, rating, education history
 Permanent clients
 References

6. Payments
 Hourly, daily, weekly or monthly
 Task
module, milestone, objective, groups of
activities or a fixed price project
 Can be suggest by freelancer or the
client depending on past
experiences, budget of the client etc.

7. Benefits
 Ease of work
 Multiple clients
 Unlimited hours of work
 Expanded Market
 New connections all over the world
 Advantage for partial-time work force
 Better Income

8. Benefits (Cont..)
 Self Employed
 Flexible Timings
 Improved learning curve
 New technology curve
 Can start own setup
 Improved level of
confidence, communication and
English skills

9. Obstacles and Possible Solutions
 Finding Clients
- Ask for favor from Senior freelancers to recommend
you
- Freelance websites (oDesk,Guru , getaFreelancer)
 Grabbing project at early stages
- Don’t Panic , have Patience
- Keep on apply to different jobs
 Low income in start
- Focus on fixed Price jobs
- Once some projects add in your profile then you can
increase your hourly rate

10. (Cont..)
 Concentration diversion
- Be your own administrator
- Create schedule and stick to it
 Ignore Self Promotion
- stay in contact with other freelancer and share
knowledge to learn from each other experiences
- Visit different IT blogs
 Contract violation
- Don't fright and talk to client
- File law suite against client
- File Complaint to freelance website’s Customer
Support

11. (Cont..)
 Client never ending demands
- Its difficult to say NO
- Discuss effort and cost of doing that work
, document all the detail and take sign of from client
 Poor and Delayed Communication
- Regularly touch base with client and
- Update work status by email, phone calls or skype
- Immediately reply to client queries and Messages
 Late Payments from client
- Remind Client via email, phone calls or skype

12. (Cont..)
 Client refused to pay
- Always ask for some down payment
- Contact to freelance website Customer’s Support
 Retaining clients
- Create good terms with client
- Stay in contact with old client

13. Conclusion
 Freelancing is a very exciting way to earn better money.
It allows a person to decide his own schedule, the type
of tasks he likes to work on, and how much he wants
to work. Its benefits are much more than its
drawbacks.
 A very important phrase, if you have a will you are
definitely going to find a way. if you really want to do
it. One just needs to be fair and flexible with his
dealings and he will definitely get the reward in return.