According to Wikipedia:

Freelancer is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term

The companies are now most probably outsourcing their projects. So freelancing is becoming more popular these days. A freelancer also benefits from working independently and getting extra income by working some hours.

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I suggest that if you want to become a Freelancer, then you should be more specific in one field. There are a lot of skills to cover, i.e designing, programming, writing, marketing and each of which has its own categories. So, e.g. if you are in programming, then don’t go for all the popular languages. If you become more specific to one language or one tool, then most probably you will get more work on the internet and ultimately more income.

If you are a new freelancer, then you have to choose small projects and a small budget. As there are many other freelancers in this field, if you bid as low as possible, you should win the bid, and you will also get a portfolio in the beginning. You can put your first project in your portfolio.

The next thing is that you shouldn’t try to get so many projects at the same time. Get as many projects as you can handle easily. For example, for a newbie, one project at a time is good.

Now, let me share with you some of the popular Freelancer sites from where you can get projects. In these sites, you first have to sign up. On some websites like elance.com, you have to pass a test to bid for any project. And in the case of odesk.com, if you pass the test, then you can place more bids. Here are a few freelancer sites:-

• Elance
• odesk
• getafreelancer
• getacoder
• rentacoder
• vworker
• guru
• scriptlance