{"id":78,"date":"2013-10-18T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2021-10-19T14:48:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:48:07","slug":"start-a-freelance-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/start-a-freelance-business\/","title":{"rendered":"The Easiest Way To Start A Business Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You have skills. More skills than you realize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not everyone has those skills. And a lot of people will pay you for those skills. All you have to do is start offering.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become a freelancer with the skills or hobbies you already have and you\u2019re in business. Or, as in my case, teach yourself a new skill. You don\u2019t need a website and business cards and all that extra stuff to start. You just need to offer your skills. And you\u2019re in business tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How To Find What Skills People Will Pay For<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not just about your current job title, or your college degree, it\u2019s about the smaller skills. The niche skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you got an English degree. I use that first because it is the clich\u00e9 of pointless degrees, right? You have a lot more choices than just becoming an English teacher. You know how to write.  Offer to write blog posts for businesses that need a blog. Offer to write website copy.  Become the most sought-after Twitter Bio writer in the market.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you love putting quotes over images. Start selling them to small businesses that need Facebook post ideas. \u201c100 done-for-you image quotes to not have to think about what to post on FB again\u201d<\/strong>. I\u2019d pay for that.  Learn why posts with images are more effective and teach it to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you love Instagram and taking photos with your iphone. Invest in a photography class and start offering photography services to your friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You love your mac and iMovie. You make a lot of stupid videos with your friends and love adding special effects and music. Offer to edit videos. Offer to make video intro\u2019s. There are a lot of boring videos on Youtube. Many of those people would love to have a personalized intro but don\u2019t have the time and would love to pay someone else to take care of it for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The options are endless.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just don\u2019t get into the Shark Tank Trap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you watch Shark Tank, you have likely said to yourself more than once \u201cman those are stupid ideas and they\u2019re making millions- I can do that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then you go on several-day brainstorming streak where you say to all your friends- \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be cool to have a food truck that only sells water\u201d or \u201ca cell phone holder that attaches to your shower wall\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep it simple. You can reinvent the world soon enough. But when you\u2019re just starting- the goal is freedom and the easiest way to get there is using the skills you already have and selling them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"-Leah\"<\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You have skills. More skills than you realize. Not everyone has those skills. And a lot of people will pay you for those skills. All you have to do is start offering. Become a freelancer with the skills or hobbies you already have and you\u2019re in business. Or, as in my case, teach yourself a new … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}