Mad Babble & Lucid Thought » Skills http://www.madbabble.com Mad Babble & Lucid Thought Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:06:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 How to promote yourself? http://www.madbabble.com/how-to-promote-yourself.html http://www.madbabble.com/how-to-promote-yourself.html#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:37:32 +0000 Sven http://www.madbabble.com/2007/09/26/how-to-promote-yourself/ Self-promotion is always the key to your freelance career. It takes a lot of effort on your end to promote yourself and get the kind of freelance job you always wanted. You do your freelancing job mainly because you want to own your time, be your own boss while you still get to enjoy your work. Freelancing is all about self-promotion and succeeding in closing a great deal with clients. But how do you go about promoting yourself?

Portfolio is the answer to your question. Just like creating a powerful resume or CV, your portfolio should offer your best qualification to the client. Fortunately, those who are deeply engaged in freelance online careers have the chance to make use of the online portfolio-maker. These pre-programmed portfolio builder are good for a starter. But if you think that you have more than what the portfolio-builder has, have the liberty to create a powerful portfolio.

Don’t forget to include the following details:

  • Academic competencies
  • Skills and talents in achieving 100% success in projects
  • Experience in similar jobs
  • Specific expertise that clients would love to know
  • Sample works are critically important

Remember, your portfolio carries your future freelance career. Make it one of your obra maestra, create a powerful portfolio and sell your service effectively.

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