Freelancing can be a great way to make side income or maybe a full-time income, but figuring out how and where to start can feel really confusing. We hear stories of others making thousands of dollars working from home as a freelancer in their free time. And by hearing such stories, we get motivated to do the same as well. But a simple question stops you from actually doing it; “What do I actually do and how?”
Well, I have a good news for you! In this post, I’m going to share 6 different freelance gigs even beginners can start and make money with. Along with the gigs, I’ll also share some tips and tricks to get started in the field. To start earning money with these freelance gigs, all you need is some time, a little effort, and a clear path/plan to make it work.
Level 1: Quick-Start Freelance Gigs
These first three gigs are easy to learn, simple to offer, and perfect if you want to start freelancing this week itself! If you learn these skills properly and have some basic knowledge of marketing, then you can land your first client within a few days.
1. Graphic Design for Social Media
Graphic design is a skill you can learn within a few days and start offering as a freelance service. You don’t need to be a designer with years of training to make money with freelance designing. You can learn simple yet powerful tools like Canva within hours – not even days and start selling your services.
What You’ll Do?
You’ll create things like YouTube thumbnails, Instagram posts, simple logos, and Facebook covers for content creators and small businesses.
Tools to Use:
As I said earlier, you can skip those complex tools like Photoshop and go for Canva instead. Canva is free, super easy to use, and packed with thousands of pre-made templates and stock footages that look amazing.
How to Get Your First Client?
Start by finding a small creator or business you like, make a better version of one of their graphics, and send it with a short message like:
“Hey! I love your content and made this for fun. If you like it, I’d love to help more!”
It works more often than you’d think. Remember, you most likely won’t get success on your very first try. It will take dozens or even hundreds of messages before you get your first reply.
Many freelancers charge $10–$30 per graphic. So, with just 10 clients with a requirement 10 graphics a month, you can make anywhere between $1,000-$5,000/Month.
2. Content & Script Writing
If you enjoy writing, this one is the best freelance gig for you. But remember, writing is the simplest skill and everyone has it. So, it is highly competitive and landing a client for writing is quite difficult compared to other gigs.
What You’ll Do?
You’ll take rough ideas from YouTubers, podcasters, or coaches, and turn them into clear, engaging scripts or blog posts.
How to Get Started?
Start by picking a niche you’re good at (that can be fitness, finance, gaming, etc.). Then, find creators in the niche and watch their videos or read blog posts and suggest a better intro or outline for their content (it can be intro for video/blog post, outline, conclusion, hook like for a video, and more..). Then offer to write a sample script for cheap (or free) to prove your skill.
You can start charging $30–$100 per video script or $50-$1,000 per blog post. Writing just 1–2 pieces of content each day could bring in over $3,000 – $6,000 monthly.
3. Social Media Management
This one’s perfect if you spend a lot of time on Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok. You can help businesses and creators to grow on social media and make money.
What You’ll Do?
As a social media manager, you’ll need to manage a business’s or creator’s social media account. That includes creating a growth strategy, posting regularly, replying to comments, and keeping followers engaged.
Why It Works?
More and more small businesses are going online, so this can be a great opoortunity to help them navigate the social media space and make some money for yourself.
How to Get Started?
Start by searching for local businesses (gyms, salons, bakeries) with no or inactive social media pages. Then, message them offering to manage their page for one month at a low rate to showcase your skills.
You can charge $300–$600 per client per month. With just 3–4 monthly clients, you can make $1,500-$3,000 or more in recurring income.
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Level 2: High-Earning Freelance Gigs
Want some gigs with high earning potential and less competition? These next three takes more effort to learn but offer serious earning potential. With these gigs, you can even make up to $1,000 per day.
4. Website Design
Website is a backbone of each and every business that exists in the online world. So, having a clean, user-friendly website is a must to grow your business.
What You’ll Do?
You’ll build websites from scratch for coaches, local stores, bloggers, or agencies and every type of businesses that needs a website.
Tools You Need:
You don’t need to learn coding right away to be a web designer. Instead, you can use code-free website builders like Wix, Squarespace, or WordPress + Elementor to create a stunning site.
Having the knowledge of coding can definitely help, but even if you don’t know how to code, you can be a web designer and build websites.
I’d suggest you to start with simpler and smaller sites (which pays $300–$600), then scale up to bigger ones (which pays $1,000–$2,000+). So, with just 2-5 clients a month, you can make a full-time income.
Bonus Tip: You can offer timely site updates and maintenance for extra monthly income.
5. Video Editing
This is the era of content and video content is everywhere. Video format is the most consumed content format in the world. And crafting a engaging video requires a skilled video editor with exceptional video editing skills.
What You’ll Do?
As a video editor, you’ll take raw footage from clients and edit them into a smooth, engaging video. You’ll be working mainly on YouTube vlogs, Reels, ads, and tutorials as a freelance video editor.
Tools to Learn:
You can start with CapCut (it’s free and super easy to use). As you grow, you can shift to more complex and advanced video editing softwares likes DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro.
You can charge $75–$150 per edit. If you can gain 4–6 regular clients, then you can easily make $3,000–$5,000/Month.
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6. Programming
This is the most advanced and highest paying skill on the list. It’s a skill that is quite hard to learn but once you learn it, opportunities will pop up like pimples in your face during teenage.
What You’ll Do?
In coding, you need to pick a path. There are various fields you can get into as a programmer. Here are some of the most popular fields you can get into:
- Web Development (build websites & web apps)
- Mobile App Development (create Android/iOS apps)
- AI/ML Development (smart tools & automations)
- Cybersecurity (protect systems from threats)
What It Takes?
You’ll need to commit at least 6 months of serious learning to get some knowledge of the field. You can learn the skill through free sites like freeCodeCamp, The Odin Project, or CS50 by Harvard.
The Reward
Programmers are in high demand. Many earn anywhere between $70,000–$120,000/Year or more even as freelancers. Some even build their own software products and sell them for passive income.
Final Thoughts
Listen, you don’t need to master everything before you start. You just need to pick one skill, learn the basics, and start applying it to real use cases.
With every project you’ll complete, your skills will grow as well as your confidence. And your income starts to stack up as well. So, pick up a skill and start implementing it, don’t just keep learning.
