2 Months (Weekends Only)
Professional Freelancing
This comprehensive course is tailored to individuals aspiring to become successful freelancers. Led by senior professionals from the tech industry, participants will gain hands-on experience, theoretical knowledge, and practical skills required to thrive as freelancers. The course includes practical exercises, project planning, and a Live Project throughout the training plan.
- Understanding the freelancing landscape
- Benefits and challenges of freelancing
- Identifying freelancing opportunities
- Setting freelancing goals and objectives
- Essential tools and resources for freelancers
- Freelance platforms and marketplaces
- Personal branding and online presence
- Hands-on: Setting up a freelancer profile
- Identifying your niche and expertise
- Building and showcasing your skills
- Developing a portfolio of work
- Hands-on: Creating a freelance portfolio
- Introduction to freelance writing
- Types of freelance writing projects
- Writing compelling proposals and pitches
- Hands-on: Crafting freelance writing samples
- Freelance graphic design opportunities
- Designing for clients and marketplaces
- Portfolio development for graphic designers
- Hands-on: Creating design samples
- Freelance web development and coding projects
- Coding for clients and freelance platforms
- Building a developer portfolio
- Hands-on: Developing freelance coding projects
- Project scoping and client communication
- Setting project timelines and milestones
- Budgeting and pricing strategies
- Hands-on: Creating project proposals
- Marketing your freelance services
- Lead generation and client acquisition strategies
- Building a client base and repeat business
- Hands-on: Crafting a freelance marketing plan
- Understanding freelance contracts and agreements
- Setting terms and payment structures
- Handling disputes and client relationships
- Hands-on: Drafting a freelance contract
- Managing finances as a freelancer
- Taxation and financial planning
- Scaling your freelance business
- Hands-on: Creating a freelance business plan
- Project kick-off and client brief
- Freelance project planning and execution
- Delivering client satisfaction
- Project reporting and analysis
- Project presentation and demonstration
- Graduation and certificate distribution
Assessment:
- Weekly practical exercises and project planning
- Final project evaluation and presentation
Certification:
Upon successful completion of the course and the Live Project, participants will receive a certificate as a “Freelancing Expert” from “Industry Professionals.”
This course outline offers a comprehensive and hands-on approach to freelancing, guided by senior professionals from the tech industry. It emphasizes practical skills through exercises, project planning, and a Live Project throughout the two-month program. Students will gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in freelancing strategies and execution.
Fee: 29,999
(can be paid in three equal installments plan)
Faraz Yousuf
Consultant, Freelancing
- Lecturer, Applied Programming: FAST (NUCES)
- Level II Freelancer, Upwork