Presentation about freelancing as choice for the Palestinian trainers.

1. Hasan Omar
Glow Innovations, CEO
www.Glow.ps
Online Freelancing
‫الفلسطينيين‬ ‫المدربين‬ ‫جمعية‬
‫هللا‬ ‫رام‬ ‫وصناعة‬ ‫تجارة‬ ‫غرفة‬
27/2/2019

2.  Founder & CEO of Glow Innovations – Business Accelerator
 Managing Partner & Senior Expert @ Elancer.ps
 Board Member @ the “Higher Council for Innovation & Excellence”
 Head of the “Innovation & Excellence Committee” @ Palestine Engineers
Association
 Head of the “IT & Computer Engineering Advisory Committee” @
Palestine Polytechnic University.
 Member @ the “Faculty of Technology & Applied Sciences Council” of
QoU
 Consultant @ the Agribusiness Accelerator, Ramallah LET Council,
MoL/BoP…
 Global Business Incubation Management Certified Expert & Trainer by
the World Bank
 Certified BYB & PTS Trainer
 Founder of PALancers, GoTech, GoCode, GoCareer, ABIT…
 Researcher, Public Speaker, Writer…
 B.Sc. in Computer Engineering & MA in International Cooperation &
Development
25 years
of experience
BA & Mentor
200 +
Startup
Projects
Employment
Entrepreneur
ship
TVET
Trainer /
Speaker
10,000 +
Assess / Eval /
Judge
2,000 +
Projects &
Ideas
Hasan H. Omar
Fb: Hasan Hamed | Linkedin: HasanOmar | Skype: Glow1213

3. 10 Golden Advices
Topics
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Freelancing Platforms
LOCAL CONTEXT
Employee | Freelancer | Entrepreneur |
Freelancing Agency
Freelancing 101

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Palestine 2030 - Demographic Change:
Opportunities for Development

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6. 6
WHAT they don’t teach you at
Harvard Business School
Mark H. McCormack

7. 7
be unique,
find your own way
TO BE OR NOT TO BE

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Freelancing 101

10. 10
Market Opportunity
SKILLS DEMAND
Your best &
lucrative work
SKILLS DEMAND
ART

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Q: What to?
Q: How?
What do we mean by “freelancing”, “freelancer”?
‫الحر‬ ‫العمل‬
‫عبر‬ ‫العمل‬
‫االنترنت‬
‫بعد‬ ‫عن‬ ‫العمل‬‫المنزل‬ ‫من‬ ‫العمل‬
Business
Owner
Freelancer
What?

12. OFL in numbers
34m+
Registered freelancers
on top two platforms $1.5bn
Estimated global OFL
market in 2013
160m
Jobs can be carried out
remotely
$100m
Conservative estimate
of the Middle East’s
share
$10 - $20bn
Estimated global OFL
market by 2020
$59.15 - $84
Per hour for med-
experienced
$15-$40
Per hour for beginners
&
Less experienced
$84+
Per hour for highly
experienced

13. Freelancing Lifestyle
Is it good?
Your Decision!
8 – 8 – 8
8 – 8 – 4 – 4
8 – 8 – 8
Businessman
($)
Employee TIME JOB
Entrep IDEA Startup
Freelancer ?? ??
Business
man
$$
Busines
s

14. Freelancing:
Invest in “YOU”!
SKILLS
SKILLS
MARKETING
MGT
(Time)
Yourself, skills, work…
Communicate, get, implement, $, personal life

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Why?
 Be Your Own Boss!

16. Develop Your Skills: Online Training Websites
What else? Share with us.

17. Learn & Practice English

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What should you freelance in?
How do you know what the market needs?
IT & Computing
Websites Development
Engineering &
Science
Translation
Sales
Business Services
Marketing
Financial Services
Technical Support
Consultation
Legal Services
Data Entry
Design: Graphic, Web,
Motion, Logo…
Writing
Media
Games DevelopmentMobile AppsSocial Media

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HR Mgt
Photography
Trade Marks
Public Relations
Illustration
Video Production
Voice Recording
Web Researches
Customer servicesTeaching / Education……….
What should you freelance in?
How do you know what the market needs?
Online Jobs & Video: https://bit.ly/2wmMlar

20. Hubstaff's 2017 Freelancing Trends
https://blog.hubstaff.com/2017-freelancing-trends/

21. 1. Blockchain
2. Tensorflow
3. Amazon DynamoDB
4. Voice over
5. Subtitling
6. Art direction
7. Content strategy
8. Computer vision
9. Microsoft Power BI
10. Augmented reality
11. Chatbot development
12. React native
13. Media buying
14. Go development
15. Information security
16. Scala development
17. Instagram API
18. Adobe Premiere
19. Machine learning
20. AngularJS development
Source: https://www.upwork.com/press/2018/05/01/q1-2018-skills-
index/
Q1 2018 Skills Index, ranking the 20 fastest-growing skills
for freelancers by #Upwork

22. Freelancing Platforms
How many? Differences

23. Mostaqel: mostaql.com - An Arabic website similar to People per hour.
Khamsat: khamsat.com - An Arabic version of Fiverr.
Niche / Local Marketplaces

24. TRENDS: Blue Ocean vs. Red Ocean

25. How it works – Mechanism
Employer Freelancer
(1) Personal profile
‫الشخصي‬ ‫الملف‬ ‫اكمال‬
( 25% )
(2) Samples /
portfolio
‫اعمال‬ ‫نماذج‬ ‫وضع‬
( 15% )
(3) Pass some tests
‫اجتياز‬‫االختبارات‬ ‫بعض‬
( 10% )
(4) Search for
suitable projects
‫المالئمة‬ ‫المشاريع‬ ‫عن‬ ‫البحث‬
( 10% )
(5) Write your offer
(cover letter) very
well
‫ممتاز‬ ‫بشكل‬ ‫العروض‬ ‫كتابة‬
( 10% )
(6) Pricing & Time
needed in smart way
‫بشكل‬ ‫والوقت‬ ‫السعر‬ ‫تحديد‬
‫مناسب‬
( 10% )
(7) Avoid fake
projects
‫الزائفة‬ ‫المشاريع‬ ‫تجنب‬
( 5% )
(8) Don’t fall in
common mistakes
‫االخطاء‬ ‫في‬ ‫الوقوع‬ ‫عدم‬
‫الشائعة‬
( 5% )
(9) Be patient
‫بالصبر‬ ‫التحلي‬
( 10% )
100%
START: 10 Golden Advices: 

26. Payment Methods
Financials
Get Paid
Hourly Jobs Fixed Price

27. What to Market?
• Yourself
• Your Work
• Your Skill
Market Mix

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30. Freelancing Club Palestine
https://www.facebook.com/PALancing/

31. Thank You!
Q & A
Hasan@glow.ps
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