The document provides advice for succeeding as a freelancer in today's digital environment. It defines a digitalpreneur as someone who harnesses entrepreneurship in the digital landscape, and notes some of their key qualities. It discusses the advantages of freelancing, including freedom of time and mobility. It also outlines important freelancing skills for 2018 like communication, coding, and marketing. The document recommends using tools and platforms like Upwork, Fiverr, and Freelancer to find work. It emphasizes skills like networking, creating an online portfolio, and continuously learning new skills.

2. A LOVE LETTER TO OUR SONS

3. TOUCH ONE HEART
INSPIRE ONE MIND
ONE FILIPINO AT A TIME

5. How to get a start on a profitable freelance
career in today's digital environment."
─ Abe Olandres
YugaTech

6. WHO IS A DIGITALPRENEUR?

7. Defining the Digitalpreneur
The Digital Entrepeneur is a diverse and dynamic group of individuals
that harness the power of entrepreneurship in the digital landscape.
They are the progressive kind, passionate and motivated, welcomes
challenges and looks at obstacles as opportunities.
They are driven, results-oriented, business-minded, and has deep thirst
for knowledge and new ideas.

8. Freedom of Time, Mobility, Money

9. Family & Friends First

10. Monetize your Passion

11. SUCCEEDING AS A FREELANCER IN 2018

12. of responsiveness
& quality of execution
SPEED

14. Personal Branding

15. • Market Acceptability of Freelancing
• In-demand Skills for Freelancing
• Platforms and Marketplaces for Freelancing
• How I Started with Freelancing
Freelancing Conditions

16. My Freelancing Journey

17. Challenges of Freelancing in 2018
• Market Forces such as Supply & Demand
• Multi-skilled Project Requirements
• Turn-around Times
• Project Complexities
• Globalization
• New Technologies/Skills
2018 is a challenging and promising year for freelancing. The industry has fully accepted this
type of engagement in a global scale and the market continuously grow to meet the
demands of a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

18. FREELANCING IN TODAY’S
GLOBAL ECONOMY

19. Freelancing Today
• Market acceptability for Freelancing is at an all-time high.
• It’s a Global Marketplace. Sell Global, Spend Local.
• Make use of free tools and automation to scale and increase project
margins.
• Connectivity has significantly improved to allow nomadic work
setup.
The freelancing landscape has changed in the last decade. Take advantage
of all available resources, opportunities and tools to maximize your work
and profitability.

20. Advantages of Freelancing in 2018
• Communication/Writing/Translating/ESL Teaching
• Productivity Tools
• Multimedia / Photography
• Coding/Programming/Website Building/WP
• Sales/Marketing/Social Media
• New Technologies/Skills
Important Freelancing Skills you Need to Learn in 2018.

21. Advantages of Freelancing in 2018
• UpWork
• Freelancer.com
• Fivvr
• Guru
• 99Designs
• DemandMedia
• GetACoder
• SimplyHired
Freelancing Leads/Platform

22. Advantages of Freelancing in 2018
• Network – it’s still the best way to land projects
• Prepare an Online Portfolio – package yourself really well
• Create a readily available Standard Rate Card
• Populate all social media with your name/service
• Interact – forums, groups, Quora, etc.
• Participate – contests, publications, events
• Upskill – join workshops, trainings, certifications
Getting Leads for Freelancing

23. Professional Hobbyists

24. • Media Channel Marketers
• Video Editors
• Creative Story Tellers

25. Monetization: PayPal

26. CONTENT CREATION AND MARKETING

27. All Rights Reserved

28. All Rights Reserved
•Creative Assets that you own the
publishing rights
•Blog, Instagram or Youtube Portfolio
•Your own digital products (like eBook,
filters)

29. Leverage Trends

30. Leveraging Trends
•Working with China
•Voice First world
•Social Media with Cryptocurrency

31. Strategic Skills

32. Learn Strategic Skills
•Video Editing (YT, IGTV, Stories, FB)
•Specializing on a new social media
channel (Pinterest, Alexa Skills, Dtube)
•Chinese Channels (Wechat, Weibo)

33. Tools of the Trade
• Project Management / Client Management Tools
Maximize use of free/paid tools to expand your skills, knowledge and scale your
freelancing business.

34. Tools of the Trade
• Team Collaboration
Maximize use of free/paid tools to expand your skills, knowledge and scale your
freelancing business.

35. Tools of the Trade
• Finance / Accounting
Maximize use of free/paid tools to expand your skills, knowledge and scale your
freelancing business.

36. Freelancing in 2018
• Learn to Document (Proposals, Contracts, CEs, Invoicing/Billing,
Collection)
• Learn Proper Accounting (OPEX, CAPEX, Depreciation, Interests,
Taxes, Debt)
• Differentiation, Marketing, Networking
Scale your Freelancing to Profitability

37. Freelancing in 2018
• Create a business plan that provides a mix of revenue models with
multiple revenues streams.
This will help predict your annual growth, stability and expansion
plans.
Recurring Revenue > Repeat Business > One-time Sales

38. Freelancing in 2018
• Exercise: Identify the Types of Revenue Model
1) Developing an App
2) Managing a Website
3) Providing Web Hosting
4) Creating a Logo
5) Selling a POS Software
6) Writing a Speech
Recurring Revenue > Repeat Business > One-time Sales

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