In this episode of “The Marketing Nerdz Podcast”, CEO “Karan Dharamsi” speaks about Freelance Digital Marketing and the #1 tool to find your clients!

For many who want to start their career as a freelance Digital Marketer, have this one common question which is:
“where will we get our clients from?”

So, in this podcast, Karan Dharamsi shares the #1 tool or platform that he actually used during his initial days as well, to get in more clients and projects in the any and every domain of your choice.

There are various platforms available but following is the #1 tool to get your clients as a freelance digital marketer:

The platform is upwork.com. It is the one platforms which has projects from all around the world in every domain you can practically think of. Be it anything that you require, you name it and you can find it on upwork.com

And it is a simple 3 step process for you to get your clients through upwork.com

Step number 1 to get clients from this #1 tool as a freelance digital marketer is:

Creating your account. As basic as it sounds, once you set up your account details, you need to select the domain you would like to work in. For example in this case, it would be Digital Marketing.

Once you select your domain, you will be shown all the projects from around the world in that domain!

So, whats the 2nd step to get clients as a freelance digital marketer using this #1?

Well, the second and the most important step is to write your application. If you think of it, there are thousands of other freelancers on upwork.com aiming to grab the same project being show to you.
So, why should someone offer you the project and not the other freelancers?
It all boils down to how great and promising your application is. So, always remember to have a great application which will differentiate you from the other and get the project in your kitty!

And, here’s the final step to get clients as a freelance digital marketer using this #1 tool:

Once the application is selected, you need to work on the payment structure and methods. Majority of the people get stuck in the second and the most important step of crafting the right application.

And hence, apart from this podcast, we have 2 detailed podcasts in store for you, elaborating on how to write a great application and how to go ahead with the payment.

Apart from upwork.com, following are other similar and highly recommended platforms to find your clients:

1) guru.com

2) freelancer.com

Towards the end, Karan also shares his personal experience of how he started his freelance career and how he shifted from working for someone else to working for his own company with a first freelance project worth $1.

Yes, that was the first project he worked on after waiting for a week!

But, here’s what we all can learn out of his experience:

• Never be afraid to invest

It’s not a waste, it’s an investment in your future. If you do not invest, you won’t move faster!

• Don’t be afraid to fail

You will fail multiple times, call it a learning experience and keep moving forward.

So, always keep in mind these important learning, never be afraid to invest and don’t be afraid to fail. Embrace each situation as a learning experience and when you are starting out, accept each opportunity. You never know which $1 project will change your fortune for good!

Stay tuned for the second and third part of this 3 part podcast series on freelance digital marketing, the #1 tool to get clients.