Internet is a promising industry. According to statistics, in 20 15, the number of netizens in China reached 670 million, accounting for only half of the total population of China. However, it has created giants such as Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu and countless booming Internet companies. So, what will it be like when all the people become netizens? It will definitely make more legends and change our world more thoroughly. According to the current development trend, we are not far from this time. Therefore, it can be said that the Internet is our future, and the freelancers in the Internet industry are the most promising and the easiest to achieve financial freedom. This article will talk about how to become a freelancer in the Internet industry.
At present, freelancers in the Internet industry can basically be divided into three categories:
The first category provides technical services.
Such as image processing, web design, web production, website construction, website update and maintenance, website optimization and other technical services. This job market is huge, because many Internet companies are willing to outsource technical work in order to focus on their own business, and companies can also reduce a lot of pressure by hiring fewer technicians. In addition, there are many customers who need website technical services and prefer to find personal services, because it is much more affordable than looking for a company.
If you want to be such a person, start with the simplest image processing. Photoshop must be very skilled, all of which are operated with shortcut keys, efficient and professional. Learn some basic art knowledge and picture beautification. Reading more excellent web design works can improve your design level and copy better. Due to the weak copyright awareness of Chinese people, most web page designs are actually copied and changed. But plagiarism is also level, and you can become a master if you copy too much.
If you learn Photoshop well and can be an artist, you can go to Taobao or some Witkey websites to undertake some tasks of "image processing and web page art". Don't tell me you can't get the order. If you bid cheaper, or if it is free at first, you can always get it. Anyway, you're just accumulating experience.
Then learn web page layout. A real web designer can't be ignorant of web page making. People who know both art and web page making should be called "web page front-end designers". Web page making needs to learn HTML, DIV+CSS layout and simple JS and JQUERY knowledge. Don't waste your time learning Dreamweaver and other software. Professionals never use it. An editor such as Notpad+++is enough. In fact, web page making is easier than web page design. Just make a webpage file according to the webpage renderings, without much communication. Witkey undertakes the task of making a web page of an enterprise website online. The reward is about 200~400 yuan, and a skilled person can finish it in about 5 hours. At this price, if there are enough orders, the income will be high.
Here, I will teach you a good way to take orders. I will open my own shop, publish the treasures of "web design" and "web production", and then take the initiative to contact network companies all over the country on classified information websites, outsource them and trade them through Taobao. Because web typesetting doesn't need much communication, many companies are willing to outsource this piece, and the price is relatively high, as long as you do it qualified. You can also add more website construction groups, which are often outsourced.
If you want to receive higher-priced orders, you must learn HTML5 and CSS3, and study how to make mobile web pages and responsive web pages. This is the mainstream now. In 20 14, Baidu announced that the traffic of Baidu's mobile version had surpassed that of its computer version, indicating that more people surf the Internet with mobile phones than with computers, so many companies began to build mobile websites or responsive websites that are compatible with PC, mobile phones and tablets at the same time. The website design company here in Changsha offers 3000 ~ 6000 yuan for customizing an ordinary enterprise website, and at least 10000 yuan for customizing a responsive website.
Of course, the best way to earn technology is to take private orders. Dealing directly with customers is the most profitable. You outsource other people's orders, and most of the profits are earned by others. You deal directly with customers yourself, not only the profits are all yours, but also you have established contacts and done a good job in service. Customers are happy to introduce new customers to you. If you want to receive the private bill, you need to spend some time promoting it. You can advertise on the classified information network, which will have some effects. Add some local groups and know more people. Your salary is low and your service is good. Many people would like to know you. Internet companies offer 4000 ~ 5000 orders, and you can offer 2000 ~ 3000 or even lower. Pick up 4~5 orders a month, and earn over 10,000 yuan a month.
If you want to take orders by yourself, you need to learn some knowledge about website construction. You can learn from DEDECMS and make a website as the background. If the website is put on record, you will basically know by going through the process. There is also the management of the domain name space of the website, and the backup/recovery of the website all need to be explored.
The second category is to promote business through online marketing.
It is to promote a certain business through the network and get a commission, provided that you find a customer who is willing to calculate your remuneration in the mode of business commission. Try to find high-profit projects, of course, you can also engage in more marketing projects at the same time, because the east is not bright and the west is bright. Marketing is definitely more profitable than technology, which is an eternal law. There are many kinds of network marketing technologies, the most technical one is SEO (that is, keyword ranking), and other effective ones are QQ marketing, WeChat marketing and soft text marketing. There are many methods of network promotion, which are changing with each passing day, but marketing still depends on content, so it is necessary to learn some knowledge of network editing, and personal writing ability is very important.
The third kind of network operators
Online merchants mainly include webmasters, e-commerce companies and self-media people. If you want to run a website, you must study its profit model. The mainstream ones are: advertising alliance and taobao guest, all of which are ways to turn website traffic into money. Some websites can also earn a good income by selling friendly links and soft articles. You can consider making some information websites or industry websites. It is not bad to earn 1000~2000 in the first month. After all, this is a sustainable growth project, and the longer it lasts, the more valuable it will be. If there is a good supply, doing e-commerce is also a good choice. If you have many ideas, knowledge or personality, you might as well try to be a self-media. No investment is needed in the early stage. The key is to attract fans.
For inexperienced novices, I suggest starting with the first category, because it is the most secure, and you are not afraid of making money if you have skills. However, you can't make money just by selling technology and time. After all, a person's time and energy are limited, unless you can persist in providing good service, accumulate many customers, and then open a company or studio to become bigger and stronger. But this is not easy, because the competition is fierce. When your technology can support your family easily, you can find customers to cooperate, build several websites to optimize, use online marketing technology to promote business and get commission. Because you know network technology, your chances of success in network marketing will be much higher than others. Don't try network operation before your network marketing technology is in full swing. After all, the success of network operation has a great relationship with your marketing level. The above idea is a stable and risk-free development road, which requires no capital investment, only time and energy.
From the first category to the third category, you need to learn a lot of professional knowledge. If you learn slowly and practice slowly, it may be very hard and time-consuming, and you may not be able to stick to the end. If you can find an experienced teacher for training guidance, you can avoid taking many detours and wasting time and energy on some useless and wrong ideas and methods. From 20 10, I gave up my original major (software development technology) and my job as a university teacher, and explored this road for several years. Changsha Chuangkuan Network Technology Co., Ltd. was established to undertake website design and network marketing projects, operate websites, constantly try and make mistakes, constantly learn and summarize, and accumulated a lot of valuable knowledge and experience. Willing to cultivate some aspiring young people who have passion, dreams and love the Internet. Realize your dream and grow up with me.