How to Make Money as an Independent Freelancer in 2020

If you are tired of your 9-5 daily job, you can definitely take the bull by the horn and resign. Yes, resign and become a freelancer if you possess marketable knowledge.

You can sell your knowledge and make money by helping others make money. The year 2020 promises to be a very rewarding year for any freelancer with specialized knowledge and skills.

In case you don’t know how, here are some of the special ways you can make money as an independent freelancer in 2020 and beyond:

• Graphic design

Internet banner ads, website homepages, T-Shirts, product packaging, book covers, flyers, and everything that is pleasant to the eyes are designed by specialist graphic designers.

If you have skills using CorelDraw, Photoshop, InDesign and other graphic design packages, you could make tons of money from the comfort of your home designing project materials for people. Depending on the complexity of the design job, you could charge $100-$500 per job.

• Freelance writing

Every word and sentence and paragraph of content you read on the internet is written and published by someone out there. These content are not usually written by the website owners, they are largely written by contracted freelancers.

If you have a way with words and can perform efficient research, you can earn good money from writing specialized content for website owners. You can choose to write news or general articles on health, business, finance, education, entertainment, electronics, and even dating and get paid up to $50 per article on the long term.

• Website development

Do you have specialized skills in website design and development? Then you can sit back in 2020 to make cool money from design and developing income-generating websites for clients.

You will earn a good income from designing static or dynamic websites, blogs, forums, eCommerce stores, and educational resources sites among others. You stand to earn between $100 at the minimum to $5,000 per website design project if you can make it interactive and dynamic in all respects.

• Virtual assistant

If you are also able to take notes at meetings, manage sales efforts remotely, organize events, do data entry, and work as a remote assistant for people; then you can hope to make a steady income in 2020.

Thousands of entrepreneurs and online marketers need assistance with their businesses and require the professional services of a dedicated virtual assistant. You can tap into this opportunity and earn up to $25 an hour fulfilling orders for your employer.

• Video animations

If you have experience creating video animations and cartoons or video adverts, you can make tremendous money getting things done for various clients around the globe.

The video animations can be to advertise or promote a product or service, and it can be for political campaign purposes. A talented freelancer can earn between $250 to $1,000 per video animation with appropriate voice-over if he can secure enough clients to keep him in business.

In case you do not know where to get clients to work for, you can start your search on freelancer websites such as Upwork, Freelancer, PeoplePerHouse, and Fiverr among others. You may have to bid on many available projects to prove your expertise until you begin to get direct jobs for clients on the platforms.