What Skills Are in High Demand in Freelance Marketplaces?

[Nomad]

As a freelancer, I offer different kinds of writing services, from posting on forums to writing blog posts, articles, and even ebooks. Even though, sometimes I also offer web design services and marketing, I mostly offer writing services. However, writing is highly saturated niche. With the evolution of Generative AI tools, there is not much demand for writing. I am thinking to upskill for a change to explore lucrative opportunities in the freelance marketplaces. What skills do you think are in demand on the platforms like Upwork or Fiverr?

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Skill wise. I think you need to get really good at using the platforms you're selling on. Upwork and Fiverr. You need to get good at marketing on them, using all the features to your advantage and optimizing your pages on there.

If you're not into storytelling and copywriting, start studying that now. Copy is important for trying to sell freelance. You need to get people emotionally involved with their buying decisions. Copy can make that happen.

I like to use the PAS method. Present a Problem, agitate to make it emotional, and provide a solution. It's simple but very effective.

Lastly, you need to become an authority in a narrowed down freelance area. A general do-all freelancer in such a saturated market is doomed to fail. There is too much competition. Narrow down your expertise and become the go-to person for that area.

I exclusively write hiking and backpacking content only as a freelance writer. I know a lot about other topics like blogging and digital marketing, but I don't offer freelance writing for that. I'm known for outdoor recreation content.

Once you have a reputation, it's hard to pass you up even with the advancement of AI.

I've taken a break from freelancing to focus on other things but when I was doing it, I was making $250 to $1,5000 an article.

 

[Bilita]

I've only dabbled in freelance activities in the past, mainly content writing, but I think there's going to be a massive shift in creative works and content generation due to AI.

ChatGPT can write fairly good blog articles, Suno can make entire songs, there are so many different niche-specific generators out there now.

 

[Macca]

I remember trying to manually edit webpages ten years ago, and now you can spin up entire websites with advanced widgets in no time.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I remember trying to manually edit webpages ten years ago, and now you can spin up entire websites with advanced widgets in no time.

I kind of miss those days. After WordPress came about, I got lazy and did it that way. Now, I've forgotten all of that. But HTML and CSS really changed (for the better) after I quit messing with it after all.

 

[Shortie]

As a freelancer myself, one of the skills that you need and need to be good at is marketing your own services. It takes a lot to get sales and marketing your services right can help you get more sales and more exposure.

Another skill would be having the ability to offer more than just one service so that you have more of a chance of receiving work.

 

[Nomad]

As a freelancer myself, one of the skills that you need and need to be good at is marketing your own services. It takes a lot to get sales and marketing your services right can help you get more sales and more exposure.

Another skill would be having the ability to offer more than just one service so that you have more of a chance of receiving work.

Having marketing and SEO services certainly help you sell your other services, but I was generally speaking about services being offered as a freelancer. For example, you can offer writing services or graphic designing services. But sadly these are saturated niches and with the popularity of AI it is just not possible to make money with general skills. What skills do you think are not saturated yet are in high demand?