Someone who's trying to become a freelancer should give in his best to become one despite the road being tough. If the freelancing platforms doesn't work for the person, then the strategy of first going public on the social media handles could be a viable alternative.Since freelancing platforms are quite saturated, I would recommend people to explore more and more freelancing opportunities and explore new platforms that could enable you to make money. This may include certain kinds of GPT platforms. The downside is that you may not earn that much money as you may be expecting.