Top 4 Profitable Freelancing Skills in 2021

Top 4 Profitable Freelancing Skills you need 

For a Nigerian youth that just graduated from the university or just finished their National Youth Services Corp (NYSC), finding a white-collar job is a struggle.

Freelancing skills 

Except if your uncle, Aunt, friends' uncle or aunt is a big shot in Nigeria. 

Then finding a job is easy as talking a walk on a beach! 

And if you don't fall into any of the categories above. 

Don’t fret or lose composure! 

There is an option for working online from the comfort of your home.

There are many online freelancing jobs for you! 

It is not a suggestion, this maybe be only option while still hoping to get a job.

Although some of them may require technical skills, others don’t. 

You can start freelancing before getting a job!

Furthermore, having to work from the comfort of your home has a lot of benefits than when working in an office. 

There is time flexibility when you work from home than the office.

It is also stress-free. 

You don’t get to meet the nagging boss or always excusing your actions when you come to the office late.

There are no travel expenses, and other annoying office stalkers on your back hoping you don’t deliver as promised!

Before you start looking for a white-collar job or an office job, try freelancing while you wait. 

But, if you find online freelancing more comfortable for your lifestyle and income, stick with it.

In this blog post, we shall be discussing some basics skills you need as a freelance. While waiting for a more lucrative job to come your way, you can learn these skills!

Here are my top profitable freelancing skills for 2020

Content Creator

Nigerians and youth all over the world find it difficult to write or create content for their blog, articles for a  school blog or their projects. 

When writing is what you love doing, then by default, you are a blogger.

If you love to write and you are good at it. 

What is then stopping you from becoming a content creator for blogs or students in need?

Content creating is the most lucrative freelancing skill you need today! 

You can become a content creator for blogs, website or even write projects or thesis and get paid.

Top 4 Profitable Freelancing Skills

Sometimes as blog owners, we don't create our content ourselves.

As a blog owner, it is always difficult to write content. 

Because we have other commitments that need our time like content marketing, reading and replying comments, researching for new contents and more!

Therefore we sometimes  freelance some of our content to people and pay them.

Become an individual who we can freelance content too and you can get paid! 

The amount you make totally depends on you!

if you are a person that deals with numbers, then;
  
You can make up to $20,000 per year creating content for people.

Video Editing

Mesh love video editing and is making money with it. 

After content creating, the second and largest freelancing industry is video Editing.

Of course in Nigeria, the Yoruba people love festivals, partying (Gbedu) and during Christening, it need to be documented for posterity. 

Other tribes in Nigeria also cover important moments for their children such as birthdays, secondary school graduation, university matriculation and graduation.

Similar events is wedding anniversary, etc.

Top 4 Profitable Freelancing Skills

Knowing how to video edit can get you moving from one ceremony to another. 

Making money weekly by moving from one ceremony to another is not a bad way to add the zero's in your bank account.

Video covering events and other ceremonies is also a lucrative freelancing job for young graduates in Nigeria.

it does not matter what you love doing, you just need to know how to freelance whatsoever you are doing!

You can add effects, create a podcast for Youtube videos and get paid in the process.

This is Nigeria after all where you can make money doing what you love.

Virtual Assistance

In as much as I don’t want to admit it, but Virtual Assistance is bored, broad and boring. 

Having vast set of skills in the Freelancing industry is the key to becoming successful! 

You just have to be knowledgeable in different fields in life and start making it a hobby to make money from it.  

To understand and utilize basics skills like Email Marketing, Managing different Social Media Accounts, Research different topics, within and outside your scope.

These skills as a virtual Assistant will finally open a new coast for endless opportunities. 

Skills like these are in introductory parts of becoming a good virtual assistance.  

I’m not saying that being a Nigerian, or someone born and raised in the third world country make you a second class citizen as a virtual assistant. 

Contrary, these opens a new horizon and makes you better.  

Nigerians are better at learning and excelling in any field or Endeavour.

Use that and excel in the virtual assistance industry!

Social Media Marketing

Unfortunately, Nigerians are lacking in this industry. Nigerian youths and adult alike spend most of their time on social media chatting and gossiping with one another.

They are busy making money for Mark Zuckerberg and they are not making money for themselves. 

There are many businesses around the world that need to reach people and they are utilizing social media like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.

You can help these businesses connect with people around the world and get paid in the process.

Become a social media marketer by advertising these businesses and in turn, make dollars in the process.

On a final note, freelancing is a skill most Nigerians can simply acquire and make it a source of income while waiting for a white-collar job. 

Of course, you can still freelance while working.

It does not cost anything to learn any of the above-mentioned skills, but time and patience. 

Instead of spending the whole day online chatting, make use of your time by becoming productive in freelancing.