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Freelance Designer Income
Making money online has gotten tougher in recent years. Google has made it so that only large websites with tons of backlinks and long, high-quality content typically rank well in the most competitive niches.
Unless you are already established, it’s a lot of work to make money with blogs and websites. But there’s one easy way to take advantage of the current climate, and that is to offer your services as a freelance designer!
Offering services is a great way to make money without having to compete with millions of other websites in a single market, and without having to spend huge amounts of money on ads. In fact, you don’t need a single penny to get started as long as you already have a computer, internet connection, and some basic design software. (Even if you don’t, there are workarounds. For example, you can rent a pretty decent laptop or desktop computer from a place like Aaron’s, use free internet at a library or coffee shop, and rent software through Adobe Creative Cloud for a few bucks per month.)
You don’t even have to have great design skills. It’s possible to make decent money as a designer with little to no existing skill. Just watch a few tutorial videos on YouTube, and you’ll be creating basic graphics in no time! You can always move into more complex designs as your skills progress. Ready to learn how to make money as a designer? Let’s begin.