Top 2 Freelancing Skills to Master in 2025
These 2 skills are essential for you to master if you want to be successful in freelancing in 2025. Learn the importance of digital marketing, web development and how to master them.
Digital Marketing
If you ask me what is digital marketing? I will give a very simple answer that creating an environment for buying and selling something or conveying information through or using digital devices is called digital marketing.
The whole world has changed now. At one time people depended on traditional marketing but now people have started doing digital marketing. People now have digital devices in their hands. People now want to get everything at home. Therefore, the future of digital marketing will grow at an alarming level in the next five to 10 years.
If you want to take it as a career then your future will be very good in the future. There are thousands of opportunity possibilities here. If you can be a good digital marketing expert then people will follow you. Money buys your time labor.
Digital marketing is a very big industry, if you can become an expert in any of digital marketing, email marketing, SEO expert, organic marketing, paid marketing, ads specialist, etc. then you will do very well.
How to learn digital marketing
Take online courses: There are good platforms for courses, such as Coursera, Udemy, LinkedIn Learning, and Google Digital Garage. You can start with Google’s Digital Marketing course for free.
Learn SEO Search Engine Optimization: Understand how websites improve in search rankings. For this you can read Ahrefs Blog, Moz, and Neil Patel’s blog. Use tools like Google Keyword Planner, Ubersuggest etc. to practice.
Social Media Marketing: You can learn Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn marketing. Check out Facebook Business resources.
Learn Email Marketing: Learn to use tools like Mailchimp, ConvertKit, or ActiveCampaign. Learn how to collect leads and run email campaigns to subscribers.
Content Marketing and Copywriting: Learn how to write good content. Use resources from HubSpot, the Content Marketing Institute.
Learning Paid Ads, Google Ads, Facebook Ads: You can learn Google Ads free course. Practice using Facebook Ads Manager.
Practical experience: Run your own blog or social media page. Start small jobs on freelance marketplaces Fiverr, Upwork.
Follow new trends: Trends in digital marketing are constantly changing. Stay updated by watching regular blogs and YouTube videos.
Web Development
Web development is the process of creating websites. There are two types of web development:1. Frontend Development is what users see such as UI/UX.
2. Backend Development website back part server, database. Every day thousands of websites are being created all over the world. A web development expert is needed to create a website. The number of experts in the whole world is less but the number of buyers is many.
If you look around a bit, you will see new entrepreneurs looking like crazy for experts to create their business websites.
As the days go by people will continue to depend on the internet and the whole world will start accepting technology as positive. And then in every family they will think that we need to have at least one website for writing.
This means that in the next 5-10 years the demand for your work will increase thousands of times.
How to learn web development
Frontend Development
HTML: Creating Website Structure, Learning Resources: freeCodeCamp, W3Schools. CSS: For designing websites, learning resources: W3Schools, CSS Tricks.
JavaScript (JS): To make websites interactive, learning resources: MDN Web Docs, JavaScript.info. Practice: Practice by creating small scripts. Bootstrap: CSS framework (for design). React.js / Vue.js / Angular.js: For JS.
Backend Development
JavaScript (Node.js), Python (Django/Flask), or PHP. Start with Node.js because it runs on JS. SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL): Relational Database. NoSQL (MongoDB): Document-oriented database. How the server works and how to create APIs (REST/GraphQL).
Practice every day
First 1-2 months learn HTML, CSS, and Basic JavaScript. In the next 3-4 months, complete Frameworks, Advanced JS, and Backend Basics well.
Create a project
Try creating a one page personal website, a blog site with frontend and backend, responsive e-commerce site.
Start freelance work
Create a profile on Fiverr, Upwork, or LinkedIn. Start contacting buyers for small jobs.
So the two important skills we have mentioned are world famous. The next 10-15 years will rule the world of the Internet. If you can be an expert then you can work all over the world and earn a lot of money by freelancing or employment. If you want, you can set up your own business. Explore more articles on Career.
- Category : Career
- Author : Tuhin Bin Alamgir
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