
Should freelancers have personal websites?
Do you think freelancers need a personal website?
Some freelancers may think it is a good idea to have a personal website with all the information about you and your portfolio of work. I think this is important if you are an independent seller because you need to sell yourself to them and a personal website is a bit like your CV. You can also generate customers by doing SEO on your website and rank well on SERP. However, if you use a marketplace like Monster Backlinks, then a personal website is less important since buyers can probably find enough information on your profile although it could help.
What are your thoughts?
Some freelancers may think it is a good idea to have a personal website with all the information about you and your portfolio of work. I think this is important if you are an independent seller because you need to sell yourself to them and a personal website is a bit like your CV. You can also generate customers by doing SEO on your website and rank well on SERP. However, if you use a marketplace like Monster Backlinks, then a personal website is less important since buyers can probably find enough information on your profile although it could help.
What are your thoughts?
June 24, 2016, 7:02 pm
Responses (17)
Having a personal website can be as fancy or minimal as you'd like. I've seen plenty of people putting up resume type websites that show companies who they are and what they've done. A resume type website is also a good way to show your programming and design skills, if that's the type of work you're going after.
Having a portfolio type website helps promote who you are by the work you've already done and I would recommend it to everyone. I don't personally have a portfolio website because all of the work we do gets put on the business website under our portfolio section I've had so many clients be sold before they contact us just because they browsed the work we previously did. A lot of them want websites designed just like the ones in our portfolio, so that makes is extremely easy and quick since we already have all the code done
If you're looking for a job, set up a resume type website that shows your skills. If you're looking to market yourself as a freelancer, set up a portfolio type website and you'll get more leads and sales than if you were just talking through your email to someone and letting them know what you can do.
I've used plenty of freelance type websites for design work and people send me to their portfolio sites or profiles on image hosting sites and that's how I tend to choose who I want to work with. Their profiles or website sell me, not what they say ;) Let your previous work do the closing
If I succeed to bring my entire business to Monster Backlinks instead of operating this privately?, I will most likely get me some nice business cards so I can hand them out if I stumble across people in real life who's looking for something specific, instead of just telling them about Monster Backlinks. However, when I do this, I will most likely have a redirect url for this. Something like "thisismywebsite.com" which automatically redirects to my profile page on Monster Backlinks. And, I would obviously include my affiliate link too.
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hitmeasap
if one is an independent freelancer then a website with his or her profile would help bring more clients because they'll get to know who they're really dealing with.
But if one is already working with a site like Monster Backlinks where you have to upload your profile then no need for a website.
Now there are many freelance sites out there one can use to list out all his or her skills, credentials, qualifications and experience. And for some people that's more than enough and they get plenty of work from those sites. Be it Elance, Freelancer, Upwork or Monster Backlinks. But your own site can also be as equally effective at gaining new clients as well. It's like one of those things that's better to have and not need than it is to need and not have. And considering it's cheap as cheaps to buy your own domain name and hosting for it. And you can create a fairly professional looking website using something like WordPress that has lots of features built into into it on a shoe-string budget today.
So there really is no reason not to have your own website whether it's a simple portfolio type website or a full blown business site. This has given me some ideas actually, I don't currently have my own portfolio website but will likely make one soon using my name or something in the domain name and I can list out all my services that I sell here on there and then link them directly to Monster Backlinks to purchase it.
And I prefer to sell via Monster Backlinks because there's a deadline and you have to do it to get the money. Where as selling on your own site, you get the money first and there's no real dead line you have to meet before you're able to get your money so it means you can't slack off, procrastinate or delay in any way which you shouldn't do of course but there's complacency when you sell yourself and take the money first where as there's less of that when you have to deliver first before you're able to get your money for the work. That's one reason why I prefer to work for my clients on Monster Backlinks because it keeps my service quality up and I don't get complacent.
On the other hand I agree with sense of independent seller or freelancer he can sale product his own way. And it is very good sign as long lasting freelancer. But if you try to establish working on marketplace like Monster Backlinks, you do not need to have a personal website.
My final comments as a freelancer personal website for freelancing may good but not mandatory for doing freelancing job.
Thanks by Ajlancer
having a website is very beneficial. Frerelancer can not only do a free marketing and promotion but also sell his services and products through his website. When a freelancer has a website, he can also establish his brand. Furthermore, he can link his website to his works across thr web