Whats the quickest skill you can learn to freelance with?

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Whats the quickest skill you can learn to freelance with ? If so what skills are they ?... Would service brokering be considered one ?
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  • Profile picture of the author zuberr
    Service brokering or service arbitrage is what you can do to make some easy money freelancing. You don't need to have the skills for the services you would be offering. You would also need to find people who would be willing to do the work for much less than what you are charging.
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    I lost my crystal ball. If you expect some decent replies, you need to share more about you and your current skills and passions because something is easy for one person but may be hard for another.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnhossain1971
    Originally Posted by imagoodguy View Post

    Whats the quickest skill you can learn to freelance with ? If so what skills are they ?... Would service brokering be considered one ?
    Do you know how to do SEO? if you know how to do the SEO, you can a handsome amount of money from this sector. Even if you know how to use the Graphics design work or, Web design work, you will be able to be a successful freelancer within a short time. Thanks a lot.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Originally Posted by imagoodguy View Post

      Whats the quickest skill you can learn to freelance with ?
      What is the quickest skill I can learn to freelance with? Not sure how that answer would help you.
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  • Profile picture of the author marketingwizkid
    The best thing to do is find the best freelancers in the world that you can find and learn about their strengths and weaknesses.. Pick their brain, become an acquaintance and start selling the shit out of their services <--- YES AS A BROKER of some sort.
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    • Profile picture of the author obaynes
      Real talk, "service arbitrage"/"service brokerage" can get you into a scum pit real fast. There are some legitimate aspects to it, but for a lot of people it's just "content flipping" and exploiting people who are too naive to know they can make more money. When they find out what you're doing, they either go directly to your client and save them money by cutting your parasite ass out of the equation, or put you on blast through whatever channels are available. Or both. It's a great way to make enemies quickly and ruin your reputation if you're so inclined.

      One legitimate application I can think of in writing is to buy articles from ESL writers cheaply, writers who are intelligent and can do good research but just struggle too much with English to produce high-quality content. Then add value to it by editing and adding anything necessary. I've thought about this approach at times but I'm not convinced it would be more cost-effective than just writing the same article from scratch myself.

      Just buying and reselling content without adding value is probably too much work for what it would bring in and the risks you'd be exposed to, and it's definitely not a "skill". If you're cool with being a scumbag, there are much more easy and lucrative things you can do, like credit card re-bills.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Probably graphics design. There are alot of graphic packs that you can learn how to use and put together great images for website owners. You will have to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop and possibly Gimp. But it's a very lucrative gig.
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  • Profile picture of the author nocturnal911
    I would say article writing, all you need is good English with good research which can result a great content.
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    • Profile picture of the author discrat
      Blog commenting can be a easy to learn freelance type service. Not a whole lot of writing , but just quick comments that add some value to the discussion


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