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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by Vicmareal: 12:07pm On May 25, 2023
My contact: 07036039072. I am a master's degree holder in English. I write for a living ; please recommend a site for freelance jobs

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by samuelson06(m): 12:07pm On May 25, 2023
AgentKB:
So, what value does your writeup provide order than your hope that it would be read by people who have the potential to ask you stupid questions? And that hope is clearly written in uppercase to show its the most important part of the text.


Forget it. That guy got nothing to offer. People that knows ain't loud.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by EdiskyHarry: 12:08pm On May 25, 2023
grin grin

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by ArticleBeast: 12:09pm On May 25, 2023
TemmyT002:
Upwork and Fiverr don turn something else.
They have changed their ways and it's affecting many freelancers. Add Indians and Yahoo Boys and see how it is affecting legit hustlers.
Add Buhari's wahala too.
Chai
Na u dey see am from that view
Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by dalass(f): 12:10pm On May 25, 2023
TemmyT002:
Upwork and Fiverr don turn something else.
They have changed their ways and it's affecting many freelancers. Add Indians and Yahoo Boys and see how it is affecting legit hustlers.
Add Buhari's wahala too.
Chai

Indians are scum and terrible. They pay you peanuts. They entered the freelance world and they know all the ways to cut into your hard-earned money. Since they came in, they negotiate unnecessarily. Sometimes they beg you to do jobs for free that Americans and Europeans pay you well to do.. Asking favours that they don't return.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by qtguru(m): 12:13pm On May 25, 2023
dalass:


Indians are scum and terrible. They pay you peanuts. They entered the freelance world and they know all the ways to cut into your hard-earned money. Since they came in, they negotiate unnecessarily. Sometimes they beg you to do jobs for free that Americans and Europeans pay you well to do.. Asking favours that they don't return.

Indians as clients on Upwork are terrible, I dey reject their job.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by Otilaw: 12:13pm On May 25, 2023
[quote author=HardMirror post=123340383]I will keep this short and no one should send me any message.

So last year I decided to revisit freelancing because I am a gifted writer and been writing for many years so why not use it to make money?

So I registered on a freelancing site and the journey began.

Making money is never the problem if you are a freelancer, the problem is how much time can you give to the job.
The job was just too much that i had to employ many nairalanders to work for me.
At a point I was earning $900 per week (i could earn much more than this but where is the time to do more work?) but the work was just too much. So much that i moved to an hotel for several months just so that i can focus and have the hotel staff attend to all my needs so I dont have to do any work except my writing job.

This is a job that would make you want to go mad. You will work mornimg and night as if you have no life. Forget social life, all you will be after is to meet deadlines.

People will think you are a yahoo boy because you dont go to an office and you are always on your laptop. They also see that you dont have problem with money. To make it worse you are always going to bank to collect dollars and take to aboki.

I shake my head when i see nigerians complaining that there is no work. There is work but most people cannot work. That is just the truth.

If you know you can make these sacrifices then you should consider freelancing so far you have the skills for the jobs you want to apply for.

Sir,
please i'll be so grateful if you can help me to be a Freelancer too like yourself.
I really and determine to change my life status because life has hit me hard.
Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by bizzy500: 12:13pm On May 25, 2023
HardMirror:
I will keep this short and no one should send me any message.

So last year I decided to revisit freelancing because I am a gifted writer and been writing for many years so why not use it to make money?

So I registered on a freelancing site and the journey began.

Making money is never the problem if you are a freelancer, the problem is how much time can you give to the job.
The job was just too much that i had to employ many nairalanders to work for me.
At a point I was earning $900 per week (i could earn much more than this but where is the time to do more work?) but the work was just too much. So much that i moved to an hotel for several months just so that i can focus and have the hotel staff attend to all my needs so I dont have to do any work except my writing job.

This is a job that would make you want to go mad. You will work mornimg and night as if you have no life. Forget social life, all you will be after is to meet deadlines.

People will think you are a yahoo boy because you dont go to an office and you are always on your laptop. They also see that you dont have problem with money. To make it worse you are always going to bank to collect dollars and take to aboki.

I shake my head when i see nigerians complaining that there is no work. There is work but most people cannot work. That is just the truth.

If you know you can make these sacrifices then you should consider freelancing so far you have the skills for the jobs you want to apply for.

I wish you more blessing hope you make some time for your love ones, bro I will be glad if you can help me with any little amount to feed 🙏
Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by MyExpression(m): 12:14pm On May 25, 2023
True.

I've discovered that HARDwork is the key so success.

You must push your productivity limit.
If you wanna be rich doing smart work, do your smart work the HARD way, by doing it continuously.

These rich/comfortable guys making money legitimately online, put in their 100 in the work.
They stay on the system almost all day long, to ball that kind of life.

There's no free money anywhere.

Wake up and push yourself to do more.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by BESTScientist1: 12:14pm On May 25, 2023
HardMirror:
I will keep this short and no one should send me any message.

So last year I decided to revisit freelancing because I am a gifted writer and been writing for many years so why not use it to make money?

So I registered on a freelancing site and the journey began.

Making money is never the problem if you are a freelancer, the problem is how much time can you give to the job.
The job was just too much that i had to employ many nairalanders to work for me.
At a point I was earning $900 per week (i could earn much more than this but where is the time to do more work?) but the work was just too much. So much that i moved to an hotel for several months just so that i can focus and have the hotel staff attend to all my needs so I dont have to do any work except my writing job.

This is a job that would make you want to go mad. You will work mornimg and night as if you have no life. Forget social life, all you will be after is to meet deadlines.

People will think you are a yahoo boy because you dont go to an office and you are always on your laptop. They also see that you dont have problem with money. To make it worse you are always going to bank to collect dollars and take to aboki.

I shake my head when i see nigerians complaining that there is no work. There is work but most people cannot work. That is just the truth.

If you know you can make these sacrifices then you should consider freelancing so far you have the skills for the jobs you want to apply for.

link me up. I'm a good writer too

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by Olat4421: 12:14pm On May 25, 2023
HardMirror:
I will keep this short and no one should send me any message.

So last year I decided to revisit freelancing because I am a gifted writer and been writing for many years so why not use it to make money?

So I registered on a freelancing site and the journey began.

Making money is never the problem if you are a freelancer, the problem is how much time can you give to the job.
The job was just too much that i had to employ many nairalanders to work for me.
At a point I was earning $900 per week (i could earn much more than this but where is the time to do more work?) but the work was just too much. So much that i moved to an hotel for several months just so that i can focus and have the hotel staff attend to all my needs so I dont have to do any work except my writing job.

This is a job that would make you want to go mad. You will work mornimg and night as if you have no life. Forget social life, all you will be after is to meet deadlines.

People will think you are a yahoo boy because you dont go to an office and you are always on your laptop. They also see that you dont have problem with money. To make it worse you are always going to bank to collect dollars and take to aboki.

I shake my head when i see nigerians complaining that there is no work. There is work but most people cannot work. That is just the truth.

If you know you can make these sacrifices then you should consider freelancing so far you have the skills for the jobs you want to apply for.

abeg come nd teach me

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by qtguru(m): 12:15pm On May 25, 2023
TemmyT002:
Upwork and Fiverr don turn something else.
They have changed their ways and it's affecting many freelancers. Add Indians and Yahoo Boys and see how it is affecting legit hustlers.
Add Buhari's wahala too.
Chai

Upwork works, but it's alot of effort and spending on connects. I get gigs on Upwork, but for non tech people, the secret is upskilling in a niche. Unless you want to compete with general audience.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by naturefellow(m): 12:15pm On May 25, 2023
Okiton:

My heartfelt empathy goes to freestuffsng
It's no easy for him at this time
LOL. Why so please?
Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by MyExpression(m): 12:18pm On May 25, 2023
AgentKB:
So, what value does your writeup provide order than your hope that it would be read by people who have the potential to ask you stupid questions? And that hope is clearly written in uppercase to show its the most important part of the text.


The Internet has given us all a voice to be heard.

If you can't lead, you get involved.

You're part of the system, you just don't keep quiet.

Words are powerful- whether written or oral.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by pacespot(m): 12:18pm On May 25, 2023
HardMirror:
I will keep this short and no one should send me any message.

So last year I decided to revisit freelancing because I am a gifted writer and been writing for many years so why not use it to make money?

So I registered on a freelancing site and the journey began.

Making money is never the problem if you are a freelancer, the problem is how much time can you give to the job.
The job was just too much that i had to employ many nairalanders to work for me.
At a point I was earning $900 per week (i could earn much more than this but where is the time to do more work?) but the work was just too much. So much that i moved to an hotel for several months just so that i can focus and have the hotel staff attend to all my needs so I dont have to do any work except my writing job.

This is a job that would make you want to go mad. You will work mornimg and night as if you have no life. Forget social life, all you will be after is to meet deadlines.

People will think you are a yahoo boy because you dont go to an office and you are always on your laptop. They also see that you dont have problem with money. To make it worse you are always going to bank to collect dollars and take to aboki.

I shake my head when i see nigerians complaining that there is no work. There is work but most people cannot work. That is just the truth.

If you know you can make these sacrifices then you should consider freelancing so far you have the skills for the jobs you want to apply for.


Which freelancing sites are you using please, and how do you set up your page on the site to get so many gigs?

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by tsmith(f): 12:19pm On May 25, 2023
MissOpe:
Be thankful that you're a skilled writer...
Some want to write but have no skills, some have writing skills but they don't even know how to earn from it...

That said, is writing a skill someone can develop or it's a natural gift to those who have it?

Good question. All skills can be learned and developed. Some people can have an adept natural ability whilst others have to develop skills through training and practice.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by nihinlade(m): 12:20pm On May 25, 2023
This is the absolute truth.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by hssd8nland: 12:22pm On May 25, 2023
HardMirror:
I will keep this short and no one should send me any message.

So last year I decided to revisit freelancing because I am a gifted writer and been writing for many years so why not use it to make money?

So I registered on a freelancing site and the journey began.

Making money is never the problem if you are a freelancer, the problem is how much time can you give to the job.
The job was just too much that i had to employ many nairalanders to work for me.
At a point I was earning $900 per week (i could earn much more than this but where is the time to do more work?) but the work was just too much. So much that i moved to an hotel for several months just so that i can focus and have the hotel staff attend to all my needs so I dont have to do any work except my writing job.

This is a job that would make you want to go mad. You will work mornimg and night as if you have no life. Forget social life, all you will be after is to meet deadlines.

People will think you are a yahoo boy because you dont go to an office and you are always on your laptop. They also see that you dont have problem with money. To make it worse you are always going to bank to collect dollars and take to aboki.

I shake my head when i see nigerians complaining that there is no work. There is work but most people cannot work. That is just the truth.

If you know you can make these sacrifices then you should consider freelancing so far you have the skills for the jobs you want to apply for.

Clearly you are an extrovert i dont think intriverts have issue with the life style

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by GuduFriday: 12:23pm On May 25, 2023
[quote author=HardMirror post=123340383]I will keep this short and no one should send me any message.

So last year I decided to revisit freelancing because I am a gifted writer and been writing for many years so why not use it to make money?

So I registered on a freelancing site and the journey began.

Making money is never the problem if you are a freelancer, the problem is how much time can you give to the job.
The job was just too much that i had to employ many nairalanders to work for me.
At a point I was earning $900 per week (i could earn much more than this but where is the time to do more work?) but the work was just too much. So much that i moved to an hotel for several months just so that i can focus and have the hotel staff attend to all my needs so I dont have to do any work except my writing job.

This is a job that would make you want to go mad. You will work mornimg and night as if you have no life. Forget social life, all you will be after is to meet deadlines.

People will think you are a yahoo boy because you dont go to an office and you are always on your laptop. They also see that you dont have problem with money. To make it worse you are always going to bank to collect dollars and take to aboki.

I shake my head when i see nigerians complaining that there is no work. There is work but most people cannot work. That is just the truth.

If you know you can make these sacrifices then you should consider freelancing so far you have the skills for the jobs you want to apply for.
Help me out, how can I register, I have been trying since, u can reach me on 08096861830, thanks
Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by Timblogga: 12:24pm On May 25, 2023
HardMirror:
I will keep this short and no one should send me any message.

So last year I decided to revisit freelancing because I am a gifted writer and been writing for many years so why not use it to make money?

So I registered on a freelancing site and the journey began.

Making money is never the problem if you are a freelancer, the problem is how much time can you give to the job.
The job was just too much that i had to employ many nairalanders to work for me.
At a point I was earning $900 per week (i could earn much more than this but where is the time to do more work?) but the work was just too much. So much that i moved to an hotel for several months just so that i can focus and have the hotel staff attend to all my needs so I dont have to do any work except my writing job.

This is a job that would make you want to go mad. You will work mornimg and night as if you have no life. Forget social life, all you will be after is to meet deadlines.

People will think you are a yahoo boy because you dont go to an office and you are always on your laptop. They also see that you dont have problem with money. To make it worse you are always going to bank to collect dollars and take to aboki.

I shake my head when i see nigerians complaining that there is no work. There is work but most people cannot work. That is just the truth.

If you know you can make these sacrifices then you should consider freelancing so far you have the skills for the jobs you want to apply for.

mention the name of the freelancing site or hold your peace.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by PROPEACE: 12:26pm On May 25, 2023
emperor4love:
What ur niche and freelance platform
I assure you, he won't reply you. This is just a useless post!

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by JetStar: 12:28pm On May 25, 2023
HardMirror:
I will keep this short and no one should send me any message.

So last year I decided to revisit freelancing because I am a gifted writer and been writing for many years so why not use it to make money?

So I registered on a freelancing site and the journey began.

Making money is never the problem if you are a freelancer, the problem is how much time can you give to the job.
The job was just too much that i had to employ many nairalanders to work for me.
At a point I was earning $900 per week (i could earn much more than this but where is the time to do more work?) but the work was just too much. So much that i moved to an hotel for several months just so that i can focus and have the hotel staff attend to all my needs so I dont have to do any work except my writing job.

This is a job that would make you want to go mad. You will work mornimg and night as if you have no life. Forget social life, all you will be after is to meet deadlines.

People will think you are a yahoo boy because you dont go to an office and you are always on your laptop. They also see that you dont have problem with money. To make it worse you are always going to bank to collect dollars and take to aboki.

I shake my head when i see nigerians complaining that there is no work. There is work but most people cannot work. That is just the truth.

If you know you can make these sacrifices then you should consider freelancing so far you have the skills for the jobs you want to apply for.


Freelancing has been very hard for me recently. I've not had job since 6 months and I'm doing coding.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by Jeffyblaq(m): 12:30pm On May 25, 2023
When it's bad at home, it's actually worse out there..

Imagine a lady I just met online,with lovely commentary she gat for me.. Like dude I like u already..u cool👌

Where are you from? For the first time I sounded truthful to a lady, I told her dat I'm a Nigerian.

Oops.. So Sorry handsome I'm gonna block you. 😔

Like WTF 😡

THE HATRED FOR THIS CONTRAPTION IS DAMN TOO DEEP☹️

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by emynike2001(m): 12:31pm On May 25, 2023
Maysdevices:
Will he advertise a course or will he ask for some cash in other to give you information about how he makes such money freelancing in Nigeria?


I’m patiently waiting to see which.



Seriously, that also what am waiting to see. A good number of them have false claims at the end they will collect offerings lol..

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by Bluntemperor: 12:33pm On May 25, 2023
MyExpression:
True.

I've discovered that HARDwork is the key so success.
You must push your productivity limit.
If you wanna be rich doing smart work, do your smart work the HARD way, by doing it continuously.
These rich/comfortable guys making money legitimately online, put in their 100 in the work.
They stay on the system almost all day long, to ball that kind of life.
There's no free money anywhere.
Wake up and push yourself to do more.
Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by emynike2001(m): 12:34pm On May 25, 2023
JetStar:


Freelancing has been very hard for me recently. I've not had job since 6 months and I'm doing coding.

Same reason I quit for a while.. Ask op now how he's getting his own clients, next thing he will lock up. Its either you subscribe to him or something that will make you pay him

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by AutoConsult: 12:40pm On May 25, 2023
This one na scammer. Ole

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by Greenscientist: 12:40pm On May 25, 2023
qtguru:


That's how I feel, I can't complain because of the mo ey, but you're working 24/7, even at the gym, I have to carry laptop and modem. Luckily I employed an intern from Nairaland and we've been working and sharing the profit.

But I've never really worked outside the house, does it work for you ?

If you need another nairalander.

I'm available.
Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by AutoConsult: 12:43pm On May 25, 2023
dmostcheerful:
With how pointless your write up is, I doubt you are truly a writer.
He's obviously not. He said it like it's that easy to even get clients on those sites. It's a newbie that'll fall for this shit. I can't even see traces of sophistication in his writing on here. Man's a fraudster.

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Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by isabi2lof: 12:47pm On May 25, 2023
So what's your point ?
Re: The Sad Lives Of Freelancers In Nigeria by dollynnn(f): 12:48pm On May 25, 2023
The OP ended up saying nothing

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