Freelancing - A personal experience

FREELANCING - A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

by Rama Chakaki twitter - @rchakaki

Dec 14 2016

In collaboration with:

MY BACKGROUND..

Computer Engineer Engineering Management

Software Development

Telecom Data Center Management

FinTech Education

Trainer Developer Designer Consultant Advisor Entrepreneur

Mother of 2

ORGANIZATIONS I WORKED FOR…

Sensory Computing

CLIENTS I SERVED

STARTUPS I INVESTED IN..

Keybridge Corp.

Ocean World Productions

SINA SOLUTIONS

WHY I FREELANCED..

Creative Techie

Work-family balance

Entrepreneurial

#Learn4Life

WHAT I DID AS A FREELANCER..

Marketing Strategy

Branding

Fundraising

Business Planning

Media Training

Content Marketing

Social Media Management

Technical Ops Management

SAAS Implementation

Leadership Training

6 ESSENTIALS CUSTOMERS EXPECT FROM FREELANCERS ..

Discipline

1

Time Management

2

Consistent in service, pricing & process3

Clear Communication

4

Effective Project management5

Listen, advice, solve, thank

6

TAKE A DEEP BREATH!!!

WHAT MORE?

6 ESSENTIALS TO MANAGE YOUR BUSINESS..

7

marketing material

8

case studies Linked-in portfolio

9

your freelance toolkit

10

your freelance sites 11

give and take12

WHAT YOU MUST AVOID…

1.Assume

2.Over promise

3.Negative language

4.Poor english

5.Late reply to customers

6.Impatience

LEARN DAILY!!

TedTalks

BigThink

TopDocumentaryFilms.com

Feedly & Flipboard

SOCIAL PUBLISHING PROGRAM JANUARY 14 - MARCH 31

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Social Publishing Platform design, implementation, content creation, dissemination

• Online Journalism (Video, Audio, Photography for the web) • Startup business strategy, launch, operations, sales • Team collaboration, leadership and delegation skills • Presentation Skills • Social media engagement - beyond friends’ lists • Digital Advertising • Content Marketing

MEDIA INDUSTRY SPEAKERS

PROGRAM STATS - ENGAGEMENT

• 80 participants - 2016

• 10 Guest speakers

• Radio and Tv interviews 7

• 21 Internships

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