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Thanks to the rapidly growing unemployment, almost everyone is beginning to embrace the idea of working for themselves. To some, all they need is good internet connection and a laptop and they can earn an honest living from anywhere regardless of an condition. Whatever field you chose to be self employed in, you need skills that can help you stand out.

So if you are thinking of starting your career as a freelancer/entrepreneur, here are 4 skills that are in high demand.

SEO MARKETING

Thanks to the internet, huge corporations and small businesses are building an online presence in other to gain a bigger audience for their products and services. Hence seo marketing is a big business. Most of these companies would rather hire a freelancer to handle their advertising than to hire a full time employee, this is because a freelancer is already a professional and ready to work immediately, unlike wasting time training a new employee. Also small business owners usually don't have the funds to pay a full time employee, so they'd rather go with a freelancer. Whatever the case maybe, it is a win win situation for you. So if you are good at offline marketing and sales, it is time to upgrade your skills using SEO marketing and increase your chances of getting jobs.

BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY

Business are being created on the block chain, also existing businesses are moving as well making this industry a hot cake for freelancers skilled in this Tech. The best part is that not only can you do anything on the block chain, the Tech is still growing and starting out now gives you an opportunity to ahead of your peers. So you can study and know how you can be relevant in the industry.

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

There is always someone looking to build a website for their business and most of them can't afford to go to agencies. So if you are skilled in this area, then chances are you'll be hired and if you are very good at what you do, you'll get lots of recommendations.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Word on the street says there are more jobs in this field than there are developers. This means that there are more demands than supplies which is a good thing for people skilled in this area. So being an expert means you'll have lots of project coming in especially now that businesses are adopting the block chain technology.

Of course freelancing is not easy starting out. Keep in mind that you'll need to have a financial support while starting out, just like any other business the cash doesn't always roll in at the beginning. But with consistency and persistence, you can be successful in the long run.

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