1) you should have started while you had a job. Because freelancing will be as slow as the side project you tried to start.
The same energy for sales, marketing and branding required for a startup, is the same for a freelancer.
2) You need to learn sales and marketing. Which are two different skills. Traffic --> lead gen --> lead handling --> sales.
The good news is that you do not need many clients. The bad news is they are new skills and will take time to get good at.
Like you, I went travelling, and Im now a freeelance programmer. But I built a business over the last decade where I learned these skills. So getting clients is just the same: sales and marketing.
By the way, upwork is a good way of practicing these skills. While it's a race to the bottom, getting responses and haveing sales convos is good practice.
1) you should have started while you had a job. Because freelancing will be as slow as the side project you tried to start.
The same energy for sales, marketing and branding required for a startup, is the same for a freelancer.
2) You need to learn sales and marketing. Which are two different skills. Traffic --> lead gen --> lead handling --> sales.
The good news is that you do not need many clients. The bad news is they are new skills and will take time to get good at.
Like you, I went travelling, and Im now a freeelance programmer. But I built a business over the last decade where I learned these skills. So getting clients is just the same: sales and marketing.
By the way, upwork is a good way of practicing these skills. While it's a race to the bottom, getting responses and haveing sales convos is good practice.