Week 01

Topic Completion Duration Ref.

Status 01:42:59 Material

1 - About Me: Who am I? 00:05:32 N/A

2 - About Me: How did I start freelancing? 00:08:37 N/A

3 - About Me: Why you should learn from me? 00:05:12 N/A

4 - About Me: What am I going to teach you? 00:06:49 N/A

5 - About Me: How can I be contacted? 00:04:14 N/A

6 - Introduction to Freelancing: What is 00:05:20 N/A

Freelancing?

7 - Introduction to Freelancing: Types of 00:06:35 PPTs

Freelance marketplaces

8 - Introduction to Freelancing: Major Freelance 00:06:29 N/A

Marketplaces

9 - Introduction to Freelancing: Why 00:05:38 PPTs

Freelancing?

10 - Introduction to Freelancing: Advantages of 00:07:05 PPTs

Freelancing

11 - Introduction to Freelancing: Disadvantages 00:06:05 PPTs

of Freelancing

12 - Introduction to Freelancing: What is the key 00:07:27 N/A

to success?

13 - Introduction to Freelancing: Freelancer vs 00:04:08 N/A

Office Worker
14 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): What skills do 00:05:54 N/A
you have?

15 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): Following your 00:04:56 N/A

passion - good or bad advice?

16 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): How to Have 00:07:33 N/A

Self-Discipline?

17 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): Define Your 00:05:25 N/A

Goals

  Week 02
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 01:52:15 Material

18 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): What skill 00:05:24 N/A

excites you?

19 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): How to learn a 00:06:28 N/A

new skill?

20 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): The importance 00:07:09 N/A

of YouTube for Freelance, free learning

21 - Choose Your Craft (Skills): How to Practice 00:05:29 N/A

your skill?

22 - What Will I Learn?: Avoid all Freelancing 00:10:02 N/A

Career mistakes

23 - What Will I Learn?: Learn how to win your 00:06:16 N/A

Client's trust

24 - What Will I Learn?: How to set high hourly 00:06:32 N/A

rates in Freelance Profile?
25 - What Will I Learn?: Charge more to your 00:07:43 N/A
Freelance clients

26 - What Will I Learn?: How to trick the 00:08:30 N/A

Freelance system if you are stuck?

27 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: Level 00:05:03 N/A

of Skill

28 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: 00:06:42 N/A

Communication Skills

29 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: Speed 00:07:35 N/A

of response

30 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: 00:08:28 N/A

Professional Behavior

31 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: 00:04:31 N/A

Presenting your work

32 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: 00:05:31 N/A

Defining Project deliverables

33 - What sets you apart as a Freelancer?: Top In 00:08:14 N/A

Demand Skills in 2018

34 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer 00:02:38 N/A

face: Which project should I take?

  Week 03 (Quiz)
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 01:51:06 Material

35 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer face: 00:07:00 N/A

Pricing yourself
36 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer face: 00:07:34 N/A
Calculate hours

37 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer face: 00:05:07 N/A

How to manage time?

38 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer face: 00:06:48 N/A

Work life balance for Freelancers

39 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer face: 00:08:39 N/A

Freelancing Behaviour

40 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer face: 00:04:55 N/A

Setting project scope in the beginning

41 - Mistakes and Problems every Freelancer face: 00:04:55 N/A

Lack of client’s response

42 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: Freelance Job 00:06:53 N/A

Selection

43 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: Bidding on the 00:06:08 N/A

right project

44 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: Identifying fake 00:04:56 N/A

vs original project

45 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: Asking 00:06:04 N/A

questions

46 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: Importance of 00:07:33 N/A

professional response to the project

47 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: When to put a 00:04:17 N/A

premium bid?

48 - Freelance Job Hunting Skills: High priced 00:06:22 N/A

projects vs low priced projects
49 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Traditional 00:06:10 N/A
freelance marketplace and Nontraditional freelance
marketplace

50 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Upwork 00:09:14 N/A

51 - Types of freelance marketplaces: 00:08:31 N/A

Freelancer.com

  Week 04 (Exercise)
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 02:07:41 Material

52 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Fiverr.com 00:09:38 N/A

53 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Guru.com 00:07:47 N/A

54 - Types of freelance marketplaces: 00:08:26 N/A

PeoplePerHour

55 - Types of freelance marketplaces: Craigslist 00:08:05 N/A

56 - Types of freelance marketplaces: List of all 00:08:06 N/A

major freelance marketplaces and their reviews

57 - Signup and create a Freelance Profile: The 5 00:09:03 N/A

ingredients of creating an effective freelance
profile

58 - Signup and create a Freelance Profile: The 00:04:43 N/A

importance of profile picture

59 - Signup and create a Freelance Profile: The 00:08:03 N/A

importance of profile description

60 - Signup and create a Freelance Profile: The 00:09:36 N/A

importance of creating portfolio
61 - Signup and create a Freelance Profile: The 00:09:47 N/A
importance of creating profile video

62 - Signup and create a Freelance Profile: How to 00:05:40 N/A

create a portfolio as a beginner

63 - Signup and create a Freelance Profile: 00:05:33 N/A

Feedback and importance of feedback for profile
reputation

64 - Signup and create a Freelance Profile: 00:06:52 N/A

Creating attractive thumbnails and graphics for
your profile

65 - Setting your payment information: Reason for 00:08:36 N/A

populating your payment information

66 - Setting your payment information: 00:08:15 N/A

Registering your business with FBR

67 - Setting your payment information: Getting a 00:05:12 N/A

bank account

68 - Setting your payment information: Getting 00:04:19 N/A

IBAN, Swift code

  Week 05
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 01:58:26 Material

69 - Setting your payment information: Populating 00:06:26 N/A

bank wire information

70 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining 00:11:01 N/A

Fiverr): Introduction to Fiverr
71 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining 00:10:08 N/A
Fiverr): Importance of creating a profile on Fiverr

72 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining 00:08:42 N/A

Fiverr): How to create a GIG?

73 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining 00:08:05 N/A

Fiverr): The importance of keywords

74 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining 00:07:06 N/A

Fiverr): The importance of Video for your Gigs

75 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining 00:06:40 N/A

Fiverr): Extra offer (time constraint) to get more
money

76 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining 00:06:00 N/A

Fiverr): The importance of meeting timelines
(deliverables)

77 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining 00:06:47 N/A

Fiverr): The importance of requesting employer for
honest feedback

78 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining 00:08:07 N/A

Fiverr): How to promote your GIG on Fiverr?

79 - How to Find Work on Fiverr (Defining 00:05:45 N/A

Fiverr): The importance of multiple Gigs

80 - How to find Work on Traditional 00:04:22 N/A

marketplaces (Guru, upwork, freelancer.com):
Identifying the project

81 - How to find Work on Traditional 00:06:15 N/A

marketplaces (Guru, upwork, freelancer.com):
Importance of understanding client’s brief

82 - How to find Work on Traditional 00:06:27 N/A

marketplaces (Guru, upwork, freelancer.com):
Summarizing client’s brief
83 - How to find Work on Traditional 00:06:16 N/A
marketplaces (Guru, upwork, freelancer.com): The
7 parts of effective bidding

84 - 1- The Beginning of bid response 00:06:13 N/A

85 - 2- Client’s project summary 00:04:06 N/A

  Week 06 (Quiz)
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 02:02:05 Material

86 - 3- Introducing yourself (skill, industry and 00:07:06 N/A

experience)

87 - 4- Presenting Portfolio 00:06:53 N/A

88 - 5- Magic trick up your sleeves (surprise) 00:05:23 N/A

89 - i. Free Mock-up 00:06:43 N/A

90 - ii. Asking a Question 00:07:09 N/A

91 - iii. Co-relating with similar work done in the 00:06:44 N/A

past

92 - iv. Special offer 00:05:59 N/A

93 - 6- Video creation 00:10:46 N/A

94 - 7- Closing of the bid 00:06:36 N/A

95 - Upwork, Guru and Freelancer policies: 00:08:04 N/A

Policies of Freelancing Marketplaces
96 - Upwork, Guru and Freelancer policies: What 00:08:32 N/A
gets your profile banned?

97 - Upwork, Guru and Freelancer policies: How 00:07:06 N/A

to get your profile unbanned?

98 - Effective time for bidding: What is the best 00:08:17 N/A

time to bid on a project?

99 - Effective time for bidding: How soon a 00:03:25 N/A

response should be submitted?

100 - Effective time for bidding: Importance of 00:05:35 N/A

using smartphone for PMB (quick response)

101 - Samples of effective bidding: Sample A 00:08:16 N/A

102 - Samples of effective bidding: Sample B 00:09:31 N/A

  Week 07
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 01:48:01 Material

103 - Samples of effective bidding: Sample C 00:09:28 N/A

104 - Importance of PMB: How to craft a response 00:08:35 N/A

for employer’s message?

105 - Importance of PMB: How soon a reply 00:05:45 N/A

should be submitted?

106 - Importance of PMB: Free offer in the 00:03:56 N/A

response

107 - Importance of PMB: Detailing contact 00:06:31 N/A

information
108 - Importance of PMB: Encouraging an 00:06:01 N/A
interview time setup

109 - Importance of PMB: Importance of Video 00:05:25 N/A

110 - Importance of PMB: Why message storage 00:06:29 N/A

in PMB is important?

111 - Steps for project Award: The first response 00:07:09 N/A

112 - Steps for project Award: Setting up a 00:05:27 N/A

payment proposal

113 - Steps for project Award: Requesting Escrow 00:04:30 N/A

114 - Steps for project Award: Defining 00:06:02 N/A

milestones

115 - Business Side of Freelancing: How much 00:07:02 N/A

money can you make?

116 - Business Side of Freelancing: How much 00:06:40 N/A

can you charge?

117 - Business Side of Freelancing: How and 00:04:18 N/A

when to withdraw money from freelance
marketplace?

118 - Business Side of Freelancing: Why you 00:08:40 N/A

should refer all your clients to freelance
marketplace?

119 - Business Side of Freelancing: Importance of 00:06:03 N/A

profile reputation
  Week 08 (Quiz)
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 01:50:16 Material

120 - Business Side of Freelancing: Making a 00:03:11 N/A

Tagline for business reputation based on your
profile

121 - Importance of creating a brand: Importance 00:07:11 N/A

of Creating your business logo (your brand)

122 - Importance of creating a brand: Importance 00:06:47 N/A

of creating your website

123 - Importance of creating a brand: How to 00:07:12 N/A

create a free website?

124 - Importance of creating a brand: How to get 00:07:20 N/A

hosting and a domain name for very low cost?

125 - Importance of creating a brand: Importance 00:06:23 N/A

of creating a PDF profile

126 - Importance of creating a brand: Importance 00:07:14 N/A

of creating Facebook page

127 - Importance of creating a brand: Importance 00:07:29 N/A

of creating business card and stationery (actual and
digital)

128 - Use of Social media to promote your 00:05:55 N/A

Freelance profile: The business side of social
media

129 - Use of Social media to promote your 00:03:46 N/A

Freelance profile: How to use Facebook for profile
promotion?

130 - 1- The posts 00:07:41 N/A

131 - 2- The videos 00:08:42 N/A

132 - 3- Live sessions 00:05:53 N/A

133 - 4- Off-topic quotes 00:06:00 N/A

134 - Use of Social media to promote your 00:04:22 N/A

Freelance profile: The importance of LinkedIn

135 - Use of Social media to promote your 00:07:38 N/A

Freelance profile: Paid vs Free promotion

136 - Inspirational Story: Mudassir Malik (CEO 00:07:32 N/A

AppsGenii)

  Week 09 (Exercise)
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 01:40:26 Material

137 - Inspiration Story: Nazia Rasool (Business 00:06:27 N/A

Development AppsGenii)

138 - Inspiration Story: Hisham Sarwar (Making a 00:07:26 N/A

freelance career with no digital skill)

139 - 4 Cost-cutting habits every freelancer must 00:04:43 N/A

develop: Tracking

140 - 4 Cost-cutting habits every freelancer must 00:05:52 N/A

develop: Using cloud-based software

141 - 4 Cost-cutting habits every freelancer must 00:04:28 N/A

develop: Purchasing in bulk

142 - 4 Cost-cutting habits every freelancer must 00:04:57 N/A

develop: Saving on utility expenses
143 - Outsourcing: What is outsourcing? 00:06:19 N/A

144 - Outsourcing: When to think about 00:05:38 N/A

outsourcing?

145 - Outsourcing: Using software to keep the 00:05:48 N/A

check on progress

146 - Outsourcing: Payment milestones 00:04:27 N/A

147 - Outsourcing: Importance of networking 00:05:47 N/A

with your outsourced team

148 - When to hire an in-house team member?: 00:03:55 N/A

The right time to hire a resource

149 - When to hire an in-house team member?: 00:07:32 N/A

The appropriate talent hunt

150 - When to hire an in-house team member?: 00:06:55 N/A

Website to hire talent for your work

151 - When to hire an in-house team member?: 00:06:47 N/A

How to grow your work and team?

152 - The Pros of being a freelancer: 00:07:38 N/A

Compensation

153 - The Pros of being a freelancer: Work life 00:05:47 N/A

balance

  Week 10
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 01:37:29 Material

154 - The Pros of being a freelancer: Location 00:03:25 N/A

155 - The Pros of being a freelancer: Optimism 00:07:26 N/A

156 - The Pros of being a freelancer: Recession 00:05:16 N/A

Proof

157 - The Pros of being a freelancer: 00:05:15 N/A

Entrepreneurs of the future

158 - Cons of freelancing: Pessimism 00:04:33 N/A

159 - Cons of freelancing: Profession of 00:07:07 N/A

freelancing may not prove to be a veritable
paradise

160 - Cons of freelancing: Low productivity 00:05:06 N/A

161 - Cons of freelancing: Better Reward 00:07:52 N/A

162 - Cons of freelancing: No health security 00:05:01 N/A

163 - Cons of freelancing: Stability 00:06:31 N/A

164 - Cons of freelancing: Effected by economic 00:05:06 N/A

ups and downs

165 - 6 Lesser Known But Equally Powerful 00:05:14 N/A

Freelance Websites: 99designs

166 - 6 Lesser Known But Equally Powerful 00:04:52 N/A

Freelance Websites: Peopleperhour

167 - 6 Lesser Known But Equally Powerful 00:04:41 N/A

Freelance Websites: iFreelance

168 - 6 Lesser Known But Equally Powerful 00:07:58 N/A

Freelance Websites: Freelance Writing Gigs

169 - 6 Lesser Known But Equally Powerful 00:06:36 N/A

Freelance Websites: Toptal
170 - 6 Lesser Known But Equally Powerful 00:05:30 N/A
Freelance Websites: Simply Hired

  Week 11 (Quiz)
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 02:08:43 Material

171 - Managing Freelance marketplace dispute 00:05:59 N/A

with employer: What causes a dispute?

172 - Managing Freelance marketplace dispute 00:05:53 N/A

with employer: The importance of keeping track of
conversation

173 - Managing Freelance marketplace dispute 00:07:30 N/A

with employer: When to file a dispute?

174 - Managing Freelance marketplace dispute 00:06:13 N/A

with employer: When to get out of a dispute?

175 - Real Time bidding: A complete real time 00:12:23 N/A

case study bid for Graphic designer

176 - Real Time bidding: A complete real time 00:09:44 N/A

case study bid for Web developer

177 - Real Time bidding: A complete real time 00:09:20 N/A

case study bid for Creative writer

178 - Real Time bidding: A complete real time 00:08:45 N/A

case study bid for E-Commerce

179 - Real Time bidding: A complete real time 00:08:13 N/A

case study bid for AutoCAD

180 - Real Time bidding: A complete real time 00:05:59 N/A

case study bid for Administrative job
181 - What to do when bids don’t attract a 00:07:01 N/A
response?: How to manage disappointment?

182 - What to do when bids don’t attract a 00:07:13 N/A

response?: Think un-orthodox

183 - What to do when bids don’t attract a 00:06:18 N/A

response?: Go back to previous clients

184 - What to do when bids don’t attract a 00:04:34 N/A

response?: Give an amazing offer

185 - What to do when bids don’t attract a 00:07:03 N/A

response?: Check your bid time, PMB response

186 - How to win your first client as a freelancer?: 00:07:59 N/A

Self confidence

187 - How to win your first client as a freelancer?: 00:08:36 N/A

Mastering a skill and knowledge

  Week 12
Topic Completion Duration Ref.
Status 01:42:32 Material

188 - How to win your first client as a freelancer?: 00:11:51 N/A

The amazing formula of landing your first project

189 - Importance of using software for project 00:07:54 N/A

management: Why software?

190 - Importance of using software for project 00:04:30 N/A

management: What are the best software for
project management?
191 - Difference between a freelancer and a home- 00:08:15 N/A
based service business: The balanced, logical
differentiation

192 - Difference between a freelancer and a home- 00:06:20 N/A

based service business: Decide what you want to
offer

193 - Difference between a freelancer and a home- 00:05:49 N/A

based service business: The target market

194 - Difference between a freelancer and a home- 00:07:02 N/A

based service business: Reach out to your target
market

195 - Feedback and Client Retention: Why is a 00:06:39 N/A

project feedback important?

196 - Feedback and Client Retention: The 00:05:41 N/A

importance of client retention

197 - Feedback and Client Retention: How to 00:07:27 N/A

reach out to your existing clients?

198 - Importance of Taking tests and 00:06:48 N/A

certifications: Why is marketplace test important?

199 - Importance of Taking tests and 00:04:04 N/A

certifications: What are the advantages of
certifications?

200 - Conclusion: Emphasis on freelancing 00:05:10 N/A

201 - Conclusion: Your role in taking up 00:04:31 N/A

freelancing and improving Pakistan’s ranking

202 - Conclusion: Increase in foreign remittance 00:02:46 N/A

203 - Conclusion: Pakistan’s role in global IT 00:03:20 N/A

world
204 - Biggest Give Away: My book ‘How I made 00:04:25 N/A
One Million US$ doing Freelancing’