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the complete beginner’s guide to freelancing in 2025
I’ve made hundreds of thousands of dollars as a freelancer + worked with 40+ freelance clients.... and if I had to do it ALL over again from scratch, here’s the EXACT checklist I would follow to do that this year.
📝 Expert Review
Expert Review: The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Freelancing in 2025
In this video, Deya provides a very friendly and organized "game plan" for anyone wanting to start freelancing from scratch. She breaks the journey into levels, just like a video game, which makes the big goal of earning money feel much less scary [00:14]. Deya is an expert because she has worked with over 40 clients and made hundreds of thousands of dollars herself, so she knows exactly what works in the real world [00:00].
The video is great because it focuses on a "problem-solving" mindset. Deya explains that freelancing is simply about finding a business owner with a problem—like not having enough time—and fixing it for them [01:05]. She gives very practical advice for people with no experience, suggesting they start as an assistant to learn how a business works from the inside [02:04]. She also shares a "tagline formula" to help you explain what you do in a way that makes clients want to hire you immediately [07:04].
What makes this review feel human is Deya's honesty about starting small. She tells beginners to "start low" with their pricing to make it easy for a client to say yes [08:08]. She also talks about "soft skills," like being a good communicator and being organized, which she says are just as important as the actual work you do [18:11]. By the end of the video, you feel like you have a clear path from making your first $1 to earning $1,000 and beyond.
In this video, Deya provides a very friendly and organized "game plan" for anyone wanting to start freelancing from scratch. She breaks the journey into levels, just like a video game, which makes the big goal of earning money feel much less scary [00:14]. Deya is an expert because she has worked with over 40 clients and made hundreds of thousands of dollars herself, so she knows exactly what works in the real world [00:00].
The video is great because it focuses on a "problem-solving" mindset. Deya explains that freelancing is simply about finding a business owner with a problem—like not having enough time—and fixing it for them [01:05]. She gives very practical advice for people with no experience, suggesting they start as an assistant to learn how a business works from the inside [02:04]. She also shares a "tagline formula" to help you explain what you do in a way that makes clients want to hire you immediately [07:04].
What makes this review feel human is Deya's honesty about starting small. She tells beginners to "start low" with their pricing to make it easy for a client to say yes [08:08]. She also talks about "soft skills," like being a good communicator and being organized, which she says are just as important as the actual work you do [18:11]. By the end of the video, you feel like you have a clear path from making your first $1 to earning $1,000 and beyond.
✅ Pros
- • Uses a fun "level-up" system that makes the steps easy to follow [00:14].
- • Provides a free portfolio template so you don't have to build a website from scratch [10:52].
- • Teaches "ghost projects" so you can show work samples even if you have never had a client [10:16].
- • Includes a daily checklist of tasks to help you find your first job [14:41].
- • Gives great advice on "soft skills" that help you keep clients for a long time [18:05].
⚠️ Cons
- • The video is quite long, so you need to set aside over 20 minutes to watch it all.
- • Finding 20 to 30 people to pitch to every week can be very tiring for beginners [12:45].
- • She warns that you will probably get rejected many times before you get a "yes" [13:52].
- • Some of the "premium" clients she mentions are in paid groups that cost money to join [21:07].
- • It takes a lot of discipline to stick to the daily "quests" when you aren't making money yet [15:36].
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