Ismail Kamdar – How long should I spend testing a new idea_

			Now that you have your idea for your freelance business, the next step is to test it out and out,
suggest testing it out for six months. So what this means is, whatever job you're doing right now,
stick with it. But in your spare time, try and take on one or two projects in this field for six
months and see if you can become sustainable. So what you're going to do is you're going to
advertise online or in person, whatever your network is, and try and find two clients, just two
clients, charging a modest price. And work on that. And when that is done, do the next project and
see if you're able to have enough clients to sustain it for for six months, and to see how much
		

			they're willing to pay you. And if you're able to manage the work. So during this period, you're
going to be testing out a few things. Number one, you're going to test if there's a demand in the
market, are people actually looking for someone with your freelance skill. And one of the ways that
you notice the demand in the market is if you have to say no to people. So for example, you are
working on two projects, and three or four other people contact you asking you if you can work with
them as well, then this means that people are really looking for someone in this field, this is a
field where there is a lot of demand for freelance work. So that's a good thing. The second thing
		

			you want to look at during this test period is how much people are willing to pay, right? Because
you want this to be a profitable business for you. You don't want to be get paid peanuts, and really
		

			the online freelance world, there's a lot of people who are willing to work for next to nothing,
they're willing to work for much less than you are. So so why would people hire you over them? Well,
the quality of the work needs to stand out, you need to have a reputation of doing better work than
the cheaper people so that the companies that want quality work, they will be willing to pay extra
for it. Right? So you have to experiment with what prices you're going to have to see what price
people are willing to pay, how much they're willing to pay. And you know, what's the limit to that,
and from there, you can decide on the prices for your actual business. The third thing you're going
		

			to want to experiment with in this six months is what kind of projects you can take on. So for
example, when I first started freelancing, I did experiment with translation and translation work
for three months, and I did not enjoy it. So when I actually launched the business, I did not
include translation services in the business. So this
		

			trial period of experimentation gives you a chance to see what you're going to do, what you're not
going to do, what's going to work, what's not going to work. And this can help you to decide what
you're actually going to do. So really, during this period, you're going to figure out, can I do
this work? Is there demand for it? What are people willing to pay for it? What do I What do I want
to do in this field? What are the limits of what I want to do in this field? What kind of people do
I want to work with? Also, you can use this PDF to start building your first portfolio. So wherever
you work for in this period, you can write them down as clients you've worked for in the past, get
		

			reviews on them, get testimonials from get get referrals from them. So this becomes the basis of
your business. So when you launch it, you're not launching it as someone inexperienced. But as
someone who already has experience in this field. So during this time, you might not have a website,
you might not have a public display of the fact that you're a freelancer. But privately, you contact
a few people, you'll get a few projects, you'll get started. And this will become the platform on
which you will build the business once it launches. So again, remember, you're looking for what four
things during this trial period? Can I do this work? What am I willing to do in this field? How much
		

			can I get paid? And finally, is there a demand for it? And if all of these things check out, you now
have found a field worth going into and you can now set up your freelance business