If you want to start freelancing but don’t feel like fighting with a million other beginners doing the same exact thing… good news: here I mentioned som low-competition freelance skills that aren’t overcrowded and don’t take months to learn. Here are three of the easiest ones to break into, even if you’re starting from zero.
1. Notion Workspace Setup
A lot of people use Notion, but only a tiny portion actually know how to organize it properly. Businesses, content creators, and small teams constantly ask for help because their workspace gets messy fast.
You don’t need to become a “notion guru.” In a month, you can learn how to build:
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Slick dashboards
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Simple CRMs
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Content calendars
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Team knowledge bases
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Automations with Zapier or Make
Most freelancers charge anywhere from $150 to $600 for a full setup. Beginners often start with small things like building a content planner or making a custom client dashboard. It’s very learnable and not nearly as competitive as generic admin work.
2. Podcast Show Notes & Timestamp Writing
This one is extremely underrated. Podcast hosts love recording; they rarely love writing the descriptions. And because it’s a niche skill, you’re not competing with thousands of people like you would with copywriting.
What you’d be doing:
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Summarizing each episode
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Creating timestamps
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Pulling out key quotes
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Writing the YouTube/Spotify description
You can pick this up within a few weeks, and people pay $25–$100 per episode, depending on length and quality. Once you get a couple of clients, it becomes very steady work.
3. Airtable Setup + Simple Automations
Airtable looks intimidating at first, but the basics are simple. And the people who need help with it usually aren’t techy at all, so even basic setups are valuable.
Within 30 days, you can learn how to build:
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Small databases
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Linked tables
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Forms
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Automated workflows (like sending emails or updating statuses)
Freelancers charge anywhere from $200 to $800 per project. It’s one of those skills that sounds more “advanced” than it actually is, which makes it easier to stand out.