is it possible for newbies to join you and learn a thing or 2? im interested to earn more actually

Nice job but tedious ones.....coz you data have to be accurate not manipulated

how do u seperate work and vacation since everyday also work can and everyday also vacation can

how many %

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desk report
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Thanks for sharing...

You do have an excellent command of the english language so i reckon that is extremely important in your line of work..

do you advertise your services on FB ?  Do you rely mainly on recommendations from clients and how much time do you spend
a day working?

have your client ever caught your lying about the data, or how do you ensure those data that you are referring to are correct?

Why are your replies so long?

How is your hourly rate like, and is there a cap for each project?

You should post in serious /k instead of here. A lot of retards infested the thread already.

Anyway, back to question, I'm doing freelancing as well. How do you record your transaction? Do you register SSM?

Since 2009, I have been making a living working from home writing market research reports. Ask me anything you like! Where possible, I'll try and edit this post later on to reflect my answers to good/popular questions. A few Q&A type questions to get the ball rolling.

WTF do you actually do?!
There are broadly two types of jobs that form the bulk of my work which depends on the types of client I get:
(i) Research agencies want high level reports, e.g. "Retailing in Malaysia 2018" or "Oil and Gas Malaysia 2018". This involves looking for a lot of information from the press, databases, etc. and compiling them into a report. The idea is that the reader will be able to get a high level view of what Retailing in Malaysia looked like in 2018 after a quick read through of the report.

(ii) End clients have more specific requirements. For instance, a client might have a business idea, e.g. "I want to set up a cafe on the 1st floor in Cheras" and then I would might do some of the ground work to help the client decide if they want to take the idea further or not. I also get foreign clients who want to bring a product into Malaysia and want to know what the market is like, e.g. "What is the market for Korean strawberries like in the Klang Valley?" Again, it is about presenting the information to them to help them decide whether to take it further.

Are the hours flexible?
Absolutely. This is one of the pros of this line of work and exactly why I got into this gig in the first place. My clients generally do not care if I put x number of hours into their project per day, or that I must be at the desk from 9-5. What they would like to see is updates every 1-2 weeks and progress towards the end deliverable.

Do I need to learn any special software to do this work?
In some cases, software helps to speed the work up but it is not necessary. For a freelancer, speed is everything (obviously the quality must be there). Faster writing means more revenue per hour. Excel skills are a must because you will end up doing quite a bit of number crunching. I have used SPSS in the past to do a lot of bulk statistical calculations but I can count the number of projects where I have needed to use SPSS on the fingers of one hand.

Most important /k question: can make 20k?
It is possible but you have to be able to work fast and work a lot. When I started this line of work, I couldn't even come close. But as I became familiar with the tools of the trade, and with what readers and editors are looking for, earnings went up. I could probably have hit the 20k per month mark but this has always been a side gig for me so I've not put in enough hours to regularly make a 20k/month income. For someone who wants to do this more diligently, it is completely possible.

Market research reports? Are you by any chance under a bank's or IB's payroll? I thought the banks already have their whole research teams to do this.

but can u advise the hidden cafe owner on how to properly manage a cafe business?

So you're the one that writing economic doomsday recession year this n that ?

so u only summarize n visualize existing (secondary )data that fits ur client needs?

do u conduct interview or distribute surveys to collect primary data?
if yes how are u gonna do for the huge amount on ur own?

do u provide insights from these or just visualization n reporting ?