Antonio Carrasco – Web Designer and Social Media Consultant

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• Antonio Carrasco
• Web Designer and Social Media Consultant

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Antonio Carrasco

• Living and working where other people make
  holidays. Our freelancer of the week, Antonio
  Carrasco, comes from Andalucía, the land of
  flamenco, wine, strawberries and Pata Negra
  ham! Despite these temptations, Antonio Carrasco
  managed to build a successful freelancing
  business in Spain, working as a social media
  consultant and web designer (among others). No
  wonder when we look at his profile! As a computer
  engineer and master in Business Administration,
  the freelancer knows both sides of the coin.
  Lets meet the Spanish wonder weapon for social
  media projects Antonio Carrasco!

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Antonio Carrasco

• 1) First off, can you tell us a bit about
  yourself?
• My name is Antonio Carrasco, I'm from a small
  town in Huelva, in southwestern Spain. I am
  Computer Engineer, Technology Consultant and
  Masters in Business Administration. I have a
  stable job where I advise public and private
  companies and associations on social innovation,
  social media strategies, web pages and
  e-commerce. I started freelancing when these
  companies began to demand more personal and
  professional dedication to their projects, since
  2010.

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• 2) If you would search for your profile on
  Google, which are the three keywords you would
  type in the search bar?
• Social Media, E-commerce, -Low (Not lowcost, not
  lowquality, not lowfunny)

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• 3) What was your inspiration and when did you
  actually decide to become a freelancer?
• Although I have been fortunate to avoid losing
  work with the global economic crisis, I have
  another open eye and have chosen to diversify
  risk, so currently developing a portfolio of
  clients personally and e-commerce projects, one
  about wines and other about aeronautics.

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• 4) What kind of services have your clients asked
  you to provide?
• Managing social media, content creation, web
  management, wordpress, e-commerce consulting.

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• 5) Do you use other freelancers or companies to
  provide skills that you dont possess?
• Currently no, because I've never tried to obtain
  a job that I did not have full knowledge of, but
  do not rule out to make use of other freelancers
  in the future. Sometimes I used my wife's
  knowledge in tourism to outline social media
  strategies.

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• 6) Now tell us, how do you find new clients that
  are interested in your services?
• So far, I personally am currently testing various
  job portals as a freelancer because I need to
  work on higher-level projects to increase my
  knowledge.

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• 7) What about freelancermap.com? Can you tell us
  a little bit about your experience with our
  IT-network?
• The truth is that the quality of the projects and
  work that are offered are amazing. I hope to make
  several serious proposals and get my first
  long-term project by the end of the year.

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• 8) How do you set yourself apart from your
  competitors? What makes you special?
• The difference is that I have been advising
  companies for years and, last year, I completed a
  Master's degree in Administration and Management,
  so besides knowing the technology, I know well
  the operation of business and the place of
  information technologies in them.

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• 9) What are the top three books, blogs or
  magazines you read to stay up to date in the
  IT-market?
• I use Feedly as blog reader, so I have several
  blogs of IT-market, Entrepeneurship, Enterprises,
  Innovation, I'm subscribed to Emprendedores
  magazine as well.

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• 10) Freestyle! Is there anything you would like
  to tell our readers?
• Because of my situation and my language, maybe
  some enterprises could find me to import or
  export products or managing your company
  internationalization (business or customer
  assistant). Also, I live in Andalucía, near
  Seville and Huelva beaches, land of Flamenco,
  Wine, Strawberries, Pata Negra Ham and White
  prawns. If you ever do business together, you
  may have the obligation opportunity to visit the
  place where I live and try their delicacies.

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