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today we're going to be talking about
how to hire great freelancers on
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so let's talk about staffing your job
servicing company
because the team you put together is
going to be the foundation
of your successful job servicing
business it's really your team who's
going to be doing the work
to deliver the service you're providing
to your clients so
it's really important whether it's
animated videos copywriting
web design or youtube ads for e-commerce
if your team of freelancers that will be
creating a great final product
for your customers knows what they're
doing then you need to make sure they're
the right people so
how do you even get started hiring
freelancers it's a great question and
one i get asked a lot from people just
starting out so
what you want to know first is that
there are a bunch of platforms that you
can use to hire freelancers
check them all out and understand what's
out there if you need it
realistically though upwork is probably
where you're going to get the
most best and successful hiring
processes down
it's big and has a lot of talent your
drop servicing business will need
now let's say you've just landed your
first client from one of your cold email
campaigns
now what well you've actually got to
deliver the service right so
today we're going to go into the eight
tips that will help you
find and hire the right freelancers so
you can keep clients happy
and coming back to you every single time
so my first tip
is to go for freelancers that have a
high job success store
every upwork freelance eventually gets a
job success score
otherwise known as jss for short the
score is out of 100
freelancers that maintain over 90 jss
for 16 weeks in a row
are given top-rated status which
basically means that they've proven
themselves to you or their customers
with great work consistently and that's
important right
when you're hiring freelancers ideally
you want the talent that's got a
top-rated status
because you want the best you can afford
but when you're starting out at 95
and even 90 jss will likely get you the
job done
at a pretty decent quality hiring these
top freelancers
almost guarantees you're going to be
dealing with a professional that
actually knows what they're doing
and secondly it communicates it quickly
and effectively
and has a history of delivering great
services to their clients so
the second tip is to hire someone who
communicates
quickly and clearly because drop
servicing is all about fulfilling your
clients needs
with job done speed and efficiency you
need a freelancer who's going to reply
quickly
communicate clearly and just make life
easier for you so you can actually
deliver
excellent services to your paying
clients so what you don't want
is a freelancer who has inconsistent
communication can you imagine trying to
follow up with a freelancer about a
project
they're working on only to hear back a
day later or
finish the project delivery late and
just make excuses
that's just not going to cut it in your
drop servicing business so
hiring contractors and freelancers off
up work it's a great start in fact
you'll definitely want to start out
there but over time you're going to want
to lead a team
that works exclusively for you
potentially as an employee if they're
going to join your team full-time in the
future they're going to have to be clear
and reliable communicators right and my
third tip
is to hire a freelancer that's
affordable it goes without saying right
affordability of your freelancers is
going to make a big difference for your
drop service profits but
a high price tag on your freelancer
doesn't mean quality necessarily
by hiring freelancers in countries like
the philippines you're going to be able
to find affordable freelancers
that deliver great quality if you're
starting a drop servicing business
then my guess is you want to create a
profitable business right
so upwork has a search filter that lets
you search for freelancers
they charge a specific amount per hour
you can also hire freelancers on a fixed
price basis which
also works great it just depends on the
type of work so
what i reckon you do is work out your
budget and use the filters to help you
maintain that budget
one example i can give you from one of
my own drop servicing businesses
is actually being able to put together a
team of freelancers
to create an animated video that costs
300
all up to create right so guys 300
that's with a script writer video
animator and a voice actor
the best thing was this 300 video was
for a drop servicing client
who paid 2 000 to get the job done
that's a whopping eighty five percent
profit margin how good is that and
the sale you see on screen here four
thousand one hundred dollars only one
thousand dollars of that is cost
three thousand dollars profit or three
thousand one hundred dollars profit
pretty crazy right so
these are the types of sales that you
can get in your drop servicing business
and
if you find that over time a freelancer
is providing a lower quality than you
need or
just isn't receptive to feedback then
you can quickly replace them
this is better than hiring quickly and
then giving them tons of second chances
when they're clearly just in it for a
paycheck rather than helping you grow
and scale your business the fourth tip
is to write detailed job postings this
is just my personal preference but
maybe it's something you want to try if
you post detailed job listings
including a few hidden questions you're
going to quickly see
which freelancers really have attention
to detail
that your business needs one way you can
try this
is on upwork is to write something like
please include the word
blue dog at the top of your proposal
this way
you can actually test and see who pays
attention
when taking a freelancer's word on their
attention to detail
it's really simple and quick and
effective way to actually check your job
details have been read
so the fifth tip is to hire someone
who's open to feedback
if you want to be a boss you're going to
have to start thinking like a boss and
as a good boss you're going to have to
give feedback to your team
on what's working well and what's not
working well and at the end of the day
you're the one hiring and paying them
right so you've got to be respectful
but if a freelancer isn't doing
something correctly and they're not open
to changing their ways
well then it's the best to just move on
you know and hire a freelancer
who's actually open and receptive to
feedback sorry bosses
you don't get off the hook either in the
same way you should be open to feedback
in some cases a freelancer you're hiring
for a very specific service
may well know more about the type of
thing so be
open to their feedback and
recommendations as well think of it as
using their skill and knowledge as a
learning opportunity
that you can take into your next
contract and tip number six
is to find someone who has earned money
on upwork
if they've earned one thousand dollars
that's fine if they've earned
ten thousand dollars plus then that's
ideal what you're doing here guys is
using their earnings as a measure
of how others have perceived their value
if others have spent over ten thousand
dollars with a freelancer
then they have a high jss with great
communication comments
then those are all good signs that
they're going to be a great addition to
your team
so the seventh tip is to find a
freelancer with the right skills
if you're hiring an ad specialist to
fulfill your client's need for youtube
ads
then you want to ensure you're hiring an
expert for the specific job
not say a generic advertising expert for
example
while there may be a freelancer that has
a lot of experience with facebook
ads or linkedin ads you'll want to find
the ideal match for your service and
make sure they have youtube ads
expertise in this example so
what do you look out for to make sure
you're hiring the right skills
time on the block is one thing how long
have they been doing this for
if they've been on the platform for a
while it could mean their skills are in
demand assuming they have a high jss and
earnings like i mentioned before
so secondly which freelancer is
marketing themselves as a specialist
and the exact service you require this
tells you they know what their skill set
is and can communicate it clearly
this makes your life so much easier and
one of the easiest ways of telling this
is just checking their portfolio most
creative types and freelancing will have
one
ask yourself if your client would be
impressed with the work and if it's a
yes then it's a good reason to go with
them right
so if you're creating articles for
example hire an expert writer
and an expert editor not just a writer
if you're making animated videos hire a
script writer a voice over actor and an
animation expert because hiring for
specific expertise
is really important at getting a quality
product so lastly my eighth tip
is to give freelancers tests a top
success score
testimonials previous work and
communication style can give you a lot
of good hints about what they'd be like
as part of your team but
nothing beats a paid test to really see
how they would fit into your business
everyone works differently and you'll
never know for sure
if it's going to work out until you put
them through your system
so get your systems in place and be
ready to explain how you produce and
deliver your service
and pay a prospective freelancer to
complete a sample piece of work
to see if they actually do a good job
and there we have it drop servicing team
my top eight tips for hiring freelancers
on upwork
as you can see there's a lot that goes
into good hiring and
upwork is a fantastic place to start
when you're trying to build
and grow your drop servicing business so
to keep things simple
go after freelancers that have good
testimonials high job success score
and declare and quick communicators and
do that and you'll be delivering
projects to happy clients and earning
good money in no time so
that's the video hopefully today you
learn something you can actually
implement in your business and once
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