as of 2021 there are over 163 million registered accounts across all freelancing platforms crazy
numbers i know but how do we actually compete on freelance platforms today i have tried
and perfected strategies to actually make serious money on freelance platforms so let's
get right into it today guys the important thing to competing these days on freelance platforms is
to stand out easier said than done right but let's take a look at what actually means what it looks
like in real life now we're looking at fiverr here and we're browsing the logo design freelancers
notice here how this person is advertising a modern and minimal logo that's quite a niche
type of logo then moving down even further somebody is selling a logo aimed at djs you
can't really get more niche than that to be honest and look at the number of sales they have over 1k
the trick is to find a niche within a niche and then kind of market your skills in a very unique
way within that kind of new sector it's one thing being an illustrator that's a skill but
being a top manga or anime star illustrator is a mastery that is highly highly niche
also consider the thumbnail of your projects that they should stand out to the profile picture on
your accounts and the title of your projects especially they all need to be niche and they
all need to stand out and here's a quick bonus tip about your profile wherever possible on these
freelancers and platforms try and attach a short video about yourself and your work
this adds that kind of human element that makes you more relatable to potential clients try and
style this video to your profile and your branding too okay so you need to be niche and you need to
stand out great but what about some of the more technical tips that few people actually know about
and implement into their freelancing strategy now into your strategy you need to work in custom
proposals if your proposal is a template and it's cold then it's easily gonna just be seen as that
cold and unoriginal the potential clients will probably most likely be able to detect what it
is right from the right style when reading a job posting see what the client wants and what
phrases the potential client uses you then use this information to create a custom proposal
something tailored to the customers needs and the problems they need solving they're going
to be 100 more effective than your cold kind of standard template now you might notice that on
some freelance websites it shows you how long it typically takes for a freelancer to respond to a
message this is one very crucial a bit of data i'm somebody who hires people on freelance platforms
on a regular basis and i often use this to gauge whether or not a person is even worth contacting
in the first place because firstly my time is precious and secondly it shows how professional
and available they actually are there are two main choices when it comes to actually finding work
on freelance platforms as a graphic designer one you reply to potential clients posting their jobs
or two they contact you via specific projects that you have ready to go i actually suggest
you do both but looking at the second choice for a moment how can we actually leverage this
into our strategy on people per hour they used to call these hourlies but they're now called offers
on upwork they're called projects the thing with these is that they appeal to the type of client
who just wants to look around people's profile and then just buy a service right away but here's the
key secret to gaining money and those clients when it comes to using these make sure the
title is appealing that it stands out and that it appeals to the niche skill where you seem
like a master at that thing looking back at this dude right here he's doing things right check out
these titles i mean an unmatched project attention worthy project achieve project designing heights
he's really selling and marketing his offers to potential clients knowing what they want to read
and also what to buy the next crucial thing that i actually look at is their star rating like i said
i personally hire people on freelance platforms every single week and that's for video editing
coding and other things the first thing i look at is their star rating you should always aim to do
your best job and if you do finish a project ask the client for a review it is one of the
most important things on a freelance platform and actually it gives potential clients a very quick
way to digest how reliable and how skillful you actually are also if you do supply a great service
then you will be likely hired by that person over and over again probably one of the most important
things about freelance platforms so the next thing on your list of goals when it comes to freelancing
should be gaining those badges each freelance website has a different badge system but whatever
the system is read up on how to get the badges and then work towards it like your life depends on it
having those badges next to your account will install so much confidence in potential clients
let me present to you a very important choice now you can either be like 99 of other freelancers and
see saturation and competition as a way to become even more isolated or you can choose to become
more social make friends with the enemy it sounds pretty crazy i know but just hear me out the hard
truth that very few people understand is that the more you work with or interact with the people
who you see as competition the more you will win networking opens up doors and opportunities that
not only were closed beforehand but which you didn't even know existed in the first place some
people have access to sectors of business industry that you could only dream of and trust me on this
is really really important so try and get busy on the social side of this freelancing platforms
and make real connections so with everything you've spoken about in mind you need to set
up various different freelance accounts across multiple different platforms and then market them
on social media remember to make your bio and account look and feel unique it should also look
professional and appealing to specific client types use buzzwords that they will want to hear
and use a style of branding they want to see and if you want to see more great graphic design
content just click the video on screen and until next time guys design your future today peace