Hey what's going on everyone, Paul here with Profitable Freelancer, and in today's video I want
to go into a topic that is very highly requested and it is how you can get Top Rated on Upwork.
And more importantly, how you can get top rated in the quickest amount of time possible. Now when
i started out on Upwork I didn't really know all of the different badge systems they had
and I didn't know how much of an effect getting top rated would have on my overall success.
But if we jump into it right here you can see that throughout my time on the platform i've been able
to secure a job success score of 100%. So this is the first kind of part you need to understand
that relates to the top rated badge, it's the percentage of the freelance jobs you work on
that resulted in a great client experience, and if you look at my completed jobs you can see that
for the most part every single client gives me a five-star review and they
also leave an in-depth testimonial. And that all contributes to having a good job success score,
now you can also see that I have worked on over 25 jobs on the platform, have over 350 hours worked,
have over forty thousand dollars in secured earnings, and these also contribute to that top
rated badge. So when you're just getting started out it can kind of seem out of reach when you look
at other freelancers that are already successful that already have reviews on the platform but just
understand that I started out just working on $30 projects one-time fees and I worked my way up to
the point where now I have a job in progress that is over nine thousand dollars that i started this
year in March. So as you can see there's so much potential when you start to separate yourself
from the competition and the best way to do that is by getting a top rated badge.
Now you may be asking yourself "okay that's great but how do I actually get it?" Well first let's
go into the different badges that Upwork has when you understand that they have a hierarchy system
that's going to help you understand when you can get that top rated badge. And actually they have
something what's called a rising talent badge and a rising talent badge highlights some of the best
new members in the Upwork marketplace and it's for freelancers who have a great potential based
on a strong background in their field and early success with Upwork clients. So rising talent
agencies and freelancers as well they have strong backgrounds in their industries and they were
started by top rated freelancers. In order to become a rising talent you need to have 100%
completed profile with signs of great experience prior to Upwork, positive
performance on Upwork including submitting high quality proposals and being selected for jobs
as well as complying with the terms of service. Now note these freelancers often don't have a full
work history on Upwork or a job success score yet but whenever you hire talent remember to evaluate
their credentials and discuss your project with them in detail. Now this is an awesome badge that
they introduced for anyone that's on the way to becoming top rated you can get what is called
rising talent and just like it says even before you have all of those reviews on the platform
and you don't have a job success score built yet you can still get this badge and that is
going to help you stand out from the competition as a freelancer to possibly hire for the clients
out there that are looking for freelancers. So that's the first badge to understand and when you
get that badge that doesn't mean you can't get all the other badges but that's a great start. Now if
you look in the benefits for talent the badge, it shows on your profile, you also get reduced fees
starting at 10 on featured jobs this is something not a lot of people know that you not only get the
benefit of standing out from the competition but you're also able to pay lower fees on certain jobs
you also get a one-time bonus of 30 free connect so you can submit more proposals that's what's
used to send their proposals out and you also get access to chat and ticket support from a
specialized customer support team. So if anything comes up you have direct line to Upwork to help
get that settled, so now that you understand the rising talent badge what you need to understand
is the top rated badge because that's why you probably clicked on this video and you want to
get top rated because of everything I laid out but in addition to that, whatever you do in life
you don't want to just go at it mediocre. You want to give it your all; you want to aim for the top
because even if you miss you're still going to end up at a much higher level
than if you were just scraping by or just doing the minimum, so what i'm saying is when you're
starting out freelancing don't ignore these badges and these credentials instead use it to motivate
you to work towards them. Right, so the top rated badge it highlights freelancers and agencies
who have built a strong reputation on Upwork by getting positive feedback from their clients time
after time they represent the top 10 of talent on Upwork so it's not everyone who gets this badge it
may look like a lot of people have it but out of all the freelancers out there only 10% on Upwork
have the distinction and the honor of representing this badge and it's something that you have to
work and continue to work on keeping it once you get it. Now they update this eligibility
every two weeks to be sure to recognize the most current outstanding members of our marketplace
that means every single two weeks you have the possibility of either getting or losing your top
rated badge and if you're asking yourself what is that based on let's get into that first you
need to demonstrate consistent high-quality work with multiple clients. That means
you've worked on multiple projects got five-star reviews and feedback from all of them, you also
need to have an outstanding job success score of at least 90 percent and that is what I went over
is the result of all your reviews and experiences on the platform and the client gets to choose if
the job was completed successfully partially successfully or not completed successfully,
so also make sure when you're working with clients to let them know that every single
review they give has a direct impact on your future and your income and if you did complete
the job successfully make sure you tell them to mark that down correctly and you also need to
have an up-to-date complete freelancer or agency profile accurately list current availability for
new jobs so if you're just denying every invite you get because you're really not available
Upwork's eventually going to catch on to that so always make sure you're accurately representing
your availability and your skills. And also having a strong earnings history
is the other criteria for this badge now if we go into the benefits for this talent
badge you get a top-rated badge that displays on your profile to all clients. Now this is kind
of just a no-brainer one you get that badge on your profile it stands out from the competition
but you also get the reduced fees on feature jobs starting at ten percent you also get more control
over your job success score so what that means is let's say a client doesn't leave you feedback
when you're top rated that doesn't hurt you as much whereas if you're a new freelancer and you
did a job and don't get feedback it hurts you even more so it gives you more of an ability
to actually safeguard your job success score. And you're also able to submit proposals to
jobs assisted by talent specialists now this is awesome a talent specialist is someone on the
Upwork platform they work for Upwork and their job is to match different talent with high-end clients
so these are projects that are multi-thousand dollar deals usually and a talent specialist
not only is going to help make that connection but they're also going to help you get hired
and tell the client all of your experience and they're going to help kind of make that connection
they're the liaison between both of you you and the client so the reason that's so important
is because now you have someone that's on the Upwork platform someone that works for Upwork
assisting you helping you out and that is always awesome. You also get the job digest email to make
it easier for you to find jobs that are that are a great match and this is something I look at every
single day every time I get this email they send the jobs that are the best fit for me based on my
skills based on what i've worked on in the past and it's just an easy way and a quick way for me
to just stay one step ahead of the competition and apply to jobs that I want to get that much quicker
and you also get faster payments on the hourly contracts and premium customer support including
phone and chat so not only do you get the reduction in fees get to stand out from the
competition get to work with a talent specialist get the customized emails right to you every
single week but you also get faster payments and that premium support so all around Upwork wants
you to succeed when you're top rated but they also want to make sure that you're staying consistent
and that's why they check on you pretty much every two weeks automatically.
Now after you have the top rated badge and this is the boat I'm on right I'm actually
top rated but what i'm doing is I'm working towards what's called a top rated plus badge now
this is a newer badge I think they released it at the beginning of this year but the top rated plus
highlights freelancers and agencies with proven success on larger long-term contracts they have
built a solid reputation on Upwork by getting positive feedback time after time including
work on high-value contracts and they represent the top three percent of performers on Upwork.
So the top rated plus badge has additional criteria than the top rated badge of course so
not only do you have to have earn and maintain the top rated status but freelancers have to have ten
thousand dollars in total earnings over the last 12 months and agencies have to have $20,000 in
total earnings over the last 12 months and it also says here have worked or are working on one or
more large contracts in the last 12 months without negative outcomes. So in order to qualify for top
rated plus as an individual a freelancer must be a non-exclusive agency contractor and you can
learn more about the difference between exclusive and non-exclusive agency contractors on this page
if you look into here but this is really trying to weed out the people and the freelancers that
are just working with small business owners and on smaller projects but doing great and then the
freelancers that are working on large contracts big projects adding a tremendous amount of value
to companies and they want to give the ability for those freelancers to stand out even more and with
this that's the main thing you need. And if we go down here we'll get back to the expert vetted but
if you go down here there's a nice table and you'll be able to see the different criteria
and how you can get each of these badges so for the top rated and the top rated plus you can
see the only difference is you need to have a 12 month earning of at least $10,000 and you need to
also have what we just went over which is a large contract which Upwork has different criteria for
based on their terms of service so this is really important because once you start to understand
that they have a whole system here to help guide you through your journey and to help you get
found more that's when you're going to have more success. And the last badge we're going to go over
is what's called expert vetted, now expert vetted highlights talent that has gone through a thorough
pre-screening process by experts in their field now these are elite freelancers who have been
evaluated by their technical talent managers for their expertise and their soft skills so talking
to people communicating things like that. Now they represent the top one percent of talent on Upwork,
the freelancers in web, mobile software development, design and creative, and sales
and marketing can become expert vetted. So I'm in the sales and marketing department, I'm on my way
to becoming top rated plus but I have also started the application to become expert vetted now this
is a brand new program that they've released and I'm waiting to hear back from someone on Upwork to
start my screening process but i'll keep you guys posted along the way because if i can start to get
some of these higher level badges and share my experience I really think it's going to help other
people understand just how achievable this is when you put your head down you get to work and you
stop complaining. So that was a video on how to get top rated on Upwork so you can make more money
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