Hey, guys, it's Ginny Silver, and today I want to talk to
those of you who are trying to land freelance work.
If you're trying to book freelance jobs, Up Work and Fiber
are two of the most popular sites used to book freelance
work. I'm gonna walk you through some of the benefits of
both Fiber versus Upwork so that you understand which website
might be the best fit to land your next freelance project.
In addition, I'm also going to walk you through a few key
steps that can really impact your success on each platform.
First, let's talk about Fiber and Upwork and how you can
use them.
Fiber Upwork are both platforms where freelancers can create
a profile in order to land their next job or project.
Fiber gets its name because it is known for its low rates.
Freelancers can create a profile, post their services, and
users can search for the services that they need and purchase
those services right away.
Fiber caters mostly to one time project freelancers post
their services along with it, price tag and samples of their
work, and clients who are searching for that service can
then purchase it immediately.
While Fiber does host a wide variety of types of services
and freelancers, it is also known more specifically for its
creative services, such as graphic design, animations, voiceovers
writers, etc.
It is free to sign up for Fiber and you can have unlimited
sales terms of fees.
Fiber charges a flat 20% fee for all sales.
In addition to that, anytime you withdraw money from your
Fiber account, I can charge you up to $3 to withdraw funds
depending on the method that you use for payout Upworks platform
is slightly different.
While it is also a platform for freelancers to land jobs,
it has a slightly different model.
In most cases, Upwork offers higher paying opportunities
and the opportunities to work with clients on long term projects.
Freelancers have more control in who you work for because
the clients are not directly purchasing their services through
a Buy Now button, as opposed to fiver where clients can immediately
purchase a service from you on Upwork, the freelancer can
search for projects and bid on specific jobs.
They can submit a proposal to the company or client, and
they can have more selection in terms of who they work with.
Up brick is free to join, but you are limited to 60 connects
per month, and additional connection can be purchased.
Upwork, on the other hand, charges a variable percentage
rate according to how much you have worked with a particular
client. Previously, Upwork charges 20% for the initial $500
that is billed with a client.
After that, there is a 10% fee for lifetime Billings with
the client between the amount of $500 and $10,000 worth of
work. And if you work with a client and build them over $10,000
worth of services, then Upwork will charge you a 5% fee.
Now, once you have chosen a platform, which is right for
you, or perhaps you're creating an account on both sites.
Next, I want to highlight for you a few key steps that are
really going to help you to have a profile that stands out
and land more job.
First, you're going to create branded elements to use across
the platform as well as social media, blog and any other
places where you choose to use them.
You want to try to create a brand for your services, so you
are going to create things such as a logo, visual aids for
services and samples of your work displayed in an aesthetically
pleasing way Canva can be used to design these for free,
and they have a variety of different elements designs, stock
photos, etc.
Which will come in very handy as you're designing these marketing
materials. Next, create other sites and social media accounts
that utilize that same branded content that you just created
to create more of an online presence for your brand.
Now, when you first start off on these sites, you are not
going to have any sales reviews logged yet it's extremely
important that you start off your profile on these websites
with a polished branded look and that you have multiple different
links that potential clients can click through to get a better
sense of who you are, the services you offer and begin to
build trust in you.
Creating other accounts, such as an Instagram, a LinkedIn
Facebook page, Twitter account, or even a blog and a website.
If you're able to do so will strengthen your brand and will
allow clients who are considering booking your services to
build more trust in you.
Research other profiles in your niche.
You are in no way going to be copying someone else's exact
services, description, titles and pricing, but it is important
to get a feel for exactly what your competition is on these
platforms, what similar services are charging, how many sales
they are getting and exactly what is selling on these platforms.
Next, you're going to create your profile.
Use Target keywords that clients will be searching for in
your profile, service, title, service description, and anywhere
else where you can fit them in.
This acts like a search engine, and anyone who is searching
for a specific type of service is going to have a specific
type of phrase that they're going to be entering in to Fiverr
or Upwork search field.
You want to know what your target clients will potentially
be searching for and try to tag in those long tail keywords
into your title, your description, and anywhere that you
can put those Tags.
Next, try to answer some frequently asked questions that
potential clients may have about your services or within
your profile about your work.
Being detailed and specific in your information will help
someone put trust in you, narrow down that you are in fact
a good fit for them and will make your portfolio stand out
from someone else on the platform.
Next, I want you to try to use your existing network to get
a few initial sales and reviews on these platforms.
When you first build your portfolio on these platforms, you're
going to have zero sales.
It's going to be a little bit difficult to land your first
sale. In many cases, if there is someone else within your
niche that has a significant number of sales and good reviews,
then a client might opt to purchase their services as opposed
to yours.
If you have within your network of either past clients, friends,
family, or anyone else that you know that is looking for
the type of service that you offer.
Consider trying to see if they would be willing to purchase
a service from you on your platform and leave you a review.
Next is think through your marketing plan for your services.
Now, creating a profile on Fiverr or Upwork can land you
jobs just in that organic amount of traffic that is being
brought to you by those leads.
Searching for those services on the platform, but you are
going to be much more likely to be successful if you have
a simple marketing plan in place for your services.
Free ways to market yourself can include utilizing social
media, creating a blog, and tagging the title, text and images
with keywords that clients are searching for and utilizing
Pinterest to pin both your services as well as your blog
posts can help to drive traffic over to your site in terms
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