Hi. so I know another freelancer that has an agency account, and it doesn't show up below their name when they are searched, but mine does. Is there a way to remove the agency account pulling up on searches?
Fuck around and find out!
People are saying that clients don't want to deal with agencies and some guy here posted that his invitations dramatically increased once he closed his agency.
True. So the same client I mentioned was very clear about the project he knew what the issues were so I went ahead and wrote a detailed proposals and it worked. So yeah just like you said the best proposal is the one that perfectly answers the job post.
As a freelancer what other source of client do you have? I am currently only working on upwork and I would love to know on expanding outside upwork.
Good point about AI proposals. I was on a Zoom interview with a client who hired me today, and he told me that he chose me because I sounded the least like AI. He received more than 50 proposals, and only five of them sounded like they were from actual humans. Among those, I was the most qualified.
I see posts suggesting to make your proposals short and to the point. I believe you should craft your proposal based on the job description. If someone takes the time to write a long job description without using AI, which is usually easy to tell, take your time and respond with a detailed proposal. If someone has written a very short description, try to make your proposal short as well, as that might indicate the client has a shorter attention span or is looking to hire quickly.
In conclusion, you have a good profile; however, I don't think clients nowadays pay much attention to badges. They care more about what you do. Focus on building up your portfolio section and only apply to jobs for which you are most qualified. I'm sure you know better than I do—I am not Top Rated Plus yet, just Top Rated—so I don't know if it's my place to advise you, but that's my take.
Upwork is not dead
If you have the right skills, can communicate well, and are professional without messing around, Upwork is still amazing and works.
Hmmm, I was really considering closing my agency account. I’ll once I close up all the contracts under the agency.
It's for communication buddy. Come down.
What? I finished talking for 40 minutes on zoom camera on with this guy lol.
people need to know that only small portion of jobs are scam jobs.
Yes, He understood my concerns and he clearly mentioned the reason on the message and sent me an offer.
Thanks Petra!
I was on ameeting with a potential client and he asked for contact
Hi,
I just finished a meeting with a potential client who asked if he could add me on WhatsApp. I politely explained that this is against Upwork's Terms of Service (TOS). However, I need access to something before he initiates the contract with a certain price, so I gave him my email purely for the purpose of accessing some code. Is this against Upwork's TOS? Additionally, I can't ask him to send me an offer without first verifying a few things.
I want to talk about project catalogue
Hi,
So I have been taking upwork seriously since January and I was able to build good profile already a Top-rated freelancer. I have never made a single sale from projects.
How do you guys optimize it and build it? Is it really something I should work on?
There are some open contracts that’s why I don’t want to close it. And I have seen other people who are owners of agency but the agency doesn’t show up on search.
I don't want the agency account to show up on search
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