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Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by Abiodun4038: 7:16pm On Sep 30, 2015
ubiquitousade:
finally got here, freelancing is the way to go for dat extra income. online and even offline



pls no insult intended but i get pissed off each time i see this kind of question of how do i register, how do i bid, how do i do this or do that.

yes it is good to ask questions but fxbot, victor101 and others may not be online to answer your queries so you waste precious time waiting till they come online.

someone here afolabi has already given a clue. make google search of whatever you need. you can start with 'how to bid on freelancer' and you get the results. or THINK of the possible cause of the issue and solve it.

here is my contribution: you can get freelance websites particular to you niche by searching on google e.g 'freelance writing jobs/websites' for writers
AND as you move up the cadre create a portfolio for yourself. its gonna help.

BTW: if you are still having trouble registering on any freelance site, bidding, writing proposals you can pm me smiley smiley. I won't tear you pocket.

fxbot u dey try o ... kudos

Bros no be so oh. My account don set since like a week plus now. In fact my profile reads 100% complete. I have even done like five test. I only encounter issues with uploading Identity card as all the cards I have were declined. For this, I can't submit proposals.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by darmochy1(m): 8:28pm On Sep 30, 2015
Abiodun4038:


Bros no be so oh. My account don set since like a week plus now. In fact my profile reads 100% complete. I have even done like five test. I only encounter issues with uploading Identity card as all the cards I have were declined. For this, I can't submit proposals.
Same here

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Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by 01ghostmode: 10:28pm On Sep 30, 2015
Abiodun4038:


Bros no be so oh. My account don set since like a week plus now. In fact my profile reads 100% complete. I have even done like five test. I only encounter issues with uploading Identity card as all the cards I have were declined. For this, I can't submit proposals.
I don't know how it is with you guys ooh, but my profile is jst 69%, I haven't taken any test, but I've submitted a proposal. plz don't ask me how I did it, cos HONESTLY I don't know, though I think my proposal won't be accepted.
shalom.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by babakk2(m): 11:47pm On Sep 30, 2015
just registered with up work.com now plz what next ?
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by paschu: 1:43am On Oct 01, 2015
@fxbot

I understand your drift, but you guys don't seem to get it. Programming pays much, yes, but everyone cannot be a programmer. Besides, most people here are not yet ready for the 5 figure rates. A few hundred bucks on a regular note will mean a lot to many of us. So do not make it appear as if it is either android development or nothing else. $100 a month from article writing gigs is not huge but it's sure better than being broke month after month. Besides, earning forex can do wonders in your psyche once you get a hang of it.

Yes, I'm talking from experience as a "TOP RATED" Upwork Freelancer.

That said, I'd like to offer a quick job to SOLID writers here who are able to craft 20 - 25 top notch 100% ORIGINAL articles within a week. The articles should not be less than 400 words each (but not more than 500). The topic is on various "link building strategies" wich I will supply. I'd pay #400 per article. Payment would be made every Tuesaday during the project period.

PM ME RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE INTRESTED.

WARNING. EVERY SUBMISSION WILL BE TESTED. COPY AND PASTE WON'T BE TOLERATED. I NEED 100% ORIGINAL CONTENTS PLEASE. And don't apply if your English is not better than mine.

UPDATE

I've created a DEDICATED thread for the 20-25 article crafting Gig.

If you think you know your stuff as in freelance writing, then hurry
and show your interest right now.

Here's the thread: https://www.nairaland.com/2635519/craft-20-25-original-articles-week#38560660

P.S
Leave your email on the thread for a quick supply of details. And feel free to ask me anything on the thread.


fxbot:
nope.

I only design sites with the help of wordpress.

Dude I started digging after seeing what stag said and since he wasn't explicit about it. Bro, I think I have found something I can pursue that will pay off in long run.

So I may dedicate 1 year in learning this mobile app development.

Dude, that shiiit is a money spinner. Jobs yakpa. I came across one a few minutes ago and the company was even willing to give visa to selected applicant. The perks are just so awesome!

Dig deep!

Stag gave it a while ago but people didn't noticed cos they were carried away by his disposition cheesy.

Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by paschu: 1:51am On Oct 01, 2015
Abiodun4038:


Bros no be so oh. My account don set since like a week plus now. In fact my profile reads 100% complete. I have even done like five test. I only encounter issues with uploading Identity card as all the cards I have were declined. For this, I can't submit proposals.

Why were you asked to submit ID? Were you submitting a Government issued ID like passport or driver's licence?
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by ipain: 6:31am On Oct 01, 2015
paschu:
@fxbot

I understand your drift, but you guys don't seem to get it. Programming pays much, yes, but everyone cannot be a programmer. Besides, most people here are not yet ready for the 5 figure rates. A few hundred bucks on a regular note will mean a lot to many of us. So do not make it appear as if it is either android development or nothing else. $100 a month from article writing gigs is not huge but it's sure better than being broke month after month. Besides, earning forex can do wonders in your psyche once you get a hang of it.

Yes, I'm talking from experience as a "TOP RATED" Upwork Freelancer.

That said, I'd like to offer a quick job to SOLID writers here who are able to craft 20 - 25 top notch 100% ORIGINAL articles within a week. The articles should not be less than 400 words each (but not more than 500). The topic is on various "link building strategies" wich I will supply. I'd pay #400 per article. Payment would be made every Tuesaday during the project period.

PM ME RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE INTRESTED.

WARNING. EVERY SUBMISSION WILL BE TESTED. COPY AND PASTE WON'T BE TOLERATED. I NEED 100% ORIGINAL CONTENTS PLEASE.

400 X 20= 8000. This is even better than the person who insulted someone with his 1000 words article for $0.5 can you imagine? Go to the ladywriter thread and see the rubbish!
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by hisenjos: 10:07am On Oct 01, 2015
We can help you get your funds from Fiverr, Freelancer, Elance, Leapviral, Upwork, domain name sales etc
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Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by 01ghostmode: 10:20am On Oct 01, 2015
paschu:
@fxbot

I understand your drift, but you guys don't seem to get it. Programming pays much, yes, but everyone cannot be a programmer. Besides, most people here are not yet ready for the 5 figure rates. A few hundred bucks on a regular note will mean a lot to many of us. So do not make it appear as if it is either android development or nothing else. $100 a month from article writing gigs is not huge but it's sure better than being broke month after month. Besides, earning forex can do wonders in your psyche once you get a hang of it.

Yes, I'm talking from experience as a "TOP RATED" Upwork Freelancer.

That said, I'd like to offer a quick job to SOLID writers here who are able to craft 20 - 25 top notch 100% ORIGINAL articles within a week. The articles should not be less than 400 words each (but not more than 500). The topic is on various "link building strategies" wich I will supply. I'd pay #400 per article. Payment would be made every Tuesaday during the project period.

PM ME RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE INTRESTED.

WARNING. EVERY SUBMISSION WILL BE TESTED. COPY AND PASTE WON'T BE TOLERATED. I NEED 100% ORIGINAL CONTENTS PLEASE.

Oga am interested, but I can't access d e-mail I used in opening my Nairaland account, else u would av contacted you thru ur Nairaland pm.
U can contact me thru:
lordoddyson AT yahoo DOT com
Thanks.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by paschu: 1:00pm On Oct 01, 2015
01ghostmode:

Oga am interested, but I can't access d e-mail I used in opening my Nairaland account, else u would av contacted you thru ur Nairaland pm.
U can contact me thru:
lordoddyson AT yahoo DOT com
Thanks.

Please hurry and check your email.

I've sent you the details. But STRICTLY we can only talk about this offer on its dedicated thread. Here is the link: https://www.nairaland.com/2635519/craft-20-25-original-articles-week#38560660
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by amor001: 1:11pm On Oct 01, 2015
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Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by silvoice(m): 3:14pm On Oct 01, 2015
I am very good in corel draw design. And i'v registered in upwork. But most of the designs there request for adobe: photoshop, illustrtor, indesign etc can't i design with coral draw and send to them Any esperienced graphic designer should help ans.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by eddie30(m): 3:49pm On Oct 01, 2015
Great job Mr. Victor. Just finished going through 20 pages of awesome work. Great job, I want to open an account with upwork.com but I don't want to open as a Nigerian. Are they other verifications they carry out on Upwork.com?' just concerned about the payonerr issue verification. Because on fiver, it is not an issue. Any way around this?
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by ubiquitousade(m): 4:19pm On Oct 01, 2015
Abiodun4038:


Bros no be so oh. My account don set since like a week plus now. In fact my profile reads 100% complete. I have even done like five test. I only encounter issues with uploading Identity card as all the cards I have were declined. For this, I can't submit proposals.

okay bro,

I have a question here and it goes like this

does anyone have any idea when activities on these sites reach their peak or when it is at its lowest ebb. is it in morning, afternoon, evening or late in the night?

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Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by paschu: 9:50pm On Oct 01, 2015
eddie30:
Great job Mr. Victor. Just finished going through 20 pages of awesome work. Great job, I want to open an account with upwork.com but I don't want to open as a Nigerian. Are they other verifications they carry out on Upwork.com?' just concerned about the payonerr issue verification. Because on fiver, it is not an issue. Any way around this?

@eddie30

Why would you not want to sign up as a Nigerian?

Unless you are truly not based in the country, I don't think
falsifying your country of residence is a smart idea in any
way. For starters, Upwork is very flexible but they can also
be very strict when it comes to user authenticity.

You don't want to mess with them at all.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by paschu: 10:03pm On Oct 01, 2015
silvoice:
I am very good in corel draw design. And i'v registered in upwork. But most of the designs there request for adobe: photoshop, illustrtor, indesign etc can't i design with coral draw and send to them Any esperienced graphic designer should help ans.

You cannot make it as a designer in digital age if you keep working only on corel draw. You need to upgrade. Corel draw cannot create crispy HD web graphics.

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Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by Geofavor(m): 10:15pm On Oct 01, 2015
pls is there a chance for someone without a laptop?
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by megamindmaster(m): 10:46pm On Oct 01, 2015
silvoice:
I am very good in corel draw design. And i'v registered in upwork. But most of the designs there request for adobe: photoshop, illustrtor, indesign etc can't i design with coral draw and send to them Any esperienced graphic designer should help ans.

Lets look at it from this angle. When working globally, think globally. there are 2 major components in graphics and that is vector graphics and raster (bitmap) graphics. each have their purposes and uses. corel draw is a vector software, and not the only, or even the best. if you want to talk about international standard vector/print graphics, talk InDesign, not corel draw, even for logos, corel draw is a learner. then when it comes to bitmap graphics and photo manipulation, adobe tools( photoshop) is the industry standard. Corel draw try sha, but if you are really serious with graphics and want to be doing amazing banner designs, photo manipulations, logo designs, great flyers, posters and all what not, i think you should start quarreling with Corel draw and start befriending these other tools/software...

hope i helped
Grace!

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Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by megamindmaster(m): 10:47pm On Oct 01, 2015
Geofavor:
pls is there a chance for someone without a laptop?

Chance in freelancing? little. a phone should be a subordinate. A laptop should be the main tool. try as much as you can to get one, it sure helps
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by Geofavor(m): 10:55pm On Oct 01, 2015
megamindmaster:


Chance in freelancing? little. a phone should be a subordinate. A laptop should be the main tool. try as much as you can to get one, it sure helps
thank you. I don't have a laptop.
I guess I'll just sit back and wait till I have one. or what do you advice I do?
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by paschu: 10:57pm On Oct 01, 2015
ubiquitousade:


okay bro,

I have a question here and it goes like this

does anyone have any idea when activities on these sites reach their peak or when it is at its lowest ebb. is it in morning, afternoon, evening or late in the night?

"Upwork has nine million registered freelancers and four million registered clients. Three million jobs are posted annually, worth a total of $1 billion USD, making it the world's largest freelancer marketplace". - Wikipedia.

The fact that millions of people are collaborating on that platform each day makes it very active round the clock. From my experience, there's no such thing as peak or low period on the site. Though as a freelancer, without some insider marketing tricks, you may have slow periods when you're with little or no contracts. This happenes more at the begining though when you have very little profile stregnth. But it can be avoided.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by paschu: 11:06pm On Oct 01, 2015
Geofavor:

thank you. I don't have a laptop.
I guess I'll just sit back and wait till I have one.

You can do a lot with a tab. That's what I started with. I still find myself using my tab over 90% of the time up till now. But I'm a writer though. Tab may not work for designers and programmers, or virtual assistants.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by victor101(m): 4:35am On Oct 02, 2015
Happy Independence Guys,

I need a better writer than myself to handle a project I consider a Big career boaster for me(and for the successful candidate as well). is a very simple project but HIGH QUALITY is of paramount importance!

I will first consider guys that are active members in this thread, then others. It's a book about Addiction in just 200 word per page(so it's a large front). Am willing to pay $20usd after work is complete then, I can add $5 more if am impressed. I will be helping out with web links but you must be very proactive, a prolific writer and very experience on this topic (Addiction).

I hate requesting for samples, or sending one. But if you feel you can convince me through this way, then go ahead.
Also to make the job more easier, I have an overview I will send to the successful candidate, this will give you an insight to your work. But for now:

HERE ARE SOME TIP BITS

A short book about addiction

-Types of addictions

-Identifying addictions

-treatment options for addictions and the may options
(these are just a few of the topics to cover)

-The book shall not be a long book. along book might be too intimidating. Remember the intended audience might be and addict and they may suffer from attention issues

-It shall be short in essence but not too short,

-Thoroughly written covering mental health issues that coincide with addiction and how underlining mental health issues are usually the root of all addictions.

PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH


ONLY SEND ME AN EMAIL IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND OK WITH PAYMENT AFTER WORK( No copy pasting) your work will past through copy-space. Original, well thought-out writing, remember, quality work always bring return clients!!


Shalom!

aprofessor@naij.com
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by Geofavor(m): 8:17am On Oct 02, 2015
paschu:


You can do a lot with a tab. That's what I started with. I still find myself using my tab over 90% of the time up till now. But I'm a writer though. Tab may not work for designers and programmers, or virtual assistants.
I'm a writer. all I've got now is my android phone. . pls what do you suggest I do.

I love writing, but I've never been a freelancer. the 20 pages of this thread has really enlightened me.

shout out to victor101, fxbot, stagger(funny man) and others
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by paschu: 8:54am On Oct 02, 2015
Geofavor:

I'm a writer. all I've got now is my android phone. . pls what do you suggest I do.

I love writing, but I've never been a freelancer. the 20 pages of this thread has really enlightened me.

shout out to victor101, fxbot, stagger(funny man) and others

@Geofavor I don't know about phone, but with a tab you can do a lot. When I started, I actually borrowed a friend's laptop for months, but never used it much for the contracts I did. Even right now I rarely use my laptop except for few heavy projects. Don't get me wrong, having a laptop is very crucial, but you can start effectively as a writer without it.

PRO TIP: If you don't have a laptop, focus on submitting proposals for FIXED PAY contract options. With that you can work at your own pace without the need for Upwork time tracker wich requires a PC for local installation. The flip side of this is that you won't have hourly rating which helps to enhance your profile stregnth. But does it really matter when you're just starting out? Yes it does, but not much if you get enough fixed contracts fast enough and raise capital to buy a laptop.

PRO TIP: Some clients might even allow you to do hourly jobs at your convinience and log the time manually. In this case the hourly contract is done without the time tracker.This is rare though. May not happen when you're just starting out.

The point is that you can start small and grow big. Yes, I started at a very small level without my own laptop, but right now by God's grace I am one of the very few Nigrian freelancers with a TOP RATED badge on Upwork. Those who work at Upwork would know what it means. So please do not limit yourself. Your life can change pretty soon if you commit to pretty hard work from where you are now.

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Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by fxbot: 10:38pm On Oct 02, 2015
Do we have anyone who is into website designs here?
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by ubiquitousade(m): 10:56pm On Oct 02, 2015
fxbot:
Do we have anyone who is into website designs here?

I am, with a focus on cms (wordpress) especially.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by islamics(m): 12:20am On Oct 03, 2015
fxbot:
Do we have anyone who is into website designs here?
Bros am a newbie in website design; I will seriously appreciate your mentoring. I just started learning HTML tags.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by fxbot: 5:05am On Oct 03, 2015
ubiquitousade:


I am, with a focus on cms (wordpress) especially.
I saw a job last night but felt people wouldn't be online here to get in fast. In fact, there was no proposal when I saw it but within 30 minutes of my return it has 14.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by JustCare: 9:57pm On Oct 03, 2015
paschu:


You can do a lot with a tab. That's what I started with. I still find myself using my tab over 90% of the time up till now. But I'm a writer though. Tab may not work for designers and programmers, or virtual assistants.
hello,
what are the virtual assistance job available in upwork
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by fxbot: 9:29am On Oct 04, 2015
https://www.upwork.com/jobs/Upgrade-our-company-website_~01270998410d82d61b

do this job with ease and bank $1500.

I have just created a profile and waiting for approval.
Re: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by fxbot: 9:29am On Oct 04, 2015
JustCare:

hello,
what are the virtual assistance job available in upwork
go there and type virtual assistance into the search box and get result.

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