bojbest:


08079665487. Please send a message on whatsapp I'd call.

Got it.

Will give you a call tomorrow.

emmyvet:


Hi bro , your formula works I signed up got approved on Sunday and got an invitation today though I don’t have the complete skill so I declined, I will keep on pushing more proposals hoping to land the one that I can deliver.

Great Job Emmy!

Keep pushing, keep grinding!

Love the hustle!

bojbest:


Thank you bro. I've not been able to convert all clients that had messaged me. I don't know what's wrong.
Is there any tips or anything after writing a good proposal?

Is this after sending a proposal?

Where exactly are you getting stuck?

What are you saying when they reach out?

You don’t necessarily have to convert all clients.

No one does.

You can mail me with your number, let’s jump on a quick call.

bojbest:


Thank you, can you explain more on value stack?

Average Shoe Seller: I sell Shoes

Value Stack Shoe Seller:

- I sell Shoes
- You get a free pair of socks
- You get an extra lace just Incase the old one wears out
- 20 days Money back guarantee if you don’t like it
- You can pay 50% now and then 50% 20 days later

That’s value stack.

Senorito:

Good day bro, am having issues securing a job since last year(early last year) to the extent that have given up but a nairalander linked me up with this post that you can be of help. I dont know if it I can chat with you privately so as to explain my problem in details. Thanks.

Hello Senorito,

Mail me with your number at my signature down below.

Let’s jump on a quick call.

bojbest:


He replied with Hi. Then I told him what to do next. I've nothing to loose if I dont close him, I'll only cry

Hello Bojbest,

7/10.

Good job.

Corrections:

Don’t start with your name. He can see your name from your bid. Not relevant. You must start the first sentence and paragraph with the client’s needs.

I like how you delve into his needs down the proposal and the value stack you introduced.

A bit too lengthy too. Just go with the major talking points:

- His/her needs
- Why you are qualified to help solve those needs
- Previous completed related job/ sample
- Value stack(s)
- Call to action

Don’t forget to put in a clear call to action at the end of your proposal.

A call to action is closing the sale. Telling the client what he should do next if he thinks you are a good match.

A simple call to action sample:

If you think we are a good match let’s chat.

Good job all around.

Don’t beat yourself up on him ghosting.

That he got back to you means your proposal struck a chord. Keep your proposals this way and you would land a client sooner than later.

Please guys/gals:

Write a fictional job post and your client-attracting proposals to the fictional job using the concepts in the last post.

I want to know you get it.

I will review your proposals and give it a mark over 10, make corrections and give you tips on how to improve it.

Please, let your proposals be as far away from the template as possible. Use the concepts not the template, please.

If you use the templates, you will all end up copying each other on these platforms. That will make no one unique. You dig?!

So let’s see your proposals. Thank you.

How To Write Proposals That Attract Clients, Win You Jobs And Make You Money Even If You’re A Beginner

Tired of writing proposals and not getting the job?

Don’t fret.

I’m about to show you how to crush your competitors and win jobs by writing proposals that make you stand out like a sore thumb.

Ready:

You need three key elements to writing a super proposals that win you jobs and gain you financial independence.

1) Write your proposals to focus on the client’s problem and talks about them.

2) Prove within your proposal that you can actually help them and care about solving their problems.

3) Value stack your proposal

So let’s break them down.

Writing a proposal to focus on the other person

Here’s how 99% Of applicants start their proposal:

-‘Hello, this is actually a simple proposal and I can do this easily. This is my area of expertise...’

- ‘Hello. I’m a graphic designer from Nigeria...’

- ‘Dear Fernando. I’m an App developer...’

- ‘Hello. I’m very interested in your project. I’m also interested to know more details...’

Just look at all those selfish people.

Talking about themselves like anyone cares.

This is how almost everyone writes. I’m sure you included.

But luckily for you, I’m about to change that for you.

I want you to stop being ME ME ME ME focused.

Clients don’t hire ME focused people because they know they’re not their to help. They are there to make money.

You see what I always do here?

Writing all these guides and not expecting anything in return?

How I jump on calls all they long using my airtime and speaking for more than 30 minutes to people that reach out and not once asking for money?

That’s the same mindset you need to adopt.

Apply for proposals not expecting anything in return and instead just focusing on solving the other person’s problem.

Proving You Can Actually Hep

Please, don’t apply for jobs you know you can’t deliver on. Please.

Writing a client-attracting proposal means you must only apply to gigs you can help out with.

So, if you have no skill, please go get one and be competent at it. You necessarily don’t have to be world class or good at it even. Just competent.

Here’s how to get started writing magnet proposals:

- Show attention to detail by addressing them by their first name.

- Talk about their needs in your first sentence

- Only talk about your experience education if it directly proves you can get the job done.

- Tell stories about similar projects you’ve worked on in the past and how it turned out.

- Invite the client to chat with you within the platform or get on a call with you.

- Upload relevant samples to show what you can do. Create one if you don’t have.

- offer a money back guarantee/the client not paying you until you get the job done and they like it. This shows them you are serious about quality work.

- PROOF READ YOUR PROPOSAL AND SPELLCHECK!!!

Now here’s an example and a template you can use. Please don’t copy word for word. Use your common sense and tweak to your own situation.

This is very important:

Don’t be religious about the proposal please!!! It’s the mindset that’s important not the actual templates. Get the why not the how. Once you can do this you will even be able to write far better proposal than the template.

Understood?

Ok so here we go:

Job Post:

Hello, I’m looking for a native English speaker that can write a 2000 word article that is SEO optimized. The article needs to be top notch with American expressions. To be considered for this Job please write ‘chickens rock’ at the top of your proposals to show you paid attention. Please, attach samples of your work. Thank you!

Beth Assange

ME Focused proposal:

Hi. I really like this. I have been writing SEO articles now for 5 years and I have worked on lots of projects within that period. I have a bachelors degree in Marketing and I studied at a top university in my country. I think if you look at my profile you can see how good I am. Please consider me for this job thank you.

Mary Oponu

Now let’s smoke Oponu to pieces with our Client-attracting proposal.

Client-attracting Proposal:

Chicken rocks!

Hello Beth. I’m Alfred and I can write a 2000-word article that is SEO optimized. I’m a native English Speaker and I can also write your articles with American expressions for your American audience. It will be high quality, top notch and won’t take time to finish up.

I have just written a sample for free for you and you can find it attached to this proposal. I’m willing to write another for free.

I offer a 100% money back guarantee, unlimited revisions. Heck, you don’t even have to deposit anything upfront until I deliver an article you are happy with.

I got my start in digital marketing with SEO copywriting. You can check out my site with more samples of my work.

I will have the first draft of the article back to you within 2 hours. And if you want I can add an extra 500-1000 words for you.

If you think we would be a good fit please let’s chat.


Fred.

Can you see the difference.

Remember it’s not about the template. It’s about the concept behind it.

You can see how we mention the clients need.

Proved we can get this done by attaching a sample.

And value stacked!

What’s Value Stack?

Value stack is when you add benefits upon benefits upon benefits that 99.9% of people won’t have on their proposal.

Value stacks in the template:

- We attached a free sample
- We are offering to write another one for free
- 100% money back guarantee
- No upfront deposit
- Linked to our site where more samples can be found
- Delivery in 2 hours
- Extra 500-1000 words at no cost

Now tell me how someone else can beat that?

Value stack are not easy to deliver but that’s how you beat the competitors. That’s how you provide value. That’s how you care about the other person first. That’s how you add value.

Note: Please value stack only on what it’s important to the client. So you must have an understanding of the needs in that niche. And you must deliver please. This can backfire if you can’t. Don’t promise anything you can’t do.

An example of a bad value stack in our example will be: I will add a logo to your article. That’s totally irrelevant here and I don’t know what use that will be to the client.

One more thing.

It’s not about the $60.

I would have taken the job even if it was $5.

I’m trying to build my credibility with reviews and jobs completed so I’m going for the low dollar value jobs.

If I this wasn’t a new account, this is something I can charge $2000 for easily.

Why?:

Because my copy will make him $10,000 dollars in a single campaign.

What I tell folks is that, don’t jump to the high dolar jobs when starting out. You don’t have the credibility yet.

So go for low dollar amounts where you don’t need people to trust you that much to award you the job.

If you develop mobile apps don’t start applying for mobile app development gigs. They are usually high dollar value. Nobody is going to give you $5000 dollars to develop an app when you have no reviews or completed jobs and your profile is spanking new.

So ask yourself:

What related jobs can I do that are no so high dollar value. Maybe mockups. Maybe app logo design.

If you have any question or want to talk to me please mail me at my signature.

For all those that have reached out thank you. Let’s help each other achieve our dreams and goals this year.

Shalom.

P.S. I’m a bit drowned in work so please bear with me if I don’t post as frequent later on or reply your mail on time or get on a call with you. I’m trying to juggle it all better this year.

....

Guys provide value.

Always solve people’s problem.

Forget about making money.

Stop being selfish.

If you put others first, the money will follow.

If you’ve been struggling to make ends meets, living hand to mouth, I can almost always guarantee that it’s because you are not solving people’s problem.

This is the most important mindset.

It’s not about Upwork or no Upwork.

The mindset works on any platform regardless.

If you have been struggling to get on Upwork try out other platforms. Just stay true to the mindset.

I Have three jobs already. Just started sending out proposals on New year. The aim of this thread is to show you how I will start from scratch and build my accounts back to making 5,000 dollars a month.

I have done it before. I deleted that account when I hear people give the excuse of not knowing how to make money online. I want to show people it’s possible if you have the right mindset. It’s not to boast.

Now here’s the thing: There’s a big chance that in just a few weeks I could be halfway to achieving that goal already. January isn’t even over yet.

There’s a story I said I was going to tell you guys about a job I was awarded.

I have provided so much value upfront that the client wants me to start working for his company with a starting salary of $1000 AUD (Australian dollars).

Get this: This is a new account on freelancer.com

I don’t have any reviews.

I haven’t completed any job before now.

I’m from one of the most infamous country in the world but yet.

Why?

Value.

So let me tell the story from the top.

He is Australian and he programs forex indicators that helps you automate trades with very good signals.

He wanted a sales letter to sell the latest version of the indicator.

So I placed a bid.

My proposal was value loaded and that’s why I got the job.

After placing the bid. I quickly fired up google doc and started writing a sample (4,000 words). When it was done I went back and edited my bid and added a link to the sample.

I offered a money back guarantee.

I told him I was willing to even write another sample for free for him.

He wanted a 5,000 word copy (wanted more but didn’t want to over pay for extra). I told him I was going to get him 7,000. The extra 2000 on the house.

I told him he had unlimited revisions. That I was going to revise the copy until he was happy. I told him no deposit or milestone was needed. That I was going to do the job and he should only pay me if he liked it. If he didn’t he shouldn’t and that’s fine.

I even had a link on my proposal where he could get a template he could use for free without even paying anyone for the job including me.

Then I waited.

The post had about 10 days to go and then BAAM! I was notified I was awarded the job.

Now here’s what he said:

He said he was skeptical about my no credibility and lack of reviews but he was willing to go ahead and give me the job. He said it was a no brainer. He said immediately he saw my proposal he just stopped reading other proposals and gave it to me.

Why?: Value.

Now here’s the weird part: His budget was $30.

He said fxxk that. He doubled it and created a milestone immediately. On his own.

On his own.

He went to $60 dollars.

I’m not even finished.

We talked a bit about forex. I trade too.

And the next thing he gave me a free license to his indicator worth $279.

Added me to his forum.

Why?: I wasn’t thinking about myself.

I was asking myself every step of the way: ‘How can I help this guy sell his forex indicator on click bank with Copy that’s so enchnating’

What does he want exactly?

What are his fears about getting the wrong freelancer?

I don’t like writing.

I wrote a huge sample for free and gave it out.

I gave him a free template I know he could just take and close the job post immediately and do it himself.

But I wasn’t bothered. I wasn’t expecting anything in return. I know if I provide enough value the universe will pay me back. And it did!

That’s the lesson here.

Stop trying to make money. It’s very hard hustling money at every opportunity. Money is like a cat. It eludes you if you are too desperate.

It comes to you when you provide value and think of others first.

Here’s some screenies:

Generalkorex:
I've seen your details bro. But I haven't acted on it due to electricity supply and data. But I will surely work on it soon and get back to you

Thanks for helping out.

Generalkorex:
I wish the cash in rolling in. But it's the other way. I never get a job. And I see a lot of job I'm qualified for. But I think my proposal is not sound enough. Create a new Gmail account, add a picture and password. Send it to sharpboymekorex@gmail.com let me try and open one for you if my method still works

Hello Korex,

I would get the post about writing proposals that get jobs later this week.

I got three jobs this week myself. I would put up a sample of the proposals that won me the jobs.

In fact one worked so good the client ended the job 10 days before it was to expire just to award me the job.

The job post got over 50 bids.

I’m currently drowned in work but I would get to it.

You can also jump on a quick call with me just mail me at my signature and we will go over your profile and proposals and come up with one that should work better for you getting jobs.

Good job taking action and registering on Upwork. Don’t relent.

So, the holidays are over and I have started sending proposals on three freelance platforms.

In just two days I got my first job.

And this one is so funny. It’s the perfect example of provide value and money follows.

When I complete the job I will tell the story here.

Yes - for those of you craving screenshots I will satisfy you on this. There will be screenshots.

Why?

Because it’s so unreal I need to show proof.

TechCapon:
so is there any other verification process after the account has been approved. That's the problem I'm having with fiverr

Hi TC

I’m not sure I get what you are asking.

Could you rephrase that?

TechCapon:
I used my real name

Tech Capon

Upwork just wants you to notify you are a non-US citizen. They don’t have to withhold taxes from you if you are not from the US.

You can’t withdraw funds without doing this.

Here’s something that should help:

https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211063938-What-is-the-W-8BEN-

agboghai:
Good evening @ Nichesiteseo . I have opened an upwork account. I have been denied twice after editing my profile. Please, can you drop your email so we could talk? I will so much appreciate. Thanks.

Think we have corresponded?

If not check my mail at my signature.

TechCapon:
the story will definitely come. I've already bookmarked this page. I'll definitely tell my story. Another thing is that you should add screenshots of your earnings if you want people to take the thread seriously. As for me, I don't need any screenshot to convince me as I have seen the money that can be made via freelancing. Keep it up

Yeah. I do that but for clients only. So I only do it when I have to do it.

I’m not selling anything here so I don’t really have to do that. This is my own way of just giving out things I know for free.

I don’t really mind if people believe or not here. I try to let my writing do the talk.

A lot of screenshots are doctored. And I usually tell people to not even trust those. I could doctor earnings easily if I wanted to and post here. I even sniff out some here.

What I think people should do is read more and expose yourself to topics you are interested in. When you meet a charlatan you will spot one from miles away.

My Client-Magnet Profile and Proposal Template Service

You need a well engineered Profile because you want clients to be hooked, engaged and trust you can get the job done for them when they land on your profile.

You need a value-bomb proposal so you can out compete all the other freelancers bidding for the same job, stand out and win jobs.

You don’t know where to start or how to design a profile and a proposals that will do all these.

Don’t fret.

Mail me at the email in my signature with your number. I will jump on a free call with you and together we will craft a client-attracting profile to build trust and credibility (all you need from your profile- more important since you are from Nigeria) and Proposals that will work like a charm winning you jobs.

The reason the profiles and proposals will work is because they are designed to be focused on the clients problem.

Most of your competition will be busy talking all about themselves in their profile and proposals. Yapping all day long about what the client doesn’t give a f##k about.

Ours will be entirely focused on the client and his/her problems.

Let me show you what I mean?

Job post:

I’m looking for a web designer that will build an ecommerce store for my new company. I don’t know how to code so I need a store that won’t be much work updating later on.

Them:

- I studied computer science in school and have a bachelors degree. I’m passionate about designing websites and this is what I do all day. I won three web design competitions in school and was the best graduating student in computer science.

Please get back to me let me show you my devilish skills with websites. I will do a good job for you I promise. I’m very good and I have five year experience in my field.



That’s how 99.9% of freelancers go about applying to jobs and designing their profiles.

Shame.

Can you see the problems with that proposal?

Now let’s see how we will be different:

Ours:

Hey Peter

I just came across your job post and it seems you need a new website for your ecommerce store that doesn’t need coding experience updating.

I will build you an ecommerce site with woo commerce and Wordpress in such a way that you won’t do any technical work updating the site later on. It will require no coding and as little work as possible uploading your products or making tweaks on the site.

Can I ask a couple of questions to clarify your need:

- How fast do you want this done?
- What’s a job well-done look like to you?
- Are you familiar with Wordpress and woo commerce?

I’m happy to build a sample site for free in any style you want.

If any of that sounds good let’s chat.

Talk to you soon.
Fred.

P.S. I’ll modify my work until you are satisfied.

Can you see the difference.

We are totally focused on the client.

His problem is he can’t code and doesn’t want a site that will require coding experience updating later on. We addressed that and how we are going to solve that problem.

We are also willing to do a sample site for him to keep him at ease giving us the job. Same purpose with the money back guarantee. These are not going to be easy on us. But remember, it’s about them first.

So who do you think will win the job if they were the only two bidding?

Our proposals will emulate the second and the reason it works so beautifully is that 99.9% of the competition don’t do it this way. We will stand out like a sore thumb and win jobs with ease.

This will work as long as you are ready to put in the work. It’s worked for me and many others now living lives on our own terms.

So to recap:

Mail me at the address in my signature with the reason you are mailing me (Profile and proposal design for freelance platforms) and your number.

We get on a call where I learn more about you and your skills and we design the profile and proposal together.

This is not Template. It’s going to be tailor made to you and your situation.

It’s totally FREE. So don’t let not having money hold you back. This is what others will charge 50k+ for. It’s that valuable. A good profile and proposal can net you $1000 per month down the line. Who wouldn’t pay a one time 50k for 350k naira per month?

The only thing I’m going to ask in exchange is that I can use you as case study later on. That’s it.

So hit my mail, guys.

Happy new year.

To our continued success
Fred.

P.S. I will still put up a post on how to do this for yourself too. With templates.

agboghai:


Please, send to agboghaipromise@gmail.com. Thanks for doing a great job.

Mail me with your number and let’s get on a call. I need some details from you to give you a tailored proposal.

TechCapon:
thanks. What I offer are writing and transcription. Blogging has made me master the art of writing. I'm also going to add graphic design to my gigs soon. Freelancing is easier and better than affiliate marking and blogging

Exactly I tell people to start with freelancing.

But many see it as hard work and they rather just sit at home and blog.

The higher the friction the better.

Blogging is low friction and almost everyone will fail at it. The traffic numbers to make it work is difficult to attain. You need a lot of luck on your side especially now that it is extremely saturated.

Go high friction. Flip the funnel upside down and you will have it easier to make money online.

I will write more about flipping the funnel system and going high friction. That’s one of the single biggest thing that’s made the difference for me.

Tech Capon, thanks for your input. You owe us a story.

The Enterpreneurial Mindset

I talked about having the right training to surpass $500 a month freelancing.

Let’s talk about that.

You want to earn more money and gain financial independence.

You want to work on your terms and have the freedom to work from anywhere in the world.

Then, you must change your mindset.

If you have been struggling to make ends meet, you most likely have been selfish.

Yes, you have been selfish.

It’s not your fault.

It’s the mentality most of us have grown to adopt through the society. We have been taught to be selfish.

So we need a reprogramming.

We need to adopt a new mentality.

The enterpreneurial mindset.

If you have not been making enough money you have not been solving problems or adding value to anyone’s life.

To make money you have to solve people’s problem. No problem solving no money.

Let’s take a step back.

Where’s this money we all speak off.

It’s in people’s pocket.

There are only two ways to get that money for yourself.

Rob them or do something for them so that they willingly give it to you as exchange for value.

The former is not our business. We are no criminals. So the only option is to give them something of value so that they pay us for the value.

To be a successful freelancer you have to adopt this mindset.

It’s a mindset based on creating value in the world and solving problems for other people.

It’s about ‘how can I help other people?’

Your ability to earn premium rates as a freelancer is directly tied to your ability to help other people.

Ask ‘Who can I help today’ and expect nothing in return.

Just start helping people and your mindset automatically shifts with you.

How can I help this person overcome their problem?

What has to happen for them to succeed?

Who do I know that can help out with this?

Where could this person get more help with their problem?

When can I start solving problems for others?

These are the questions you must always be asking yourself.

In the world of freelance, thinking and talking about the other person is everything.

Caring about the other person is everything.

Solving problems for other people is everything.

Being valuable to others is everything.

I want you all to go home with an assignment today.

What’s the assignment?:

Go help somebody solve a problem today.

Just do it.

Don’t expect anything in return.

Anything.

It ddoesn’t matter how mundane it is.

Figure out a problem they have and solve it. Ask for nothing in return.

You must constantly do this so that you shift your mindset to a value first enterpreneurial one. That’s what it’s all about. Solving problems.

Stop being me focused and selfish; Only after what you want.

Start being value focused.

And good things will start to happen. That I promise you.

If you have any question or want to jump on a quick call, mail me at the address in my signature with your number and I will get back to you.

For those that have reached out, you are free to keep reaching out and ask for anything. I also want to thank you for reaching out, you make all these worth it.

Have a nice week everyone. I will post again soon.

So what is freelancing

Freelancing is doing a specific skill for multiple people.

It involves less general work and more specific work.

You are not an employee and you do not receive benefits but you work from home or anywhere in the world with internet.

What you want to do is to build income gradually from freelance and replace your corporate job’s (prison) full time income.

Take back control of how much you earn in a month or year.

However, Freelance is not passive income.

You just don’t sit there and watch Telemundo while the money hits your bank account.

It involves work.

A lot of work.

So if you don’t like work, stop reading now and go back to watching Telemundo.

As you gain momentum, there are ways to free your time from your income to some extent. But that comes much more later.

You have to put in the work first.

Freelancing can allow you to get back to living life on your own terms.

It has for me.

I work from anywhere as long as I have my laptop, even just my phone and the internet.

...

Freelance without training rarely surpass the $500 mark.

This is why it takes usually between 6 months to 1 year to earn your first $500 - $1000 so far you put in the work.

What can $1000 a month do for you?

How will it change your life?

How will working on your terms and from anywhere in the world make you feel?

After earning your first $1000 life gets a lot easier. But it takes some learning curve to get there.

After your first $1k you will have built up social proof and credibitly:

Social proof and credibility is what you need to scale into higher amounts.

But let’s not get too far ahead yet.

You need to commit a minimum of 6 months to 1 year to see great results.

A lot of people will give up before then.

You mustn’t if you want to escape the rough and hard life you have now. You must make a promise to yourself to keep pushing on no matter the results you see initially.

You also need to commit at least 3-6 hours a week to freelancing.

It takes time to secure new clients and contracts.

The more time you can commit to your freelance success, the more successful you will likely be!

TechCapon:
I'm following up real closely. I'm on fiverr and I'm getting sales but I think upwork is better. I know a lady on this forum who bought a new car from proceeds of her work on fiverr. I've forgotten her name though. I think you should continue the thread. Don't wait for questions. Just turn it to a personal diary and share your experiences. Anyone who visits this thread will benefit. I plan on starting a thread like this soon and share my experiences on fiverr.

Thank you Tech Capon.

Great you are doing well on fiverr.

I think it will be great if you share your story also. A lot of people need to know this is possible. That they shouldn’t resort to illegitimate ways of making money or be hopeless and sulk away that they can’t gain financial freedom.

Making money online legit works.

It’s possible.

You just need to change your mindset to providing value and stop being me focused. Help others. Provide value and the money will follow.

Yes, I think I’m just going to share my personal story as I move along.

The only problem is, I usually underestimate the time that goes in sharing stuff on forums. It’s a tough act juggling work and also writing during your free time. I’m trying to work on this in 2019.

Thanks again and I will be waiting for your own story Capon.

Guys, sorry for the lack of update. 2019 has started with lots of work already.

I’m thinking of turning this thread into an AMA (Ask me anything).

I don’t really like updating threads I don’t see getting much interest. The motivation is just not there when there’s no feedback loop that people are getting value from what you are posting.

So an AMA will solve this as I will only respond when someone actually ask question.

So drop your questions.

For those of you just getting started please see my mail at my signature and mail me to send you a sample proposal.

My sample proposal

My proposals that got the job done in 2018. After sending loads of proposal on freelance platforms, I started seeing a pattern emerge. What works and what didn’t work.

I doubled down on what was working and eliminated what wasn’t.

The result is a client-magnet proposal template I came up with.

So let me know if you want it and I will send it your way.

Have a fab 2019.

Generalkorex:
No I joined recently. Haven't gotten reply from all the proposal I sent except 1.which was later archived

That’s great.

It’s very difficult getting on Upwork these days. Lots of people are getting rejected.

Have you set up your profile? Do you think it’s going to do a good job attracting client?

Can you send me a sample of your proposal let me look through it and see how I might help you craft better ones?

Generalkorex:
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I have 2 upwork account already

How has your experience been on Upwork. Have you made any money on the platform? What services do you provide?

djbasket:
Merry Christmas to you boss, thanks for the update.

You welcome DJ.

Send my Christmas chicken o

If you only care about yourself playing this game of freelance you won’t go very far!

You must think about the problems you can solve for clients. Everything must be about what you can offer. Not what you want.

Forget about yourself.

Nobody cares about you. Nobody!

I see terrible post like, ‘Hello Fred, is web design a profitable niche? Bla bla bla....’

Shut your mouth you selfish fecker.

People are so stuck up their own bum holes it’s unbelievable.

Look I know it’s tough out here on the streets. But you must understand that you have to treat people like a cat before they hand over you money.

What? Cat? What does that have to do with anything?

Have you owned a cat before?

Those felines are absolute badassasses!

They don’t give two hoots about you.

If you try to chase them or want to cuddle up to them they run away from you.

Needy hooman leave me alone.

If you want a cat to lap up to you just take a bowl of milk and place it on your lap. They will run at you ASAP!

That’s how you have to play this game.

You must be relentlessly focused on providing value for people without needing anything in return.

Hey but if I don’t need anything in return how do they pay me? I have got bills to pay man! I hit this cow on my way home in 2017 with my bashed up Camry and that’s what I have been eating all through 2018! The meat is almost running out fella!

Now here’s the magic and the secret most big ballers don’t want you to know:

Ready:

Wait for it:

It turns out that there’s this magic that happens when you just provide value to people 100% without an inkling of selfishness.

They will throw cash at you! That’s it. It’s a law of nature or something. Look it up.

You don’t believe me:

I’m not one to screenshot emails I receive to show proof. I like respecting people’s privacy. Though one on one I have shown some of you here.

So let me just say this whether you believe it or not, people throw cash at me everyday. Every godamn day.

You won’t believe how much I reject every single day.

I rejected a 300k job today. Like, the job will cost me just 2 hours but maaaaan I’m on vacation and tied up to my neck in work. So I was like nah brav. But I did give them a lot of freebies though (are you seeing a pattern) and guess what? They will be back. I know it.

Guys, trust me this works. Just help people selflessly and solve problems.

Like solve real problems.

Let me give you more deets.

I see people on here promotIng website services every single day. Promote promote promote.

Look, I don’t like knocking people’s hustle but I think I need to grab people by the neck here so they can get the message.

Remember, my last post when I said I have hammered this down over and over...and I don’t get why people don’t get this? Hey tongue twister right there. Say that fast thrice.

A regular web design promotion on here goes:

Hey guys it’s Sweet Chidi here...I design websites, awesome websites (meh - nobody cares). Contact me and let’s give your business that real shine (lmao).

Real shine?

Like, how do you feel when you read those promotions? Do you ever feel like contacting someone like that?

Humans like to buy but nobody likes beeen sold to. Capish!

Those Oshodi boys that will just be holding your hand upandan harassing you once you make the slightest of glance into their store.

Do you like been manhandled by those guys?

That’s what you do when you just care about yourself and it’s all about me me me me me me. People can smell neediness from a mile away.

Ask babes. They get this.

Now how do you follow the value first and only strategy:

I will give you a rundown of how I handle my web design business.

I will build a site for you. You don’t pay. Value first.

I will spend days researching your market and craft copy that will jive with them for free. Value again.

I will then host the site for you. Geez. Value value value.

I will then build an AdWords campaign with my own money and start driving traffic to your site (sometimes I host the site on my own domain and have the contact form lead to my own end).

Nothing from my clients. All for free.

Now when I start getting leads and people filling out the contact form asking about the businesses service or product, I start sending them to the client to close.

Or if it’s the client getting the leads on their own end I check up on them and ask how we are doing with leads.

Once they start getting leads and turning them into sales I ask them to open their wallet and pay me.

Now you see the difference.

No one needs a freaking website. In fact I turn away more than 50% of the people that ask me to build them a site.

Why?:

Because I can’t help them. If I can’t help them why should I build them a site and charge them for no result.

From the get go, I know a website isn’t what they need and a website won’t do much for them. It’s usually the guy that wakes up from a blissful dream one day and gets an inspiration to start selling perfumes all across Nigeria.

No sales strategy in place.

Logistics non existent.

Never done business before.

Perfumes are blehhhhh mehhhh.

I just tell them, go sell to your friends and neighbors first. Come back two weeks from now and we would talk.

They never come back.

So back to my point:

Nobody needs a website. They need sales. That’s what websites are for. To sell. A website is a digital salesman.

That’s the problem business want solved when they come to you with a website.

So the value first approach is to solve this for them. You are the designer. The expert. Your job is to educate them, help them make money. That’s what they need.

But many people don’t see it this way. They see it as what’s my business. Let me just create the site and charge them.

But guess what you haven’t solved any problem. People have started catching up and getting educated. Hey bro, your site did nada for me.

The value first approach is doing things the hard way first so that thing can be easy later on.

Solve a sales problem for a business and get them closIng a sale every month and watch how they will refer the bejesus out of you. They will tell their dog even.

See, this guy built me this site and business has been crazy man. I just called him to shut down the site because I can’t handle it.

What do you think her hairdresser she’s talkIng to will do?

Abeg give me hin number, omalicha. My business have been slow. Let me know if it’s this village people or not.

And then your phone is ringing relentlessly at 4 am. Omalicha gave me your number....

And then you are making moolah....

Same goes for freelancing.

On this platform, the clients are even smarter.

You must go in there with the mentality to solve their problem and provide immense value.

ProvidIng value is hard. Very hard. So you will just outcompete everyone if you do it. Everybody else will be looking for a shortcut while you are providing money back guarantee...result based pricing...free delivery...sending a bottle of champagne after finishing a website...sending them leads...modifying a freelance work until the client is happy...delivering your work like yesterday etc.

Value first. Value first. Value first.

Forget about yourself. Yes, I know it’s hard. I know that cow meat it’s almost gone and your bashed on Camry makes people laugh at you. But trusts me, you will have the last laugh if you put others before you every single timmmmmme!

Hmmm....this is the same message a certain Jesus Christ also preached.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Hello Guys,

Please apply to those freelance platforms and let’s get that out of the way.

I won’t be posting much during the festive period because I know a lot of you will be busy with your jollof rice and chicken.

This night however, expect a post on mentality and how to craft a client magnet profile.

You need a certain mentality to succeed in business and in freelancing.

This is the very first bridge to cross.

The mentality post is in my own opinion the most important I will be penning thus far.

If you’ve been stuck and struggling with this make money online thing I’m ready to bet it’s your mentality holding you back.

That’s the single biggest reason I see people struggle. So I want you all to have a mind set shift.

Without that mind set shift you will struggle.

On the surface it seems simple and easy but I have come to realize that many just don’t get it. Or should I say unwilling to change their mindset.

It’s almost criminal.

I just don’t get it sometimes. It’s very difficult for most people I have had this discussion with to have that change of mindset.

Probably they think it can’t be that simple and want to complicate it. But you can’t complicate this. Have that mindset shift and make things easy or keep struggling.

I also think it’s the society many of us have come to know that creates this dissonance. Nigeria is a country where people don’t really understand how value and transfer of money works.

We have a lot of bad examples and misnomer that we see and we somehow think this is the way things work. We emulate this bad examples and of course don’t get the results we want.

So I will be delving into the mindset stuff this night.

Until then.

henrykene:
What i mean is that, i have a peopleperhour account, but i need like two clients to prove that am a trusted freelancer. This is one of their criterias for keeping accounts active on upwork. So how do i get these two clients as fast as possible before the month runs out?

If i dont do two jobs before the month runs out they will charge me.

I just joined peopleperhour myself.

Freelancer.com has something similar.

How much do they charge you? And how frequent? Is it a monthly charge if you fail to get two clients or it’s a one-off?

The best way to quickly get two clients is to go for very low pound value work.

Say 6-10 pounds job.

Most of these jobs won’t require you to have a portfolio and don’t mind if you are new to freelancing or new on the platform.

So max out your application on these type of jobs and see what happens.

I have some upcoming posts on how to write client attracting bios/profile and also writing proposals that make you stand above the crowd and win you jobs. But this thing takes a bit of time and one month is honestly a tight deadline.

So I will just say, take the charge (I’m sure it should be very affordable to take) and play out your odds. You will win back all those charges when you start banging in jobs with your killer proposals and client attracting bios.

Hope this helps

henrykene:
How do you get your first client on Peopleperhour to avoid getting blocked out, as due to the fact you need to confirm yourself as a trusted freelancer with initial first two jobs.

Hello Henry,

Sorry, can you reword your question?

Help me understand what you are asking?