masarauta11:
Hello Pius!

Thank you for taking your time to teach us how to became successful freelancers.

I am a graduate of Hausa language, currently doing my M.A in Linguistics. And the only skill I know I have as of now, is translation from English to Hausa language and some 70 - 80 words per minute typing skill. With that, I joined Fiverr 10 days ago. Published two gigs, one about English to Hausa translation, while the other one is about typing and editing English, Hausa and Arabic documents.
And I have successfully completed one order (worth $10 + $5 tip and 5stars review) six days ago. Though, it is not part of what I am offering. I record the Hausa alphabets for a US buyer.

My questions are:

1- Do you think these two or three skills were enough for me to be accepted on Upwork?
2- Someone somewhere, advised that a beginner freelancer should stick to one freelancing site, as he can't be able to control all the site, if he start receiving frequent orders. Is that true?

Thank you once again.
Please forgive my grammatical errors, as I am still struggling with correct English grammar.

I must commend you brother. Why? You actually studied one of Nigeria language. It's very rare or maybe I haven't heard much about it. I would have address you by your name but I guess you forgot

First, a fact about Hausa language. Do you know Hausa is the most widely spoken language in Africa after Arabic? Do you know that Hausa is also spoken in Ghana, Niger and other parts of Africa?

So you have a very good language translation niche (Arabic and Hausa). I'm very sure your English writing skills are very good. So a combine language of English-Arabic-Hausa has a whopping number of 1.4B speakers worldwide. So you're good to go. You can register to as many Freelance website as possible even if you have so many offers there are many ways to go about it. You must do your research well as a beginner or have someone to guide or explain in details the dos and don'ts of Freelancing world.

Hit me up on my telegram.

aylive02:
thank you

You're welcome. In box me on the telegram or WhatsApp account if you need more details.

COZA:
Good day sir.. please how can I stop this error from showing up when I want to submit a proposal.
I have updated my address but problem persists. I'll appreciate your input

First you've not mentioned which platform but I guess it's Upwork. Since you've updated your account and yet still persists, then it must be strange. I would advise you to email customer support or go to the Upwork community and Forums under 'Help' (?) It's faster that way as your complaint will be treated swiftly.

aylive02:
. Freelancing category. I listed 10 skills that i am good at including article writing, proofreading and so on

Good but more is needed as Upwork is very competitive and accept limited people daily. Since I know your category skill set reach me on 08103788474 (Telegram)

sabiodun03:
I wish to learn some skillset in order to be profitable sir

I don't teach skill set but I can recommend lucrative skill set and how to make use of it, get jobs online and get paid.

Reach me on 08103788474 (Telegram).

Years before 2015 there was nothing like Upwork. It all started during the 90's and early 20's when Elance and oDesk came into existence. A freelance platform in the US where anybody in the world can easily register on these 2 major platforms, surf for jobs, get hired and paid! But due to some reasons Elance decided to merge with oDesk, becoming the most popular and powerful Freelance website in the world.

With time they decided to change to Upwork. All this while I was there and active on Elance and oDesk and now Upwork. But all of a sudden Upwork started limiting the numbers of freelancers registering on there platform. At first I thought this is a bad idea but with time I noticed it was actually to help Upwork.

How? Imagine 200-300 jobs are posted everyday on Upwork by different clients and about 1,000 Freelancers worldwide are registered on Upwork everyday. That amount to 6,000-9,000 job post in a month for 30,000 freelancers. Of course the competition will be too much mostly if the majority of the registered people are in a particular niche of job. It will be overwhelming, many top freelancers will loose interest! And clients will complaint of not having good freelancers to bid on there job and that will be the very beginning of the downfall of Upwork!

But all hope are not lost as Upwork still accept new freelancers on a daily basis but limited. How can you be among those limited ones? That's where you need someone with vast experience on Upwork and Freelance websites. I have been registered on Upwork for the past 7 years.

I'm trying to grow a freelance trend in Nigeria and help interested people in Freelancing to achieve it on a longtime base. My plan is to create an extensive reservoir of information for people to become a successful freelancer. Though it will b paid later. But for the meantime I will be giving out limited free information.

[b]Please reply to this trend.

Regards,
Pius A.

aylive02:
Please how do I get my account approved? I'm having issues getting it approved even with the numerous skills that I have, my profile was rejected.

Under what category do you register on and what type of skills do you list?

stivoboi:
Wow i will really like to learn the tricks of freelancing am ready to "sack my boss"

Lol. Hit me up.

7 years ago I ventured into working as a freelancer (Online work) and from my experience over the years I now have a vast knowledge of it. Though starting as a beginner was very difficult as there was limited information about it online mostly for Nigerian's. But with persistent, ability to think smart and fast, I was able to achieve alot.

But many have find it difficult to even register on UPWORK let alone getting jobs as majority of them are not consistent and give up easily. I have seen many people online lamenting that getting jobs on Freelance Platforms such as UPWORK, FREELANCER, FIVERR, GURU, PEOPLEPERHOUR and many more.

Some even have the notion that client (US & Europe) can never hire them because they're from Nigeria. That's a very bad thinking, though I understand their basic of having that. But honestly that will immediately affect your zeal to work as a freelancer. I have co-freelancers and friends who have earned more than $50K+ (17.5M) on Freelance since their inception on it within few years.

Easy to say but effort is needed. You must have skills. Soft skills to be precise. Web/Graphics design, Customer service, Sales & Marketing, Writing etc.

I will be giving out many tips on how to be successful in the freelance world. You can ask as many questions as you want and I will reply as soon as I can here on Nairaland.

I'm trying to grow a freelance trend in Nigeria and help interested people in Freelancing to achieve success on a longtime base. My plan is to create an extensive reservoir of information for people to become a successful freelancer. Though it will b paid later. But for the meantime I will be giving out limited free information. Please reply to this trend.


Regards,
Pius A.

7 years ago I ventured into working as a freelancer (Online work) and from my experience over the years I now have a vast knowledge of it. Though starting as a beginner was very difficult as there was limited information about it online mostly for Nigerian's. But with persistent, ability to think smart and fast, I was able to achieve alot.

But many have find it difficult to even register on UPWORK let alone getting jobs as majority of them are not consistent and give up easily. I have seen many people online lamenting that getting jobs on Freelance Platforms such as UPWORK, FREELANCER, FIVERR, GURU, PEOPLEPERHOUR and many more.

Some even have the notion that client (US & Europe) can never hire them because they're from Nigeria. That's a very bad thinking, though I understand their basic of having that. But honestly that will immediately affect your zeal to work as a freelancer. I have co-freelancers and friends who have earned more than $50K+ (17.5M) on Freelance since their inception on it within few years.

Easy to say but effort is needed. You must have skills. Soft skills to be precise. Web/Graphics design, Customer service, Sales & Marketing, Writing etc.

I will be giving out many tips on how to be successful in the freelance world. You can ask as many questions as you want and I will reply as soon as I can here on Nairaland.

I'm trying to grow a freelance trend in Nigeria and help interested people in Freelancing to achieve success on a longtime base. My plan is to create an extensive reservoir of information for people to become a successful freelancer. Though it will b paid later. But for the meantime I will be giving out limited free information. Please reply to this trend.




Regards,
Pius A.

Hello everyone, I will like to know the cost of Ginger (Dried and wet) in the north. Planning to get about 1,000KG (1 tonne) that should be around 25 bags. I will also like to know the cost of shipping the bags to Lagos. Drop your quotation and number. I will not call or message your number if you only drop your contact without quotations. Thanks.

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