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joey150:
very vague answer. Dosent appear like you wanna elaborate at all.. All the same thanks!

your welcome, as you can see, I am also engaged with my own work. If you really want to learn, you need to do your own research, at least show some effort and ask questions where you are not getting it. That will be an encouragement to me to. That's the only way to know if you are serious on your own part.

Thanks

permanentgrace:
I really love this online business but there are things i still dont understand about it. Can we chat on WhatsApp pls?

you can ask specific questions here or if you want send me a pm

Opetech:
Okay, I have some knowledge of SEO and google AdWords. But I want to learn in depth, digital marketing. Thank you.

if you already have pre knowledge, all you have to do is utilize it, the more you practice the more experience you get. Check out fiverr and upwork and see the services and project placed there. By so doing, you can easily access yourself and know what you can really do. If you think you can do some of them, then give it a try. God bless

Sparkles003:
please can you teach me online marketing would really appriciate.,had to resign from my job as an online marketing manager cos the pressure was crazy and i did not even really understand the whole online marketing concept.thanks.sent you a pm

I have replied, will respond to you tomorrow.

localblood:
Sir, would love to get more tips from you. Prettym3383@yahoo.com. Thank you.

you can ask specific questions here or if not send me a pm.


Please I will reply everyone that pm'ed tomorrow. Thanks

Aspireahead:
Please, there us this new mall that just sprang up in town...but they have no social media presence...and early this morning i was just thinking of putting that into writing and sending it to the as a proposal highlighting the benefit if being on line and how they can utilise it to increase sales...what do you think? and how do you think i should go about it? BTW: i have a only little knowledge of SMM...but i know there are lots of materials on the web one can benefit from.

it's a nice idea. I will advise you give it a try with a balanced mind that if you get it find if not. You learn from it and move forward. I have once written a very good proposal of about 1k words but nothing came out of it except for the fact that I learnt from it.

But before you do it. You need to do some market research on social media platforms to see which platform is needed for their niche, some niche/market may do well on Facebook while others pinterest.
Use sites like epic-biction (Google it for the right name), buzzsumo for market analysis.
And see if you have reference. Don't forget to show in your writing that you know what you are saying. Good luck.

joey150:
can you elaborate please.

i will first of all advice you do some googling and ask questions. Am on mobile and can't type much.

Emmyk:
Anytime brova.

Really tired of Upwork now...

So much interviews, yet no work!

Imagine, using the whole 60 connects and getting just 1 interview.

You should be tired of yourself. Come to think of it, 60 connect used yet nothing. you should check your profile again and STREAMLINE YOUR SKILL TO ONE SKILL ONLY, THE ONE YOU ARE VERY GOOD.

ONCE YOU GAIN A GOOD PROFILE RATING, YOU CAN THEN ADD MORE SKILL.

Meklex:
cool... What about freelancer?

all are good. Most importantly is your desire and readiness to succeed. I only referred you to the one I have used.

Btw before you start, search on nairaland for fiverr, upwork, freelancer thread. they will help you start aright.

Opetech:
Please I Pm you, check your mail.

saw it will reply, but would rather have us talk here.

Meklex:
fill me in... I am about finishing NYSC and the only skill I can boast of is programming, though not yet proficient in it, well I can write(but yet to make anything from it) so I need to learn more skills that will bring bread to the table. Any ideas?

If you can write codes, then you are in for a great deal.
My advice: goto fiverr.com check the programming section, see if your skills set matches the kind of programming gig been sold. If it those, then dive into it. If you have doubts, learn more about the programming skills available there.

PLEASE DO STICK TO ONE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES YOU HAVE KNOW HOW OF. Once you gain a ground, you can learn new skills.

You don't need to be an expert before you give a try.

damola311:
Thanks boss, you make me have confidence in Upwork .... I just dey fear when I deliver the job, make money no enter river.

welcome. Success

Emmyk:
5 days....actually.

Thanks for the correction. Noted

Learning skills like SEO (search engine optimization), SMM (Social Media marketing) is an evergreen industry that when you land just one client. You are in for big cash.

Am talking about online digital marketing.

The number one reason people fail online is because we think and take online business as an alternative, so we end up not putting in enough energy. And due to such, we look for those 'fast cash' method that should earn us millions.

MIND SHIFT: The online community is a marketplace, though visual. And the only way to survive just like any other "physical" marketplace is YOUR SKILLS . If you can spend 5 years in school only to come out and no job, THEN you can as well spend few months and learn a skill (referred above)

I never believed one can earn #10k/day here in Nigeria not until I meet my present client (just one client). please do the math yourself. And the interesting thing is that I am doing it at my pace and also learning the more.
ALL THESE WOULD'NT HAVE HAPPENED IF I KEPT RUNNING AROUND, LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING FOR OVER 3 YEARS.

SO, WHAT IS MY POINT:LEARN A SKILL

damola311:
Thanks, after the client accept and end the project to release the fund, it takes how many days or weeks for the money to reflect? you know fiverr takes 2 weeks? and how will I know when the fund is cleared?

The fund will be in review for I think 5 days. Then after it will move to pending clearance which will be released on the Wednesday of the new week. Once released, you will have it in Available section ready for withdrawal

damola311:
Thanks bro, the issue is I can see funded in the project page, I see something like this

$200.00 (agreed) ...$0.00(paid)....$200.00(remain)

Is this right?

sorry for late response. Kind of busy. Right now I am only doing an hourly job, so but not experienced with fixed. But from what I have read. Was a project funded, then it's waiting your delivery and once done the buyer will release the fund.

Please go ahead and complete the order. Remember NEVER YOU END A PROJECT YOURSELF, Let the buyer do the ending, so you can still get review.

ONCE AGAIN, DO VISIT UPWORK FORUM, LOT TO LEARN THERE.

damola311:
I need someone with Upwork knowledge here, got my first job, but I don't really understand how it works.... how will I know the client has funded the project? So I won't just work and later receive no money....

UPWORK HAS TWO PAYMENT METHOD: FIXED AND HOURLY

frist thing i do is to look at the client profile; see if he is an old upwork user with lot of finished projects, also confirm if upwork has verified his payment method. once that is okay, you have nothing to fear.

Once a client assigns you a project, ( for fix), he pays bought the money will be in review while you complete the job and deliver, he releases the money. But for hourly, the client will assign you agreed amount of hours. YOU HAVE TO USE UPWORK TIME TRACKER when you are about to do the job. once you start, the time will be recorded in upwork, if you finish, if you go to "MY JOB" click the project and you will see details of how many hours and how much you earned, once your project is finished, the client will release the money and clearing period follows

PLEASE KINDLY GO AND READ UPWORK GUIDE. when you visit upwork while logged in, you will see a link to download upwork guide by the left side of the screen.

ojialo:
Anyone here who will do SEO for my website? I want my site to be ranked among the top ten

contact me for details

legalwealth:
That is great!
Make sure the business name used is registered and you have its certificate.

Thanks, unfortunately that will be by next year if God permits. I will just be watching. thanks

@legalwealth morning sir, I recently changed my uae personal paypal account to a business account with my Nigeria business info. I did it as I needed to create a buy button for my church website. The process was successful and I have been using the account like before for several transaction.

What are some things I should watch out for or should be careful with.

Hey Friends, PLEASE TO THOSE FIGHTING OVER EXPERIENCE, please try not to mention me, before I think say na CLIENT dey call me

By the way, TO THE GUY WITH THE RATING PROBLEM. you still got a chance to remove it.

Analyzing CS reply, they said it can be removed base on the buyers consent, and if I heard you well, you said the buyer said he didn't leave the ratings.

Now he's how I solved my own case. Contact the buyer again and ask him if he can help you remove the rating, if he says he does not know how to remove it. Ask him if he's permitting you to contact CS to remove it, if he says yes. GO AND GIVE THANKSGIVING ON SUNDAY.

Then, now contact CS again, make sure you refer to previous reply they gave you, and then tell them that the buyer has permitted the removal, REFER THEM TO THE CHAT YOU HEARD WITH THE BUYER, of course they can see the messages from their backend, and BOOM YOU ARE A WINNER.

All of this will not take you more than 15 minutes to do.

NOTE:
Don't give up so easily, because gaining back rating is a forever fight on fiverr.

Never you allow orders to grow late more than 48 hours, instead increase your gig delivery time,simple.

Never ever request mutual cancellation with a buyer you are having disagreement with, especially when the order is SO SO LATE.

FINALLY (real Madrid final): Bros or Aunt, Please and please and please again, you and learn customers relationship. First thing you should always do we you receive an order is to build a relationship and trust so that when trouble ensuit, you will be on a save side, and your clients will patiently wait or happily accept cancellation with THANK YOU on TOP.

MAKE I GO CHARGE MY BATTERY

Hey peeps. UPWORK can a gold mine if you are sure of your skill sects, its no trial by error. since i registered there, i know how many months it took me to land my first 2 cleints, that is after tweaking my profile description several times offering different services.
UNTIL RECEENTLY I DECIDED TO STICK TO ONE SERVICE I KNEW VERY WELL. I just landed an ongoing client paying me not less than $130/week.

Advice: before you think of going to upwork, make sure you are grounded in your skill sect, its not like fiverr that favors new comers, upwork requires lots of hard work but really pays. just one client can land you a permanent job.

abbeynoni:
Please everyone I need help. Is there a way I can login to a buyer email account in U.k. She gave me the details but I have been unable to cuz am running a naija account. She hired me on monthly basis as her virtual assistant. The pay is good. Please help.

calm down and think, the job is still yours

I will advice just like other guy have said, make sure you use a vpn to login especially if it is Gmail to avoid phone authentication. You can download zenmate for Chrome, it has a free UK IP you can assign a new chrome profile and install the addon (zenmate).

market reseach, seo. i will advice you stick to your niche and scale up your skill

Francgoz:
Bro, thanks for your encouragement, I really appreciate. What's your niche?

That't just the problem, we all are fighting to get to level 2 as if that's where the money is. To be sincere with you, when i was a level 1, i had steady orders but since my level 2, my very hot selling gigs dropped, for months now, its been so slow, level 2 is no miracle wonder. infact, most people feels that fiverr is a $5 for everything website, and that is why they opt for low level, saying; mehn 'i cant avoid that level 2 guy".

That been said, your level 2 gave you an upper hand, the rewards will so show up, so, be patience and pass through the WAITING PERIOD, like am doing. instead of switching, go learn more about your niche, find new source, methods and it will pay off sooner than later.

Francgoz:
Hey guys, I have been experiencing a dramatic drop in sales since the last 12 days I was promoted to level 2. Last wk, I managed to make 4 sales and this wk again, is only 4 sale. When I was a Level 1 seller, I made very hot sales. In a very good week, I got up to 12 orders, but since I was promoted, sales dropped which is not what I expected. I don't know whether any of you is experiencing this sales drop. Could this be a general problem on fiverr? I am just wondering where I went wrong and my positive is 97%. Pals I need your kind suggestions pls. What is the way forward? Am in article niche with 38 positive reviews. At times, I feel like changing to another niche because the competition in article writing is very fierce.

I AM WRITING ANOTHER PROPOSAL THAT MIGHT EAT UP TO 1K WORDS OR MORE, well this is for a private job I saw. Already written 200+ words.

At the end of the application, either of these 3 things will happen;

1: I will be kicked off of the project (well no problem, at least I now have a CV for future reference). WIN-WIN.

2. I get accepted. wow, I will just bump into the job with all peanuts of my time. And still I will have my COVER LETTER. WIN-WIN.

3. I get hired for smaller task maybe via my fiverr or upwork account. And yet I have my cover letter for later reference. WIN-WIN.

Question: looking at the above analysis, I have nothing to loose, but something to learn and gain.

ADVICE: Take your online venture as a real business. When you start a business newly, you don't expect an instant money. Unless na blood money you use, Hahaha.
Rather than complaining, go and learn. READ all you can READ, I just downloaded I think about a 2-3k word article on my head. Keep reading and learning.

Update on last comment: this Australian women that I got through upwork asked me immediately I told her am from Nigeria; "Where did you learn all the skill and English"? I smiled like an igbo boy and boldly replied," the Internet".
Lesson learnt: see most foreign folks think we Nigerians are all Spammers, well that's what she said. And the only way you can prove otherwise is my how well you know your skill set and your ability to Sale.

LETTER TO YOU NEW FRESHER (please I am very too, but at least I no carry last) . If you know that you are not good at your skill, don't expect rapid growth in earnings, Rather build your skill set. Seriously I dey provoke now, do you know only a few eats up all the junk of money flowing through fiverr and upwork, fiverr even use their gig for Facebook and adword Ads for free. Mtcheew. What's the take? Those guys skills are near perfect.

Assuming you are a buyer, what do you always look for when seeking to get a job done? Quality, right.
Some of us think, buyers on fiverr are novice, nah, that's wrong mindset. Most buyers on freelancing website are professionals who are seeking to outsource their task for greater productivity on their side.
The fact is that you and them are both sellers but on different scale. And that is why you should be good at what you do.

#I debt try this days, this is almost 300 words now. Time to open a blog, Hahaha.
#abeg I suck for grammar, I be jus an ssce pikin.
#myphone don try.

Thanks for reading.

PRAYER: NEPA, PBN, or EEDC abeg come back from strike, I need to finish my proposal.

Just wrote a 400 words super tips on my phone, nairaland no gree post am. Sad

Good evening sirs

HazzanTazzan:
I also got my first job on upwork left week. But id rather not invest too much on the penny they budgeted for the job.
Work seems too stressful for the pay

Yea, but I believe the potential lies when you build up your portfolio. Upwork is way too a professional ates all

Today I have landed my first client on upwork after submitting 300 words of proposal . Should be a long term by God grace.

NOTE: I have submitted 10s of proposal but got one client. So keep on pressing, let to Sale. When I wrote that proposal, 300 words is like writing a blog post. But it paid off. The client didn't even ask any questions again and hired me immediately even though my profile is new with no single star.

The 3rd most important skill in business is the ability to Sale ~Strive M.

The only way is to try. Just be sure you scan it well. And most importantly, if they refuse contact their customers service.

Hi guys happy sunday,
let me clear some air here, let those that have ear hear.

1. buyers request: guys just stop spamming that page, as a seller, you are seeing that page but the POTENTIAL BUYER (account) those not have access to that page, so they will never see what you are offering. SO STOP POSTING THERE OR BE READY FOR A BAN FULL STOP

2. withdrawal: Please stop changing your paypal email everytime you want to withdraw. THIS IS WHAT YOU MUST DO; (a). get a payapl account (us/uae) and link it to your fiverr account, so that when ever you withdraw to ur paypal, you then sent from your paypal to your exchanger. simple. (b) THIS IS THE EASIEST AND SAFEST;[/b]open a new gmail account. use the email as your paypal email on fiverr, even though you have no actual paypal account, when ever you withdraw with PAYPAL OPTION, you will receive an email from paypal with a link to open a NEW PAYPAL ACCOUNT AND CLAIM YOUR MONEY. [b]simple contact your exchanger, give him the email, he will add it to his paypal account, then you send him the links paypal will send to you, and the money will land in his paypal, and he will then send you the equivalent as usual . THIS IS SIMPLE AND TAKES FEW MINUTES, EVERY EXCHANGER KNOWS HOW TO DO THAT.

3. TAKE ACTION