Dec 20, 2019 10:52:35 PM by Karen Grace D
I've been looking for clients for more than 2 months now and still no one would trust and hire me. I am depress and I feel like I'm useless I even bought connects to send proposals and no one contacted me. What is written on my profile is what I can offer. I feel hopeless and hopeless everyday
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Dec 21, 2019 01:57:40 AM Edited Dec 22, 2019 05:14:38 AM by Preston H
Karen Grace: you may create portfolio items which consist of descriptions of successful work you have done in the past... specific examples of ways you have helped clients or customers.
Many clients like to see portfolio items.
But also: Don't be a customer service worker. There are millions of these. Why should a client hire you instead of one of the million customer service workers from your country?
You may indeed find good jobs and clients doing this. But if you want to accelerate your trajectory, break out of this box and be something more.
Dec 21, 2019 12:32:02 AM by Gohui K
Dec 21, 2019 01:57:40 AM Edited Dec 22, 2019 05:14:38 AM by Preston H
Karen Grace: you may create portfolio items which consist of descriptions of successful work you have done in the past... specific examples of ways you have helped clients or customers.
Many clients like to see portfolio items.
But also: Don't be a customer service worker. There are millions of these. Why should a client hire you instead of one of the million customer service workers from your country?
You may indeed find good jobs and clients doing this. But if you want to accelerate your trajectory, break out of this box and be something more.
Dec 22, 2019 09:23:31 PM by Karen Grace D
Hi Preston! Thank you for your advice. Much appreciated! Happy holidays! 🙂
Dec 25, 2019 10:57:56 AM by Vojislav B
Hi, same here. I have been bid more than 100 bids. I don't know what is a matter.
Dec 27, 2019 12:15:30 PM by Szőke M
Hello, Vojislav B
your profile is not public now, see this link for more information: https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211060298-Set-Your-Profile-Visibility
Márk
Dec 27, 2019 12:12:35 PM Edited Dec 27, 2019 12:13:23 PM by Szőke M
Hey Adediran A,
after looking at your profile, these would be my observations:
• most importantly you don't have a portfolio so clients can't see your previous work
If you are just starting out, maybe do some "free" work on 99designs for example or just design something so you can build a portfolio
• your education or job history isn't related to graphic design, though that isn't necessarily a problem
• you should mention softwares you are skilled in for the Skills section (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
• your hourly rate is too low in my opinion, in my experience clients don't really trust freelancers that have such a low rate.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Márk
Dec 30, 2019 04:52:09 AM Edited Dec 30, 2019 04:52:56 AM by Szőke M
Hey Yasir I,
i would advise you to change your hourly rate to a minimum of 10$.
Also, i would reorganise your bio on your profile, now it is just a big chunk of text: consider using maybe bulletpoints, for example. It would make it easier to read.
Jan 7, 2021 05:48:56 AM by Ashraful A
Hi Szőke M!
Hope you are well and safe.
Kindly take a look at my profile and suggest. What should I do now?
Thank you,
Ashraful
Dec 27, 2019 12:15:56 PM by Szőke M
Hey Adediran A,
after looking at your profile, these would be my observations:
• most importantly you don't have a portfolio so clients can't see your previous work
If you are just starting out, maybe do some "free" work on 99designs for example or just design something so you can build a portfolio
• your education or job history isn't related to graphic design, though that isn't necessarily a problem
• you should mention softwares you are skilled in for the Skills section (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
• your hourly rate is too low in my opinion, in my experience clients don't really trust freelancers that have such a low rate.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Márk
Dec 27, 2019 01:35:11 PM by Adediran A
Dec 27, 2019 04:55:07 PM by Szőke M
You have to login here: https://community.upwork.com/
and on the top right there is the messages icon.
Dec 27, 2019 09:43:04 PM by Adediran A
Dec 27, 2019 10:05:23 PM by Aleksandar D
Hi Adediran,
Thanks for reaching out to us. Based on your screenshot, the page seems to be loaded completely, just some little mess up with the table for displaying the actual messages. Could you please try accessing your private messages using your desktop computer to see if that helps? Additionally, you can try accessing the message using this direct link.
Thank you.
Dec 27, 2019 10:09:04 PM by Adediran A
Jan 3, 2020 09:56:35 AM by Mehran S
Hi,
I think you must improve your proposal and change it every once in a while and try to attach some related work as an example that would give the client a good impression.
This might be more helpful.
Jan 15, 2021 09:00:46 AM by Beth M