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Sankalpa D Community Member

What are some tips for building a successful career as a freelancer on Upwork?

 
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Iwan S Community Member

Be patient, start by reviewing the forums, learn about the rules of using the platform. 

 

Spend time on creating your profile, ask people on the forums to review it and be open to critisism.  Look at prices for similar work and offers and make sure that you are competitively priced (you can change this later when you build up a customer base).

 

It takes time to build up a reputation on any platform, UpWork is no different.  Apply only for jobs where you meet all the required criteria and do the best possible job you can when selected, clients will recognise this and you will gradually build up your reputation by doing so (based on your job succes score - JSS). Read up on how to write proposals and above all, be patient, don't expect overnight success.

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Be patient, start by reviewing the forums, learn about the rules of using the platform. 

 

Spend time on creating your profile, ask people on the forums to review it and be open to critisism.  Look at prices for similar work and offers and make sure that you are competitively priced (you can change this later when you build up a customer base).

 

It takes time to build up a reputation on any platform, UpWork is no different.  Apply only for jobs where you meet all the required criteria and do the best possible job you can when selected, clients will recognise this and you will gradually build up your reputation by doing so (based on your job succes score - JSS). Read up on how to write proposals and above all, be patient, don't expect overnight success.

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