Aug 4, 2019 04:57:29 AM Edited Aug 4, 2019 05:12:05 AM by Muhammad S
Aug 4, 2019 05:16:14 AM Edited Aug 4, 2019 07:57:15 AM by Olawale A
Aug 4, 2019 05:16:22 AM by Petra R
Muhammad S wrote:
A friend of mine was hiring through Upwork. He contacted me just out of curiosity to know what I offer as a freelancing service, and I told hime that I am a SEO Copywriter. He searched for SEO Copywriters but couldn't find me anywhere. My profile is not set to private. My title is according to my niche. Why don't I show up in search results? Why do people never invite me to jobs?
There are over 10,000 results for SEO Copywriter. You will be in there somewhere, but chances of a newbie appearing high in search results of such a desperately oversaturated category are slim.
Forget about invites at this stage of your Upwork career, until you have a history, invites will be few and far between.
Aug 4, 2019 05:48:26 AM by Muhammad S
Aug 4, 2019 05:51:58 AM by Olawale A
Aug 4, 2019 05:58:21 AM Edited Aug 4, 2019 05:59:35 AM by Olawale A
Aug 4, 2019 06:01:02 AM by Petra R
Muhammad S wrote:
Yea I did but he was quite happy and gave me 5 stars.
Never mind the stars, they are largely irrelevant. Private feedback is what counts.
Looking at your profile there are several reasons why you don't get invited:
You are really making a bit of a mess of your profile. You set your hourly rate at $ 25 (so many clients who want to pay the money you REALLY work at don't even open your profile because they either filtered you out or think they can't afford you, even though you are happily working at a fraction of that.
Set your hourly rate to what you actually work at, then stick to that, increasing it over time, without working below your profile rate. What you're doing now looks disingenuous and as if you have no idea what to charge.
Then you take $ 5 an article jobs, so the clients who might be willing to pay more think you can't be much good if you write articles for $ 5.
Aug 4, 2019 06:11:26 AM by Muhammad S
Aug 4, 2019 06:22:20 AM Edited Aug 4, 2019 06:23:04 AM by Petra R
Muhammad S wrote:
Thank you for replying. Actually, I am quite good at writing articles and have won accolades on a national level. I know what to charge as I am a really good Copywriter.
Then I would strongly suggest you proofread your portfolio pieces to reflect that fact...
Aug 4, 2019 06:28:26 AM by Muhammad S
Aug 4, 2019 06:49:35 AM by Petra R
Muhammad S wrote:
I just wanted to know why I am not in the top results. I am not getting invited because I never get showed up in results, and I didn't know why.
Because there are well over 10,000 of you and only a few of those can be on the first few pages at any given time. Search results are rotated to a degree, to give everyone a chance, but among 10,000 you won't be on page one that often.
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