Get Profile Feedback from Experienced Freelancers on Upwork

[#1]

Getting started on Upwork can take a lot of work and focus. To help make this process a little easier, we’ve created this post where you can request feedback on your profile. The community is full of experienced Upwork freelancers who are passionate about helping others. These users will review your profile and provide feedback based on their experience.

If you’re interested in requesting help, make sure your profile visibility is not set to “Private” and then reply below. 

We’re excited to see how Community members can continue to help each other to grow!

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[#2]

Hi Andrea,

I would like that my profile be reviewed. I am open to learning all that is needed to succeed as a freelancer on Upwork.

Thank you.

[#3]

Hi Glory,

I like the information in your profile, but it's not enough to convince clients to hire you. Virtual assistance might be the most competitive skill area on Upwork, so getting attention can be a huge challenge. This means you must use your profile to show potential clients your value.

Here are a few things I think you can improve:

Title: Your title will look more appealing when focused on a skill area, but without other descriptive words. For example, your title should be Virtual Assistant or Executive Virtual Assistant.

Overview/Summary: Your summary has good content but you need more to show clients your value. For example:

• Talk about your typing speed, accuracy, attention to detail, and how you can maintain quality standards.
• Also talk about your time management and organizational skills.
• You mentioned Microsoft Office, but an executive virtual assistant must be proficient with other tools. Mention any other software applications you are familiar with.
• Also, talk about your ability to solve administrative problems and adapt to changing or new requirements if necessary.

Remember--you are competing with hundreds of thousands (maybe 1+ million) virtual assistants, so clients need several reasons to choose you.

Portfolio: I recommend adding one or two more items to your portfolio. The portfolio is a chance to make a positive first impression and clients like to see visual examples of work/services. If you don’t have relevant examples to add to your portfolio, you can create items that demonstrate your skills.

Skills: You are missing an important skill category in your skills list. I highly suggest adding Virtual Assistance since you use it in your title and should use it in your summary. Upwork uses these skill categories to match you with relevant jobs, and to help your profile appear in search results when clients search for virtual assistants.

Everything else looks good. Your profile is on the right track.

Good luck!

[#4]

Please have a look at my profile and let me know if anyone is willing to give me the best feedback.

Thank you.

Here is my profile link

https://upwork.com/freelancers/muhammaddanishk8

[#5]

Muhammad Danish,

Your profile is incomplete and will not get attention from clients.  Make sure your profile is 100% complete before applying to jobs. The best way to complete your profile is to go through the following Academy Courses and other resources:

• Creating Your Profile
• Making Your Profile Title and Overview/Summary
• Building Your Portfolio
• 9 Tips to Make Your Profile Stand Out
• Finding Work
• Submitting Proposals
• How To Get Jobs On Upwork: Tips
  
  

[#6]

Hi Andrea G,

Hope, you're doing great. Thank you for this great opportunity for new sellers like me. Will you please take a moment to analyze my profile and tell me my shortcomings? I haven't done much in past few days on profile. Now I promise to be cosistent. Goal is to do better and best each following day. Thank you in advance 🙂
https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~0114e6e1c5dfcb730c

[#7]

Muhammad,

Please rewrite the Summary into four paragraphs with a focus on the first sentence because it appears in client search.

[#8]

gets more and more connects and then apply and make portfolio should be
splendid and on ur words not someone copy paste.

[#9]

Hello and thank you.  I created my profile yesterday and would like feedback.  Much appreciated

[#10]

Selline,

Can you find a way to work in a sentence or two (or three) that says, "I am an expert life coach with ____ years experience who can improve your life in the following ways _____________" 

What you have is a bit of an advertisement. A profile is designed to get people to feel comfortable with you. This is the Internet. They don't know you from Adam (or Eve, in this case).  As such, a profile is a little more generous than an advertisement.

Your writing is jargon-prone -- three syllable words that are a bit vague, like "management" and "processes." Can you get it down to earth a little bit?

I often recommend people who are jargon-oriented pretend there is a camera following them around. What does that camera see? Does it see you making phone calls or holding Zoom conferences? Does it see you writing goal-oriented recommendations and giving them to clients? Does it see you talking to people? 

People like to know what they are paying for. What is it you actually do that isn't vague, like "organizational enhancement." 

I'm not saying remove what you've got ... just add a few user friendly sentences that are more tangible than glossy.

Having said that, why $78 per hour? That sounds a bit odd. I think $80 sounds more professional. Why equivocate? (Just a thought.)

Good luck.

[#11]

Thank you Athony, I appreciate the detailed feedback and specifics to help me be clear to those who do not know me/what I can do.  Your feedback will help  me edit and be more relevant on this online platform.  

Sincerely, 

[#12]

Please have a look at my profile and let me know if anyone is willing to give me the best feedback. I'll be really appreciated.

Thank you.

Here is my profile link.
https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/zohaibramzan

[#13]

Muhammad,

I think your profile looks good.

In your overview/summary, I would combine the first sentence with the first paragraph since they provide similar information. Also, you might want to add more details about your work processes. For example:

• Tell clients how you define milestones and timelines when working on their project.
• Do you provide unlimited revisions? Do you offer follow-up support after a web project is completed?
• Talk about your attention to detail and how you maintain quality standards.
• Highlight any similar projects you have worked on and your accomplishments.
• Talk about your ability to meet business challenges and adapt to changing or new requirements if necessary.

Clients looking for WordPress or Front-End Developers will find hundreds of thousands of them on Upwork. The question is, do they have enough good reasons to choose you? The information you provide can help them better understand why they should hire you and how it will benefit them.

I think your portfolio, skills, project catalog, certifications, and employment history look good.

Good luck!

[#14]

I need help getting views.

[#15]

Cara,

Online, there is a hierarchy of assignments. The basic place to start is writing blogs. After that, you move up to content writing. After that, you go to SEO assignments.

Each of these assignments have different expectations. Blogs have the most leeway in terms of expectations. Content next. SEO articles next.

That said, declaring yourself to be new to this is a very bad idea. In the first place, scammers look for profiles exacly like yours. You have painted a target on your back. 

Just like walking through the wrong part of town, you have to have an assertive stride. You have to pretend you know what you're doing, not wave a flag saying, "I don't know much about this ... but I'm willing to try."

So, look around Upwork for blog and content writers and see how they pull it off. That's the place to start.

If need be, you can write proposal letters that say you are new to this ... but I really don't recommend that as a way to get jobs. If people pay you money, they will always have expectations and you have to meet those expectations. Research blogs. Read as many as you can. Get an idea of what's expected. Look up content writing. Read about it. Find some content-style articles and read those. (They are all over the place. The Internet is probably half content writing and blogs.)  

Write some stories for yourself ... assign yourself some blog stories and some content stories. Then you can say, you have some experience. Then, even if you assigned them to yourself, you have some writing samples. 

There were 1.5 million writers on Upwork as of 2019, so now it's closer to 2 million. When a client hires one, they want to make sure their risk is reasonable, so they want experienced writers who can say, "I know how to get this done." Your approach is very sketchy. You'll be standing in line with almost 2 million others. Get some legitimate experience and then write a profile that sounds as professional as you can imagine.  Don't come off as someone new at this -- that's a disaster waiting to happen.

Good luck.

[#16]

Hello I'm new here, can anyone help me review my profile and give feedback also I've never managed to secure a client any help on how it's done? Thnaks

[#17]

Sandra,

It sounds simple, but the best way to secure clients is to have marketable skills and subject matter expertise clearly displayed in your profile. This experience and your qualifications should also be evident in your proposals/cover letters. In my opinion, this is the best way to attract clients.

I lookked at your profile and it makes a really good start. However, there isn't enough information to convince clients to hire you. Here are my suggestions to improve your profile:

Overview/Summary: Good information in your summary, but I think it needs more substance. First, you use highlights when sentences and a conversational tone are best. For example:

I'm a versatile virtual assistant ready to optimize your workflow and enhance your productivity. I have a strong background in administrative support and customer service with a keen eye to detail. I specialize in managing schedules, streamlining operations and providing efficient solutions to meet your needs.

In addition to general and advance administrative support using Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel PowerPoint), I can also provide social media management for Tiktok, Instagram, and Facebook, and manage schedules and book appointments using tools like Calendly and Visuals. I am also proficient with graphic design tools like Canva.

(Now, add more substance. [see below].)

In addition to telling clients about your services, provide a little detail about your approach to providing those services and why your method is beneficial to them. For example:

• Describe your biggest strengths and why they should matter to the client.
• Talk about your typing speed, accuracy, attention to detail, and how you can maintain quality standards.
• Talk about your ability to solve administrative problems and adapt to changing or new requirements if necessary.
• What other value will your services bring (e.g., cost savings, risk reduction, time savings, better work-life balance, flexibility, etc.)

Remember--you are competing with hundreds of thousands of virtual assistants, so clients need several reasons to choose you, and the information you provide can help them better understand why they should hire you and how it will benefit them.

Portfolio: Add a portfolio to show samples of previous work or to demonstrate your skills. The portfolio is a chance to make a positive first impression on potential clients. If you don’t have relevant examples to add to your portfolio, you can create items that demonstrate your skills.

Project Catalog: You should also consider adding a project catalog. The project catalog allows you to setup a pre-packaged service that clients can buy without you sending a proposal. Due to higher than usual requests for project catalogs, reviews and approvals are taking a minimum of 10 business days. Read Get Started With Project Catalog for more information.

Your skills and employment history look good.

Good luck!

[#18]

Please vote for my profile i am new here 

[#19]

Akbar,

The Community Forums are not used to vote for profiles. You should revise your title, summary, and add a portfolio to strengthen your profile. Otherwise, clients will never choose to hire you.

Since you are new to Upwork, make sure your profile is 100% complete before applying to jobs. The best way to complete your profile is to go through the following Academy Courses and other resources:

• Making Your Profile Title and Overview/Summary
• Building Your Portfolio
• 9 Tips to Make Your Profile Stand Out
• Finding Work
• Submitting Proposals
• How To Get Jobs On Upwork: Tips
  
  

[#20]

I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to review my profile and provide any feedback you deem valuable. I am particularly interested in hearing from individuals who can offer constructive criticism to help me improve further.

Here is my profile link:

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~0125fb55ea8b67ebc1

Thank you.

[#21]

Husan Bano,

Good start to your profile, but you need more information in your overview/summary to convince clients to hire you. There are hundreds of thousands of data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers on Upwork, so clients need more than great skills and proficiencies to hire you. Here is what I suggest adding to your summary:

• Tell clients how you will communicate and gather feedback to ensure the final deliverables meet their needs.
• Talk about staying informed of latest developments, trends, and emerging technologies in data science.
• Mention that you can uphold ethical standards, protect proprietary data/information, and use responsible practices for data collection and analysis.
• Mention your time management and organizational skills.
• Highlight any similar projects you have worked on and your accomplishments.

Clients are looking for reasons to choose you and the information you provide can help them better understand why they should hire you and how it will benefit them.

The items in your portfolio look good, but I strongly suggest converting the files to PDF so that clients are easily access them. Many clients cannot open Jupyter Notebook files (IPYNB file) and my be cautious about downloading and extracting RAR files. Your portfolio will get more attention if you use PDF documents.

Your skills and employment history look great.

Good luck!

[#22]

Hi please i will really appreciate it if you can take time to go through my account.

Here is the link ''https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~016987d1de9077390b'

[#23]

Hi Daniel,

I recommend removing the star emojis from the first part of your overview/summary. Removing the stars will allow clients to see more of the testimonial you provided. Also, remove this:

"Hello Awesome Client"

"Welcome to my profile I'm Daniel":

Even though not at the beginning of your summary, these statements waste space and provide no value to the client.

I think the other areas of your profile look good.

[#24]

Hi everyone, I'm new here and would love some feedback on my profile. This is my first time considering freelancing before, but over the years I've always received compliments on my work, so I figured no time like the present. Lol.

Thanks in advance for your input/advice. It is appreciated.

[#25]

Hi Tiana,

You have a very nice approach for someone new to freelancing and new to Upwork! Your summary does a good job in explaining your skills and expertise, and how you can help potential clients with their social media content needs. Your portfolio, skills, certification, and employment history look great too.

You should also consider adding a project catalog. The project catalog allows you to setup a pre-packaged service that clients can buy without you sending a proposal. Due to higher than usual requests for project catalogs, reviews and approvals are taking a minimum of 10 business days. Read Get Started With Project Catalog for more information.

The other areas of your profile look good. I do not see any problems or issues that would prevent a client from hiring you.

Good luck!

[#26]

Hello! I haven't gotten any project on upwork. I've spent a lot of connects. My proposals were sometimes viewed but I was rarely interviewed. My profile was not viewed at all. Can someone check my profile and tell me what's wrong?

Thank you