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gerrit90
Community Member

Please, Review My Profile

Hey guys,

this is my first time posting here.
I am on UpWork for a few month now, and it starts to get a little bit momentum.
This week I will breach the 1000 Dollar total earnings. 

However, I am still pretty unsatisfied, how few of my proposals come back with an interview invitation.

Could you guys give me a short review of my profile?
What do you like?
What dont you like?
What would you change?

I would appreciate any Feedback!


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@Rene K wrote:

@Tamal S wrote:

Hi, I am working on Upwork for some times now. I am satisfied with my profile but I'd love to have any suggestion to improve my profile. Can anybody please check and review?

Thanks!


Don't hesitate to space the text by adding an extra blank line between paragraphs, to improve readability.

 

Also you may want to spend some little money to have it edited by a native English-speaking proofreader to make it sound better.

 

I would leave this out: "If you have read this far, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to read through my profile. I hope it answered some of your questions!"

 

Off topic: WordPress specialists are a dime a dozen on Upwork. You may want to find a niche to specialize in addition to your WP skills. I know squat about WP, but maybe you can find something that fewer people do to highlight on your profile.


I've updated my profile according to your reply. I will try to find a niche to reflect my specific skills for WP. Thank you for the suggestions, Rene!

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tranvanhieu
Community Member

Hello Upworkers!

 

I don't know how to make my profile look more interesting.

 

I have no experience on any freelance platform.

 

Thank you for your time and advices.

Hieu.

 

Hieu T
Vietnamese translator

You actually made an interesting typo in your profile.

 

According to Urban Dictionary:

 

When something is not done professionally, but rather in your own garage... terribly. And yet, somehow, it works.
 
Other minor things:
1. I suggest adding a full stop after the second paragraph.
2. You may add a space before (8 years)
fahadtester
Community Member

Hi this is first time i am posting any question here . I need help because to me there is always a room for improvement in life. I need a review of my profile from community Guru's and recommend me any Change or feeback which can help me improve it more Please click this link to view my profile . 

phoebeking
Community Member

Dear UpWork Community,

 

May I impose on you for a quick review of my profile? I've been submitting proposals for a couple of months and only received two responses, no calls to interview.

 

An UpWork champion who sends me emails every now and then suggested I add a couple of testimonials on top. I'd prefer to put them at the end. I think the WIIFT should take top billing. What do you suggest?

 

Also, can you see how long I've been a member on my profile? I don't see it from my view. I'm concerned because I updated my profile from an old Elance profile I never used and I'm nervous that prospective clients see a 7-year-old profile with zero work history. That would send huge red flags if it were me looking for a freelancer.

 

I would be grateful for any tips/suggestions you care to make to help me start getting interviews/jobs. I'm hungry! Smiley Tongue

Thanks,

Phoebe

vickybahadur58
Community Member

Hi everyone,

 

I am new on upwork. I already make my profile and mention all my skills and experience. Please have a look at my profile and let me know is something missing on my profile.

 

Thank you

adnanhassan95
Community Member

Hay Everyone,

 

Anyone check my profile and tell me is any improvement required because i send proposals and no response. 

 

How i start working because in every job 2 requirement that atleast 90% job success ratio and rising talent suggest me any solution can i start find other related to data entry etc in this way i collect some reviews from the client 

albina-alivitsa
Community Member

Hello everyone, I am an intermediate article writer, blog writer and copywriter, My profile is up to date, I submit unique quality proposals for each job and I think I have done all that matters to win jobs. I have only won one $60 job for the past month, used all my connects please help me with the tips.
tuoa
Community Member

Can someone take a look at my profile and do some positive kritisism please. I don't​ seem to be making progress, still haven't landed my first client yet, it's been a year, I'm doing something wrong but I just don't know what it is. 

 

Thanking you in advance

trulybigdata
Community Member

Please review my profile and provide feedback. I am trying very hard to get job but somehoe unable to convert a single job.

 

I am looking for work in Tableau/Power BI/MSBI/SQL.

 

 

youssof_yassin
Community Member

Hello, I just got my profile approved (finally!) a few hours ago, but now I am not sure if it is good enough for people to accept me.

 

I tried to fill it up as much as I can, but if there is anything I can add or change that you can tell me, that would be greatful!

morganpeace
Community Member

Hello everyone
I am relatively new here and I really need a little bit of help. If anyone who has the necessary experience could check out my profile and give me a bit of an assessment or tips for improvement, I would be more than happy.

Thanks in advance. 😺

Peace:


That looks like a strong, well-crafted profile page to me.

 

Good portfolio pieces.

 

But there are only two. I would add a few more.

 

Suggestion: Don't list "Presentations" as one of your skills unless you include examples in your portfolio.

epiczonetechno
Community Member

Helll everyone!

Very informative but I am here struggling with the same thing. When I was on Elance I used to close 1-2 clients a month and sometimes more but now its been a while no jobs. My profile shows 6 jobs running but those clients are not active anymore but they also didnt finish the contract. They teach online that dont quote low rates; I met a client who wanted support 24-7 in not more than 120-150 dollars. I have a plenty of experience and from what I think my profile is okay but still I seek help from gurus to spare some time from your busy schedule and review.

I will welcome the criticism and suggestions for improvement.

Looking forward to hear from you guys soon!!!
sopsini
Community Member

Hello everyone!

 

I am a new freelancer on Upwork (I signed up a week ago). I would like to ask you just to take a quick look and give me a feedback on my profile. As I've been reading many provided and given advices, tips and tricks, guidelines etc; and I want to make sure my profile is good to go.

I submitted around 25-27 customized proposals, 7 of which are closed, didn't receive any job invitations yet 😞

I would really appreciate your honest feedback, reviews, corrections and advices, this will help me to determine and analyze my strong and weak sides.

Also, I noticed, some other freelancers have a blue check mark next to the "Language" section. How do I verify my language knowledge? I did couple of tests and it gave me check marks next to "My skills" section.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Best,

Sophie

dahir-mohamed
Community Member

Dears,

Hope this message will find you well.

I am new freelancer who need to joint upwork enviroment, so i need to get some comments bout how to win the first job in upwor, I have bachelor certificate and Master as well, but i don't have any other certificate about english or other.  so dear beloved colleagous please give me suport as you are very experieced person. 

 

also i appriate if can i get Someone's SKYPE for further consultation.

 

please help me. indeed i am youn person who is very eager to work in this website 

 

vsalinitro
Community Member

Hi everybody!
i'm looking for some advices on how to improve my portfolio.

I registered on Upwork last year (if i remember well) but i started to use it just last month, and despite many bad stories i read, and even missing a JSS or a shiny Raising Talent badge, things are working out quite well for me at the moment, i got some jobs, wonderful clients and good reviews.

 

but there is always margin for improvement.

 

so i'm here to get some feedback from people with more experience than me (which includes pretty much everyone) on how to do things properly..or more properly?

 

thank you in advance for taking some time to destroy my ego.

Valerio

 

edit: i just changed my visibility options, the profile should be available soon.

mea411
Community Member

Hi, 
Can someone give me some tips and advice on my profile?

Thanks :).

abisoyeo16
Community Member

Hi Valeria,

 

I've tried my best to get qualified as a rising talent. Could you please help me? I don't know if my profile isn't good enough to be qualified.

https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~0110ed281e53425b75/

 

Thank you very much.

asselabdirova
Community Member

Hello everybody,

 

Please, can you review my profile? I am new to this community and did not receive any invitations yet.

I would like someone to give me a feedback.

 

Thank You.

Hey Assel!
Unfortunately, your profile is not public so we can't review them. Just you shouldn't wait for invitations, It is not likely clients will invite newcomers to their jobs. You should apply for them.
Happy Freelancing!

Hello Hasmik,

I've just made it public : )

 

 

Please, someone give me a feedback.
carenw702
Community Member

Can someone take a look at my profile, please? I am relatively new to the site and would like some constructive criticism.

ahmedkhamker
Community Member

Hi,

I am new to Upwork and have enhanced my profile as much as i could. Just wanted a quick review and advice from pros out there about what should be changed or improved.

 

All feedback is appreciated

Thanks in advance.

mohit_thareja
Community Member

Hi Experts,

Can you please review my profile and tell me how can I make it more impressive?
All the reviews are highly positive and I always delivered more than expected.

With Regards,

Mohit thareja 

Remove all the feedback from yout info box. It is available just below and takes away the room for relevant information.

 

You also start by writing you have a 100% Job Success whereas just above it says 97%. Not very convincing when somebody looks at your profil. It just leaves me behind wondering where else you have been "lying".

 

Retake some test to improve your result.

 

Since you keep having jobs your profil seems impressive enough for most clients.

I agree with Jennifer about the feedback. I think if you want to include it, you should pick the very best feedback you can, and get rid of the rest. It just makes my eyes glaze over, and I don't want to read all of them.

Hi Jennifer,

Thanks for the reply.Can you please tell me what should be the good PRofile title.I have expertise in designing DEsktop apps.

Define your profession and use it. Check out other people profiles to get ideas.

 

Don't continue with


stuff that saves time and money

 

I agree with Jennifer that it's probably fine since you're getting plenty of jobs. But here's my take:

 

The wording is somewhat awkward and there are little errors here and there that reflect that English is not your first language. Since you can't simply will yourself to be a native English speaker there's not much you can do about that, short of having someone else write your profile, which would be dishonest. But you should be able to go through it carefully and at least catch something here and there that you could word better. For example, there is one instance where you inadvertently pasted the identical paragraph a second time; certainly you could clean up sloppiness like that.

 

 

 

I agree with what others have said about the feedback quotes. I'd either delete those, or keep only a couple of them and move them closer to the bottom. Where they are now kind of breaks up the flow.

abdelrauof97
Community Member

Hi! 

i wanna know if my profile is standing out and how strong my portofoilo and education show my clients how i desrve theire attention. you can visit my profile 🙂

m4a1985
Community Member

I am memebr of upwork since last 4 years ans active on since last 1 and half year when I actively start bidding then I get work and earn more than $1000 in less than 5 months but soon after that I received interview requests and start working but later on all this stopped sudden I didn't get any interview request and even my bidding was not accepted and interviewed and then I my profile get LOCKED PRIVATE. Its very annoying for me the purpose of writting this story of mine is this that can anybody help me to get new job and assignment as my specialities are in ACCOUNTS FINANACE AND AUDIT. Can Anybody tell me how can I get job with my existing profile as my Job Success rate is 91% and my earning is more than $1000. Your Co-operation and reply in this regards is highly appriciated.

Best Regards,

Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman

I'd a;sp appreciate a review of my profile from the experts here.

 

I've managed to win one contract so far (and anothre one where the client said they wanted me to proceed and then vanished) but most of my proposals are unanswered.

 

I've had better luck since I started putting a particular bit of info in my prposals but any suggestions for more improvement would still be welcome.

icoymae
Community Member

Hi! I'm new to upwork! I already submitted a lot of proposals and I never got a response back to the clients. On the other hand,  can someone please check and review my profile so that I'll improve and get hired. 

g_vasilevski
Retired Team Member
Retired Team Member

Hi Frestell,

For help getting started, check our Freelancer Guide. It covers everything from finding great projects that fit your skills to increasing your rate and getting stellar feedback.
Also be sure to check out our online course for information on how you can build a strong profile, win high-quality jobs, and start getting paid.

~ Goran
Upwork
anafortuna
Community Member

Dear upwork community members.

I'm new here and would kindly ask some support to check my profile and give some feedback.

I believe I have a strong profile and followed all steps recommended to create a strong introduction and cover letter. I have checked blogs and tutorials, and in all honesty can't seem to understand the reason I haven't got any replies to my 20 bids over the last 15 days. 

 

Can someone be kind enough to help me?

Thank you in advance.

oliur76
Community Member

Hello there,

I submited two proposal but didn't get any respond. So i am little bit disapponted now. now i think to get some helpful tips from the Upwork Community to improve myself. As i am a new seller what tips you would suggest me to get on my first project!

 

Thanks

Admin Support Expert with Data Entry & Virtual Assistant Experience
Oliur
ivanawho
Community Member

Hey guys,

 

Fairly new to Upwork. I hit a rut after my second job and got some good feedback from the community to revamp my overview. Would you be willing to check it out and offer some good feedback?

 

I tried to implement the changes without making the overview flat and... boring. Let me know what you guys think and more importantly, what I should improve on. Any feedback is good feedback. 

 

Thanks, guys.

 

Here it is:

 

CREATIVE COPYWRITING TO CONVERT YOUR READERS INTO BUYERS OR SIGNUPS

 

I'm not even sure how I made it through the first half of one of my classes in high school.

 

I completely winged it on my assignments. I was never sure if those grades would get me failed or land me amazing results that semester. I was afraid that all the hard work I'd invested would be for nothing and I'd just get an F anyway.

 

But then a teacher gave me a secret to producing mouthwatering assignments to get me great results every single time.

 

And sure in enough, after using her methods, I was consistently pulling in A+ after A+ on my assignments.

 

Much like me at the time, you're probably winging it with your copy and you're afraid that your campaign won’t be a success. Or maybe you're losing sleep over the mediocre results you're getting right now.

 

Look, I get it.

 

But what if I told you that there are proven (psychology-backed) methods, used in good copywriting, that will get you results.

 

I use these methods to craft creative and conversational copy that will:

 

* Instantly put you and your business a step ahead of your competitors.
* Get your readers to take action with ease.
* Get you the most from your marketing efforts.
* Give your copy the extra oomph it needs to convert your leads.

 

I'll help you get these results by crafting:

 

- Personable emails that excite your readers.
- Landing pages/sales pages that will have your readers mentally nodding in agreement with every line.
- Product descriptions that give you maximum punch in a small space.

 

I can do these for you if:

 

* You want to sell a product or service.
* You’d like to get signups for your newsletter.
* You want people to subscribe to your blog.
* You're generating leads with a lead magnet.
* Your current copy needs an expert eye to look at it and give it that extra something that drives the conversion.
* You have a marketing strategy in place and just need someone to write the copy.
* You like working with rockstar copywriters.

 

In a utopian Upwork world, good copywriters should be able to work for all clients willing to pay them. But full disclosure, my services will not work for you if:

 

* You want bland, generic copy.
* You don't really want to excite your readers.
* You want to waste your marketing budget.
* You don't care about building trust between you and your readers.
* You don't want to be established as an authority in your field.
* You just don't like winning in general.

 

But if that doesn't sound like you, then I can't wait to hear about your project and start brainstorming ways to help you connect with your audience in a way that resonates with them.

 

Feel free to click any of the contact buttons on this page so that we can get started.

petra_r
Community Member

I can see where you were going with this, but I don't think it works for Upwork to be honest. Clients get masses of applications, if they had to read through dozens of lengthy overviews like that they would swiftly lose the will to live.

 

It's also a hell of a lot of words to say essentially very little. It's a bit gimmicky (almost like one of those "how to become a millionaire in a week" things) and it's all about you.

 

The place to showcase your creativity is your portfolio...

 

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