Earning $100,000 From Freelance | Zero to Hero
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I'm experimenting, kind of left Fiverr at the moment. Like, it's there, however, I'm just not actively tweaking anything this week since I've found a chunk of big orders on Upwork. I am fully focused on finishing those at the moment and scaling that as much as I can. I'll definitely go over the tags again and again but I am just waiting for when I have time to. I'm getting a thousand impressions a week on 5 gigs, pretty bad.
My goals for Fiverr are to:
1) set up another 2 gigs that are practically the same high-ticket gig as I have on active ones but trying to word and present it differently, also a chance to experiment with tags more
2) keep changing tags and experimenting with gigs that aren't getting orders by changing titles, graphics and tags again and again till it starts going well
+ ask more knowledgeable people if there's anything I'm missing, I'm definitely pretty lazy with configuring Fiverr tags and so on, I've done a great job on descriptions and graphics, and my CTR is high, however, my impressions are relatively low. Well, I'm definitely having an issue with competitive keywords but gotta find a way to sort that out, will do my research asap. Thanks for reminding me, man!
And as always, appreciate the time you took to read the thread. Much love!
)Thanks for your answer. I read that you were using an old account. I think you should start with a new account. Because I think fiverr give some initial boost to new account.I'm experimenting, kind of left Fiverr at the moment. Like, it's there, however, I'm just not actively tweaking anything this week since I've found a chunk of big orders on Upwork. I am fully focused on finishing those at the moment and scaling that as much as I can. I'll definitely go over the tags again and again but I am just waiting for when I have time to. I'm getting a thousand impressions a week on 5 gigs, pretty bad.
My goals for Fiverr are to:
1) set up another 2 gigs that are practically the same high-ticket gig as I have on active ones but trying to word and present it differently, also a chance to experiment with tags more
2) keep changing tags and experimenting with gigs that aren't getting orders by changing titles, graphics and tags again and again till it starts going well
+ ask more knowledgeable people if there's anything I'm missing, I'm definitely pretty lazy with configuring Fiverr tags and so on, I've done a great job on descriptions and graphics, and my CTR is high, however, my impressions are relatively low. Well, I'm definitely having an issue with competitive keywords but gotta find a way to sort that out, will do my research asap. Thanks for reminding me, man!
And as always, appreciate the time you took to read the thread. Much love!
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Thanks for the feedback; I got a huge boost in the start with thousands of impressions, and it just started fading away. My bad because my gigs weren't tweaked so therefore I didn't get a lot of sales. The third big sale on there is being negotiated today, just got a message actually.
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You need to wait a few days/weeks to see how the traffic goes. If it's not going well, you're doing something wrong. It's all trial and error. If you don't get a sale in 2 weeks per gig, it's not as optimised at it should be. Either the tags are shit, or the title's shit, or the images are shit, or your description/pricing is not compelling enough. Tweak everything as much as you can till you start seeing results.
I never tried fake reviews. I tried trading likes but it didn't do me anything. I try to jump between the low-competition to high-competition, so just average keywords that might not be as frequently used by sellers yet searched by buyers. My impressions have significantly increased over the past few days.
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Give Legiit.com a try.
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I enjoyed reading about your journey so far, Keep up the good work!
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Thank you, man! God bless.
I will check that out, thanks for the feedback, man!
Of course, anytime! Thank you for following the thread!
Appreciate your kind words, will try my best
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Hope you don't suffer hunger for too long...
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It has gone up, don't worry
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Earning $100,000 From Freelance | Zero to Hero
Hello ladies and gents! The past few weeks have been purely me trying to understand the platforms I'm freelancing on and trying to get high-ticket clients, which I have just succeeded in getting from this very day.
Also you guys, I'm currently under medication that is making me have constant mood swings, so bear with me since I'll be slower than what I'd usually be on this challenge.
(BIG) UPDATE
DAY 37
CURRENT EARNINGS: $1495.5 (1,5%)
Oh boy. You guys would be shocked if I told you I made over a thousand just today, LOL.
@Alexion , bless you again for waking me up regarding Upwork.
I devoted 99% of my time to this challenge actually understanding how the platforms work in a lot of depth. I'm qualified to do the work that 99% of clients list on freelancing sites, yet getting the leads is the hard one. And not just any leads, of course. As high-ticket as possible, and if possible, fixed-price deals. I don't want to sell my time, I want to sell my service.
Approached someone on Upwork just today, and sent him a very good, custom-tailored proposal that made him excited, something I had to innovate on since I never really committed THAT much to try to invoke an emotional response from a buyer. It's critical for high-ticket products that I KNOW I can nail. Tried my hardest to make my proposal better and better and tailor it as much as possible to the potential client.
I also got a few more minor jobs to build reviews, which worked well. Filled my profile with certifications and previous work to build social proof, and also provide strong testimonials within the proposal, which seems to have helped me a lot.
Out of the 26 total Upwork proposals I've sent (I AM VERY PICKY WITH WHO I APPLY TO), I got 8 messages back, booked 2 interviews, and got the job on both those interviews. I also got another 2 jobs that didn't involve interviews from those same messages. For the rest of the jobs, one client rejected me, and I ended up rejecting the other 3 after learning more information about what they wanted.
Something I apply when I do interviews, apart from making sure I look good in the video chat (and obviously trying to convey confidence and being articulate) is to have done a bit of work before even being hired on the job so I know a lot about the brand I'm working with. I also tend to never ask questions at the end of the interview, rather try to repeat the important points at the end that they state to me are their biggest concerns as reassurance paired with some information that they didn't provide that I had to research myself so not only do I convey trustworthiness but also professionalism and a strong work ethic. I've just started using psychological tricks to maximize my returns. I don't go to the point of abusing the human mind, but I am trying my best to get the jobs I know I can deliver perfectly on.
Got a review and got the tick on Upwork after verifying my profile, which happens after the first job. Slightly Photoshopped my profile picture to make my face look better as well, because why not. I'm thankfully looking pretty okay in that shot I used, I hate taking pictures but that one looks good.
Once I start getting good leads, I'll get them out of Upwork if they need recurring work to save us both the fee and maybe I'll run an SMMA or some shit during the project to maximize profits with the leads I generate from freelancing platforms.
Also, I ended up missing an interview from someone on Fiverr. Yikes, this is the first interview I've ever missed in my life. The work was very demanding for the pay so I don't really care that much thankfully. No regrets, everything's a learning curve boys. I apologized and requested a reschedule (I missed it by 35-40 minutes, I had set a wrong alarm) but I don't expect an answer back. It's good that I started seeing messages on Fiverr again, I got another client I'm closing soon hopefully, it's just a quick 30-dollar gig that'll take me very little time to complete.
Also, that $1K gig I booked is one-month-long management which will practically be 5 hours of my time in total. Strategy development and planning, plus some minor keyword research. Stuff I LOVE doing and I'm getting paid well, while also knowing the work's gonna be well worth the investment of the client. I couldn't feel better if this keeps going as well. So far, so good.
After educating my ass about these platforms to their FULL EXTENT, I'm ready to get rolling really hard. Time to reach this goal as fast as possible, strongly devoted now.
ALSO: Just asking, does anyone use DISCORD here? If so, PM me! One quick question.
Not trying to sell you anything.
That's all for now, folks. Update coming every 3 days from now on, since major stuff will be happening way more often.
Reply to the thread to boost it if you read it, thank you for reading guys, love you all, and bless ya!
Hello ladies and gents! The past few weeks have been purely me trying to understand the platforms I'm freelancing on and trying to get high-ticket clients, which I have just succeeded in getting from this very day.
Also you guys, I'm currently under medication that is making me have constant mood swings, so bear with me since I'll be slower than what I'd usually be on this challenge.
(BIG) UPDATE
DAY 37
CURRENT EARNINGS: $1495.5 (1,5%)
Oh boy. You guys would be shocked if I told you I made over a thousand just today, LOL.
@Alexion , bless you again for waking me up regarding Upwork.
I devoted 99% of my time to this challenge actually understanding how the platforms work in a lot of depth. I'm qualified to do the work that 99% of clients list on freelancing sites, yet getting the leads is the hard one. And not just any leads, of course. As high-ticket as possible, and if possible, fixed-price deals. I don't want to sell my time, I want to sell my service.
Approached someone on Upwork just today, and sent him a very good, custom-tailored proposal that made him excited, something I had to innovate on since I never really committed THAT much to try to invoke an emotional response from a buyer. It's critical for high-ticket products that I KNOW I can nail. Tried my hardest to make my proposal better and better and tailor it as much as possible to the potential client.
I also got a few more minor jobs to build reviews, which worked well. Filled my profile with certifications and previous work to build social proof, and also provide strong testimonials within the proposal, which seems to have helped me a lot.
Out of the 26 total Upwork proposals I've sent (I AM VERY PICKY WITH WHO I APPLY TO), I got 8 messages back, booked 2 interviews, and got the job on both those interviews. I also got another 2 jobs that didn't involve interviews from those same messages. For the rest of the jobs, one client rejected me, and I ended up rejecting the other 3 after learning more information about what they wanted.
Something I apply when I do interviews, apart from making sure I look good in the video chat (and obviously trying to convey confidence and being articulate) is to have done a bit of work before even being hired on the job so I know a lot about the brand I'm working with. I also tend to never ask questions at the end of the interview, rather try to repeat the important points at the end that they state to me are their biggest concerns as reassurance paired with some information that they didn't provide that I had to research myself so not only do I convey trustworthiness but also professionalism and a strong work ethic. I've just started using psychological tricks to maximize my returns. I don't go to the point of abusing the human mind, but I am trying my best to get the jobs I know I can deliver perfectly on.
Got a review and got the tick on Upwork after verifying my profile, which happens after the first job. Slightly Photoshopped my profile picture to make my face look better as well, because why not. I'm thankfully looking pretty okay in that shot I used, I hate taking pictures but that one looks good.
Once I start getting good leads, I'll get them out of Upwork if they need recurring work to save us both the fee and maybe I'll run an SMMA or some shit during the project to maximize profits with the leads I generate from freelancing platforms.
Also, I ended up missing an interview from someone on Fiverr. Yikes, this is the first interview I've ever missed in my life. The work was very demanding for the pay so I don't really care that much thankfully. No regrets, everything's a learning curve boys. I apologized and requested a reschedule (I missed it by 35-40 minutes, I had set a wrong alarm) but I don't expect an answer back. It's good that I started seeing messages on Fiverr again, I got another client I'm closing soon hopefully, it's just a quick 30-dollar gig that'll take me very little time to complete.
Also, that $1K gig I booked is one-month-long management which will practically be 5 hours of my time in total. Strategy development and planning, plus some minor keyword research. Stuff I LOVE doing and I'm getting paid well, while also knowing the work's gonna be well worth the investment of the client. I couldn't feel better if this keeps going as well. So far, so good.
After educating my ass about these platforms to their FULL EXTENT, I'm ready to get rolling really hard. Time to reach this goal as fast as possible, strongly devoted now.
ALSO: Just asking, does anyone use DISCORD here? If so, PM me! One quick question.
Not trying to sell you anything.
That's all for now, folks. Update coming every 3 days from now on, since major stuff will be happening way more often.
Reply to the thread to boost it if you read it, thank you for reading guys, love you all, and bless ya!
OccultKingdoms
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Nice. So you made $1000 in 10 days. Yeah?
Are you getting interviewed like on Zoom call for a normal job? I didn't think it's a thing on fiverr.
It sounds like building fiverr instead of your own agency. It doesn't motivate me. I mean, if you can wear tshirt and make $50k per month vs wear suits and speak proper English to make $5k I choose the first option.
It's some interactive job board these days. The amount of skills it requires would allow you to run 6 and 7 figure business. What a joke this is.
Are you getting interviewed like on Zoom call for a normal job? I didn't think it's a thing on fiverr.
It sounds like building fiverr instead of your own agency. It doesn't motivate me. I mean, if you can wear tshirt and make $50k per month vs wear suits and speak proper English to make $5k I choose the first option.
It's some interactive job board these days. The amount of skills it requires would allow you to run 6 and 7 figure business. What a joke this is.
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Influence
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I'm getting some interviews when I apply for high-end packages on Upwork. Some don't even need to interview me and hire me right off the bat.
I don't fully get your points. Could you please clarify what you mean? Thanks in advance, and thanks for reading.
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Thanks, man! Appreciate you reading the thread and following along.Good Luck in the journey, following