 Start with a single skill practice it and build on it than add further skills later on

 Traditional (Upwork, Guru, Freelancer)

 Non-Traditional (Fiverr)
 Biggest Upwork (Difficult to get profile approved)
 2nd Fiverr
 3rd freelancer
 4th guru
 Description an intro video in profile is very important.
 Five key factors for success
o Attitude (Dedication, Honesty, Hard work)
o Working under free environment, don’t get to easy (meet deadlines, time bound, jobs
should be important).
o Stay on the clock. (doing the activity when it matters the most)
o Social media/text/whatsapp while working wastes times.
o Communication(to the point)
 Identify your skills, see all skills and identify what is your passion.
 Self-Discipline
o Knowing your strength.
o Know your weakness.
o Goal setting road map
o Avoid temptations.
o Be time bound, will be self-disciplined.(set the execution plan).
 Goals(measureable, with end point, traceable, relevant (you like it or not), attainable)
 Skill that excites you.do it have market value?
o See the skills offered by digiskills and their demand in market by searching in market
places
 Skill Learning.
o Goal Setting.
o Breakdown your goal.
o Never give-up.(think of why do you started)
o Focus on 20%. ()
o Practice your skill.
 YouTube to learn a new skill.
 Practice skill by watching videos from YouTube, taking courses, watch video with concentration
and then practice, don’t watch again during practicing of skill.
 Mistakes.
o Setting random rates.(price is based on your brand value, keep price consistent)
o Ignoring referrals.(Include your work as referral)
o Always make contracts.
o Overfilling your plate. (Outsource when you have more work than you can handle.)
 o Work lead(khud ba khud kam ajaye kuch kiye baghair)
 Building trust with employer
o Build profile.(about yourself, experience, industries, software tools you have expertise)
o Portfolio.(all your best work is placed at your portfolio)
o Feedback (Employer feedback is matter, get good feedbacks)
o Profile videos (record video of yourself with good communication in English)
 Asian rate 8 dollar/hr., Expenses should be accommodated when setting your rate.
 When stuck see what other freelancer are doing, see their work (Price & quality)
 Post a project as an employer than bid on that project. Talk with other biders to see what
others are doing to get the project, the way they communicate, what they do to get the project.
 Your skill level should be pro. Practice make one perfect, keep learning tutorials keep learning
advancements in technologies. More chances of success with higher skill.
 Communication is the art of selling yourself, Select words carefully, Should send the message
clearly, stay connected use Skype frequently, and communication should be precise.
 Respond immediately to clients whenever you receive message.
 Be accountable to, Self accountability; Be accountable from employers point of view. Be time
bound, positive attitude, know your worth.
 Presenting your work(Freelance marketplace profile, Your Website, Social media (Google+,
Facebook, YouTube, pintrust)
 Project Deliverables (1.Draft Phase (samples 1,2 ,3 of these employer will chose 1 to
proceed),Time line & price)(2.Output Phase set time & date & price)(3.Final Output set time
and date, Price for this also)
 Most in demand skills , Search on freelance market places to see high in demand skills quarter
wise.
 Search as in employer on freelance market place which skill is most in demand.
 Know Your Worth. (Trust Your Self, Know marketplace price roughly, Price depends on delivery
time, Urgency means more price, Don’t sell yourself cheap)
 Fix price is better than hourly rate. Your price depends upon experience and quality of your
work.
 Stick to your commitments. Delivery timely.
 Work/Life Balance: Walk and exercise, Stay health, Family Time, Do not over commit.
 Work late night in Pakistan to be successful, due to time difference.
 Decide project scoop initially. (1.Decide the timeline, 2. Price of the project)
 Check account verification of employers, check feedback, and check country.
 Bid on project if you have the required skill set
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 07/03/2021 (week 5 content)
 Upwork
o Up work widget for calculation of hours worked.
o Connects are used to buy bids.
o Work can be on hourly basis or fixed price project.
 o Milestone should be used in high value projects to get payments in based on percentage
project completions.
o Popular projects have been introduced by upwork to put your service for sale instead of
bidding. (similar to fiverr)
o Up work membership plan
o Freelancer program and perks, (rising talent (up work gives you badge, depends on
strike rate , top rated (1000 dollars in a year than you are top rated.)
o Upwork agency (organization made up of more than one bider) and pros and cons.
Agency also has a fee (20 dollar/month) also you have to purchase connects.
o Billing method for payment to upwork., get paid is to get the payment (account title and
your name on upwork should match)
 Freelancer.com
o Identity verification.
o Bidding on freelancer(you get 8 bids as free profile.) you can upgrade bid
o To many scams on freelancer (to avoid getting scam 1.create milestones in project, )
o Payment verification
o Express withdrawal first time takes around 20-25 days.
o Skrill is another method for withdrawal.(preferred on freelancer.com)
 Fiverr.com
o Importance of profile details (Response rate, Delivery on time, order
completion(reduces if orders are being canceled.))
o You can create 7 gigs if you are level 0 sellers.
o Level one seller (completed 0 orders, 400 dollars earned, 60 days on fiverr, ) you get 10
actuve gigs.
o Level 2 seller (120 days, 50 individual projects, 2000 dollars earned) 20 active gigs, 5 gigs
extra, coustom offers up to 10000 dollars, coustomer support, promotional listings
o Top seller (180 days, 100 orders, 20000 dollars, 60 days of work.) 30 active gigs, vip
customer support.
o www.fiverr/levels
o You can be degraded as well,
o Keyword selection is very important, keywords with less compitition based gig is
important
o Gigs (gig title should be used keyword), open start gigs and copy tags from top gigs.than
see which one is best than populate it on your profile.
o See successful gigs and make your gigs accordingly.
o Don’t copy description instead see keywords and create your own description.
o Your gig should have keyword density but don’t overdue keyword density
o FAQ’s from your side asked by buyer, you answer it
o Requirements by you
o You can promote gig on social media
 o Analytics of gigs is very important, you can update gig if its analytics are being decresing
side, immediately
o Importance of keywords ,most important point, keywords should be used properly and
everywhere (seed key word, keywords used by fiverr) don’t add words to seed keywords
o See other keywords of other freelancer of your niche and use the most effective used by
top rated sellers.
o Forum.fiverr.com
o Video is very important. Video should be very effective and well created otherwise it
might result in decreased popularity.employeer want to see you so be yourself in video.
About yourself and why someone contact you and give you work.
o Extra offers are very important.
o Timely delivery is most important. Will help you grow, if delay do communicates and
apologies. Do tell upfront.
o Give feedback to employer and get feedback from employer.
o Promote your gig on your Facebook through page, LinkedIn, Google +, promote your gig
on YouTube.
o Create multiple gigs
o Payoneer for oversize/local Pakistani (funds withdraw method) (fiverr to payoneer and
then to bank).
o Disputes: You can open dispute in fiverr if buyer is irritating you.
 People Per Hour:
o 15 proposal in a month for free.
o 6 levels as a seller. (cert wagon)
o Raise invoice once project is deleivered.
 Best is to grow on traditional markets (Up work, freelancer etc.)
 Understand Clients Breif, see quotes if they are higher don’t bid, timing is very important the
earlier so can your coat can reach first.
 7 factors for bidding.
o Beginning is greetings.
o Summarize your project
o Introduce yourself (skill, industry and experience)
o Presenting your portfolio
o Magic up your sleeves.
o Video creation.
o Closing of bid.
 Bidding
o Placeholder if you are not sure what’s the budget of employeer
o 1. Greetings name (spelling is very important),
o 2. I understand (summarize the project in your own words)
 o 3.talk about your skills, talk about the industries you have worked with.(I have 10 years
of experience, I have done similar work and you can check it out at URL, I have done
branding of motivation speakers.),
o 4. Send the link of your portfolio website etc. (sell yourself, )
o 5. Magic up your sleeve, you can offer anything for free (I will offer one mockup for
your quote card to show my design ability. Please understand it’s free.)
o 6. Ask question (How is the 250 dollar payment arrangement, is it monthly, I need to
know so that I can adjust my bid accordingly.) this will help to open PMB (Message
board)
o 7. Co relating similar work in the past (if you have done similar work provide the link.
Can also create and upload and tell, I have been working with … on a similar project)
o 8. I am giving you a special offer to get your business, I will give you 1 month price of
150$ for design 2 quote cards a day, Monday to Friday. This a limited time offers
o 9. Video Creation (40 sec to 1 mins) (you can create video and upload on youtube
(unlisted) only can be seen by the person who has the link) (introduction, years of
experience, skills, I want you to know that I have good communication skills, also place
the offer of free quote and ask him to open PMP)(I have recorder a special video just for
your project on you tube at link…) keep this video lines in bold in bid to get attention
from client
o Once PMP is opened your communication and business skill will come into play and will
get you the project
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 Set millstones for higher value projects to get the payment in steps.
 Skill, years of experience, freelance profile factors to set your price
 Draw after accumulating 400 dollars to get less deduction by free lancing market place.
 Bring all your clients from social media and other platforms to your freelance market place to
get the reviews and accumulated money and raise your worth in freelance market place.
 Make tag line for your profile (Like We Write technologies, Lahore Lahore Ay, Malaysia truly
Asia)
 Create logo for your profile, It’s important to make a brand
 Create your website. It’s your brand
 Pakistani freelancer, bloggers, seo experts group
 Freelancers in Pakistan groups to get free hosting and information regarding freelancing.
 Pdf profile can be sent to in bid in pmb etc.
 Facebook page is very important to build brand and getting customers
 Business cards and letter heads is also important to build a brand
 Facebook.
o Color pattern of your posts should be matching your logo, use hash tags to promote
your posts on Facebook
o You can also use paid promotion.
 o Facebook video content is important as Facebook promotes video content
o Live Session on Facebook (135% outreach increase in case of videos and live sessions)
o Of topic quotes to be used to on Facebook to increase outreach and audience.
o You can get paid promotion on Facebook to promote your video on Facebook page
 Linkedin connect with people from similar profession.
 Cost cutting software’s to be used by freelancers (entrapranuar.com)
o Due time tracking (application)
o Top Tracker (application)
 Google drive or drop box apps to be used to store your data
 Try to buy in bulk stuff required for free lancing (websites subscription, Domain, Cloud space,
hosting etc.)
 Outsource when you get more work than you can do, either through freelancing market or hire
and employee.
 Initially go for freelancing but later on go for hire a person when you get frequent work more
than you do. Do refuse work always get it done since it will add upto your profile earnings and
ratings.
 You can get free lancers in Pakistan through Facebook freelancing groups. (freelance Pakistan,
Pakistani free lancers)
 Hire someone near your office (near 5 KM(reducing the commuting time))
 Hire on equal opportunity basis (Women do work by heart)
 Portfolio, years of experience Though Process, also can be given a test (things to consider while
hiring someone), employee education and degree is not important.
 You can also get work from facebook groups.
 Quora, you can help out people and get work from their also.
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