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1. Everything revolves on your freelancer profile.

It still astounds us how many individuals neglect the most powerful marketing option available on the PeoplePerHour platform. Your freelancer bio. A well-designed profile will assist you emphasize your abilities and talents and will be essential in attracting your first customer.

Fill up your profile as much as possible, paying special attention to your title and the first three paragraphs, since they will appear above the'read more' tag on your profile.

crucial freelancer profile advice

Example of a profile: Stephen is a PeoplePerHour TOP CERT freelancer in the social media field.

Make sure you have a good profile photo as part of your freelancer profile. Personal headshots, rather than brand logos or cartoon-style characters, are strongly encouraged.

Buyers want to know who their freelancer is, therefore utilize your headshot on your freelancer profile to your benefit. Professional profile photographs are also encouraged. So, if you were going to use the photo of you drinking a beer on a beach in Spain, we'd advise you to rethink!

2. Include your greatest work in your portfolio.

Your freelancing portfolio is your most powerful sales tool; it demonstrates prospective new clients what you've done in the past and the level of work you could accomplish for them. If you want to get your first customer fast, upload your finest six pieces of work to your freelancing portfolio first. (These will be the first to appear on your profile.) The good news is that you may add as many items as you like to your portfolio!

Example of a profile: Sallyann is a PeoplePerHour TOP CERT freelancer in the graphic design industry.

However, we understand that new freelancers may not yet have a freelancing portfolio to show off. Don't be alarmed if this is the situation for you! You may simply and rapidly develop a portfolio as a fresh new freelancer who is just getting started on the path to realizing your career dream.

Participate in tournaments. This is an excellent opportunity for creative freelancers to demonstrate their abilities. Look for relevant contests in your business online and develop a few pieces of work. Bonus if you win! It doesn't matter if you don't. You've got something new to add to your portfolio.

Do some volunteer work for a charity. Working for free is not something we advocate at PeoplePerHour HQ. You're a skilled freelancer who deserves to be compensated! However, for new freelancers, volunteering to perform some free or heavily discounted work for a charity or non-profit that you care about might be beneficial to both of you. You may then include it in your freelancing portfolio. (Don't forget to make this a requirement for completing the assignment!)

Offer to perform discounted freelancing work for friends and relatives. Do you know of a family company that may benefit from your services? Build your portfolio by leveraging who and what you know. Working with friends and relatives for a short period of time may significantly increase your reputation and freelancing portfolio.

3. Publish Offers on your freelancer profile.

Offers are simply one of the things that distinguish PeoplePerHour from our competition.

Offers are 'off-the-shelf' services that you may do again and over for various customers. For example, if you're extremely skilled at writing blog articles, you could simply make an offer to write a 500-word SEO-friendly blog post for a specific charge. The PeoplePerHour buying community may then purchase that deal.

Offers are fantastic additions to your freelancer profile since they function as your own mini store that you can advertise both on and off the web.

Interesting fact: PeoplePerHour purchasers have purchased 30,602 offers in the previous six months, while accepting 28,867 public freelancer bids.

Go ahead and make as many offers as you like! This might be an excellent strategy to get your first client.

4. Submit project applications on a regular basis.

PeoplePerHour will credit your freelancer account with 15 proposal credits at the start of each month as our monthly present to you - entirely free of charge. All you have to do is put them to use.

It's doubtful that you'll get your first customer until you bid on assignments. Applying for tasks on a regular basis and drafting an excellent proposal can assist to persuade prospective clients that you're the suitable freelancer for the job.

We'll go into how to write a superb project freelancing proposal in a subsequent piece, but here's a starting point:

Do

Make your proposal unique for each new project. It's OK to use a template, but while crafting your proposal, keep the customer's genuine demands in mind.

Consider your offer carefully. Make sure you have a solid sense of how long the task will take you and price the assignment appropriately.

If further information is required, request it from the buyer.

Highlight your freelancing experience and explain why you're the ideal candidate for the position.

Please provide samples of your freelancing portfolio.

Answer any queries raised by the customers in the project brief.

Keep all communication inside the worksteam.

Don’t

Send out the identical blanket template for each job.

To obtain the job, price your offer lower than usual. This establishes a precedent that will be difficult to overcome. Buyers may reject your freelancing proposal if you are too cheap!

Make any typographical errors and triple-check your proposal before emailing it!

You make a promise you know you can't keep. This just leads to negative criticism.

5. Don't give up hope

It might be difficult to get started as a new freelancer. However, don't be too harsh on yourself; everyone has to start somewhere. PeoplePerHour has some fantastic talent that is doing extraordinary things while making a lot of money. This requires persistence, selling Offers, submitting frequent freelancing proposals, and providing excellent customer support to consumers. Once you have your first customer, getting the second will be lot simpler!

Combining these strategies can catapult your success in no time!