Two years ago I was a waiter, no idea how to make a website, no past programming experiece or design of any sort (Don't even have a college degree). I started taking courses on udemy and by chance stumbled upon FLUX channel (and also THE FUTUR) which made me discover webflow. After months I got convinced, and took his course as well along all the others I was already taking, and I gotta say, more that the course itself (which is really good), what I value the most was the community I found after signing up, which helped me tremendously. Now, I just completed a project thanks to a lead I found inside the community and also landed a job on upwork which pays me 24 dollars per hour (I'm from Italy, that kind of money for me is already good) which I started like a month ago. So yeah, I was always reading stories about other people, on how they managed to transition from a profession to another all by themselves, and it felt really difficult, if not impossible at times, but I'm here goddamnit, the living proof that you just have to be relentless and sooner or later something is gonna click, something is going to turn in your favor. Go on upwork, go on fiver, go everywhere, be everywhere peace!
This is the type of comment people need to see. People who are willing to take the leap of faith into the unknown and come out of it because they simply believed in themselves. Thank you for sharing your story, this is truly inspiring.
I'm a video editor living in a third-world country, Argentina, (So I belong to the market that everyone blames for when they say it's impossible to make good money online) and I started on Upwork on July 2021 at $7,50/h with a very minimal portfolio, and today, after only 6 months my rate is $20/h. I know it's still not enough for first-world countries but my goal is to be at $50/h at the end of the year and most likely it will happen, so I don't think it has to take 5+years to make good money. Besides, dealing with the clients in Upwork will make you VERY resilient and valuable for good clients that don't care about money and only care about end result.
I think that method would work for someone who is just starting out but for someone who has been working full time at large coMpanies already making $70/hour starting at 7.50/hour is actually pretty demeaning.
@@Nebula. estoy en $30/h ahora, asi q mejore, el unico tip q importa es q trabajes lo mas posible y estudies lo mas posible, no hay vuelta q darle, los clientes vienen mas faciles despues de eso, porq asi se vuelve mas facil venderte.
This is valuable information for someone like me just starting out. I'm almost finished with your Wed Design course and bought the Wedflow Masterclass during the Black Friday sale. I'm absolutely loving the Web Design course. There's so much great information and resources. I knew I'd like the course and all and thought it would be ok, but I've really been enjoying it. I genuinely look forward to learning and doing the homework.
As a starter I did exactly what you said in the last part of the video, networking. The problem I'm facing is the money I get, 300-400 bucks is a lot for a website over here, 2k for a website is max and that's the ecom websites, the big boys. So I want clients from the internet since I have more potential there to earn more money + I already have a good portfolio to show!
I'm a highschool student taking dual enrollment classes and I was given the opportunity to take a Google UX Design course to start building my portfolio. It's early and I'm very confused but this path excites me since I can be creative and work with technology. Everyone's comments are very inspiring to me.
I used upwork(elance what upwork bought). When started my company was sometimes short on money. Then I was working on elance... to me it's all about selling yourself. Have a good niech (I'm Dutch and specified in logistics so carrier integration) it was quiet easy getting jobs. For sure it was quiet easy to get work (Dutch and Belgium customers) and ofcourse do your job well and pick what can lead to more work. Had a customer who was very happy and at the end did like 20 jobs for him (smaller and bigger once). Most of my customers come back and I think if your customer wants cheapest don't think that are not the customers you want to pursue. Now use the platform for little projects but now I hire instead and rather find people to build up a relationship with so they know your code and how you work
Yeah, great informative video. For my past 6+ years experience. I love to work better get hired in a real company (fulltime, remote or be in a office) but working like this gives me more skills and knowledge by working with many different taleneted people. Freelancing is just feels like a side projects but doesn't gives me so much freedom as I am working in a company. When I started freelancing everything was so slow and hard to learn because I was the only 1 person in my team (I mean everything was made by myself). Right now I had a lot of different knowledge such as Agile, working with teams, giving design to developers, having different calls, meetings, design testing with users. I mean its way more fun to be in a Team rather than feeling alone. Thanks for the info!
I've been trying to build editorial illustration freelance through cold emailing, contests, open calls, etc... I will keep pursuing it, but I feel like upwork and fiverr are a way to make a buck while still pursuing the bigger fish. But I haven't tried yet. Thanks for the breakdown - I thought both platforms were pretty much the same. I don't think I like that bidding aspect on Upwork....
you also learn how to talk and organize your work with your clients, also solve problems.. it's a great learning platforms how to communicate with your "real world" potential clients in the future - i think this is a high value. no matter what money you will make. Surely very competitive people (india bangladesh) who will do some amasing work for almost free. Crazy world.
Hi everyone. When we receive an order for UX/UI design from Upworkt, do we need to conduct an interview with the customer? Or can I receive an order simply by writing?
I hate these platforms. More so Fiverr and 99 Designs. They have fostered community of designers and artists to become literal "Starving Artists". It's great for the consumer! They get a steal, not so much for 🎨.
stt I like to open my street design Art workw shop in a busy street.wooden table antique future & hand painted signboard with white tube lite or yellow bulb STUDIO. Such As my past in 1983 in Srilanka beach road
Bottom line... Upwork is great if your looking for a third-world creator whom works for pennies-on-the-dollar... Fiverr is great for clients that want to pay the bare minimum for creation, but be warned - much of what you will receive for your whole $5 is a rip of someone else's intellectual property and/or material!
This advice is Very correct. start Small & grow Big, So Mr.Ron, you push Me back to offline again.bit This is Dubai. too many Asians tough compatition market. fut off indian,Pakistani,bangali,nepal etc. I'll try again. Thanks
If you want to race to the bottom, then yeah. If you're trying to build a successful business, stay away. Cold call, go door to door, do anything else.
I started on Fiverr and the thing is you want these good testimonials. « your marketing is a mess, did you know there a way to work not for money but for testimonials ? » just take it
Two years ago I was a waiter, no idea how to make a website, no past programming experiece or design of any sort (Don't even have a college degree).
I started taking courses on udemy and by chance stumbled upon FLUX channel (and also THE FUTUR) which made me discover webflow. After months I got convinced, and took his course as well along all the others I was already taking, and I gotta say, more that the course itself (which is really good), what I value the most was the community I found after signing up, which helped me tremendously. Now, I just completed a project thanks to a lead I found inside the community and also landed a job on upwork which pays me 24 dollars per hour (I'm from Italy, that kind of money for me is already good) which I started like a month ago.
So yeah, I was always reading stories about other people, on how they managed to transition from a profession to another all by themselves, and it felt really difficult, if not impossible at times, but I'm here goddamnit, the living proof that you just have to be relentless and sooner or later something is gonna click, something is going to turn in your favor.
Go on upwork, go on fiver, go everywhere, be everywhere
peace!
YES!! Congrats Samuele! and well done on your success. Thanks for sharing!
This is the type of comment people need to see. People who are willing to take the leap of faith into the unknown and come out of it because they simply believed in themselves. Thank you for sharing your story, this is truly inspiring.
I love this comment! Good luck in the future man🙌🏼
Thank you for the feedback and encouragement.
We appreciate this 💯
I'm a video editor living in a third-world country, Argentina, (So I belong to the market that everyone blames for when they say it's impossible to make good money online) and I started on Upwork on July 2021 at $7,50/h with a very minimal portfolio, and today, after only 6 months my rate is $20/h. I know it's still not enough for first-world countries but my goal is to be at $50/h at the end of the year and most likely it will happen, so I don't think it has to take 5+years to make good money. Besides, dealing with the clients in Upwork will make you VERY resilient and valuable for good clients that don't care about money and only care about end result.
a kind of comment that i'm waiting for
@@CestKanya ME TOO
I think that method would work for someone who is just starting out but for someone who has been working full time at large coMpanies already making $70/hour starting at 7.50/hour is actually pretty demeaning.
Aguante vecino 😅 aquí una diseñadora chilena que está empezando en estas páginas, como te ha ido? Lograste tu meta? Algún tip 😳?
@@Nebula. estoy en $30/h ahora, asi q mejore, el unico tip q importa es q trabajes lo mas posible y estudies lo mas posible, no hay vuelta q darle, los clientes vienen mas faciles despues de eso, porq asi se vuelve mas facil venderte.
It's often useful to know how both the buyer and the seller's end of a platform work.
This is valuable information for someone like me just starting out.
I'm almost finished with your Wed Design course and bought the Wedflow Masterclass during the Black Friday sale. I'm absolutely loving the Web Design course. There's so much great information and resources. I knew I'd like the course and all and thought it would be ok, but I've really been enjoying it. I genuinely look forward to learning and doing the homework.
Thanks for sharing Jenny, I'm so happy to hear! good luck 🖤
As a starter I did exactly what you said in the last part of the video, networking. The problem I'm facing is the money I get, 300-400 bucks is a lot for a website over here, 2k for a website is max and that's the ecom websites, the big boys. So I want clients from the internet since I have more potential there to earn more money + I already have a good portfolio to show!
I'm a highschool student taking dual enrollment classes and I was given the opportunity to take a Google UX Design course to start building my portfolio.
It's early and I'm very confused but this path excites me since I can be creative and work with technology. Everyone's comments are very inspiring to me.
Can i ask about your progress in the course now ?
I used upwork(elance what upwork bought).
When started my company was sometimes short on money. Then I was working on elance... to me it's all about selling yourself. Have a good niech (I'm Dutch and specified in logistics so carrier integration) it was quiet easy getting jobs. For sure it was quiet easy to get work (Dutch and Belgium customers) and ofcourse do your job well and pick what can lead to more work. Had a customer who was very happy and at the end did like 20 jobs for him (smaller and bigger once). Most of my customers come back and I think if your customer wants cheapest don't think that are not the customers you want to pursue.
Now use the platform for little projects but now I hire instead and rather find people to build up a relationship with so they know your code and how you work
Thansk man for this informational video. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Great and valuable advice I didn’t think about it From this perspective thanks Ran ❤️ that’s why you’re the best mentor 🤝
I appreciate that!
Yeah, great informative video. For my past 6+ years experience. I love to work better get hired in a real company (fulltime, remote or be in a office) but working like this gives me more skills and knowledge by working with many different taleneted people. Freelancing is just feels like a side projects but doesn't gives me so much freedom as I am working in a company. When I started freelancing everything was so slow and hard to learn because I was the only 1 person in my team (I mean everything was made by myself). Right now I had a lot of different knowledge such as Agile, working with teams, giving design to developers, having different calls, meetings, design testing with users. I mean its way more fun to be in a Team rather than feeling alone. Thanks for the info!
I've been trying to build editorial illustration freelance through cold emailing, contests, open calls, etc... I will keep pursuing it, but I feel like upwork and fiverr are a way to make a buck while still pursuing the bigger fish. But I haven't tried yet. Thanks for the breakdown - I thought both platforms were pretty much the same. I don't think I like that bidding aspect on Upwork....
you also learn how to talk and organize your work with your clients, also solve problems.. it's a great learning platforms how to communicate with your "real world" potential clients in the future - i think this is a high value. no matter what money you will make. Surely very competitive people (india bangladesh) who will do some amasing work for almost free. Crazy world.
Thank you so much Ran! This is gold.
Glad it was helpful!
This takes my hopes off
sir, i m your biggest fan and i wish Flux will conquer the world in designing
Nice piece of advice! Thanks a lot
What are the best freelancing marketplaces in your opinion?
thank u soo muchhh!!
Thank you. Very helpful video
one word both
Hey Ran, It will be worth sharing the content of a winning proposal.
Could you please share?
I have a few videos on the topic of proposals
As a UI/UX designer, is it possible to get a job on Upwork just by writing without interviewing the customer?
Thanks for the great video
Hi everyone. When we receive an order for UX/UI design from Upworkt, do we need to conduct an interview with the customer? Or can I receive an order simply by writing?
Hi,
please kindly advice which platform is good for graphic designer more than 10 years experience.
work remotely.
Thanks
Akram
Srilankan
Hey is there lust of open projects on Fieverr i mean i see listing on upwork but not on Fieverr
In the last year i got 10 clients on fiverr. I did not work regularly. Right now I'm looking for more client.
Are you a designer ?
@@Fahdlevrai Yes
@@web_masud i Wich niche and how can I get my first client on fiveer I’m a also a designer how want to start on fiveer
thanks a lot for u story
I just got out of design school experience
I want to know what people do you look to hire so I have an idea of what I should learn present myself charge for my service
Not getting any work on any of these platforms .sadly
I hate these platforms. More so Fiverr and 99 Designs. They have fostered community of designers and artists to become literal "Starving Artists". It's great for the consumer! They get a steal, not so much for 🎨.
How do you find clients if u never started up with them (these sites)
I have 5 years experience in graphic designing, is there anybody who can help me out how to create an upwork account! Thanks
How to get the first client?
That is the main problem! 😶
ZERO clients after two years!!!😶
Which platform?
@PKAndroid-bj4yt upwork, freelancer
stt I like to open my street design Art workw shop in a busy street.wooden table antique future & hand painted signboard with white tube lite or yellow bulb STUDIO.
Such As my past in 1983 in Srilanka beach road
Hi, if i alrady have 4 good reviews on UpWork, is it realistic to get a clients fast? so less than 2 weeks ?
Bottom line... Upwork is great if your looking for a third-world creator whom works for pennies-on-the-dollar...
Fiverr is great for clients that want to pay the bare minimum for creation, but be warned - much of what you will receive for your whole $5 is a rip of someone else's intellectual property and/or material!
You're doing amazing work. How is 99Design ????
Here before 5 comments!
I would do some work for free just to get my skills better and name out
This advice is Very correct.
start Small & grow Big,
So Mr.Ron, you push Me back to offline again.bit This is Dubai.
too many Asians tough compatition market.
fut off indian,Pakistani,bangali,nepal etc.
I'll try again.
Thanks
If you want to race to the bottom, then yeah. If you're trying to build a successful business, stay away. Cold call, go door to door, do anything else.
You didn't answer the question
The answer is, no
I was going to say that! But makes me glad you did already.
how to find clients in linkedin ?
we have a video series on the topic!
@@FluxAcademy ok thank you for reply. But i mean to say how to find first client
❤️❤️
❤💯
Upwork takes 20% of each contract + 2$ for each withdrawal. It's fucking absurd.
fiverr takes $3 for withdrawal 🤣
They got you the client and traffic, why is that absurd?
👍
Ty.
Fiverr nah
Man, just grow your hair.
Then you will look like Professor in Money Heist🌚❤️
I really wish I was in your stead getting many high budget clients while your work's quality is actually basic and low ;)
I think Fiverr is better than Upwork
blablabla
cold outreach guys is the best way
Phone/email? What’s working well? Where are you getting your leads?
Great.
Still need some advice.
if convenient How CAN I contact YOU by whatsapp.
Thanks
Akram
I started on Fiverr and the thing is you want these good testimonials.
« your marketing is a mess, did you know there a way to work not for money but for testimonials ? » just take it
Hey Ran, It will be worth sharing the content of a winning proposal.
Could you please share?