Amazing, Jim! Loved the comparison on what are the main things attention is driven on those sites. As someone who jump started and made a career through freelancing sites in the first place, here are few things: 1. Hourly is a punishment for your knowledge when you know very well what you are doing and you do that thing efficiently. Set higher hourly to offset that and watch how prospects amount goes down. No wins here. 2. There are many reasons why people do hire on freelancing sites, but below are kind of the main ones: ~ Cost savings; ~ Burning ass due to the approaching deadline. None of the above ones benefits the seller. Why? Because the amount of how hard the burning ass smells, is proportioned with the will of cost savings, haha! 3. Perfect past projects experiences & feedback is rarely valuable - because everyone thinks their project is UNIQUE and not something it was made multiple times in the past already. When in theory - feedback is what provide proofs. Old school it is, nowadays! :D On a brighter note, you get a chance to find projects which are interesting in many ways - but just because you found it, doesn't mean you will be hired. Not even sure how it would be possible to get hired nowadays without having proven portfolio on hand. That was a long one, sorry J! :D
I almost never write comments, but it's hard to resist :) Amazing content (skill and presentation of information), now a lot of amateurs with mediocre skills are gaining a large audience, it's a shame that people like you have less subscribers
Very little of the 'influencer' and affiliate content for these freelance sites is genuine. Upwork's structured more for buyers posting their needs and sellers submitting proposals and bids. And then sellers try to purchase placement in the heap of proposals per post. I'm not getting work anymore, so I'm getting sick of the hustle, honestly. It started out great. And then there's Fiverr, which expects you to market your ad/gig on social media. I wish I understood more how to use LinkedIn for what I do, without annoying people or adding more useless noise to the internet.
@@jim-friend I'm one of those people who lost their job, and pretty much the industry connected to it, from lockdowns. I though VO could be lockdown proof. But it definitely can't so much withstand resulting inflation! I like how there's SO much less noise on LinkedIn. It's just that I don't have much to talk about.
Apologies for the garish jumper! What have been your experiences with freelancing sites good or bad?
That comic effect!!!! Nice work man
Thanks Mate!
Amazing, Jim! Loved the comparison on what are the main things attention is driven on those sites.
As someone who jump started and made a career through freelancing sites in the first place, here are few things:
1. Hourly is a punishment for your knowledge when you know very well what you are doing and you do that thing efficiently. Set higher hourly to offset that and watch how prospects amount goes down. No wins here.
2. There are many reasons why people do hire on freelancing sites, but below are kind of the main ones:
~ Cost savings;
~ Burning ass due to the approaching deadline.
None of the above ones benefits the seller. Why? Because the amount of how hard the burning ass smells, is proportioned with the will of cost savings, haha!
3. Perfect past projects experiences & feedback is rarely valuable - because everyone thinks their project is UNIQUE and not something it was made multiple times in the past already. When in theory - feedback is what provide proofs. Old school it is, nowadays! :D
On a brighter note, you get a chance to find projects which are interesting in many ways - but just because you found it, doesn't mean you will be hired. Not even sure how it would be possible to get hired nowadays without having proven portfolio on hand.
That was a long one, sorry J! :D
Wonderful insight!
High quality video!! I'm surprised you don't have atleast 10k subs! Too underrated!!
Thanks mate!
I almost never write comments, but it's hard to resist :) Amazing content (skill and presentation of information), now a lot of amateurs with mediocre skills are gaining a large audience, it's a shame that people like you have less subscribers
Really appreciate that!
Very little of the 'influencer' and affiliate content for these freelance sites is genuine. Upwork's structured more for buyers posting their needs and sellers submitting proposals and bids. And then sellers try to purchase placement in the heap of proposals per post. I'm not getting work anymore, so I'm getting sick of the hustle, honestly. It started out great. And then there's Fiverr, which expects you to market your ad/gig on social media. I wish I understood more how to use LinkedIn for what I do, without annoying people or adding more useless noise to the internet.
Some very good points there! Can I ask what you do for work? I'm always worried if I talk about LinkedIn no one will watch it!
@@jim-friend I'm one of those people who lost their job, and pretty much the industry connected to it, from lockdowns. I though VO could be lockdown proof. But it definitely can't so much withstand resulting inflation! I like how there's SO much less noise on LinkedIn. It's just that I don't have much to talk about.