I always check the client's reviews of previous freelancers. If I see they give a lot of one-star to people like me I stay away. I don't have a big ego, so I assume that the client is difficult not that the other freelancers he has worked with are not good.
Haha, so much truth. You just described in 12 minutes my 10 years work experience. Many of this cases happened to me. I quit last month Upwork after the client ask for refund of the work that was delivered with clear milestone delivery. He asked for extra work and when I told him that we need to open the next milestone he decided to cancel the previous one. The Upwork negotiator wasn't skilled at all to deal with it. The case got awful!
I think Upwork can be a better negotiator. I logged around 25 hours and the hourly protection approved around half because of low activity(in programming you don't just type all the time, you need to think a lot). The client's payment didn't work. Then he asked for a dispute but did not have even basic arguments on his side. I would recommend you not to quit. If you believe in yourself you should continue to work on Upwork. I am not Top Rated Plus after being at 75% JSS - back from Top Rated. There are wonderful people on Upwork too. I just met in person with a client for the the second time and it was great. One of my largest contracts. Evan, what about a video about ideal clients?
@@marians5015 I was Top Rated Plus. I have my clients outside upwok now. I created the simple system with Zoho invoices and PayPal payment, I’m charging 50% upfront and I’m working with closed milestones. I saw with the time that Upwork it is not bringing quality clients for me, I worked with Automotive and Industrial Design. Many clients on Upwork in my specialization are the funny inventors that want to create a ‘project’ to raise the $, with little or no budget at all.
The last one hits me! I had an encounter with 2 clients who loved my portfolio and wanted to ask social media post samples before I know the feedback if I get hired. Thanks for letting me know! I'm new in Upwork.
I love all the characters! It helps me to remember what to look out for. In some other videos people are going on Upwork and showing a screenshare of some good or bad examples, but your examples personify the red flags. Also love the triangle!
Great info as always! Liked the Paulie Promises character the best. Thanks! EDIT: I think I've had thousands of YT'ers ask me to press the Like button, but this was the first time I complied.
My first client was fantastic, I got him thanks to your amazing videos He explained to me what I needed to know, answered all my questions clearly, gave me a bonus, a great review and said he will hire me again soon. It was a really amazing experience to work with him.
Well done! As an Upwork client of 10+ years, (Elance alum!), I have to say, I resemble that remark! Seriously, you deserve a grammy here. And, along the way, you may just affect clients' behavior, more than freelancers! Maybe upwork should include this in their FAQ page for clients?! I wonder if there is a parallel universe video that points out the top worst freelancers to avoid? More please!
You are really amazing! This video should have a million views! Thank you for showing this! I already deal with 5 of these crazy clients and I already get my lesson, thank you!
Man. I usually watch youtube at 2x but this was so engaging that I enjoyed watching it at normal al the way through. I have experienced few of them and I can tell they are really hard to work with. I just wanted to get out of mess without hurting my profile.
The bad guy 15 happened to me! He just wanted to deliver the work and said will pay when finished, cause we had a order before I did script but not the video and I was never paid the script :( Thanks for this video avoiding bad clients is a big thing I never work with clients who I think are too demanding they will need twice the work, than they paid for, wired. happened to me to also in the end will leave bad review!
You are fucking crazy and make me laugh like hell in the train while watching your video 😂 thank you so much Evan, not only helpful but also sooo joyful
You seem so positive about freelancing which I like... just read posts of some people who had negative things to say about the connects and scams, they almost make it seem like nobody makes money any more from freelancing as though there's anything online without some degree of risk.
This had to be told! One of the most important things that I learned from experience is to choose clients carefully. Bad clients can cost you time, money and bad feedback which won't make you feel great!
I enjoyed the last interview with you! I've listen to it for only around 40-50 minutes because I was driving to meet a client in person(after years of work remotely)
Wowww!!! What a way to describe your Experiences, I have already encountered with 3 of of them. Absolutely, Love the way how you put your entire efforts and make it a interesting comedy yet informative video. Evan, You are the best!!!
Hi, here your crazy lover. I just wanna say thank you for all your videos, they are really helpful. I just started 15 days ago on Upwork, and after doing patiently/constantly what you told, i get my first Job. Thank you so much. I hope one day you can hire me, and keep learning from you.
I have never seen a better infotainment video than this😍. Your acting skills are so good just like your content. Give yourself a try in the film industry too.🤭🤭 Thank you for providing this excellent stuff related to freelancing on TH-cam for free.💜
hahahaha when you did HOT MISS HARRY I was literally dying from laughter tbh its so accurate istg but when you submit good work to a HOT MISS HARRY their reactions are crazy tbh " OHHH MAAA GAWDDDDD IT LOOKKKSSS SOOO GOOOD"
ehh wish i knew your videos before. once i was getting so much invitations but for now 0, like i never got any invitation so long like months, even i have 100% succes rate and all 5star reviews but still, i dont know what happens but i guess some clients gave me HIDDEN bad feedbacks..
omg, I had an experience with sample steve. I wasted my time making and editing videos and I didn't get paid. I'm new on upwork so I didn't know any better
XD I made the terrible mistake of taking a ¨bad-experience¨ client he gave a bad review to the previous freelancer and said it was a nightmare, guess what? it was not just a nightmare for me sadly was a terrible reality, I spent almost two months working with him doing unnecesary and irrelevant changes, it was the worst experience I have ever had with a client. we finally complated the project and the contract ended, he then contacted me for more scopes of work and more changes and I just ghosted him.
YES! If they had a bad experience with someone else (and especially if they TELL you about it!) then that’s like a person who always talks about “how bad my ex boyfriend / girlfriend was”… and if you stick around long enough, you’ll probably discover that maybe they’re part of the problem!
@@FreelanceMVP hi thanks for responding.. I had a look at your Playlist but the closest thing to my question is "freelance fails". Would you mind linking the video for fixing JSS scores?
Hello Evan, I wanted to ask about how to recover from a bad review, and/or how to get more clients to leave reviews. Do you have any advice? A video on this would be really helpful for the all the freelancers with the same problem.
Yes they can be "OK" - but if they don't tell you ANYTHING about the project, and want you to sign an NDA just to understand what the business even does, then it's a bad sign.
My concern is how do we detect these people in initial state? Had experience where the client was so happy & approved my storyboard for a 2D short animation but she ghosted me after I delivered the final work. I honestly don't see any signs back then 😭🌺 She sounds professional and a manager of a private school
Was the milestone on Upwork funded though? From my experience, clients sometimes can disappear for personal reasons or emergencies as well, not necessarily because they want to ghost the freelancers. But as long as the milestone is funded, you can just mark the job as completed, and Upwork will release your payment in 2 weeks.
Helle I am new to freelancing don't know how things work on upwork. I came across this client and we started talking via email, he ask for a security fee before giving me the job. Is that how it works please?
I wish I could watch this video 2 years earlier, I would not have to learn those things by my own. Haha. People who have watched it at the very fast, they are lucky.
Hello guys, I finished a video project on upwork and just received a bonus from the client who is really nice and polite. However, I don't want to work for him anymore since my rate is a bit costly. I had imagined that I would tell him that I cannot work for him anymore unless he/she increases his/her budget, however, if I say that now, he would think I got greedy after bonus. What is the best way to just get a review from him on upwork and just end the contract?
Hello i Had a Question What gonna happened if my Mom create a Profile but she got no skills and let me work behind this page??? Is it a Violation on Upwork?
Hi, I have a question. I just got my first job on upwork but I'm still in a contract cause its long term, so the clients keeps creating milestones and releasing money for them. I need a review so I can apply for other jobs, what do I do? Do I tell him to give me a review while I'm still in the contract
You can explain to the client that you are new to upwork and would like to have a 1st review to boost your profile a little bit. Ask them if it's possible to close the ongoing contract, leave a review and start a new contract for the following milestones.
Hey Evan, I get 1 job invite per day after I earn more than $100. But, I can't turn them into work. So if you help, how to convert job invitation to contract. It will help me a lot.💚
Me too considered myself super lucky that I landed a client once I just set-up my account but he was a secret Silvio or SUS with a really vague brief, company activity description etc … made it extra hard for me and devoted so much time in research and delivered higher quality content then he was completely unsatisfied and terminated the contract. He also wanted to have the payment outside of upwork platform. He did pay an upfront but was super shady. Not upset about it though honestly I was going to terminate the contract from my end 😅
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I have never enjoyed and laughed so hard at an educational video before...Thank you so much for sharing your brilliance on TH-cam!
Thanks Josephine, I appreciate you
I find it very annoying, I just want the info and that's it. It was very hard for me to watch.
hahaha same here!
This is one of your best videos. Can tell how much work went into it.
I have faced a lot of these clients already. Boy oh boy!
Thanks - be careful out there!
It is a pity, cause this video does not have more views, its really funny and much work is in it...
This guy wouldn't just give up giving his best in everything.
You are amaaaaaaazing!
I always check the client's reviews of previous freelancers. If I see they give a lot of one-star to people like me I stay away. I don't have a big ego, so I assume that the client is difficult not that the other freelancers he has worked with are not good.
💯
You're very right - past client reviews can be EXTREMELY telling!
@@FreelanceMVP Love to see you're finally back on YT!!. Keep it going Brother 👊
I'll add the one who is obsessed with the time tracker and every 5 seconds takes a review of your job even when you already explain everything
Haha, so much truth. You just described in 12 minutes my 10 years work experience. Many of this cases happened to me. I quit last month Upwork after the client ask for refund of the work that was delivered with clear milestone delivery. He asked for extra work and when I told him that we need to open the next milestone he decided to cancel the previous one. The Upwork negotiator wasn't skilled at all to deal with it. The case got awful!
WOW - careful out there!
I think Upwork can be a better negotiator. I logged around 25 hours and the hourly protection approved around half because of low activity(in programming you don't just type all the time, you need to think a lot). The client's payment didn't work. Then he asked for a dispute but did not have even basic arguments on his side.
I would recommend you not to quit. If you believe in yourself you should continue to work on Upwork. I am not Top Rated Plus after being at 75% JSS - back from Top Rated.
There are wonderful people on Upwork too. I just met in person with a client for the the second time and it was great. One of my largest contracts.
Evan, what about a video about ideal clients?
@@marians5015 I was Top Rated Plus. I have my clients outside upwok now. I created the simple system with Zoho invoices and PayPal payment, I’m charging 50% upfront and I’m working with closed milestones. I saw with the time that Upwork it is not bringing quality clients for me, I worked with Automotive and Industrial Design. Many clients on Upwork in my specialization are the funny inventors that want to create a ‘project’ to raise the $, with little or no budget at all.
@@kama_reis Got it! I'm glad that you have a alternative.
I love how creative you are in showing these kinds of videos. Thanks for explaining the red flag clients in a fun way...
The last one hits me! I had an encounter with 2 clients who loved my portfolio and wanted to ask social media post samples before I know the feedback if I get hired. Thanks for letting me know! I'm new in Upwork.
True - NO FREE WORK!
Amazing acting Evan! I have 100% JSS and 100K earned on Upwork and I thought this was the limit. Thanks for the motivation!
Keep going!
For some reason, these examples sound like every architect client I've had.
There are SO many of them out there
I love all the characters! It helps me to remember what to look out for. In some other videos people are going on Upwork and showing a screenshare of some good or bad examples, but your examples personify the red flags. Also love the triangle!
This was incredible. I haven't done any freelance work yet, but I know exactly who to avoid if I do!
💚💚
This is the most engaging, funny, but informative TH-cam video on Upwork freelancing.
I was hooked from the beginning till the end.
WOW thanks so much, I appreciate you!
You were really feeling yourself in the acting parts. Love it! Especially Paulie!
Hahaha for a second i thought paulie was a real movie character. Well played
Great info as always! Liked the Paulie Promises character the best. Thanks!
EDIT: I think I've had thousands of YT'ers ask me to press the Like button, but this was the first time I complied.
YO I love it!!!!
@@FreelanceMVP Evan, do you see the comment below? Looks like someone is using your profile pic and posting self-advertising comments.
My first client was fantastic, I got him thanks to your amazing videos
He explained to me what I needed to know, answered all my questions clearly, gave me a bonus, a great review and said he will hire me again soon. It was a really amazing experience to work with him.
This video is epic! Comedy and informative at the same time!
Thanks Al :)
Well done! As an Upwork client of 10+ years, (Elance alum!), I have to say, I resemble that remark! Seriously, you deserve a grammy here. And, along the way, you may just affect clients' behavior, more than freelancers! Maybe upwork should include this in their FAQ page for clients?! I wonder if there is a parallel universe video that points out the top worst freelancers to avoid? More please!
You are really amazing! This video should have a million views! Thank you for showing this! I already deal with 5 of these crazy clients and I already get my lesson, thank you!
Quality of your videos is so high that I cant belive how you have only 49k subscribers...
New to TH-cam, still learning :)
Man. I usually watch youtube at 2x but this was so engaging that I enjoyed watching it at normal al the way through. I have experienced few of them and I can tell they are really hard to work with. I just wanted to get out of mess without hurting my profile.
The bad guy 15 happened to me! He just wanted to deliver the work and said will pay when finished, cause we had a order before I did script but not the video and I was never paid the script :( Thanks for this video avoiding bad clients is a big thing I never work with clients who I think are too demanding they will need twice the work, than they paid for, wired. happened to me to also in the end will leave bad review!
Thanks so much, hope this helped you!
You are fucking crazy and make me laugh like hell in the train while watching your video 😂 thank you so much Evan, not only helpful but also sooo joyful
This is a real masterpiece of video. Kudos my dude!
I like you already! This is the most accurate video about clients I've ever seen. Thank you for the value❤️
Lool. I have been there with the 1st type of client... Great content mate!
You seem so positive about freelancing which I like... just read posts of some people who had negative things to say about the connects and scams, they almost make it seem like nobody makes money any more from freelancing as though there's anything online without some degree of risk.
😂😂, you put so much effort into this. Amazing cinematography tho
Some may argue just a little too aggressive :-D. Great Vid Evan loved it!
This had to be told! One of the most important things that I learned from experience is to choose clients carefully. Bad clients can cost you time, money and bad feedback which won't make you feel great!
I enjoyed the last interview with you! I've listen to it for only around 40-50 minutes because I was driving to meet a client in person(after years of work remotely)
Wowww!!!
What a way to describe your Experiences, I have already encountered with 3 of of them. Absolutely, Love the way how you put your entire efforts and make it a interesting comedy yet informative video.
Evan, You are the best!!!
i need to watch this video every couple of weeks or i forgot and work for those kind of people
Great video !
There are great truths in this video.
These are important things, but one can't learn these things except through hard experience :-)
Hi, here your crazy lover. I just wanna say thank you for all your videos, they are really helpful. I just started 15 days ago on Upwork, and after doing
patiently/constantly what you told, i get my first Job. Thank you so much. I hope one day you can hire me, and keep learning from you.
You are doing very well job. Applying your tips I got a job in only 2 weeks with totally new profile.
Congratulations on 50k subscribers.
I have never seen a better infotainment video than this😍. Your acting skills are so good just like your content. Give yourself a try in the film industry too.🤭🤭 Thank you for providing this excellent stuff related to freelancing on TH-cam for free.💜
Evan, your humor is amazing:)))) I love your videos a lot and watch them with great pleasure :)
this cured my freelancing ptsd
Your acting is amazing!! loved the video
LOVE THIS VIDEO! Just NEXT level!
VERY VERY HELPFULL & INFORMATIVE:)
😍
4.14 the best shot 😂😂😂😂😂
This was AWESOME!!!!! Also do you have a video on how to respond to these nicks and larrys professionally
I also imagine people like this....Lol and that Italian mafia skit was dope 😂
Thanks so much!!
hahahaha when you did HOT MISS HARRY I was literally dying from laughter tbh its so accurate istg but when you submit good work to a HOT MISS HARRY their reactions are crazy tbh " OHHH MAAA GAWDDDDD IT LOOKKKSSS SOOO GOOOD"
ehh wish i knew your videos before. once i was getting so much invitations but for now 0, like i never got any invitation so long like months, even i have 100% succes rate and all 5star reviews but still, i dont know what happens but i guess some clients gave me HIDDEN bad feedbacks..
Paulie is in my inbox right now, trying to make me an offer (he thinks) I can't refuse 😂😂😂
i love your videos. They are so much fun haha
omg, I had an experience with sample steve. I wasted my time making and editing videos and I didn't get paid. I'm new on upwork so I didn't know any better
😅😂 so good and accurate. I need to break up with a hot mess Harry asap!
YES - AVOID
Story Telling 💥
XD I made the terrible mistake of taking a ¨bad-experience¨ client he gave a bad review to the previous freelancer and said it was a nightmare, guess what? it was not just a nightmare for me sadly was a terrible reality, I spent almost two months working with him doing unnecesary and irrelevant changes, it was the worst experience I have ever had with a client. we finally complated the project and the contract ended, he then contacted me for more scopes of work and more changes and I just ghosted him.
YES! If they had a bad experience with someone else (and especially if they TELL you about it!) then that’s like a person who always talks about “how bad my ex boyfriend / girlfriend was”… and if you stick around long enough, you’ll probably discover that maybe they’re part of the problem!
Really helpful, Thank You!❤️🥰🙏
Thanks so much Saba, I appreciate you
They will definitely decline our jss.
I learnt something here.. you doing a nice job, guess you should consider acting too😂
😅😅🤣
😂😆💚😂
How to deal, it when you have a feeling that one of the clients that you are working with now, is probably going to give you a hear attack soon?
Try to get away as quickly as possible!
Can you do content on how to bounce back from negative reviews? Like Jss went down to 83 and lost top rated badge
Yes - there's a video on that, check past videos on the channel page!
@@FreelanceMVP hi thanks for responding.. I had a look at your Playlist but the closest thing to my question is "freelance fails". Would you mind linking the video for fixing JSS scores?
Bro is not a human, he is superhuman for sure. Became his Huge fan, Cooler, Ac.
Hello Evan, I wanted to ask about how to recover from a bad review, and/or how to get more clients to leave reviews. Do you have any advice? A video on this would be really helpful for the all the freelancers with the same problem.
We have videos about that - check the channel page!
I should do a video about this 😂
By the way if you have top-rated badge on Upwork, you can request the bad review to be removed from your profile.
amazing video High level Editing 😊😄
Thanks!
I solely watch for the impressions at this point.
LOL
what do I do if I've already taken a bad experience brian?
Lol this video is amazing 👏🏼
This video is incredible and incredibly funny 😂😂
Nice creativity!! Haha!!
Thanks so much
Had NDA clients with a great long-term projects
Yes they can be "OK" - but if they don't tell you ANYTHING about the project, and want you to sign an NDA just to understand what the business even does, then it's a bad sign.
@@FreelanceMVP In this case - yes
My frist ever client was a late larry and no show nick😂
I am almost 1 month late to get this video someone is already crushed my freelance career 😢😢
My first client asked me to send him copy of my cv. What should i do?
My concern is how do we detect these people in initial state? Had experience where the client was so happy & approved my storyboard for a 2D short animation but she ghosted me after I delivered the final work. I honestly don't see any signs back then 😭🌺 She sounds professional and a manager of a private school
Was the milestone on Upwork funded though? From my experience, clients sometimes can disappear for personal reasons or emergencies as well, not necessarily because they want to ghost the freelancers. But as long as the milestone is funded, you can just mark the job as completed, and Upwork will release your payment in 2 weeks.
Great video just based on the entertainment value alone😂
Helle I am new to freelancing don't know how things work on upwork.
I came across this client and we started talking via email, he ask for a security fee before giving me the job. Is that how it works please?
I wish I could watch this video 2 years earlier, I would not have to learn those things by my own. Haha. People who have watched it at the very fast, they are lucky.
I've pressed the bleeping like button 😤
Haha thank you!
Hello guys,
I finished a video project on upwork and just received a bonus from the client who is really nice and polite. However, I don't want to work for him anymore since my rate is a bit costly. I had imagined that I would tell him that I cannot work for him anymore unless he/she increases his/her budget, however, if I say that now, he would think I got greedy after bonus. What is the best way to just get a review from him on upwork and just end the contract?
One option could be to say that you got hired on a long-term project and can't take anything else at the moment.
This is Hillarious🤣
Can you please write a book on this stuff!
Hello i Had a Question
What gonna happened if my Mom create a Profile but she got no skills and let me work behind this page??? Is it a Violation on Upwork?
Technically yes. Upwork is quite strict with that kind of stuff.
Hi, I have a question. I just got my first job on upwork but I'm still in a contract cause its long term, so the clients keeps creating milestones and releasing money for them.
I need a review so I can apply for other jobs, what do I do? Do I tell him to give me a review while I'm still in the contract
Been in this situation before. Politely ask the client to leave you a positive feedback. And if the client is understanding, it wouldn't be an issue.
@@markuduosa4999 Thanks mark
@@markuduosa4999 So he doesn't have to cancel the contract to give me a feedback?
You can explain to the client that you are new to upwork and would like to have a 1st review to boost your profile a little bit. Ask them if it's possible to close the ongoing contract, leave a review and start a new contract for the following milestones.
I love your videos
Superb😆
Thanks Samma!
No joke. Hear me out Evan. Have you ever thought of becoming an actor
😂😂😂😂😂😂💚
Awesome :-)
Thanks so much
Hey Evan, I get 1 job invite per day after I earn more than $100. But, I can't turn them into work. So if you help, how to convert job invitation to contract. It will help me a lot.💚
Do you think we don't get these clients as first, or we should gain them for just reviews?
Just avoid them entirely
hahaha. on spot.
Thanks I appreciate you!
6:51 preboxing Jake Paul is annoying
ha! informative and funny
Evan Disguise Master 😆
😂😂😂😂😂
helpful
Forget Upwork. Go ahead, be an actor
LOL
you´re too funny xDDDD
First
You win!
almost got scammed yesterday 🥹💔 first client too
💔💔
Careful of scammers!
Me too considered myself super lucky that I landed a client once I just set-up my account but he was a secret Silvio or SUS with a really vague brief, company activity description etc … made it extra hard for me and devoted so much time in research and delivered higher quality content then he was completely unsatisfied and terminated the contract. He also wanted to have the payment outside of upwork platform. He did pay an upfront but was super shady. Not upset about it though honestly I was going to terminate the contract from my end 😅
Pls can I send you an email. Am a beginner on upwork