Download - Introduction to Upwork Freelancing Platform
The Largest Freelancing Platform Online
Yaser Harara
What is Upwork
Based on the former odesk
The Biggest Freelancing website in the market (after merging with elance).
9 Million registered freelancers
4 Million registered clients
What is Upwork
Stephane KasrielCEO
Thomas LaytonChairman
Upwork TeamMountain View, California, USA
Why Upwork
A lot of money is spent here
Consistent jobs are being posted
Great for both beginners and experts
It is FREE!
Why Upwork
Online Work Spend by CategorySource:
Upwork 2014
Why Upwork
Fastest Growing PositionsSource:
Upwork 2014
Important Dates
December 18, 2013
Odesk and Elance Merging into one company
March 2015Introduction of Job Success Score
April 01, 2015Introduction of connects and memberships
May 05, 2015Odesk and Elance launching the new website:
Upwork.com
September01, 2015
limiting clients from posting new jobs on Elance
Exploring UpworkUpwork.com
Uprwork Interface
Upwork interface relies mainly on tabs:
Find Work
My Jobs
Reports
Messages
Find Work Tab
Find Jobs
Saved Jobs
Proposals
Profile
My Stats
Tests
Find Jobs Tab
The juice is in the search
Jobs vary in Budget
Use the side search options
Proposals Tab
Active:
Contains Active Proposals and Active Candidacies.
Archived:
Contains: Proposals that are accepted, rejected and expired.
Profile Tab
Important for consistent career on Upwork
Good Title, Overview, and Details.
Only best work to be shown on Portfolio
Always make sure for 100% profile
Update availability regularly
Specialize!
My Jobs Tab
My Jobs
Contracts
Work Diary
Work Diary Tab
Keeps record of your working time
Important for Hourly based jobs.
Enables you from adding manual time (If Applicable).
Reports Tab
Earnings
Timesheet Details
Time Analyze
Earnings Per Client
Weekly Timesheet
Time Logs
Connects History
Transaction History
Certificate of Earnings
Messages Tab
Messages Tab
Real-time info (Availability)
Rooms
Clean design
Desktop app
Available on mobile
How to get a job on Upwork?
Search properly
Apply for jobs
Apply for jobs
Apply for jobs (different)
Job Types on Upwork
Hourly Jobs
Fixed Price Jobs
Hourly Jobs
Hourly jobs are divided into categories that clients choose upon job posting:
Entry Level
Client is looking for the lowest prices regardless of the freelancers experience.
Intermediate
Client is looking for quality but also is looking for a good price.
Expert
Client has no problem paying for those who would give the best quality.
Fixed Price Jobs
Fixed Price Jobs are protected using the Upwork ESCROW system to hold the money of a job or a part of it.
Fixed Price Jobs payment is automatically released after 14 days if the client did not ask for edits.
Connects
Connects are tokens that allow freelancers to apply for jobs.
Introduced on Upwork on April 2015
Most jobs require 2 connects
Free accounts get 60 connects per month
Membership costs $10/month for 70 rollback connects.
How to choose a job?
Search for Keywords
Apply Search filters according to your preference.
Decide whether you want to have an Hourly job or Fixed price.
Make sure if you have enough connects
Cheap Prices?
Search Properly
Save Searches into feed
If you cannot beat them, Join them
New Features
Job Success Score (My Stats)
Long-term relationships.
Repeat projects.
Missing feedback (Only when there are a lot).
Projects ending without activity.
Upwork Top Rated Program
Benefits (Perks):
A Top Rated badge on your Upwork profile
Exclusive invitations to submit proposals.
Personalized tips to strengthen your profile
Premium customer support, including phone and chat.
Upwork Top Rated Program
A Job Success score of at least 90%
12-month earnings of at least $1,000
An account in good standing with no recent account holds
A 100% complete profile with photo (90% for freelancers who brought their profiles over from Elance)
Up to date availability (if unavailable now, set a date estimate)
At least 30 days of work history on Upwork (not required for freelancers who brought their profiles over from Elance)
Rising Talent ProgramBETA
Benefits (Perks):
A Rising Talent badge on your profile
Inclusion in a premium talent pool from which top clients source talent
A one-time bonus of 30 free Connects
Premium chat and ticket support
Personalized profile tips
Rising Talent ProgramBETA
No Job Success score
Adhere to the Upwork Terms of Service
Maintain a 100% complete profile
Availability status up-to-date
Submit proposals to projects relevant to your skill set
Deliver great results to your clients as you promised when you accepted the work
Complete your projects on time and as promised
Frequent Answered Questions
How do I connect my Payoneer Card into Upwork Account?
Click on your name on the top right hand side:
Settings >> Get Paid >> Add Payment method
Frequent Answered Questions
Why are there a lot of cheap jobs on Upwork?
Upwork allows clients to hire freelancers for as little as $0.01. This means a lot of the job postings come from those who seek cheap labor.
However, there are a lot of decent clients if you use the search feature properly.
Upwork Help Options
Phone
Live Chat
Tickets System (Emails)
Upwork Community
Gives Credit to those who help others
Almost every question you have is already answered
Very Friendly (how freelancers are!)
Let s Explore!
Upwork Team Application
Upwork Bugs
Cache Bug
Taking too long to load for some pages and messages.
Solution
Those are technical problems that would be solved eventually.
What about you?
If you cannot beat them, join them!