How To Earn Up To $2000* Per Month On Upwork.com
Learn how to earn a full-time income on Upwork.com with your transcription or virtual assistant skills.
Breaking into the transcription or virtual assistant industry as a complete beginner doesn’t need to be as difficult as one might think. While it can be difficult to land a high-paying permanent job as a complete beginner with no experience and fresh new certifications – there are still many ways to earn an income online while also effectively gaining work experience.
Larger companies may be interested in seeing a bit of experience on your transcription resume before they’ll hire you. However, don’t panic if you’re a complete beginner with no experience, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Freelance platforms are perfect for beginners as they can earn a comfortable income as freelancers, on a per-project basis, effectively building up experience in the process. However, it is essential that you employ the tactics that we’re about to teach you when creating your profiles on freelance platforms.
Why choose Upwork.com?
We’re about to spill a very good secret about Upwork.com and why it is considered one of the most lucrative platforms to use.
UpWork has a search engine built into the site. Most freelancers overlook this because they have never hired anyone through UpWork. Why does this matter? (Because making more money per project matters)
UpWork’s search engine lets you look for freelancers specific to your field and invite them to interview privately. That means you can get work by getting clients to invite you to jobs instead of posting proposals.
After a client does a search they are given a list of freelancers that match your search parameters. UpWork presents the hiring party with multiple options which they invite to hire using the bright green button on the right.
Now that we understand that, let’s look at how to get Upwork clients to come to you.
Want To Increase Your Active Income?
Pro-active work creates active income.
We’ve written up an outline to increase your income, get you better work and get you spending more time working and less time looking for work.
This short guide will help you hack the private UpWork economy. You will find three pro tips and my private profile outline I’ve used to book over $5,000 worth of work without sending out a single proposal in less than a month!
The first three tips are the common mistakes UpWorkers make when creating profiles.
If you avoid making these mistakes you will be 90% ahead of the competition, be more appealing to invite-only clients and spend more time working and less time submitting proposals.
Mistakes That Beginners Make On Freelance Platforms
Many beginners will share the same journey when starting out as a freelancer, however, only the ones who persevere and think outside of the box to solve hurdles will go on to successfully earn a comfortable living using freelance platforms. Avoid these mistakes when starting out and you’ll become a part of the top 1% of freelancers.
#1: Having No Clear Job Title
UpWork has a search engine built into it. To help the search engine find the best results for clients it introduced job titles into profiles. Most freelancers on UpWork don’t pay attention to the job title. Don’t make this mistake.
Look at this job title:
The job title is clear, it communicates exactly what I do and what I accomplish. When creating a profile to get private invite gigs this is your first line of offense.
Use your job title as a place to both position yourself in UpWork’s search engine and quickly communicate what you do and what it accomplishes for your client.
#2: Profile Doesn't Contain Success Indicators
What is a success indicator? A success indicator is something that creates social proof that makes clients understand you know what you are doing and talking about.
For example: A good copywriter would know and use terms like ‘capture,’ ‘conversion,’ and ‘lead generation’ because they reflect what their work does.
Another example would be a personal assistant who communicated they know how to use multiple email, time log and management systems.
Here is an example of success indicators
#3: Profiles Don’t Contain Social Proof
Social proof plays a huge role in landing UpWork jobs. What is social proof? Social proof is testimonials, reviews or videos people have given you for your work.
Most freelancer’s either don’t use social proof or use it incorrectly. Here are a couple common social proof misuses.
- The Social Proof doesn’t share specific positive traits employers look for
- The Social Proof doesn’t mention results achieved
- The Social Proof isn’t that great
- There is no Social Proof included (i.e. no testimonials)
Use social proof to position your services as solutions to your clients needs.
How To Stand Out From The Crowd
We’re going to tell you the summarized version of this Upwork.com success story.
The story contains extremely valuable information for all beginners who are looking to earn an income with Upwork.com.
In 2013, the author stumbled upon Upwork, an online freelancing platform, while searching for ways to make money online. Despite having no freelancing experience or specialized skills, the author decided to give it a try. They discovered a category of writing jobs that seemed promising, particularly a project to write short children’s stories for $20 each. Although there were already 75 proposals submitted for the job, the author wanted to stand out and convince the client that they were the right person for the task. They came up with the idea of writing a sample story similar to the client’s requirements and included it in their proposal as proof of their ability to complete the job. Despite waiting anxiously, the author didn’t hear back from the client over the weekend.
On Monday, the author received an email from the client expressing their appreciation for the sample story. Although it wasn’t exactly what they were looking for, they were willing to pay the author $20 for it and wanted to hire them for more stories. This success motivated the author to continue using Upwork and expand their freelancing career.
Over time, the author gained experience and tackled more challenging writing projects, gradually increasing their rates. Within a year, they had built a six-figure income from freelancing on Upwork, transforming their life and providing financial freedom.
The author concludes by encouraging others to give freelancing on Upwork a try, emphasizing that they have nothing to lose and highlighting the platform’s accessibility and opportunities for success.
Conclusion
In order to stand out from the crowd, always put yourself in the client’s shoes and try to view things from their perspective.
If you’re looking to get started on Upwork, search for jobs on their database and view thousands of virtual assistant jobs and transcription jobs.