ACTIONABLE GUIDE TO FREELANCING ON UPWORK
What you'll learn
- define freelancing and outline its scope and usefulness in various industries. You will also discover some features and facilities of Upwork
- Craft a compelling profile that highlights your skills, experiences, and uniqueness. Discover the importance of a professional photo, a catchy title, and a we
- Define your freelance niche and identify the target audience that matches your skills.
- Explore strategies for writing proposals that stand out to potential clients,
- Determine your freelance rates based on your skills and market demand.
- Discover the art of establishing strong relationships with clients through effective communication, professionalism, and delivering quality work on time.
- Apply time management techniques specifically tailored for freelancersand balance multiple projects, set deadlines, and utilize productivity tools.
- Explore advanced strategies for scaling your freelance career, including expanding your service offerings and leveraging client referrals.
- Explore steps in creating a freelancer account, applying for fixed price and hourly rate jobs; usin Upwork community forum; and tips for identifying scams.
- Explore recommendations on specific tools, software and resources that you can use to facilitate and improve your freelancing career.
Requirements
- You don't need any prior skills or special knowledge to join this course. All you need is the determination to transform yourself into a skillful and successful freelancer on Upwork
Description
Whether you're a writer, editor, designer, developer, or virtual assistant, there’s a place for you on Upwork. However, Upwork is a large swimming pool where thousands of freelancers compete to reach its coasts and get noticed by potential clients. You need this course before starting your freelancing journey. Existing freelancers struggling to succeed in this journey also need this course.
Unlike courses focusing on theories, this unique course equips you with practical steps, examples and tips on freelancing on Upwork.
This course covers Features and Facilities of Upwork, Creating an Irresistible Upwork Profile, Identifying Your Niche and Target Market, and Crafting Winning Proposals. Other areas are Setting Your Rates and Managing Finances, Building Client Relationships and Earning Trust, Managing Your Time and Projects Effectively, Growing Your Freelance Business and Seeking Opportunities, Actionable Guides on Carrying out Miscellaneous Tasks , and lastly, Tools, Software And Resources For Facilitating And Improving Your Freelancing Career.
The course is designed to be engaging, with modules covering key aspects of freelancing on Upwork as well as quizzes and assignments that enable you assess your learning achievements.
The course is designed by Sa'idu Sulaiman, the Director of Penmark Academy for Lifelong Learning in Kano. He advocates for continuous education and skill development and also offers the MBA Digest Courses on Udemy.
Who this course is for:
- This course is people interested in starting freelancing on Upwork and existing freelancers seeking to improve their career.
Instructor
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 24 Reviews
- 814 Students
- 5 Courses
Sa'idu Sulaiman is a retired Economics lecturer and former Director Quality Assurance at the Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kano, Nigeria (now Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education).
He holds a bachelors degree in Education / Economics, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management. He obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from Bayero University, Kano, since 1997.
In 2015, he became a member of the London- based Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) after attending its 2014 conference in Manchester, UK.
He served as the Managing Editor of two academic journals and as the first Editor-in-Chief of the Kumbotso Teacher Educator journal (KUTEJ). He wrote a number of books, which cut across different academic disciplines.
He is the founder and Director of Penmark Academy for Lifelong Learning which is based in Kano, Nigeria. He also runs a blog on personal finance and business tips.