
An short introduction to the course and going beyond Upwork.
Some thoughts on greedy Upwork and why you need to find clients beyond Upwork now!
Thoughts on the importance of control in your freelance business.
Thoughts on the changes you need to make going forward if you hope to go beyond Upwork and find clients on your own.
This lesson has some of my top picks for Upwork alternatives in terms of freelance platforms.
Let's discuss one of the next best freelance platform options.
This lesson contains useful supplemental materials to help you get going with Platform 1.
A "freelance" platform you might not have considered before.
Supplemental materials, insights and tips to help you find work and get hired on Platform 2.
This is a big list of 100+ freelance platform alternatives that you can use to find work and go beyond Upwork.
In this section we'll begin to consider social platforms as a way to go beyond Upwork.
This social platform is one of the best for going beyond Upwork and finding clients on your own.
Insights and ideas for Social Platform 1.
This is another of my favorite social platforms to help you go beyond Upwork right now!
Tips and insights for Social Platform 2.
This social platform might surprise you and is used a lot less often for this purpose, but it still works!
Tips, thoughts and strategies for Social Platform 3.
In this lesson we'll start to consider how to pick up clients beyond Upwork through word of mouth sources.
This lesson describes my favorite place to get word of mouth referrals and how you can do it too!
In this lecture we'll talk about websites and whether or not it's worth it to go beyond Upwork through a website of your own.
This lecture contains some thoughts I have on how to build a website fast and free for your audience.
This lecture is about where and how to pull clients to your website.
This lecture is about one of my favorite alternate client sourcing methods.
Supplemental materials and key insights for Alternate Method 1.
This lecture is all about how to team up with the exact right people to pick up new clients fast and easy.
Thoughts and ideas about working with clients using Alternate Method 3.
In this lesson we'll talk about an alternate sourcing method that few people normally consider. Then we'll answer whether or not it's even worth your time.
Tips and advice on how to go beyond Upwork with Alternate Method 4.
In this lecture I'll share a totally off-the-wall suggestion for earning freelance clients and going beyond Upwork.
Tips, thoughts and ideas for Alternate Method 5.
This lesson is about the risk vs. reward of taking clients directly from Upwork.
A few last minute thoughts on what it will really take to gain clients beyond Upwork.
In this lecture we'll talk about whether or not you should learn new skills to help you attract clients beyond Upwork.
This lecture contains some final thoughts on where to go and what to do next to go beyond Upwork.
Upwork is in a bad state. They don't care about freelancers. They don't care about clients. They care about one thing only...money. To that end, they steal your income off the top by taking 20% of your earnings. That's cash straight out of your pocket. Food out of your family's mouth. And it gets worse...
When greedy Upwork went public they suddenly had shareholders to please. So they had to find new ways to suck more cash out of freelancers. By now you've probably noticed that Upwork charges you $0.15 per Connect, which wouldn't be that big of a deal, except most gigs cost 4-6 Connects. And the real problem is that the gigs haven't changed.
So even though you might have to pay nearly $1.00 just to apply, you're applying to the same old gigs. The same old clients (Clients who don't respond. Clients who aren't serious about hiring. Clients who waste your time.). I don't know about you, but I'm not spending all of my money just trying to get an interview through Upwork. Especially when there are better, faster, easier ways to find high-paying clients outside of Upwork.
And that's what this course is about.
When you enroll in this course I will show you:
How I find freelance clients beyond Upwork that pay way more than Upwork clients and are easier to work with
Freelance platforms that don't charge you an arm and a leg for a chance to have your time wasted
Which social platforms I use to find clients outside of Upwork and how I get those clients to come to me
Cold emailing methods that actually get high-paying freelance clients to respond fast and easy
Unconventional approaches to earn clients that probably no one else is doing anywhere
Secrets to help you escape Upwork for good so you can actually make money and never look back!
Bottom line?
If you're sick and tired of greedy Upwork's dirty business practices, suspending your account for no reason, charging you out the wazoo because they have a poor money model, and generally treating you like dirt (when they wouldn't exist without you)... Then stick it to them when you enroll in this course and take back control!
Because once you have other ways to find clients, and once you've found the one that works for you...you will NEVER need Upwork again.
If that makes sense for you, scroll up and enroll in Escape Upwork now!
Your Escape Instructor,
Lex DeVille
P.S. I know greedy Upwork is the holy grail of freelance websites, and I know finding clients outside of Upwork seems scary, but as long as you give up control by using their platform, you will never have true freedom even if you work from home. Just like they've done to me numerous times, they can and will suspend or ban your freelance account at a moment's notice if they think you've broken a rule (even when you haven't).
If you are trying to build a career as a freelancer, then you need to take this seriously. Control is EVERYTHING and without it you put your entire freelance business and your income at stake (and that's on top of all the money you pay them). Think about that, and then make the choice that is best for you.
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