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Upwork Success Intensive: Guide to Freelancing on Upwork

How to consistently land freelance job on Upwork and avoid common mistakes that amateur freelancers make
Rating: 4.0 out of 54.0 (8 ratings)
590 students
Created by Tom Powers
Last updated 1/2015
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Be more confident with your marketing skills
  • Be able to sell yourself and your skills to clients
  • Know how to get the most money for your work

Requirements

  • You need access to a computer with internet connection

Description

Free ebook - "Upwork Success Intensive" - when you enroll in the course!

Most people never get a good rating on Upwork and become as successful as they could be and they don't know why. Instead of asking why, they should ask how they can change their freelancing business into a successful one?

The honest truth is your success may have nothing to do with how good your work is, how good the companies are nor even how much money you earn. It is your innermost mindset and attitude that determines if you will be struggling your entire life or if you can attract success to yourself. Unfortunately, you may be stuck with this mindset for the rest of your life unless you change it!

Learn to Be Successful With Your Freelance Business on Upwork

  • Program your mindset for success
  • Set realistic goals for your business
  • Prepare yourself to set up correctly on Upwork
  • Communicate effectively and set customer expectations
  • Marketing and Sale techniques

Master the Skills that will Make You Successful on Upwork and Beyond

Thousands of people go to Upwork to look for help on their business and they don't want to work with just anybody. They want to work with someone who knows what they are doing, if not the best. I will show you how to make yourself an expert in your niche and stand out from your competition.

While you might have the technical skills to do the job, you still need to provide the best customer service to your customers and your communication skills is the key. I will show you how to communicate effectively and also project manage your jobs.

No business is successful without repeat customers. If you have happy customers keep coming back to you, you won't need to keep applying for new jobs. I will show you the key to manage customer expectations and have satisfied customers.

Content and Overview

Suitable even for beginners, this course covers all the elements required for your Upwork career to be a success in over 5 hours of content and 79 lectures. Students will learn that success begins in your mindset. Change your mindset and you change your life.

On top of that, students will learn how to correctly set themselves up on Upwork. They will also learn how to become an expert in their niche and market their business effectively on Upwork. The secrets of how to keep your customers happily coming back to you will also be revealed.

Upon completion of the course, students will have a complete different mindset and skills that will lead them to success on Upwork.

This course comes with an ebook so students can easily follow along.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone interested in working from home as a freelancer
  • Anyone who has tried freelancing with no success
  • Freelancers who can’t seem to get good jobs

Course content

6 sections • 80 lectures • 5h 2m total length

  • Welcome to the program!
    07:59

  • Preview02:22
  • Preview08:45
  • Preview02:22
  • Building a Strong Foundation
    02:27
  • Building Foundation Story
    03:02
  • Enthusiasm
    04:35
  • Motivation
    05:07
  • Money Making Process
    06:28
  • Knowing Yourself
    06:46
  • Focus
    07:54
  • Your Declaration
    03:17
  • Your Vision
    04:18
  • Story on Cutting Trees in Africa
    01:25
  • Cultural Differences
    05:29
  • Language Barrier
    03:08
  • Respect
    04:18
  • Empathy
    04:32

  • Preparation
    02:15
  • Your Workspace
    01:57
  • Work Smart Instead of Work Hard
    06:54
  • Project Management
    07:19
  • Risk Management
    03:25
  • Setting Goals
    02:46
  • How I decided the training's topic
    03:01
  • How Clients Measure Your Success
    03:46
  • Documentation
    02:03
  • Care for Your Client
    01:41
  • Finding a Niche
    04:58
  • Proposal
    02:35
  • Cover Letter
    03:34
  • Spotting Opportunities
    01:51
  • Your Professional Title
    01:56
  • Your Profile
    02:59
  • Your Profile Page
    03:48
  • Upwork Tests
    04:07
  • On Time
    02:50
  • Quality Assurance
    01:54
  • Reachability
    03:29

  • Getting Started on Upwork
    02:07
  • First Contact with a Client
    01:23
  • Presentation Material
    01:53
  • Know Who You Talk To
    01:27
  • Visibility on Upwork
    11:38
  • What Drives Me
    06:52
  • Understanding of Business Owners
    05:50
  • Success Funnel
    09:43
  • Expert Status
    05:20
  • Failure
    02:34
  • Closing a Deal
    02:32
  • Negotiation
    04:25
  • Pricing
    01:52
  • Making Big Money
    02:18

  • ABC Rule
    02:38
  • Serving Client's Needs
    02:39
  • Serving Business
    04:00
  • Questions You Should Ask
    02:16
  • Building Trust Questions
    02:39
  • More Building Trust Questions
    04:08
  • Concerns
    03:40
  • Dealing with Rejection
    03:04
  • Managing your work and schedule
    02:34
  • Testing Your Skills
    02:53
  • Becoming a Service Provider
    04:19
  • Rating and Feedback
    02:21
  • Branding
    08:36
  • Story on get up on your feet
    01:47

  • Smile to improve your inner mind
    01:19
  • Clients to Avoid
    02:01
  • Guiding Clients
    01:43
  • Improvement
    04:12
  • Don'ts
    01:43
  • Goodies
    03:23
  • Long Term Relationships
    02:12
  • Intellectual Property
    01:55
  • Invest in You
    03:42
  • 80 – 20 Rule
    02:31
  • Most Common Mistakes on oDesk
    12:05
  • Option that you can increase making more money version
    04:31
  • Conclusion
    00:23

Instructor

Tom Powers
Master Trainer for your oDesk Freelancing Career Success
Tom Powers
  • 4.0 Instructor Rating
  • 8 Reviews
  • 590 Students
  • 1 Course

Tom Powers is the CEO for Clubsuccess and has been a trainer with the company for years. He is a Master Trainer in the areas of personal and business development, a key-note speaker, author, project manager, entrepreneur and musician. Having run several companies for over 15 years, Tom focused his attention on continuous improvement of productivity and efficiency for communication and business efficiency as well as building global networks in the creative industry. Returning to his roots in the creative industry as well as in the IT and Telecommunication industry, Tom has now trained at Clubsuccess courses for thousands and thousands of students all over the world.

One of the most energized speakers you will ever see! Tom trains from his heart, believing that honesty and support brings out the best in people. He treasures the opportunity to be a role model to people who are looking to have amazing relationships, successful businesses, and time-freedom to pursue their life’s missions. His strength of will, integrity, compassion and natural leadership skills have helped to propel him into a successful role as a trainer, coach, mentor and role model. Tom speaks his truth with compassion, and finds strength in living authentically and passionately.

Tom Powers has been featured on Vimeo, Youtube. He is the author of the Nr. 1 freelance handbook “oDesk Freelancer Success Guide” and creator of the mind-breaking course “oDesk Success Intensive” that will change your life & freelance career.

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