
Welcome to your new course which will help you build a profitable Fiverr gig. This is my complete business strategy revealed which helped me climb to over 100 5-star reviews on Fiverr and thousands in freelance revenue.
Be sure to download the resource associated with this section as a free PowerPoint you can use for quick reference and as an outline to reinforce the learnings throughout this course.
About your instructor (me):
Daniel Knecht, Degrees - MBA and BSME, Certificates - Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics
Net Earning on Fiverr of ~$16,000 (revenue of ~$19,000) much higher outside of Fiverr
Level II Seller working part-time, started in 2013
Fiverr Podcast & Freelance Website (top ranked SEO)
Udemy teacher with 1600 students in 90 countries
How I got started in Freelancing
Drawing
Pivot to Web Design & Blog Writing
Keys to Freelance success
Ability to market myself
Ability to close sales
Providing more value than others
Differentiating in my niche
Doing what I love and where my talents are
Freelance to improve my skills
Constant learning, reading, and improving
This course is structured into the following sections, aimed to take you from 0 to fully profit-ready gig, as if I were watching and coaching you over your shoulder.
Branding
SEO & Segment Targeting
Profile Picture
Gig Title
Gig Description
Gig Image or Video
FAQs
Gig pricing
Gig Requirements
Monitor Analytics
BONUS!
From strategy to tactical level, this course will cover everything you need to build a compelling Fiverr Gig that converts into cash. You won’t need another course after this one. I’ll walk through the gig creation process from 0 to 100% complete and launched.
This video shows you behind my dashboard - see my results behind the scenes to gain insight into my strategy and what is possible with your own gig as well on Fiverr.
A little motivation of two success stories of people who started from 0 and applied some of the strategies covered in this course resulting in substantial business gains.
Build your personal brand
Define your customer base and experience
What are your values - customer buy from those that are like themselves
Customers do business with People not Machines
How to determine what you are going to sell
Quality
Skill and Talent
Emotional feeling
Detailed overview of branding on Fiverr - what is a brand and how can you integrate your own brand on the platform.
How your Gig & Profile Description Work Together
Integrate all aspects of your gig for the best results
Your profile shows your focus & subject matter expertise
Your picture shows your brand & conveys friendliness and professional
Your Gigs demonstrate alignment with your profile description & compliment each other
How to decide on your brand
Select your target market
Create the customer avatar - Exercise
Define your brand style elements based on your customer avatar
Dress in a certain way
Communication style
Colors, video, and graphics
Pricing
Weave in this brand in everything you do
Create a brand guide document / brand charter
Additional tips to creating a powerful brand.
Let's apply what we have learned about branding and think critically about what services to sell that will result in sales and not collect dust on the shelf.
Powerful process and first-principles framework for brainstorming and down-selecting what to sell.
Your passion, niche, and brand need to feed each other. Align and integrate your profile, gigs, and branding to create repeat and raving customers.
What is SEO with respect to Fiverr?
Fiverr is a giant search engine
#1 Title
Categories
Other filters
Balance searchability with niche-ability
Don’t choose a market niche with 0 demand
If you choose over saturation - you need to stand-out
Learn to analyze your competition
Who are you up against?
Test out your Title
Demonstration of how I apply SEO research to understand profitable market segments & carefully position my services in crowded markets.
Seems like a minor detail, its not
Qualities your profile picture should include?
Friendly
Professional
Branded attire/style
“You” unless you are a business or well-established agency
People generally prefer to do business with humans not machines (emotion)
Easy editing secrets
Behind the scenes insights on my approach to the profile picture. Always align the profile picture with your brand.
Use a free tool to edit your profile picture - this same tool can be used for gig pictures which we will cover later one. You can alternatively use photoshop if you want to go a more premium route.
How to create a compelling, niche, SEO-friendly gig title
Examples of “Good”
I will create a Wix landing page for your business
I will troubleshoot your Javascript or CSS code on your website
Examples of “Bad”
I will help you code
I will build a website for you
Elements of a great title explained
Niche keyword driven
Descriptive and succinct
Helps find a solution for the issue of your ideal customer is facing
Peering behind the curtain once again for a detailed walkthrough for creating your perfect Fiverr Title for your Gig.
Beginner pricing - $5 or FREE
Intermediate pricing - Cheaper options and Premium
Offer one gig or standard and pro?
Determine market rates & decide where you will compete
Improve your own workflow to reduce cost
Now let's put those principles into action!
After the gig title, price, and photo or video - this is your chance to sell
If you customer is reading the description, you have done well
If you have gig clicks, you can close the deal with a great description
What does a great description convey:
Friendly
Professional
Attention to detail
Quality
Timeliness
You are well-qualified and will meet an exact need
Detailed walkthrough of writing the perfect gig description. Unfiltered and exactly how I go about it.
Can be a powerful booster if potential customer is vacillating
Designed to answer questions & show expertise
Not always necessary to include
Implementing the FAQ section live.
Three things to keep in mind here.
Don’t make your customer work harder than you…
Make things simple and use your inbox
Get only what you need, nothing more
Keep it simple and don't make your customer work harder than you! :)
In this course you will see every step & strategy while building along with me a high-selling Fiverr gig, starting from scratch and with no prior knowledge of marketing or technical skills.
Learn how to target an audience, write a compelling gig title, boost impressions, increase conversions, and even create your gig photo and video from nothing.
My story:
After helping hundreds of Freelancers get started on Fiverr over the past 8 years, I began to see patterns emerge. People generally faced the same problem - not getting enough impressions, or their impressions were not converting into clicks, or their clicks weren't converting into sales!
Meanwhile, I had grown my Fiverr account from never earning a penny online, to suddenly in the green with so many orders I had to pause my account several times since I did not have enough time to actually complete them all!
I created my own approach to selling on Fiverr by leveraging knowledge and techniques from sales, persuasion, influence, and marketing. Meanwhile I completed a ton of professional education-milestones, earning my MBA and Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics. My best learnings however, came from experience.
I learned what to do to not only find a profitable niche but also once people see your service, how to get them through the virtual door to actually opening up the wallet and forking over their cash.
Hint: it has to do with SEO, marketing strategy, and delivering the highest value possible that leads to customer satisfaction!
I've consulted with many clients over the years - thus testing all the strategies included in this course. They work time and time again. I finally decided to pack the knowledge into a guided lesson plan which will take you through every step of the process to building your profitable Fiverr gig. It's like having me as your coach, standing by your side, and helping you get to the finish line.
As you go through the course, have your Fiverr gig editor open and follow along.
I can't wait for you to discover tools and techniques I am hoping you have never come across before in this course. As always, if you have any questions along the way, I am here to help.
To your limitless success,
-Daniel