New Upwork Tools for Freelancers

Introduction:

Upwork has recently made a lot of changes in its platform. It has become harder to bid for jobs and win them, especially for newbies. Veteran freelancers are already skilled in using different upwork tools inside the platform and when something new appears they immediately adopt it and get started using it. 

Things are a bit different for newbies. When they first assign into the platform they need to learn and investigate a lot of things before starting their freelancing career. So, hardwork is the key to success. In this article we’ll discover the new upwork tools for freelancers. Let’s see what can make your profile eye-catching and professional. 

Promotion with Ads:

There are several smart ways to stand out on upwork as a freelancer. Between them you’ll find paid services that take you connects and make your profile more visible. Below we have chosen the upwork tools that you can use to promote your visibility with ads: availability badge, boosted proposals, and boosted profiles. There are also free ways to sell your services on upwork such as creating a consultation or a project catalog. 

Availability Badge

Availability badge allows you to stay available on the platform even if you are not. It’s just because many clients want to get in touch with the freelancer as soon as possible and they give priority to those who are available while they are looking for a freelancer. Freelancers who turn on the availability badge receive up to 50% more job invites. It usually takes you 7 connects per week. You can always decide whether you need to keep it turned on or turned off. 

Boosted Proposals 

Depending on the type of the job you apply for you can boost your proposal. If you want your proposal to appear on the top of the proposal list then boost your proposal before submitting a job proposal. You can bid using additional connects to “boost” your proposal. The freelancers who apply with the highest number of connects will have their proposal in the top slots.Thus, the client will first see your proposal and then go through the others. 

This trick best works for jobs that seem to be 100% yours. That is to say, if you see you are the best fit for that job, you can boost your proposal and grab the client’s attention. So, it’s better to consider the value of the job to you before boosting your proposal. 

Boosted Profile

By using your connects you can also boost your profile. Many clients prefer to send job invitations to freelancers. If you boost your profile it’ll show up on the top list of the freelancers who the client may send a job invitation to. When turning on this feature you can set the maximum amount of connects you want to spend on it. You can edit, pause, or turn off your profile boost at any time.

Project Catalog

A project catalog is where you engage your clients to buy your services. Here you can represent yourself in a more professional way and offer skills that may interest clients. After creating the project catalog upwork’s team goes through it and either approves or rejects (asks for changes). Once it’s approved it shows up on your profile and clients can buy your project. 

Consultation 

Another good way to sell your services is creating a consultation. If you have courses for sale or useful info to share with clients you can go for live consultations. You can set up a consultation with multiple categories. Then you set a consultation time, availability and price. This way you build a network of clients and boost your reputation on upwork. Note that this feature is available for Rising Talents, Top Rated, Top Rated Plus, Expert-Vetted freelancers and for a limited number of freelancers who have Job Success Score of 95% and above. 

Upwork’s AI Tools

Although we don’t recommend freelancers using AI tools for upwork proposals and content writing, there are still useful AI tools inside upwork that can assist you in a number of other tasks. These include Adobe creative apps, email marketing tools, AI code generators, website building tools, etc. 

Of course you can use them to save time and effort but note that the majority of clients are looking for freelancers who work hard and provide quality work. Thus, you need to use your own skills, experience and knowledge if you want to have long-term contracts on upwork.