Hi , I'm Nick .
I'm the founder of a blog .
If you're watching this video , either you applied for one of our job posts on our work or you saw one of our job posts and you are applying to apply either way .
Uh I just wanted to shoot a short video to thank you for taking the time to apply for the job or checking it out .
I know we as a company target on new freelancers who are joining on the platform and who are struggling to find jobs because personally myself , I am a freelancer and that's how we blog started about eight years back .
I was a new freelancer just like him , struggling to get clients and try whatever I could did all the mistakes .
And it took like eight years for me and over the years , we gradually scaled into an agency and we work with so many freelancers , literally hundreds of freelancers every day on upwork .
And we started this initiative to kind of help new freelancers who are struggling to get clients on upwork .
And that's the reason you were here and you were watching this video , we only select a handful of freelancers for every job post as any other client , all up work .
I think you're familiar with it , but I wanted to take a moment to give you three tips , which really helped me to scale up my profile on up work to attract quality clients .
And the reason being I see a lot of proposals from freelancers every single day and I see the kind of mistakes they make and how easy it is to fix those so that you can stand a better chance to get hired by the clients .
So here we go .
The number one tip is how you write your proposal , right ?
So let me share my screen here .
All right , I guess you can see my screen now .
So this is how the client side looks .
And for example , let's say this is a job post Spanish videos needs English subtitles , right ?
And let's say you are a Spanish linguist and you are learning to apply for this job and this is how it looks at your end , right ?
It will load up .
So this is how it looks at your end and then you go ahead and click apply .
There is a tip that I want to tell you when you look at this , you you see that 10 freelancers are applied .
The key thing I want you to focus on is that when the client looks at your proposal , he sees your name , your title , what you have earned or you haven't operated a badge or success code .
If you need new freelancer , the picture , your name matters a lot .
But the most important tip is the first two lines is what makes the difference between you getting hired or the client choosing someone else .
I don't think anyone else has shared that right in youtube or anywhere else .
This is something which I noticed as when I became a client from a freelancer , the first two lines make everything , make all the difference .
Even if you have $0 earned , you don't have any experience .
If you can make sure that the first two lines match exactly what the job post is asking for .
The kind of the keywords , Spanish subtitling .
It's a long term opportunity and your experience , if you can bring that in the first two lines , the chances of you getting hired goes up like anything .
Because if you're thinking that I have mentioned all those details down in my proposal , I have covered that , let's say in the second paragraph or third paragraph , you think that , ok , I have made a great proposal , the client is going to hire me , but the reality is the client sees so many proposals and he doesn't click , he or she doesn't click on every single proposal , right ?
They just scroll through and see , read these two lines , read these two lines .
So if you when you make sure that the first two lines on your proposal is customized and has all the keywords that the client is looking for .
Even if you are a new profile , the chances of you getting hired goes up like anything .
That's the number one tip , which no one taught me .
And the only way I could learn that was when I became a client myself .
So I wanted to share that with you .
Tip number two is if it is possible for you to find the client's name , try to use that in the job proposal you , right ?
So let's say for example , loads up like this .
And so this is when you scroll down , you can see the other projects the client have posted and try to find out if you can find the client .
So in this case , I'm the client and you can see one freelancer has given the review is a great client .
So you know who is the client ?
And when you write a proposal addressing the time directly here , if you say when you look at it here , everyone says hi there , hi , hello , hello dear , hiring manager to who are like all this is too generic , right ?
It doesn't connect with me personally .
But if you're someone who says hi on the first line , it just stands out because I'm a human when someone is addressing me personally , I'm like , ok , this guy took the time to find my name .
Interesting .
Let's see what he or she has got .
Do you see the difference ?
It doesn't take any time just a few seconds .
But it makes a lot of difference for the client and for you getting hired .
That's tip number two .
Tip number three .
As a new freelancer , I see a lot of new freelancers applying on upwork and the number one mistake they do is they beg for the job , never , ever do that in your proposal .
Even if you have a really bad situation and you really need the job .
Don't mention that in the proposal , you might think that it's gonna help you .
But from the client's point of view , it just doesn't ring .
They're like , ok , you're having a problem .
I also have a problem .
I am also a human .
We all have problems .
Why are you showing that in the proposal ?
Be professional ?
Show what you can do bring you our best and stay professional and the chances of you getting hired , if not in this job , another job goes high .
But if you start getting impersonal and saying like I have a really bad situation , I need this job .
It helps my family , things like that .
The chances of you getting hired really goes down because that's how it is .
So that's tip number three .
So that's three tips for you .
I just wanted to give back to you because I'm sure that not every one of you will get a chance to get hired in this project .
We just , we , we tend to pick the best .
That's how it is .
On our book .
I'm being straight with you , but I just wanted to give some value back to you as a fellow freelancer myself , who was a new freelancer just like you years back and who has struggled his way up .
I know the hustle and I want to thank you for looking at our job and sending in a proposal or not .
It doesn't matter .
I really wish you good luck on our work .
Work is a great platform if you know how to apply and how to position yourself as a freelancer .
Even as a U be freelancers , there are clients who are willing to hire you .
If you use tips that have mentioned to position yourself better than other freelancers , the possibility of you getting hired literally becomes 10 A .
So I hope you will use the strips .
Thank you .