1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:05,040 For your module, homework, first, build your upward profile. 2 00:00:05,430 --> 00:00:11,370 Go ahead, sign up for Upwork, go through the verification process and begin building your profile 3 00:00:11,370 --> 00:00:16,350 out following this lesson and using the handouts included with this module. 4 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,100 Build your case studies out for your portfolio. 5 00:00:20,610 --> 00:00:25,410 At least two is recommended and up to four to six is best practice. 6 00:00:25,890 --> 00:00:31,950 This helps you get started and come out the gate with a great profile that's built out more than most 7 00:00:31,950 --> 00:00:34,410 of your competition right from the start. 8 00:00:35,310 --> 00:00:38,970 And lastly, start looking around on Upwork. 9 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:45,360 So what I'm going to show you now is how you can look at what other freelancers are doing in your skill 10 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:45,660 set. 11 00:00:45,870 --> 00:00:49,470 So you can get ideas for your profile as well. 12 00:00:49,830 --> 00:00:51,750 So these are your homework tasks. 13 00:00:51,750 --> 00:00:57,570 And now let's switch over to a market research section of this module. 14 00:00:59,890 --> 00:01:03,760 Now, it's time for the market research section of the module. 15 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:09,940 This is where I'm going to show you how you can look at what other top rated freelancers are doing on 16 00:01:09,940 --> 00:01:13,690 Upwork to help you build your profile out even stronger. 17 00:01:14,230 --> 00:01:16,750 What I suggest doing is on Upwork. 18 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:22,510 When you click on this magnifying glass, you can click on this freelancers and agencies and it will 19 00:01:22,510 --> 00:01:26,110 pop open this search bar and this page. 20 00:01:26,770 --> 00:01:33,100 From here, you can go ahead and look at who Upwork is recommending for each skill set. 21 00:01:33,850 --> 00:01:38,350 So within this search bar, you can choose whether you want to do UC only or not. 22 00:01:38,830 --> 00:01:42,190 And you can type in whatever skill set you provide. 23 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,510 So let's say it's web design. 24 00:01:44,230 --> 00:01:46,780 You can use one of the search suggestions that pop up. 25 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:57,330 And once you do that, Upwork is going to show you who they suggest for this skill set, and all of 26 00:01:57,330 --> 00:02:04,200 this is great value for you because you can look and see number one, how your profile shows in different 27 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:04,590 ways. 28 00:02:04,830 --> 00:02:09,300 And number two, you can start to get ideas for how to make your profile better. 29 00:02:10,110 --> 00:02:15,930 So let's say we hop right into here into John's profile, who charges one hundred seventy four point 30 00:02:15,930 --> 00:02:22,260 seventy five an hour, has over 90000 earned and has a 100 percent job success score with the top raider 31 00:02:22,260 --> 00:02:22,860 badge. 32 00:02:26,820 --> 00:02:34,230 Once you get in here now, you can see exactly what his title is, what his description looks like. 33 00:02:34,650 --> 00:02:40,950 And you can even look at the video and get an idea for how other people structure their profile. 34 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:46,520 As you scroll down, you can see how important reviews are. 35 00:02:46,850 --> 00:02:50,660 And you can also look at how other people build their case studies out. 36 00:02:51,050 --> 00:02:57,140 So as you click in, this is all for the public so you can look at how they structure it. 37 00:02:57,470 --> 00:03:01,160 And you can get ideas for how you want your profile to look. 38 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:08,000 You can also look at how they set up their other experience section and their skills. 39 00:03:08,390 --> 00:03:11,160 This is all valuable information for you. 40 00:03:11,690 --> 00:03:16,400 So when you go to build your profile and let's say you get stuck or you want to know how to make it 41 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:21,380 the top profile you can build, go ahead and look at what other people are doing. 42 00:03:21,830 --> 00:03:25,370 There's no reason not to model after who is having success. 43 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:31,750 So I would look at the people's profiles who have the best ratings, the most money earned. 44 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,680 I would stay away from anyone that has under one hundred percent job success because that's what you're 45 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:37,340 going for. 46 00:03:37,910 --> 00:03:47,060 So as you scroll down, find someone that has a title or a description most relevant to what you provide 47 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:51,140 and then you can go in and model your profile after that. 48 00:03:52,060 --> 00:03:57,820 As you continue to scroll down, you can see that it gets a little less relevant, a little less money 49 00:03:57,820 --> 00:03:58,330 earned. 50 00:03:58,660 --> 00:04:06,820 And you can even go to some of the further down pages if you want and maybe look at a profile that doesn't 51 00:04:06,820 --> 00:04:07,690 have good reviews. 52 00:04:07,990 --> 00:04:11,620 And for here, let's say we want to do some market research on this end. 53 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:16,840 And for this, we want to look at maybe some of these projects and see what happened here. 54 00:04:17,290 --> 00:04:22,600 This is when you can start to dig in and see what happened and what went wrong. 55 00:04:22,930 --> 00:04:24,700 So right here, this is what happened. 56 00:04:24,710 --> 00:04:27,910 They had a two point thirty five review on a $600 project. 57 00:04:28,270 --> 00:04:34,720 And as you can see, even though they have other five star reviews that massively impacted their job 58 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:35,530 success score. 59 00:04:36,190 --> 00:04:42,430 So this is a great way you can start to get familiar with other people's profiles, start to get familiar 60 00:04:42,430 --> 00:04:47,120 with the platform, what your profile looks like when it pops up to potential clients. 61 00:04:47,410 --> 00:04:51,280 And it will just help you get your brain working, get the wheels moving. 62 00:04:51,820 --> 00:04:52,860 So now it's time. 63 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:54,910 Go ahead and take action. 64 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:56,500 Create your profile. 65 00:04:56,860 --> 00:05:00,760 This is all fresh in your mind right now, so go ahead and do it right now. 66 00:05:01,150 --> 00:05:07,210 So that was the Upwork freelancer market research section of the module, and that brings the module 67 00:05:07,210 --> 00:05:07,930 to a close. 68 00:05:08,350 --> 00:05:10,870 So I wish you all the best with creating your profile. 69 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,300 And I look forward to your future success.