If you are one of the hundreds of thousands of people who now work online and who work freelance via an online job board then you’ll know how competitive those boards can be. There may well be thousands of online jobs available for freelancers these days, but for every job posted chances are there are hundreds of other people all around the planet competing for that job – and many of them are willing to accept lower wages than you. So how do you go about winning the job? Follow these important rules:
Wow them with your profile: No one is going to hire you if your profile is shoddy looking and unimpressive. You need to spend a few hours writing your profile and filling your online portfolio with your very best work. Your profile should feature any qualifications you have, any industry accreditations and a resume of your working life that is relevant to the jobs you are pitching for. There should also be a well written mission statement of how you approach jobs and what kind of service you offer your clients. There should be absolutely no spelling or grammar mistakes and everything should be perfect. This is your one chance to impress the client and is effectively a business website, cv, portfolio and business card all mixed together. Make sure it wows them!
Garner Positive Feedback: Your reputation on these job boards is everything and your business online will only ever be as successful as the last review you were given. This is why you can never, ever let the standard of your work drop – one poor review and people stop hiring you. Make sure you go over and above the regular standards of your work for these clients as that review and feedback will be online forever.
Only Bid on Jobs You Have A Chance On: Scattergun approaches to bidding look unprofessional. What’s more when you have to pay to bid an approach like that can cost you money.
Work Out Your Game Plan: Some people like to get their bids in early, so that their bid is the first one read by the prospective client. This means you know the price you want for your work and are not going to wait and negotiate that price to match other bidders. Others like to wait until they have seen a number of bids come in and then set their price to be competitive. Work out which type of game plan you want to play and then stick to it. The most important thing is that your project proposal is the most appealing. If they want you design a logo for an umbrella company, make sure your proposal details how you would go about portraying that umbrella company. A combination of price, reliability and examples of previous work will normally win the day. Give the client a definite date of completion and a timeline for how the job will progress.
Follow these tips and you’ll soon be winning bids in the world of online freelancing!
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