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How to maximize earnings on freelancer.com

There are two major set of people that are reading this right now. These people are:

1. Those who want to join freelancer.com and want to know whether it is a scam or not, and how to maximize income
2. Those who are already members of freelancer.com who want to know how to maximize their income.

If you are in any of those categories, you are definitely in the right place. I want to give you basic steps with proofs on how to succeed on freelancer.com, but before we go into how to succeed on freelancer.com, let us understand who a freelancer is.

A freelancer is a person that works for his own personal income (majorly using his personal skills).

Now, you may be asking yourself some questions like:

Am I certified to be a freelancer?

The answer to this question is another question for you. Do you have skills that you have acquired? If YES, then you can be a freelancer.

Where can I work with my skills to make money? 

There are several freelancing websites, it is left for you to search and find the best for you. But left to me, I recommend www.freelancer.com for you. I know the next thing on your mind is “Why freelancer.com?” the responses to this question are:

• The website is always being updated regularly to be as user friendly as possible.
• Room is given for a wide variety of skills.
• Real Time Live Chat system with customer support system.
• Ability to get paid in a wide variety of currencies.
• The withdrawal methods they offer are available all over the world.
• At this point, you are asking yourself “How much do all these wonderful service cost?” The answer to that is that it is TOTALLY FREE to join freelancer.com. So what are you waiting for?

 

Is freelancer.com a scam?

I am a personal testimony to this wonderful website service. You can check http://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/  for a risk rate and review on freelancer.com. Later on this page, I will show you a better proof in video on how authentic freelancer.com is.

Who is this freelancer.com that I am talking about?

Freelancer.com (formerly GetAFreelancer) is the world's largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace for small business. They have connected over 3 million employers and freelancers globally from over 234 countries & regions. They have given the opportunity to people all around the world to connect, work for each other, and build trust as time goes on.

Freelancer.com has being able to make a lot of achievements since the commencement of their service in the year 2004. Much more features have been added by this great organization to help their members explore their maximum potential in order to get to the highest altitude of their success.

Freemarket.com is a market place that has been added to all services that are provided. This service permits freelancer members to sell their products or any product that they have copyright to. The advantage here is that you don’t have to wait for an employee to request for such product before you deliver it, all you do is upload the necessary documents and set a price and freelancer does the safe transaction for you.

Tycoon.com is also another added value to the services provided by the organization to help members connect better. This is a forum that has been set up to enable members communicate and share ideas. Imagine joining freelancer.com for the purpose of making more money, and you get in there to even learn more about your skills from other experts while making money. Is that not one of the greatest things you have heard about any freelancing site?

It looks like the whole added features does not want to have an end, but not to bore you too much, I would like to tell you about just one of the added values that has been put in place which helps you to make even more from your skills. “What could this be?” I can hear you ask, it is the Freelancer Contest service. This helps both the employers to choose from a wide variety of works to his or her own suit, and gives freelancers the opportunity to earn more cash.

You have gone through so many about freelancer.com now, watch the video below to see proof.

So now you have heard and seen for yourself the great services that freelancer.com provides.

Steps to Success on freelancer.com

Now let us go through the steps to achieve your greatest altitude on freelancer.com. If you are not yet a member of freelancer, click on the link below to join now.

Now that you have signed up to freelancer.com, you follow the steps in the video to select your areas of specialties and off you go. That is the basic thing you need to start making money on freelancer.com.

Now that you are ready to start making money on freelancer.com, you want to ensure that you make the maximum income you can make on this site. This great organization has given her members the opportunity to maximize income through the following ways:

• You can build your Virtual Curriculum Vitae (majorly known as CV) on free lancer.com by taking exams on your areas of specialties. You get your certificates on your profile and it gives you an edge among all other freelancers bidding for the same job.

• Different types of membership levels are provided by freelancer.com. These higher types of membership level gives added functionalities which make those members have better chances to win projects. Some of the added functionalities are:

1. The ability to follow a member, so they get notified easily when the member posts a project online.
2. Their bids are shown on top of the bid list

• You can also sponsor your bid for a very low price to get your bid on top of the list. This allows employers see you first.

• Stay online constantly to get informed about the latest projects and contests available.

• Bid on only projects that you know that you can complete, and do not give a time interval in which you cannot complete the project. This enables you get a good review when you complete the project.

• Give the employer a reason to pick you out of many others by writing professionally in your bids, this I call “Sell yourself to your employer” because he is more or less your buyer. Refer him to past works, if any.

• Always communicate with employer after you have gotten the job so that they would know that you are still working on the project and not outsource to someone else.
• Provide a quality and professional job and do not exceed your time limit to submit work to get a good review. If that is the first time you are working for an employee, remember that “First impression last longer”.

• In order to get good reviews, give your employers their good reviews, if and only if they have done the right thing, and it is then reciprocated.

All the aforementioned steps help you build a good reputation on freelancer.com.

The other ways to maximize your income is to:

• Get more people to join freelancer.com through your affiliate link and get referral bonus. You will earn up to 90% of the fees or commissions taken from the users you refer. This DOES NOT affect their income.

• Participate in contests that suit your skills and follow up on the contest. You can submit as many as possible entries except explicitly stated that you can submit only one.

• Get you products that you have copyright to, and get them on freemarket to get sold. All you need to do is submit those items; you do not need to take part in your transactions. Your marketing strategy depends on you, but do not violate the Terms of freelancer.com

• Finally, there is a saying that states that “Knowledge is Power”, therefore, you can also maximize your income by visiting Tyccon.com, the forum that provides you with necessary information from different professionals from different part of the globe. This would help you learn more, and increase in knowledge is increase in area of speciality which also implies increase in possible projects to bid on and win. You know exactly where I am going, because the final part of that chain is an increase in your income.

Are you in yet? If not,

You must have gone a long way to have read till this point. Now let me review the personality that has been providing you with this information.

About me

My name is Johnson Ayomide Michael, I studied Computer Science in Babcock University Nigeria and just obtained my Bachelor’s Degree. I am a Nigerian, YES you heard me right, freelancer has given the chance to people like me from a country that has been blacklisted from many other websites, they have given me and my other colleagues the opportunity to make the difference. And I have built a very good reputation on freelancer.com (username: jeal4real).

Don’t ever give up because you are not guaranteed to start winning projects immediately you join. Anyone who tells you that is a liar because there are over 3 million members on freelancer website. 


I joined this website June 2010, and was not awarded any project until the 26^th of July, 2010 which was about a month after I started placing bids on projects. That was the beginning of my success story on freelancer.com. I started with a project worth $55 and as at today, I have done a project worth $450 also. This is to let you know that you should not aim too high because you might end up not getting anything.

I am able to work for people all around the globe and this is done without leaving my local location of my country, and one of freelancer features I really appreciate is the wide variety of withdrawal methods. I ordered for a freelancer MasterCard and got it within 7 days from DHL, and I have always been able to withdraw my money from any ATM terminal in my country.

The most thrilling part of the story to me is that I was able to make over $2000 while I was doing this as part time in the university in less than 2 years just by joining a system that allows me make money with my skills for free, imagine what is my potential earning when I take this as my major Job. Don't waste any minute again...

Let me give you a BONUS on bidding tips that I have never let out even to my best friends on freelancer.com

How to make a successful bid

Give good reviews of yourself, past work on similar projects and reasons why you are the best freelancer to be chosen for that project. And most importantly, give affordable prices that would benefit both the employer and you especially for the first time you are working for that particular person. Constantly send Private message until project winner is chosen.

Sample Bid that win employers mind 

If employer does not provide full detail

Hi [employer’s name],

I am [your name], and I am an expert in [project type] and I can help you do this project according to your specification. I have done several projects in this field in the past both on freelancer and locally in my country. Can you please send me project requirements so that I can start work as soon as possible?

I will be expecting a response from you.

Thank you in advance,

[Your name].

If employer provides full details

Hi [employer’s name],

I am [your name], and I am an expert in [project type] and I can help you do this project according to your specification. I have done several projects in this field in the past both on freelancer and locally in my country. I have gone through your requirements and I am ready to start work as soon as possible. Please respond to give a go ahead so work can start.

Thank you in advance,

[Your name].

The secret behind this short message is that you have introduced yourself, which will cause a familiarity with the employer, and then you have tried to tell the employer reasons to believe you can do this job. You have made the employer know that you are waiting for a response, gives him a more reason to respond by thanking him in advance and ending with your name as a signature to make you authentic.

The employer would be forced to check your past projects and you will most likely win the project.

I hope this was helpful to you, please share with friends. I will soon be making another post for further help to success on freelancer.com. Make a comment if you want to follow that trend, you can also read my blog here to get some other information about freelancer.com.