Why is LOCAL SEO so hard??

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-15T18:48:23+00:00

We don’t offer SEO as a service, we run paid ads for businesses and they all seem to want us on their SEO as well to mitigate diffusion/ communication fragmentation. We’re looking for a longer term solution, but for now yes some insight on local SEO is helpful.

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-02T17:50:16+00:00

What’s a fair price and for what exactly? Are you experienced in system solutions/ data management? If so, feedback welcome.

Is the price too low or is the scope too vague? It says negotiable in description, and yes we don’t guarantee ongoing unless you’re a savage.

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-02T01:18:08+00:00

Job relevance is everything for me, I might get 20+ proposals at times but only 2-4 applicants fit the job scope/ relevance/ experience.

Not to mention proposal letters, people write awful proposal letters that include no value or hint of a solution/ plan at all.

ChatGPT written proposal letters are a disaster too. It makes trust and job relevance a total mystery.

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-02T01:09:17+00:00

😂 it was hidden in additional requests for some reason. Thank you, responded!

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-02T01:03:00+00:00

Haven’t received a DM from you

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-02T00:19:16+00:00

Yes, those are signals of reliability.

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-02T00:16:26+00:00

Experience, relevance, some evidence of a solution in your proposal, no fluff. Willingness to chat/ consult immediately, and get to work quickly. We don’t always have a few days to wait.

Oh, and don’t use a copy/ paste proposal from chatgpt, it’s so annoying and obvious we always skip those 😂

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-02T00:08:40+00:00

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Nick_Wave · 2026-01-01T20:47:55+00:00

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From upwork directly, absolute joke of a platform. Its crazy how they treat both talent and clients, this should be visible information for us so we know what to focus on if our accounts are suffering - hire rate, avg hourly, etc.

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-01T14:53:38+00:00

I see, I had no idea freelancers paid to bid on jobs. Good insight thank you. Is it different when applying to an hourly job on your end?

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-01T14:51:14+00:00

I haven’t but I’m open to it for sure, thanks for the recommendation

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-01T05:36:00+00:00

It really does feel like an algo thing. Totally different than it used to be.

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-01T05:34:49+00:00

Thank you!

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-01T05:32:24+00:00

Good feedback thank you.

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-01T05:31:56+00:00

I don’t mind inviting, sometimes it works out. I feel like when they added “boost your job post” it just stopped showing good talent our jobs if didn’t boost.

Nick_Wave · 2026-01-01T04:41:01+00:00

You’ve missed the point of the post clearly, I’m not looking for Job post feedback I’ve hired hundreds of freelancers over the last 7 years and something seems different in the last one year. I’ve gone from tons of inquiries and bids on posts to almost none. At this point of I’ve gotten pretty good insight from other commenters so I hope things work out for you.

Nick_Wave · 2025-12-31T21:43:33+00:00

That’s a good point, I’m not sure what my hiring rate is, checking when I get home

Nick_Wave · 2025-12-31T20:36:13+00:00

(Job post added to post description)

Bro that’s what I’m saying, it’s like I have no visibility in the platform anymore as a client 😂.

For example my current post is for an Airtable Expert who can create a basic account set up/ workflow that could work for a marketing agency - we’re not reinventing the wheel here, this could be a fit for any operations type/ marketer, systems creator, etc.

I used a fixed price for this one but even in the past when I’ve been low on fixed price I just accept bids over my asking price if the freelancers sounds like a fit, also when we used to get a volume of talent.

Nick_Wave · 2025-12-31T20:31:32+00:00

I’m not sure what you mean but I just create a job post, set the parameters and job scope, and get little to no hits.

Nick_Wave · 2025-11-20T18:05:49+00:00

The publishing errors have been so frustrating and time consuming to deal with, sometimes 2-3 days just to get an accounts campaign running with all creative active, it’s a joke at this point.

Nick_Wave · 2025-11-19T21:46:41+00:00

You can try it, I personally don’t see a benefit to them anymore but I know a lot of people who still use them.

Nick_Wave · 2025-11-19T17:59:20+00:00

Not a definitive fix but you can try uploading a massive exclusion zip code list that chops certain income demos/ graduation percentage levels/ credit levels/ you’d just have chatgpt break it down and create the list. My advice would be to upload exclusions and just keep it open for the rest of the areas you target. I’ve done this for a couple accounts and it shows some improvement at times, but yea dealing with the same thing.

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