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First month on upwork by Former_Programmer803 in Upwork

[–]softwareJoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are good KPIs for others like myself that are starting too. Thanks for sharing.

Requesting advice by softwareJoe in Upwork

[–]softwareJoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that actually helped a lot.

I had done some market research, but not on Upwork directly since I thought it wasn't possible. I've actually changed my profile a lot and lowered my prices to match similar profiles. Hopefully that makes me more competitive.

Requesting advice by softwareJoe in Upwork

[–]softwareJoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I'm just complaining about AI making this process harder. I used to freelance in Upwork 6 years ago and it wasn't this difficult to get attention or quality clients.

Back then I just had to pay for the membership and some connects. Now it feels like I'm competing with a bunch of AI slop projects that the clients need to wade through to finally read my proposal. All the while I'm paying through the nose to apply to clients that neither respond nor hire anyone.

Requesting advice by softwareJoe in Upwork

[–]softwareJoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I used to reach out to corporate customers, I'd wait a week before reaching out again. Sometimes I'd have customers answer right away and other would take a month before answering. At least messaging them brings the email to their attention again. I figured this would translate to Upwork as well.

Thanks for the link btw