upwork

Early success on platforms like Fiverr and Upwork led to Andréa expanding her services and horizons. Using video and podcasts she built trust. She also built an agency.

Dealing with the challenges of managing a team, working around family, and staying focussed in a world of shiny objects.

With the 'Savvy Social' Podcasts, YouTube, Membership, courses, retreat… as Andréa points out: it can be summed up quickly, but it happened slowly… With client work still the bulk of her income. Building intentionally as her family grows too.

Andréa is the host of the Savvy Social Podcast - so, since you like podcasts, go track that one down too.

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This episode features an interview with Dave Bottoms, General Manager & VP of Product at Upwork.

In this episode, Dave shares with us:

• His VC approach (40/30/30) to product frameworks
• The importance of a growth team focused on achieving a specific ROI
• How to balance customer feedback and innovation
• How to establish clear principles to guide decision-making

Host takeaways:

Kyle: 

• Dave really stresses the importance of adopting a framework to your product leadership, and I appreciate his venture capitalist mindset (40/30/30) when it comes to allocating resources strategically across the product portfolio.
• Our conversation also highlights the importance of a growth team focused on moving metrics to achieve a specific ROI. Dave helped shed light on the role of this team in driving measurable results and contributing to the overall success of the product.

Lukasz:

• I like the top-down perspective in managing larger products and how Dave acknowledges the value of working with experienced senior individuals. He emphasizes that product management guidelines are not rigid rules but adaptable principles that should be adjusted based on the specific situation.
• Clear principles, though sounding lofty, simplify decision-making by providing a clear direction. Dave drove home that when principles are well-defined and communicated, they serve as a framework that not only guides the PM but also aids other teams. 

Segment Timestamps: 

*(00:25) - Ship it or Skip it

*(04:05) - PM Power Moves

*(28:01) - Host Takeaways

Links:

• Connect with Lukasz Weber & Kyle Kolich on LinkedIn
• Learn more about Zuora

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In this episode, Collin welcomes Ryan O'Hara to discuss creative video prospecting in sales. They talk about the power of using personalized videos to grab prospects' attention and increase response rates. Ryan shares his experience of creating customized jingles and commercials for companies he wants to break into, which has led to successful meetings and conversions. They also emphasize the importance of being yourself and showcasing your unique experiences in your prospecting efforts.

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This month, the Destination CMO podcast crew is busy in the studio recording new episodes for Season 3 of the podcast! Vincent is sitting down with some great marketing leaders, and you don’t want to miss those insightful conversations coming up next season! In the next few weeks we will be looking back at some of our favorite episodes of Season 2. If you’ve a regular Destination CMO listener, you know that we love fractional CMO stories on this podcast, and  Mike Volkin delivers with his expertise as a marketing consultant and top-rated freelancer on Upwork. Stream the full episode to hear Mike’s insights on building value in companies, and why fractional CMOs and marketing consultants are so valuable for startups and small businesses. 

Destination CMO with guest Mike Volkin (entrepreneur, Army veteran, speaker, and author) 

Our guest today is Mike Volkin, an entrepreneur, consultant, and top-rated freelancer for Upwork. As a fractional CMO and entrepreneur coach Mike has consulted with more than 400 companies. He’s also an Army veteran, speaker, and author of 6 books -one bestseller. As a serial entrepreneur, he has built and sold 6 of his own companies. Today on Destination CMO Mike explains the strategy that led him to becoming one of the top-rated freelancers on Upwork. Mike also shares his advice for how entrepreneurs can build their freelancing careers, increase their revenue, and create passive income streams. Click the link in bio to stream the full episode. 

On this episode of Talking With Tarashuk, host Will Tarashuk welcomes podcast editor and brand builder Ryan Sullivan. Ryan shares his journey from a grueling job with no life to building his own podcast production company, Podcast Principals. He emphasizes the importance of finding a mentor and creating a strategy and provides insights on how to succeed on LinkedIn by focusing on engagement and collaborations. Additionally, Ryan and Will discuss creating engaging content for YouTube, the struggles of being ahead of schedule with podcast episodes and creating clips, and the difference between shorts and longer videos. Listen to Ryan's unique LinkedIn strategy and tips for building a successful podcast brand.

Ryan Sullivan founded Podcast Principles, a podcast production and coaching company he started in his garage. As a rapper, producer, and podcaster, Ryan is a full-time content creator. Through his podcast, he interviews people doing what they love for a living and uses LinkedIn to connect with others in the industry. Ryan's mission is to do what he loves while serving and helping others.

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In this episode, we're diving into the tricky task of balancing the need to pay your bills while growing your business. It's like walking a tightrope, right? On one hand, you're eager to pour all your time and energy into your business, but on the other hand, you can't ignore those pesky bills and start-up expenses that need to be taken care of.

Brooke gives some practical ways to find that sweet spot between pursuing your passion and keeping your financial obligations are met.

Resources Brooke mentioned:

https://dropshippingtitans.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu

https://www.youtube.com/@AlexHormozi

https://www.youtube.com/@melrobbins

https://www.youtube.com/@OpenExO

https://www.youtube.com/@InspirationMeditations

Bu bölümde Ali ile freelancer dünyasında daha yeni girmiş sayabileceğimiz olan Ege ile sohbetimizi paylaşıyoruz. Kendisi nerelerde, nerede zorlanıyor, işini büyütmek için uygun strateji ne olabilir?

Sorularınız olursa bize Twitter DM'den veya freelancerkahve@gmail.com adresinden ulaşabilirsiniz.
Ayrıca Linkedin Grubumuza katılarak hem gruptaki diğer kişiler hem de bizlerle yazışma imkanı bulabilirsiniz.
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12622688/

If you’ve never done it before, figuring out how to hire a freelancer can be a bit overwhelming. Should you hire a freelancer from your own network? Use a freelance platform like Fiverr or Upwork? Or maybe there is some secret method to hire a freelancer that you don’t know about yet?

In this episode, John Sbrocco, Craig Lack, and Margo White talk about the nuances of outsourcing your daily tasks to freelancers and the obstacles you might face along the way. 

TUNE IN for this week's episode of the Heads Up Adviser Show "Freelance Fever: A Smart Way To Outsource Marketing & Sales For Brokers." 

Here's what we cover: 

✔️ What tasks can you outsource in the brokerage business
✔️ Major platforms - Fiverr and Upwork, and geographic preferences when looking for a freelancer
✔️ What you need to prepare before hiring a freelancer

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This is a Second Act Success Story you must listen to my friend! Meet Nosheen Khan. Nosheen worked as a senior loan processor and office manager before facing health issues that made her unable to go to work. She was fired from her job, and found herself at home in bed, struggling to find a job. This was before the days of remote work, but Nosheen tried to get any Virtual Assistant job she could finally taking a role that paid a mere 33 cents per hour. However, this led her to land a role as a founding member of the now well-known remote work site Upwork. Nosheen shares her story of consistently trying to carve her way through her career taking opportunity after opportunity. She now runs her own SAS company Easy Sales Automation, and she is an author and podcast host. Join me for this fascinating conversation with Nosheen Khan on Episode #78 of the Second Act Success Career Podcast.

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#155 - Dorothy Illson (Hollabaugh at the time of recording) is the co-founder and CEO of The Gig, a digital media company that helps freelancers acquire and profit from high-income online skills.  She explains why freelancing is less risky than being an employee, how being a freelancer can make you recession-proof, and why freelancing is the best route to uncapped income.

What you'll learn

• [1:43] How Dorothy learned about the business world.
• [3:16] Why Dorothy became a freelancer and started her own agency.
• [4:48] How people responded to Dorothy leaving a prestigious career path.
• [7:06] What ‘freelancing’ means.
• [8:42] The advantages of being a freelancer instead of an employee.
• [10:29] The disadvantages of being a freelancer.
• [11:45] The increased control freelancers have.
• [13:45] How being a freelancer can make you recession-proof.
• [16:55] How freelancers can pivot into different niches.
• [20:40] The best high-income jobs for freelancers.
• [24:30] How to build freelancing skills.
• [27:48] How to find your first freelance clients.
• [29:35] How new freelancers can compete against a global labour pool.
• [31:48] How to compete against experienced freelancers.
• [33:18] How long it takes to transition from employee to freelancer.
• [35:39] The overarching skills all freelancers need.
• [37:14] How to build the sales skills that are necessary as a freelancer.
• [39:24] How to know how much to charge as a freelancer.

Resources mentioned in this episode (some of these are affiliate links and we may get a commission in the event that you make a purchase - this helps us to cover our expenses and is at no additional cost to you):

• Upwork
• CopyHour
• The Copy-Writing Girls Club (Facebook)
• How to Win Clients on Upwork in 5 Simple Steps
• The Chris Harder Show
• Change Work Life Coaching

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/from-job-security-to-career-freedom-how-freelancing-can-protect-your-future/

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That is the question that was sent in and what we’re talking about today on the podcast.

Are you allowing yourself to fail forward? Maybe you want to start an online business or already have one but are afraid to experience failure, so you are stuck. In this episode, Adrienne Johnston, a PowerPoint presentation designer, joins me to share how she uses her failures to create business opportunities to grow and design her way of life.

Adrienne specializes in helping her clients deliver excellence, amazed audiences, and potentially land clients using presentation designs. She is also a coach for freelance presentation designers who wants to build a thriving design profession and eliminate the death by PowerPoint-stigma.

Top reasons to listen to the entire episode:

• Learn to shift your focus from failure to pivot.
• Find out how to leverage your overlooked strengths and build a thriving business.
• Discover the strategic ways of getting started on job sites such as Upwork and Fiverr.

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Yeesh, when you talk about clients who understand how to build a brand through great work, you’ll undoubtedly bring up Melissa Waters, CMO of Upwork. Melissa talks about how Upwork is leading the way in the “new work awakening” and telling those stories with some of the best advertising of the year, their “This is how we work now” campaign…okay, the Zombie CEO campaign. If you haven’t seen it, you’ll want to.

00:18 - Melissa Intro

02:04 - Journey to Upwork

05:42 - Upwork Mission

08:47 - Does Upwork drive the industry or fill the need

12:41 - Covid affecting strategy

15:38 - Empathy with your customer

20:22 - Company culture in a remote workforce

23:21 - Global layoffs bringing opportunity to Upwork

26:02 - Smart advertising

37:39 - What needed to change at Upwork when you arrived

39:51 - Tone of voice

44:27 - Where can you find Upwork

https://www.upwork.com/howwework

https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissawaters/

When Korean Hyunjin, or ‘Jenna’ as she’s also known, met her American husband, she moved to be with him and needed to find work in small town USA.

Whilst blogging tips about international relationships, Jenna found readers started to approach her for help with their own written English requirements like cover letters and applications. Her freelance journey had begun.

Years later she joined Elance, that became Upwork, and worked her way up to be one of the top 1% professionals on the freelancer job site.

Her blog meanwhile spawned what is now the largest community for Korean/international couples. Currently based back in South Korea, along with regular clients on Upwork, her free community brings her plenty of opportunities as her members recommend her too.

Maybe Upwork doesn’t have to be a race to the bottom after all. Hear Jenna's story. And her cat.

You'll find full show notes and transcript for this episode at beingfreelance.com

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In The New Yorker, Wingham Rowan was described as a “labor reformer” who “wants to reimagine labor markets for the digital age.” In episode 167 of Economics Explored, Wingham talks to host Gene Tunny about the potential of Public Official e-Markets. Wingham is a former British TV presenter who is now the managing director at Modern Markets for All (MM4A), a non-profit seeking to advise governments on the possibilities of new market technologies. 

Please get in touch with any questions, comments and suggestions by emailing us at contact@economicsexplored.com or sending a voice message via https://www.speakpipe.com/economicsexplored. 

Links relevant to the conversation

Wingham Rowan’s Modern Markets for All website:

http://modernmarketsforall.com/

TheMM4A non-profit:

https://www.mm4a.social

New Yorker coverage of Wingham’s work:

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/should-gig-work-be-government-run

CIGI article by Wingham in which he argues “Market platforms are a natural monopoly; governments should dare to think about how they might initiate an alternative version for citizens and businesses.”

https://www.cigionline.org/articles/its-time-to-build-public-utilities-for-essential-digital-services/

Modern Markets Initiative: https://www.modernmarketsinitiative.org/

Articles on workforce scheduling tools:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151116006112/en/Kronos-Workforce-Central-8-Fastest-Adopted-Product-Release

http://modernmarketsforall.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/210120-Kronos-briefing.pdf

NB Kronos has subsequently rebranded as UKG: https://www.ukg.com

On the  growth of irregular work hours:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/business/economy/volatile-income-economy-jobs.html

Quality Jobs Index from Cornell University:

https://qz.com/1752676/the-job-quality-index-is-the-economic-indicator-weve-been-missing

The UK government program (then called “Slivers-of-Time” working):

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/nov/14/welfare-reform-working-slivers-of-time

The fate of the Universal Credit program which the program was eventually folded into: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/15/universal-credit-colossal-catastrophe-national-audit-office   

Website about MM4A’s gig work markets: www.BeyondJobs.com

The Californian platform in action: www.cedah.video

The local website about the program: www.WorkLB.org

Wikipedia article on the Tobin tax which Wingham mentions a few times:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_tax  

Credits

Thanks to Wingham Rowan for the great conversation and the links provided. Also thanks to Josh Crotts for mixing the episode and to the show’s sponsor, Gene’s consultancy business www.adepteconomics.com.au. 

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Tips on today's show feed off the wise Keith Kalfas. Think about how you spend your time, what you hate doing, and what makes you the most money. What should you do to increase doing what you like, making more money, and eliminating the rest? Delegate, find a free lancer, order your groceries, and more. Listen in for some potential life changing advice.

Oh and we talk about a fun encounter I had at the gas station this week.

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