Upwork proposals are catapulting themselves out of my ears after the last 24-hour’s efforts!
First it was a slew of proposals I shot off last night in response to various Upwork jobs.
This morning it was reviewing some that my coaching client had written.
When it comes to writing proposals on Upwork… there’s plenty of tricks-of-the-trade.
I’ll share about a couple of those today.
Sooo…
Sometimes the info you’re given for writing your proposal is extensive.
Like the one my coaching client had… that had a very specific process to follow for what they wanted in the proposal.
(And kudos to him for nailing it… and being invited to do a paid trial! 👏)
But other job ads are like the one I responded to last night. Where it said:
“I am looking for someone to manage our email marketing for a teen active label. 2 emails per month – content to be developed and sent to our mailing list.”
The only other thing I knew was they used Klaviyo for sending emails. The job tags told me this.
All indications are… it’s a legit job:
… payment verified. Check!
… previous job history. Check!
… no copious amounts of obviously AI-generated rubbish. Check!
But how do you take those skerricks of information… and weave it into a proposal?
Fortunately, with my proposal method… you don’t need to try and sell the awesomeness of your services in just one message…
But anything you can do to show you’re a human being… who is interested in their business… and who shows they know how to solve their problem…
Well…
That’s how you get your foot in the door
So doing seemingly-small things… like addressing them by name… can make a world of difference.
And helps you stand out from the swamp of templated replies, that clients tire themselves out wading through.
And then…
If you can do the impossible… and figure out their website address… you’ll have plenty of fuel for a targeted proposal.
You’re far more likely to blow your clients away when you can respond with magic words…
Like:
“I loved your website”.
And then say something intelligent and positive about their business.
I’ve got my special way of finding out client names. That bit’s not too hard really.
But it gets more fun when you have to pull on your Sherlock Holmes hat… and do a bit of sleuthing to find out their website.
If you want to find out how, check out this video.
Chris “supersleuth” Milham
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