1.
The Largest Freelancing Platform Online
Yaser Harara

2.
What is Upwork
 Based on the former odesk
 The Biggest Freelancing website in the
market (after merging with elance).
 9 Million registered freelancers
 4 Million registered clients

3.
What is Upwork
Stephane Kasriel
CEO
Thomas Layton
Chairman
Upwork Team
Mountain View, California, USA

4.
Why Upwork
 A lot of money is spent here
 Consistent jobs are being posted
 Great for both beginners and experts
 It is FREE!

5.
Why Upwork
Online Work Spend by Category
Source:
Upwork 2014

6.
Why Upwork
Fastest Growing Positions
Source:
Upwork 2014

7.
Important Dates
December 18,
2013
Odesk and Elance Merging into one company
March 2015Introduction of Job Success Score
April 01, 2015Introduction of connects and memberships
May 05, 2015
Odesk and Elance launching the new website:
Upwork.com
September
01, 2015
limiting clients from posting new jobs on
Elance

8.
Exploring Upwork
Upwork.com

9.
Uprwork Interface
Upwork interface relies mainly on tabs:
 Find Work
 My Jobs
 Reports
 Messages

10.
Find Work Tab
 Find Jobs
 Saved Jobs
 Proposals
 Profile
 My Stats
 Tests

11.
Find Jobs Tab
 The juice is in the search
 Jobs vary in Budget
 Use the side search options

12.
Proposals Tab
 Active:
Contains Active Proposals and Active
Candidacies.
 Archived:
Contains: Proposals that are accepted,
rejected and expired.

13.
Profile Tab
 Important for consistent career on
Upwork
 Good Title, Overview, and Details.
 Only best work to be shown on Portfolio
 Always make sure for 100% profile
 Update availability regularly
 Specialize!

14.
My Jobs Tab
 My Jobs
 Contracts
 Work Diary

15.
Work Diary Tab
 Keeps record of your working time
 Important for Hourly based jobs.
 Enables you from adding manual time
(If Applicable).

16.
Reports Tab
 Earnings
 Timesheet Details
 Time Analyze
 Earnings Per Client
 Weekly Timesheet
 Time Logs
 Connects History
 Transaction History
 Certificate of Earnings

17.
Messages Tab

18.
Messages Tab
 Real-time info (Availability)
 Rooms
 Clean design
 Desktop app
 Available on mobile

19.
How to get a job on
Upwork?
 Search properly
 Apply for jobs
 Apply for jobs
 Apply for jobs (different)

20.
Job Types on Upwork
 Hourly Jobs
 Fixed Price Jobs

21.
Hourly Jobs
 Hourly jobs are divided into categories that
clients choose upon job posting:
 Entry Level
 Client is looking for the lowest prices
regardless of the freelancers experience.
 Intermediate
 Client is looking for quality but also is
looking for a good price.
 Expert
 Client has no problem paying for those who
would give the best quality.

22.
Fixed Price Jobs
 Fixed Price Jobs are protected using
the Upwork ESCROW system to hold
the money of a job or a part of it.
 Fixed Price Jobs payment is
automatically released after 14 days if
the client did not ask for edits.

23.
Connects
 Connects are tokens that allow
freelancers to apply for jobs.
 Introduced on Upwork on April 2015
 Most jobs require 2 connects
 Free accounts get 60 connects per
month
 Membership costs $10/month for 70
rollback connects.

24.
How to choose a job?
 Search for Keywords
 Apply Search filters according to your
preference.
 Decide whether you want to have an
Hourly job or Fixed price.
 Make sure if you have enough connects

25.
Cheap Prices?
 Search Properly
 Save Searches into feed
 If you cannot beat them, Join them

26.
New Features

27.
Job Success Score (My
Stats)
 Long-term relationships.
 Repeat projects.
 Missing feedback (Only when there are a lot).
 Projects ending without activity.

28.
Upwork Top Rated
Program
Benefits (Perks):
 A Top Rated badge on your Upwork profile
 Exclusive invitations to submit proposals.
 Personalized tips to strengthen your profile
 Premium customer support, including phone and
chat.

29.
Upwork Top Rated
Program
 A Job Success score of at least 90%
 12-month earnings of at least $1,000
 An account in good standing with no recent account
holds
 A 100% complete profile with photo (90% for
freelancers who brought their profiles over from
Elance)
 Up to date availability (if unavailable now, set a date
estimate)
 At least 30 days of work history on Upwork (not
required for freelancers who brought their profiles
over from Elance)

30.
Rising Talent Program
BETA
Benefits (Perks):
 A Rising Talent badge on your profile
 Inclusion in a premium talent pool from which top
clients source talent
 A one-time bonus of 30 free Connects
 Premium chat and ticket support
 Personalized profile tips

31.
Rising Talent Program
BETA
 No Job Success score
 Adhere to the Upwork Terms of Service
 Maintain a 100% complete profile
 Availability status up-to-date
 Submit proposals to projects relevant to your skill set
 Deliver great results to your clients as you promised
when you accepted the work
 Complete your projects on time and as promised

32.
Frequent Answered
Questions
 How do I connect my Payoneer Card
into Upwork Account?
Click on your name on the top right hand
side:
Settings >> Get Paid >> Add Payment
method

33.
Frequent Answered
Questions
 Why are there a lot of cheap jobs on
Upwork?
Upwork allows clients to hire freelancers
for as little as $0.01. This means a lot of
the job postings come from those who
seek cheap labor.
However, there are a lot of decent clients if
you use the search feature properly.

34.
Upwork Help Options
 Phone
 Live Chat
 Tickets System (Emails)

35.
Upwork Community
 Gives Credit to those who help others
 Almost every question you have is
already answered
 Very Friendly (how freelancers are!)
 Let s Explore!

36.
Upwork Team Application

37.
Upwork Bugs
 Cache Bug
 Taking too long to load for some pages
and messages.

38.
Solution
 Those are technical problems that
would be solved eventually.
 What about you?
 If you cannot beat them, join them!