00:00upwork can be a great place to make
00:02money online especially if you're just
00:03starting and i know this because i
00:05personally pay thousands of dollars per
00:07month for people to help me with my
00:09online businesses this includes writing
00:11scripts doing voiceovers editing videos
00:14and doing graphic design and upwork is
00:16especially good if you have a skill that
00:18can benefit people or businesses and i'm
00:20going to be showing you how to determine
00:22that in just a second but first of all
00:24let's get into exactly how to make money
00:26online using upwork step number one is
00:29to determine your niche and this is what
00:32exactly you're gonna help people with on
00:34upwork and what i recommend doing is
00:36asking yourself what do you know and
00:38what can you do that can bring value to
00:40other people or businesses and what can
00:42you help people with and a great way
00:44that you can find ideas of what you can
00:46help people with is to simply go to
00:48upwork.com and then go to the top bar
00:50right here and it'll give you a ton of
00:52different ideas on what you can help
00:54people with so for example if you want
00:56to do something related to design in
00:58creative you can click this and it will
01:01open up all these different individual
01:03jobs that you can help people with
01:04including voice over artists video
01:06editors animators and if you know how to
01:08do any of these skills you can
01:09potentially make thousands of dollars
01:11per month on upwork and if you click see
01:13more skills it'll show you a ton of
01:15individual skills right here and feel
01:17free to go through a lot of these to see
01:18what you can potentially help people
01:20with and in order to make the most
01:22amount of money from upwork what i
01:24recommend doing is going to let's say
01:26you can help people with photoshop
01:28clicking it right here and seeing what
01:29people usually charge per hour on some
01:32of the top freelancers that come up
01:34right here this way you can make sure
01:36that you're choosing a job that has a
01:37lot of demand in which companies or
01:39people are willing to pay a high price
01:41per hour for you to make as much money
01:44as possible on upwork and if you don't
01:46personally have enough skills yet to
01:47help people on upwork you can always
01:49keep building them up by watching
01:50youtube videos buying courses on places
01:52like skillshare or udemy and anything
01:54you invest in educational material will
01:56likely pay off many times into the
01:58future on what you will earn through
02:00upwork now to give you some ideas with
02:02skills here's what i personally hire
02:03people to do on upwork i hire people to
02:06write youtube scripts do narrations for
02:09youtube videos edit together youtube
02:11videos and instagram videos make youtube
02:13thumbnails make instagram posts and
02:16images make and manage my website and
02:18then a bunch of different miscellaneous
02:20admin work which including adding people
02:21to my facebook group after they buy my
02:23course replying to emails instagram dms
02:25and there's so much potential in terms
02:27of the amount of different jobs that you
02:29can help people with on upwork in fact
02:31my video editor for the make money math
02:33channel that you're watching right now
02:34named richard i actually met him
02:37directly through upwork and i've been
02:38working with him for years at this point
02:40and he's actually editing this video
02:42right now step number two is to sign up
02:44to upwork and create your profile and
02:46optimize it so in order to do that you
02:48go to upwork click sign up and then
02:50click i'm a freelancer looking for work
02:52apply as a freelancer fill out all of
02:54your information it is going to ask you
02:55for a lot of information and i recommend
02:57giving them all of it because it's going
02:58to verify your identity making it more
03:00likely for clients to hire you for your
03:02profile photo i recommend putting a very
03:04professional photo of you smiling as
03:06your profile photo this will show
03:08potential clients that you're
03:09professional and presentable and in
03:11order to get a good photo you can even
03:12consider hiring a photographer to take a
03:14portrait of you just to have the best
03:16photo possible and then we want to
03:18optimize our profiles with text that
03:20people are likely to search for in order
03:22to hire us and in order to get a ton of
03:24ideas and examples when it comes to
03:25optimizing your upwork profile what i
03:27recommend doing is going to upwork and
03:29going to some of the biggest jobs
03:30related to what you're doing so let's
03:32say for example you're a voice over
03:33artist in which case you'd go to design
03:36in creative and then go down to
03:37voiceover artist right here and some of
03:39these top voiceover artists that show up
03:41right here likely have their profiles
03:44very well optimized so you can get a ton
03:46of ideas when it comes to optimizing
03:48your own profile and here's exactly how
03:50i would take a look when it comes to
03:52writing your profile and for example if
03:54we go over to oliver's profile right
03:56here and we open it up as you can see
03:57right at the beginning of his profile
03:59description he says he's a professional
04:01voice-over artist so he gets straight to
04:03the point he doesn't list a million
04:05different skills that he can help with
04:06he sticks to his niche which is doing
04:09voiceovers and i would recommend the
04:10same i wouldn't try to advertise that
04:12you can do every single skill in the
04:13world rather i would focus on one or two
04:16or just a couple of skills that are very
04:18interrelated to each other and then
04:20marketing yourself as an expert that can
04:22help with primarily just that skill that
04:24way you'll get a ton of more clients and
04:26as you can see over here is able to
04:27charge 110 dollars per hour for doing
04:30voiceovers and in writing your
04:32description make sure to include the
04:33keywords as many times as you can and on
04:35top of that what i would recommend doing
04:37is putting together at least five to ten
04:39different individual pieces of work that
04:41you just make yourself put it in a
04:43google drive folder and then set it to
04:45be shared so that anybody with the link
04:46can view it and then put that link in
04:48your profile so people can look at your
04:50portfolio also i recommend putting it
04:52within the portfolio section of your
04:54profile as well and as you can see on
04:56oliver's profile this is the portfolio
04:58section right here and directly under
05:00that is his skills section and i
05:02recommend filling out your skills with
05:04the skills that are most related to what
05:06you're going to be doing for example if
05:08you're doing voiceovers you'll want to
05:09choose skills like voiceover voice
05:11talent your specific accent when it
05:13comes to doing that and everything else
05:15related and to get ideas you can always
05:16look at other freelancers when it comes
05:18to filling out your own skills step
05:20number three is to find jobs to apply to
05:23in order to do that you go to upwork
05:24scroll down and then under the for
05:26talent go to find freelance jobs
05:29worldwide upon clicking this what i
05:31recommend doing is looking for what are
05:33called fixed pricing jobs and by doing
05:35fixed pricing jobs in the beginning
05:37ideally you can do a lot of jobs really
05:39quickly to build up the amount of
05:41reviews that will serve as social proof
05:43when it comes to more people hiring you
05:44in the future from upwork so under find
05:46freelancing jobs then you go to the
05:48specific skill that you're going to be
05:50helping people with let's say it's
05:51animating videos so you select animator
05:53right there and as you can see there are
05:55a ton of people looking for animated
05:57videos here's one a fixed price job
06:00asking for animated video creation and
06:02as you can see this is a fixed price job
06:04where they'll pay you 125 dollars to do
06:06this so i recommend doing a bunch of
06:08these jobs even if it's under what you
06:10eventually want to be charging the goal
06:12here isn't to make a ton of money in the
06:14beginning but rather to get a ton of
06:15great reviews that will then let you
06:17make even more money long term step
06:20number four and this one is one of the
06:21most important steps in the beginning is
06:23to apply for almost every single job
06:26that you see i recommend putting aside
06:28at least one or two hours per day just
06:30to sit down at your computer or phone
06:32and apply for every single one of the
06:34new jobs that are coming up and you want
06:36to apply to them as soon as possible due
06:37to the fact that when clients post jobs
06:39on upwork they're typically on upwork
06:41for another hour or so after that and
06:43they're going to be checking the first
06:44people who apply for those jobs so the
06:47way that you can stand out in the
06:48beginning is by applying for every
06:50single job as soon as possible and being
06:53one of the first applicants and don't
06:55expect to just make an upwork account
06:56and people will just magically hire you
06:58that's not the way it works in order to
07:00really succeed and make money with this
07:01you need to be applying for jobs
07:03yourself especially in the beginning but
07:06eventually the goal is to have an
07:07optimized profile with optimized
07:09keywords start getting a ton of reviews
07:10as well and then upwork will promote
07:12your profile for you and when people
07:14search on search engines looking for the
07:16best freelancers when it comes to a
07:17certain skill you will ideally show up
07:20and as for how much to charge i
07:21recommend going on upwork and seeing
07:23what other people seem to be charging
07:24per hour or per fixed rate job and then
07:27charging a little bit below the average
07:29in the beginning and like i said the
07:31goal isn't to stay at this average over
07:33time but rather do just a little bit
07:35below the average and then raise our
07:36prices over time for example richard
07:39who's editing this video right here he
07:41started with me at a very low rate when
07:43we first got started but over time i
07:45built up my trust with him and i paid
07:47him more and more step number five is to
07:49apply the right way and i have a formula
07:51that i'm going to share with you that
07:52you can use to apply for jobs the right
07:55way number one is to get attention
07:57number two is to give an example of work
07:59that you've done in the past relating to
08:00the job number three is to tell about
08:02what separates you from other
08:04freelancers out there number four is to
08:06tell why hiring you is the best decision
08:08for them and number five is to give a
08:10call to action and now let's go over a
08:12practical example of exactly what you
08:14would say when applying for a job in
08:16order to have the best chances for
08:18getting the job let's say we're applying
08:20for a video editing job for somebody
08:22named robert here's exactly what i would
08:24write within my application step number
08:26one is to get attention and i would do
08:28this by saying the client's name you see
08:30a lot of different freelancers on upwork
08:32they just use copy pasted application
08:34things that go out to every single job
08:36they apply you i don't recommend doing
08:38this i recommend writing an original
08:40application for every single job you
08:42apply to so in order to get their
08:44attention i recommend simply using the
08:45client's name a lot of freelancers don't
08:48do this so i would say something like hi
08:50robert i just saw your job and i think i
08:52can really help you with this step
08:53number two is to give an example of work
08:55you've done in the past relating to this
08:57job and i would do that by uploading a
08:59couple of different jobs that you've
09:00done in the past relating to this or
09:02simply ones that you've done on your own
09:04relating to this just taking some videos
09:06you've edited together yourself put it
09:07in a google drive folder and then
09:09sharing it on the application and you
09:11could say i've done a lot of editing
09:12that's exactly what you're looking for
09:14and here's some examples and then share
09:16the link step number three is to tell
09:18about what separates you from other
09:19freelancers and there's a bunch of
09:21different ways you can do this what i
09:22would personally recommend doing is
09:24starting up some social media pages and
09:26even a youtube channel related to what
09:28you're doing because if you can show
09:30clients that you can teach other people
09:31to do what you're doing that is a very
09:34good sign that you know what you're
09:35doing and you're an expert within your
09:37field so if you had a youtube channel
09:39you could say something like i have a
09:40youtube channel where i help people with
09:42video editing and i know exactly how to
09:44edit the videos that you're looking for
09:46and you can check it out right here this
09:47would really help you stand out from
09:49other freelancers step number four is to
09:51tell about why hiring you is the best
09:52decision for them and you could say
09:54something along the lines of if you hire
09:56me i'll make sure that your videos get
09:58edited together right the first time
10:00this frames it as a benefit for them to
10:02hire you and step number five is to then
10:04give it a call to action and you can say
10:06something along the lines of let me know
10:08if you want to move forward and if
10:10needed i can provide additional ideas to
10:12help you achieve your video editing
10:13goals whenever as well i'm looking
10:15forward to hearing back from you or
10:17hopefully working together or another
10:19example of what you could say could be i
10:21can edit together a small test video for
10:23you for super cheap or for free and if
10:25you really want to get this job or it's
10:27like your first job on upwork you can
10:29really go above and beyond and edit
10:31together a free video for them without
10:33them even asking depending on the assets
10:35they gave within their job posts and i
10:37personally have hired a lot of
10:38freelancers who've gone above and beyond
10:40and done this and with richard who's
10:42editing this video together right now
10:44what we initially did in the beginning
10:46is i hired three separate freelancers to
10:48edit together 30 seconds of a video for
10:50this channel right here and what i
10:52noticed was that richard really went the
10:54extra mile for making sure that the cuts
10:56were perfect and there were sound
10:57effects in the video the titles looked
10:59really good and so i hired him and we've
11:01been working together for years and
11:02richard literally had zero reviews on
11:04his upwork profile when i initially
11:06hired him and this is proof you don't
11:08need a ton of reviews or social proof
11:10right in the beginning because if you
11:12can prove yourself with doing a test
11:14video or something like that you can
11:15easily overcome that objection which is
11:17what richard did and we've been working
11:19together for a long time and what we
11:20really want to do once we apply for
11:22these jobs is to get within what's
11:24called the short listed section and the
11:27way that works is that when people are
11:28hiring on upwork for example if i make a
11:30job post right here looking for a
11:32scriptwriter for my youtube channel i'm
11:34going to be going into here to review
11:36proposals on everybody that proposed for
11:38my job and then from here i'm going to
11:41be either clicking this thumbs up or
11:43thumbs down icon and if i click thumbs
11:45up it will shortlist them and these are
11:47the people i'm more likely to hire so
11:49for example if i'm going in here and i
11:51shortlist a couple people who really
11:53look like they know what they're doing
11:54when it comes to doing this then the
11:56next step is then i'm going to go to my
11:58shortlisted tab and i'm likely never
12:00going to go back to that all proposals
12:02so we really want to make sure we apply
12:04as soon as possible have an optimized
12:06profile and implement the script that i
12:08just gave you and by doing this we have
12:10the best chances at getting into the
12:11short listed section and then finally
12:13hired and step number six to make money
12:15on upwork is a bonus tip which is to
12:18outsource the work yes you can actually
12:21pay other people to do the work for you
12:23and then sell that work to clients at a
12:25higher price therefore kind of being a
12:27middleman and earning the money in
12:28between this way you don't have to be
12:30the one who does all of the hard work
12:32for the client but instead you're
12:33providing value for the client by either
12:35connecting them with one person or many
12:37people under you who can do a lot more
12:39work than you can personally therefore
12:41giving them a bunch of value because
12:42they don't have to manage all these
12:44clients and then it gives you a ton of
12:46value in that you don't have to do all
12:47of the hard work and in order to find
12:49people to hire you can just simply go to
12:51upwork and hire people who charge less
12:53per hour than you do or you can go to
12:55places like fiverr to hire people as
12:57well and if you're doing something like
12:58graphic design you could even hire a
13:00website called kappa 99 which offers
13:03unlimited graphic design for a set
13:05monthly fee i think it's like 399
13:07dollars a month i personally use it for
13:09a lot of the thumbnails across my
13:10different channels and they actually
13:12allow you to then resell their work and
13:14kind of act as that middleman in order
13:16to outsource the work and not have to do
13:18the hard work yourself and they also
13:20offer unlimited revisions so if a client
13:22asks for something to be changed on the
13:24particular piece of graphic design
13:26you're doing you can just send that over
13:27to kappa 99 and they give you a trello
13:29board in which you manage all this and
13:31it makes it super simple and always make
13:33sure to test hiring somebody before
13:35using them with your clients because the
13:37last thing you want to do is hire
13:38somebody bad in the quality go down you
13:40want to make sure that you can still
13:41provide your clients with the greatest
13:43level of value possible and always
13:45remember if your client wins then you
13:47win too so to break it down in order to
13:49make a couple thousand dollars per month
13:51on upwork this is really what you have
13:52to do i recommend working either for
13:54free or for super cheap in the beginning
13:56to build up a ton of reviews and start
13:59building up relationships with clients
14:00and then you can raise your prices over
14:02time once you have a couple dozen
14:04reviews and i recommend asking yourself
14:06how much would you really be happy
14:08making from up work let's say for
14:09example it's three thousand dollars per
14:11month and if you work 40 hours per week
14:13at 30 dollars per hour that would be one
14:16thousand two hundred dollars per week
14:18which would then equate to four thousand
14:20eight hundred dollars per month and
14:21let's say that you pay people one
14:23thousand eight hundred dollars per month
14:24to do all of the work for you then you
14:26can still profit three thousand dollars
14:28per month and all you personally have to
14:30do is to talk with clients and manage
14:32your freelancers that are under you and
14:34imagine if you could build this up to
14:35having multiple clients under you each
14:37paying you several thousand dollars per
14:39month this could really add up to be a
14:41lot of money and you could even
14:43potentially create an agency in which
14:45you manage a ton of different
14:46freelancers to do work for your clients
14:48therefore providing them a ton of value
14:50and then even expand outside of upwork
14:52and really grow a big company doing this
14:54and when it really comes down to it the
14:56key to doing this isn't necessarily any
14:59of these technical steps but rather it's
15:01about building relationships with
15:03clients that will ideally last a
15:04lifetime it's about presenting yourself
15:06in a professional way building up your
15:08reviews and don't wait for clients to
15:10come to you instead apply for as many
15:12jobs as possible as soon as possible
15:14after the jobs are posted now if you
15:16want to discover how i'm able to hire
15:18dozens of people from upwork and pay
15:20them to make me even more money it's by
15:23running faceless youtube channels where
15:25i don't even have to personally make the
15:26videos myself and in this video right
15:28here next to me i'll give you a complete
15:30guide for making money on youtube
15:32without making videos and exactly how
15:34you can get started doing it yourself
15:36and in my opinion this right here is one
15:37of the best ways to make money online
15:39this is basically a free course right
15:40here and i'll see you there
