At Chao Academy, we focus on coaching students on how to become cross-border freelance consultants and cross-border freelance coaches.

We will continue to share some interesting core knowledge points in cross-border entrepreneurship courses.

This is the best time to start freelancing.

Yesterday we just talked about the choice of remote freelancing: why do you have to say goodbye to the freelancing platform sooner or later? Why build your own order-taking channel?

Let’s talk about practical issues, before we say goodbye, how to make full use of the freelancing platform as a boot camp.

Freelancing platform: training camp for newbies

For novices, the freelancing platform is the best choice to get started.

When you have no resources, no money, no customers, or even any skills, joining some freelancing platforms may be the best choice for you to get your first customers.

Advantages of receiving orders through freelancing platforms

Excellent freelancing platforms have gathered massive customer resources. Many successful freelancers get most of their early orders from the platform.

You can learn the comprehensive skills of taking freelance orders and hone them continuously. Are you suitable to become a freelancer? 9 core entrepreneurial skills for freelancers!

After you select your own market segment and establish your excellent Profile, the platform will help you receive orders and promote it. The better you are on the platform, the greater the platform will help you. The platform will make you very busy, very busy. If you have no self-control, you will be too busy to have time for all kinds of life. Seven Habits of Successful Freelancers

Long-term customers will use the platform as a recruitment test base, skip the platform and work directly with you, eliminating platform handling fees.

Today we will take stock of the four main types of freelancing platforms.

1. International Freelancing Platform

In the Internet era, the type of business delivered by freelancers with digital results has taken the lead in crossing national boundaries.

Various international freelance platforms have also emerged.

As long as you overcome the language barrier, whether you are a website development engineer, graphic designer, or translator, you can find massive opportunities on such a platform.

Such a platform is a large marketplace for cross-border services, typical representatives include upwork.com, Fiverr - Freelance Services Marketplace for The Lean Entrepreneur, Hire Freelancers Online & Find Freelance Work, Guru - Hire Quality Freelancers and Find Freelance Jobs, and more.

Upwork

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Currently, there are nearly 2.53 million registered users in Upwork globally. Among them, we believe that there are 276,889 users who have earned more than 1 US dollar or worked for more than 1 hour, accounting for about 11% of all users, and 5.2% have worked for more than 100 hours.

Currently the world’s largest comprehensive freelancing platform. Formerly known as oDek, it was renamed Upwork after merging with Elance, the second largest freelancing platform at the time.

The skill areas are relatively comprehensive.

Brother Chao recommends the boot camp as the first choice for cross-border freelancing, especially for novices who have not yet determined the direction of their freelancing skills and expertise.

At present, Upwork has a strong ban on offline orders, and it is also very difficult to pass profiles that repeat low-end skills. It is gradually becoming more difficult for novices to join.

Brother Chao is a successful practitioner of Upwork, and he should be regarded as the most in-depth and systematic analysis of Upwork’s senior coaches in China to achieve freelancing.

Upwork income ranking: Big deal king, translation overlord, designer

Cross-border income ranking: Upwork’s 108 highest-paid freelancers in China

Fiverr

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