How to get sales as Freelancer on Fiverr/Upwork/etc.

Okay since so many post about people struggling to get sales... Here's some advice from a 6-figure freelancer.

If you want sales on these platforms then you have to shift just like the market shifts.

It's due to your own lack of understanding that you have less sales and I want to help you get more sales... so...

You have to accept being a freelancer means being a business and every business has to shift and adapt continuously to stay competitive.

1. Normal proposals won't cut it anymore. Create the websites or softwares and make a video explaining it and include it in your proposals using a loom video recording.

This will make you stand out. Will this immediately change everything? NO. It takes some time until you get sales through this but it allows you to get back to getting sales and once you get sales again you will be favored by the platforms.

2. Buying high quality fake reviews still works to help you boost your visibility. However, most people don't know where to get high quality reviews. I won't drop my sources here because then the quality drops. However, it works and I recommend you to search online on communities/forums.

3. Use AI. AI can scrape leads and automatically reach out to them. Integrate automated workflows to build a lead pipeline that you then close on sales calls. You can then ask them to buy from your gig/open a proposal and hire you this way to boost your freelancer profile further. Generally it's a good idea to let 50% of your lead pipeline to order from you directly (payments through Stripe which you can get by registering a US LLC or use Lemonsqueezy (Merchant of Record)) and the other 50% you let buy from your freelancing platform

4. Be active on every platform (Freelancer.com, Fiverr, Upwork). Optimize your profile. Complete new certification programs and add these new certifications to your profiles to show potential clients that you have up-to-date expertise.

5. Be active in facebook groups, reddit, threads, and X.com and post about your work, answer people's questions and build your social following. You can build lots of long term clients this way.

6. Same as 5 but record videos and post them on YouTube to build trust and showcase your in-depth knowledge by completing projects while recording it.

If you do all 6 steps you cannot fail.. you cannot make no sales.. you cannot ever starve..

I wish you big success and hope this will open your eyes to new possibilities.