There are many marketplaces online. There are different features, different types of marketplaces. I will try to briefly introduce some of the notable marketplaces.
Upwork: upwork.com
Upwork is the name of a popular marketplace among the people of Bangladesh. Here buyers tune jobs with different jobs. Freelancers interested in the job bid to get that job. After seeing these bids, the buyers select the right person for their job. Here, the buyers work in two ways. One is fixed rate, the other is hourly rate. More marketplace names like upwork: freelancer.com, guru.com
Fiverr : fiverr.com
Currently this website is quite popular. The best market place for newcomers to get jobs, here you will post jobs instead of buyers, give details of what you know. Some of your work should be attached to the sample job post. If the buyer likes your service, he will buy it. Even if the value of the job is low, you will see a different picture when you start, you can earn from 5 to $ 500 or more per job.
What to do and what not to do when creating a fiver gig image ???
Needless to say how important the gig image is. An attractive gig image will help you a lot to get buyers / clients. I'm going to make it easy with an example - let's say you go to youtube to watch something. Now you will click on the thumbnail that you like the title and image of the thumbnail. The title could be, see what Mashrafe did with the journalist. Along with this, the image of a journalist with Mashrafe is included in the image. Naturally you will click on that thumbnail. Also, when you see someone else's gig for research, do you enter a gig? Definitely the title and the image. In the same way, the buyer / client will be attracted to your gig image and will enter the gig. If you are lucky you can also get the order.
Here are 10 important things to keep in mind when creating a gig image.
Quality- Gig image quality must be good. That means no pixelated image can be used. Many people do not pay attention to the image quality of the gig. Whatever it is, the buyer may have doubts about your service. So keep the good quality of the image carefully.
Copyrights- Do not use copyright image i.e. stock image. The copyright issue in Fiber terms & condition is very bold. Even using copyrighted image may result in account ban. Be careful!
Clickbait- Clickbait refers to any click symbol / icon in the middle of the image. This type of clickbait simble cannot be used.
Badges- No matter how many number sellers you have in Fiber it cannot be used in gig images as badges. The buyer can see what position you are in as soon as you enter your profile. So such badges should never be used in gig images.
Avoid over-text - try to keep the gig image as clean as possible. Many people use a lot of text in the middle of the image. Due to which the buyer gets confused a lot of the time. Moreover, the impression of the gig is not good.
Density- Do not use extra content in a gig image. For example, you work with logo design. Use a unique logo on gig images. Do not add 4-5 logos to an image. The main thing is to create a minimal image by leaving as much space as possible.
Proportions- use the right proportions. That is, keep the right proportions of the image. For this the image size must be 690 pixels x 426 pixels. Create a gig image by maintaining this ratio.
Don’t reuse image- If you have more than one gig, do not use the same image per gig.
Show your real face- If you want to add your own picture to the image, use your real and clean image. Suppose your title is:
With the title "I will do professional work for you" you can add a picture of your quality to the gig image. This may attract buyers.
Avoid Irrelevant Images - Use images that go with your service. Suppose you are providing digital marketing services but have used logo icons in the image. Refrain from doing such things.
How to Optimize image SEO?
He created the image by keeping everything in order. No need to do image SEO now? Wondering how to do that again? Guys!
What if Image SEO?
Image SEO will make the gig Buyer friendly. When a buyer searches for a freelancer in the search box to purchase a service, you may have your gig on that page. I have said before that if you want to get a job, no opportunity can be missed. Tell me what's wrong with trying! Image SEO is the keyword input inside the image.
How to do Image SEO?
Earlier in the post I discussed about keyword. You can do keyword research and save it on a notepad or microsoft word. Then keep the image size correct (690 px x 426)
Photoshop option bar> File> File info
Then a box will appear. All you have to do is-
Document title- Here you can enter your name or your gig title.
Description- You can add the description of your gig here if you want. It’s up to you.
Give Rating- 5-star rating.
Keyword- Add the keywords that you researched and saved in the note pad here. Then press ok. Diameter has become your Image SEO.
Keywords research link:
You can do Keywords research from these websites.
These are the 10 most important aspects of image and image SEO. If you can create a gig image by following this way, you can hopefully get a good response.
If you want to be a successful Freelancer then you must be patient step by step. There is no shortcut to success in life. There are shortcuts on the keyboard ctrl + c> ctrl + v. And you're not the keyboard you're the best creature man in creation. So keep trying.
People Per Hour: peopleperhour.com
It is a UK-based online marketplace. Here the buyer can easily offer for the job. Anyone who works again will be able to sell his skills. You can buy work from here and sell it in this marketplace again. There are opportunities to do fixed and hourly jobs in this marketplace.
99designs: 99designs.com
Suitable marketplace for those who know graphics design. Only graphic designers can work on this site. Business card design, logo design, website design, button design, etc. are available in this marketplace. Here you have to earn by winning the competition related to design work. Design related competition is held in this marketplace. If any buyer needs any design work, they come to this marketplace and organize a competition. Various freelancers participate in these competitions. The competition goes on till the appointed day, on the last day the buyer declares the winner whose work has been beautiful. The winner is then paid the declared amount. There is no problem in bidding in this marketplace. Winning a logo contest can usually fetch between 300 and 1,200.
Envato: envato.com
Invato has many websites. Graphicriver (graphicriver.net) is for graphic-designers, themeforest.net is for web-designers. Graphic designers can sell their designs such as: logos, visiting cards and all kinds of design related products here and if you are a web developer you can sell HTML templates, CSS, WordPress themes. If you can do creative design, a lot of income is possible in theme forest and graphicriver. If the design is not of good quality, Khimforest authorities will not approve the design. If a design is approved, it will be sold for the rest of its life and the income will be from it. That is a design lifelong income.
There are many more types of marketplaces.
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