Yesterday, I was browsing Upwork for jobs and found one that aligned with my skill set and met my green flag criteria. However just 31 minutes after the job was posted, 50+ proposals had already been submitted. The required connects for the job were 14, and even for the 4th place, 77 connects in total 91 connects were needed , which I think is crazy. The price for connects is $15 for 100 connects, which is around 4,200 PKR. So my question is: should we apply for these kinds of jobs?

Congrats on your achievement, @Haroon Khalil MashaAllah Our community is ranked 32 on the second page of Discover Communities. Allah Ta'ala se duā hai ke humein aur kamyabi naseeb ho. Ameen.

Introduction and Experience: I am a 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝗗 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 and I have been creating, Gaming Characters, digital portraits, vector Art, T-shirt designs and different kinds of customized illustrations for local clients from 3 years I was hunting clients through LinkedIn and Instagram Alhamdulilah and my personal brand was getting better day by day But 6 months ago, Life took a turn and I got to know that 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺 That was a really hard time for me because I have been getting my clients through a portfolio which was based on haram things Well! I deleted all the portfolio and said bye to all the clients for making my akhirah better 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮, 𝗽𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝗷𝗼 𝗸𝗿𝘁𝗮 𝗵𝗮 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗸𝗿𝘁𝗮 𝗵𝗮 I have been stuck and depressed from a long time But after coming to this community, I am not depressed anymore Because you guys are so motivating, suppotive and positive that I have gained my motivation back Alhamdulilah Now I planning to use my skills in a different way So 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗔 is to start content creation (InshAllah), in which I am gonna create and teach: 1. Non-living drawings 2. Weapons, Gaming icons 3. Poster Designs with local slangs 4. Work on print-on-demand platforms like printify, redbubble, gelato who sells these: (T-shirts, cushion, bedsheet, wall hanging, phone, wallpapers, covers, etc Inshort everything that needs cool print) And the 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗕 is: Leave the niche ( my passion ) and try some other skills relevant to my field like: 1. Banner Designs 2. Post designs 3. Video editing 4. Thumbnail Designs Art is my passion and I have some experience also so I can create and teach amazing designs in non living things I want an advise from all the community seniors and members that: 1. Should I work on building a personal brand according to my passion and experience? 2. Or should I gain more experience in different niches and focus on earning money even if I don't like those niches? I would love to hear your opinion about it @Haroon Khalil @Umair Bajwa

I’ve experienced this myself, and ever since I joined this community, I’ve noticed the same issue happening with many people. We do have skills, but we struggle with sales. Why? Because people, so-called course sellers, can teach you skills, but they can’t teach you how to sell, and then they label the market as ‘saturated’ and leave you stuck. I personally avoided Upwork for 1.5 years because of the stress of cover letters, proposals, and connects, and I’ve seen the same thing happening in this community as well. Today, your community has reached Mashallah 8k members. Many congratulations and yes, you can even earn from this free community. How? 👉 Micro Freelancing Agencies. Ap ka formula apply hoga https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRAqHDGiPaf/utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 1 Upwork bider 1 project manager 5 ya 10 skilled freelancers( Wordpress, Video editor, Meta ads and etc ) Naseeb joro, ganty joro, rizzq joro build small teams, go live, and the bidder starts bidding. The project manager distributes the work further. Within no time, you have 10–15 micro teams and micro agencies ready. Later, each team can build their own mini communities. The content from the live sessions becomes their marketing. The marketing attracts the audience. And the audience brings in the talent. You already have so much talent here in the community; you just need to put it to work. Fresh, fast, and active. People always claim they’ll teach skills. But we go straight to giving work. If someone already has skills — perfect, join and start working. If someone has zero skills, in 10 days they can learn bidding and start getting work. That’s how a system grows. Ap pase kase kamaye ge. partnership of micro teams, multi skool communities @Haroon Khalil @Asim Irfan

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