How to find wonderful freelancers on Upwork (and other platforms)

Cathy Goodwin
6 min readDec 29, 2020

I’ve seen several articles on how to make money writing for Upwork. They’re helpful.

I’ve picked up nice chunks of change by writing for Upwork during a slow period or when I see a job that seems really interesting. For instance, I saw a job for writing a small website on cybersecurity — something I wanted to learn about. That was a fun project and the client loved it.

But all too often I see a lot of frustrated clients and even more frustrated freelancers.

You, the client, think, “I want the job done well — and I want to pay below market.

Your writer is thinking, “I want to be paid well and I don’t want to be burned.”

So why aren’t they bidding on your job? Why are you attracting all the incompetent flakes?

Here’s what I wish I could say to all clients seeking freelancers. This article focuses on writers because…well, that’s all I know.

1 -The busiest and best writers will bid on your jobs only if they know your industry and all the details of the job.

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Cathy Goodwin

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