🚀 Getting leads from freelance sites
Freelance sites like Upwork and Freelancer can be good sources of leads, especially in the early stages of growing your project.
Here's how to make them an acquisition channel for you.
First, start by manually looking for:
a) job offers that indicate the job poster might find your product helpful
b) contractors looking for work where your tool could be of use to them.
Contact job posters by applying to relevant jobs and introducing your product. Contact job seekers by contacting them directly and explaining how your product will help them do their job better/faster.
If this approach works, you can scale this tactic by using a website monitoring tool that will notify you anytime a specific keyword or phrase is mentioned.
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When upwork added a new revenue stream last year by eliminating free connects and making proposals cost 90 cents, many freelancers tried to identify customers directly and do work off the site. As a result Upwork fixed the ways to identify clients. Many of the tricks no longer worked.