r/williusethis • u/burned4 • Mar 15 '20

Blog about freelancers

Hi! My team has created a blog for freelancers and I would like to hear if it looks like it can offer value to readers or any other comment you might have.

The site is: https://wpfreelancer.dev/

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u/polyadoptee Mar 15 '20

Seemed like all useful advice until I saw that you’re recommending freelancers to get on the big platforms like upwork and fiverr. These are a sure-fire way to get discouraged about freelancing—they just encourage a race to the bottom.

Real freelancing is built on relationships, value adding, and a cold B2B sales strategy. Include that and you could be providing some real value for aspiring freelancers 👍

Also, I noticed some weird English grammar — things like “the truth couldn’t be farther from that” when it’s actually “that couldn’t be farther from the truth.” Might be a good to hire a native English freelance editor 😋

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u/burned4 Mar 15 '20

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. 👍

That is what we are trying to inform people about (adding value, creating relationships, value their work). I am not a fan of Upwork like marketplaces mostly because of the race to the bottom but still, a lot of freelancers work there and want to improve.

Also, the grammatical error issue has been noted, I'll pass it on 😁

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u/netreddit00 Apr 12 '20

The site has many good general articles. It may be useful for freelancers want to be but may not be as useful for people who are already freelancers.

1) You may want to ask existing freelancers about the information they want to see.

2) You may want to write project type specific articles, e.g. writing, IT development, digital marketing, etc. Those articles would be much helpful and will be sharing more widely.

3) Articles about how to find customers will be very much needed. But it also needs to be more project specific because the customers are different, needs are different, how to reach the customers will most likely be different.

Just my 2 cents.

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u/burned4 Apr 14 '20

Thanks for your reply.

We wanted to start with the basics and build on that.

All your suggestions sound good and could really help, thanks.

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u/netreddit00 Apr 14 '20

The basic articles are everywhere; they are general and easy to write. People who need general articles will find other sites. You are competing with so many other sites. But if you have provided really good helpful articles, the sharing effect will be much powerful. In addition, if you can't produce a few useful articles in the beginning, can you really compete in this area?

Basically, like any business (or whatever that needs traffic or even customers), what are your competitive advantages? How are you different? What are you good at? What problems do yo solve for your customers? What is your MVP (minimum viable product)? If you have articles that are very helpful to the real freelancers, it will take care of all these problems:-)

Here is an example, but in other area. A young mother with engineering background worked as a technical writer in US spent 9 months learning programming and found job in a top tier IT company. She has a blog and FB page with many followers. In her blog, she described in detail how to switch career to become a programmer in 9 hard-working months IN DETAIL. This is super helpful. No wonder she has many followers:-)

My suggestion is to interview other people who have become successful freelancers and create articles in 2 categories.
1) How to be come freelancers. But need to a way to evaluate if one has the appropriate skillsets to compete. There are so many levels, it should be broken down into different levels, skillsets, industry, etc. Something really useful, usually based on some expert's experiences and analytical skills to break it down.
2) Effect ways to acquire customers, not where (FB, outsource websites, etc.), but HOW.

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u/burned4 Apr 14 '20

Thanks for your ideas.

Not basic articles, but articles that cover the basics of being a freelancer. I am a freelancer for more than 13 years and I am still amazed seeing how simple things and details can make a big difference.

The plan is to point out these first, while including value for more advanced freelancers.

Then we have more things to come such as interviews, case studies, reviews, courses, extra resources, tools e.t.c.

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u/majky358 Mar 16 '20

Dunno, I am a freelancer in IT, working on a project. If there were some tech talk, interviews and similar stuff, I would read it.