Each month, freelancers will get FREE Connects to find their next opportunity! Freelancer Basic accounts receive 10 free Connects each month, and Freelancer Plus accounts receive 80 free Connects each month. You’ll also be able to keep more Connects at the end of each month, with a new rollover limit of 200.
Changes to Connects
Awarding 10 connects for each interview won: when freelancers and agencies submit a proposal, win an interview, and respond, they can earn up to 50 connects every 7 days
Increasing the Connects that new talent get from 20 to 80, including 40 for taking the Upwork Readiness Test
Increasing the monthly free Connects on the Freelancer Basic plan from 0 to 10
Increasing the monthly free Connects on the Freelancer Plus plan from 70 to 80
Increasing the Freelancer Basic and Plus Connects Rollover Limit from 140 to 200
Connects to Get Started
When a new freelancer successfully registers on Upwork, they’ll receive 80 Connects to start building relationships.
They’ll also be rewarded with more Connects for taking the Upwork Readiness Test and earning a Rising Talent badge.
Connects to Reach Out
Each month, freelancers will get FREE Connects to find their next opportunity! Freelancer Basic accounts receive 10 free Connects each month, and Freelancer Plus accounts receive 80 free Connects each month.
You’ll also be able to keep more Connects at the end of each month, with a new rollover limit of 200. Just remember that they’ll still expire if you don’t use them within a year, so keep reaching out!
Connects to Unlock Your Potential
Connects are your way to build long-lasting relationships, whether you work 3. as a freelancer or as part of an agency team on Upwork.
Now, when you submit a proposal to a client and win an interview, you’ll get a bonus of 10 Connects after you complete your interview. You can earn up to 50 Connects every seven days to win the jobs YOU want!
Here’s how:
Submit a proposal to a job.
Receive an invitation to interview from a client.
Respond and win a bonus!
Note: Direct offers and invitations from clients won’t receive a Connects credit.
Learn more about why we’re making these changes directly from
[Hayden Brown, Upwork CEO.
Topic Brief
The importance of learning business communication skills will be highlighted in this topic.
Skill(s) the trainee will acquire after completing this topic:
Effective Communication Skill
Art of conveying your message across
Appropriate selection of words
Conciseness
What could be the benefits of improving your communication skills?
You will get new pets
You will learn how to drive a car
You can operate computer
You can become an efficient freelancer
Topic Brief
In this topic, the importance of thinking out of the box and filling the employer’s shoes will be taught.
Skill(s) the trainee will acquire after completing this topic:
How to think differently
Taking the pause and reassessing your situation
How can you think differently if you are stuck as a freelancer?
* Go out for jogging
* Shutdown your computer
* Change your seat
* **Signup as employer and post a project to get proposals**
Topic Brief
In this topic, trainees will learn how they can charge their clients more?
Skill(s) the trainee will acquire after completing this topic:
Value proposition
Self analysis
__________ are the platforms where people can list their services and then people can buy those services directly.
Email Clients
Online marketplaces
Offline Files
Online Files
How can you charge your clients more?
By blackmailing them
By harassing them
By threatening them
By proving your worth
Topic Brief
In this topic, trainees will learn how to set the price per hour as a freelancer.
Skill(s) the trainee will acquire after completing this topic:
Setting the price per hour as freelancer
To know your price
If a job price is 100$ and it takes 10 hours to complete, what is the per hour price of the job?
* 8
* 7
* 7.5
* **10**
Cost Per Hrs= Total Cost/Total Time * 60
Topic Brief
In this topic, different ways to improve your learning capacity in order to learn a new skill will be discussed.
Skill(s) the trainee will acquire after completing this topic:
Learning capacity building skill
How could you improve your freelancing learning capacity?
By watching music videos
By playing with kids
By playing cards
By watching tutorials and repeating the exercise
Topic Brief
In this topic, trainer will highlight that YouTube is free and learning has no limit.
Skill(s) the trainee will acquire after completing this topic:
Search the right content to learn Identify his/her favorite YouTube publisher
For searching videos on YouTube you have to:
Click on Search button
Go to Gmail
Go to Facebook
Go to Google
Topic Brief
In this topic, trainer will highlight the importance of using Internet properly to acquire new skills.
Skill(s) the trainee will acquire after completing this topic:
Internet browsing
Search the internet and identify the websites you can learn tutorial from.
Non-Graded Exercise:
In context of internet, WWW stands for _________
* **World Wide Web**
* World Wide Wrestling
* World Wide Wing
* Wrong With Wrong
FRL101 Quiz No 2 Solution and Discussoion
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Elanner
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Odesk
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Upwork
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Fiverr
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Seller
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Buyer
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Hire
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Seller
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Buyer
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Hire
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Work
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Staying health
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Overcommit
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Go Out
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In case of an emergency if a freelance is not able to complete his project on time then waht he must do/in case of delay?
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Quit the project without informing the employer
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Discuss the situation with employer
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Open Dispute
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Intentionally delay the project
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Most important SOFTSKILL in the freelance market is…skill.
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Networking
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Communication
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Organizational
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Time Management
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…is known as the largest freelancing platform in terms of clients and freelancers.
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Freelancer should avoid…in order to meet the deadlines.
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Distractions
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Bidding
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Interacting
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Focusing
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What an employer can do if a freelancer doesn’t meet the time deadline without any prior notice to employer?
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Wait for completion
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Give extra time
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Pay more than before
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Cancel the order
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Which type of project we should prefer for bidding?
High price instead of low price based on the same requirements.
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Where do you need to create your freelance profile?
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Apple
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Google
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Microsoft
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Upwork
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