Course curriculum

  • 1

    1. Introduction to the course

  • 2

    Getting Started

  • 3

    Finding Clients

  • 4

    Upwork: No.1 Freelancing Platform

    • What is Upwork?

    • Building your Upwork profile

    • Profile examples - Top Rated vs Rising Talent

    • The right gigs and the right client

    • Connects: Upwork’s currency

    • Applying for jobs

    • Proposal top tips

    • Client invitations and how they work

    • Communicating with the client

    • Setting up a contract on Upwork

    • Running a project on Upwork

    • Closing a project

    • Fixed budget contracts vs hourly rate

    • Upwork mediation
  • 5

    Working with clients

    • Put yourself in client’s shoes

    • First contact: Getting to know your client

    • Before you start the project

    • The complex art of negotiating costs

    • Communicating with the client during the project

    • Being a part of the client’s team

    • Managing revisions

    • Red flags: how to identify problematic clients
  • 6

    Organising your work

    • Being a creative genius is not enough

    • Project Juggling: Active and Passive projects

    • The problem with small projects

    • Measure your time
  • 7

    Running your freelance business

    • Introduction

    • Registering a legal entity

    • Contracts

    • Invoices

    • Getting paid

    • Tools for freelancers
  • 8

    Work-life balance

    • Why many freelancers quit?

    • The working environment

    • Working on client’s premises

    • Working from home

    • Balancing your life and work

    • Managing holidays and time off

    • A day in a life of a freelancer

    • Growing and scaling up