Building a Better Profile

Now that you have decided that you want to build a career on MyFreelancer.com, it is important that you know how. One of the baby steps you have to take is building a profile that makes the clients go WOW!

Here are some tips that will make your profile portray you as a credible freelancer everyone would want to have onboard.

Profile Picture

Although many think presenting yourself for online jobs is unnecessary, the contrary is true. So, whenever you are setting up your profile on MyFreelancer.com, ensure to put a picture of you looking reachable as well as professional.

It is recommended to use a picture where you are wearing formal attire, as it would have an effect on the judgment your clients will have in their minds.

Following are some additional tips to help you choose the best photo:

  1. Choose a picture that shows your front profile, including your face from the shoulder up. Avoid adding pictures that include props. Wearing extra accessories, like glasses, caps, and masks is also an instant turn-off.
  2. Ensure that it is a portrait, and not a picture cropped out of a group photo, or even a photo with your pets or phone/camera etc.
  3. Your face should be focused and in the center.
  4. Avoid going for a picture that has a cluttered background. We suggest you go for a picture with a solid, single-colored background. (Just like you do for ID cards, passports etc)
  5. Ensure that the photo is well-lit and all your features can be easily seen. The pixel quality and the colors must also look pleasant. The preferable quality for profile photos on MyFreelancer.com is 280x280 or more. The format we recommend is PNG or JPG.
  6. Even if you hate smiling for pictures, you should definitely try it for your profile pictures. Clients are more attracted to profiles with a friendly-yet-skilled professional display.

Important: Ensure that you only use your personal pictures. MyFreelancer.com penalizes any account found disguising themselves as someone else.

Professional Headline

The minimum word count for the headline is 10 and the maximum is 50 words. Headline displays right beneath your name where you can shortly introduce yourself as an ideal candidate in a specific area of expertise. You can also go for more than one skill, like, "Graphic Designer | Content Writer" etc.

Summary

The summary on your profile contains everything that you have previously done and can do for a client. A descriptive summary mentions:

  • All services you provide
  • Outputs and deliverables you produce (such as branding kits, minimal logo designs, etc)
  • Skills, tools, software, and languages you have learned (Adobe Premier, Python, Javascript etc)
  • Brief description of your skills. How proficient you are with the languages you can speak or write in.

Skills

You must mention every skill that is most relevant to your service/expertise. Please only list the skills you have truly mastered. You can also include tools, deliverables, and other identifiers to help clients understand what your true potential is.