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Want to know more about an excellent way to present your skills and all your previous work as a freelancer? Create a visual portfolio! Freelancermap is offering a new feature which allows you to display your CV in a meaningful and accessible way. View this presentation to get tips on how to create a perfect visual portfolio… - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Creating a visual portfolio?
4 Tips on getting it just right
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Creating a visual portfolio? 4 Tips on getting it just right
A visual portfolio is an excellent way to show off your work. Pictures just have a way of grabbing attention and pulling people in. With an appealing, well-made visual portfolio, you can turn those onlookers into clients, giving you even more exciting projects to choose from. Even if you don’t come from a design background, don’t be intimidated - everything that you create can be visualized in some way.
Because we know how helpful a visual portfolio can be for a freelancer, we at freelancermap are introducing a new feature that allows you to create just that without having to use an external site. To create a visual portfolio at freelancermap.com click "edit profile" and upload your portfolio in step 2. This is a chance to easily present your work to potential clients – here are four tips to help you along the way:
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Creating a visual portfolio? 4 Tips on getting it just right
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1) Show off the skill you want to sell
This might sound like common sense, but a lot of freelancers get carried off when listing projects they have worked on. It’s all about quality, not quantity. Moreover, it is about specific quality. If you’re not offering a certain skill as part of your freelance activity, don’t advertise it. Focus on what your primary working areas are and mostly list projects in those.
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2) Share measurable results
There are very few things that clients like to see more than results. Make good use of that text field under the pictures by saying how exactly a job you did benefited the company you worked for. Was there a significant rise in traffic on a website after you wrote an article? Did you improve usability of a certain product? Speak in numbers if possible. If not, addressing how you handled particular challenges is often the next best thing.
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3) Include time and cost of the job
When looking at a finished project of yours, there are three main things that clients want to know: what did you do, how long did it take and what it cost. This reveals a lot about you as a freelancer: approximate rates, how quick you work and what areas you’re most comfortable in. These three details should be displayed as prominently as possible – if a legal binding prevents you from straight up posting your rates, consider at least including a range.
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4) Don’t be afraid to include personal projects
So you only have a few commercial projects, but would like to fill in some more blanks? You should absolutely not hesitate to include stuff you’ve worked on in your own time! Showing a client that you care and are passionate about your work can convince them in ways that no boring corporate project can. Personal projects are somewhat specific and tips 2 and 3 don’t necessarily fully apply to them. Maybe there was no profit and no measurable results, but that’s okay. Showing off your personality as a is a step that even the most experienced freelancers among us could benefit from.
Find further information and a step-by-step tutorial for our new freelancer portfolio feature here: How to upload a portfolio at freelancermap.com
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