Need some help please

asmaashehata · February 19, 2017

be honest with me and give me your opinion, please
and how can i raise my selling too: smile:?

lloydsolutions · February 19, 2017

Welcome to Fiverr. Read the forum for tips and check out the Fiverr Academy for lots of useful information. Best wishes for your success! 🙂

capitalquality · February 19, 2017

You should read the forum, academy and listen to the podcasts. There is standard advice that you should follow first.

For you specifically, in your profile you mention things that aren’t relevant to your gigs. Make it more personal and relevant.

And I’d recommend to anyone starting out to have a few different gigs in different categories so that you see more buyer requests.

selfors · February 19, 2017

Blaise, I’m guessing, is going to tell you that you speaking to the camera is more effective than animated explainer videos like the one you have, and this advice is good for most situations. However, depending on your English speaking skills, a personal video could be a step backward. Certainly your explainer video is not to-the-point enough, and has enough grammatical errors to throw your English skills into question.

Certainly no one is going to ask you to translate something into English unless they themselves don’t realize how limited your English is. To fix that, you would need to fix or remove the explainer video and have a native English speaker edit your profile, which has numerous errors. Unfortunately this puts you in a position of overpromising on your ability to create a professional English translation.

Truly, you are off to a good start. Your profile and gigs look better than most newbies who come here for advice. I wish you the best. 🙂

asmaashehata · February 19, 2017

You should read the forum, academy and listen to the podcasts. There is standard advice that you should follow first.
For you specifically, in your profile you mention things that aren’t relevant to your gigs. Make it more personal and relevant.
And I’d recommend to anyone starting out to have a few different gigs in different categories so that you see more buyer requests.

thank you 🙂 for your advice

asmaashehata · February 19, 2017

Blaise, I’m guessing, is going to tell you that you speaking to the camera is more effective than animated explainer videos like the one you have, and this advice is good for most situations. However, depending on your English speaking skills, a personal video could be a step backward. Certainly your explainer video is not to-the-point enough, and has enough grammatical errors to throw your English skills into question.
Certainly no one is going to ask you to translate something into English unless they themselves don’t realize how limited your English is. To fix that, you would need to fix or remove the explainer video and have a native English speaker edit your profile, which has numerous errors. Unfortunately this puts you in a position of overpromising on your ability to create a professional English translation.
Truly, you are off to a good start. Your profile and gigs look better than most newbies who come here for advice. I wish you the best. 🙂

blaisefaint · February 20, 2017

Blaise, I’m guessing, is going to tell you that you speaking to the camera is more effective than animated explainer videos like the one you have, and this advice is good for most situations. However, depending on your English speaking skills, a personal video could be a step backward. Certainly your explainer video is not to-the-point enough, and has enough grammatical errors to throw your English skills into question.
Certainly no one is going to ask you to translate something into English unless they themselves don’t realize how limited your English is. To fix that, you would need to fix or remove the explainer video and have a native English speaker edit your profile, which has numerous errors. Unfortunately this puts you in a position of overpromising on your ability to create a professional English translation.
Truly, you are off to a good start. Your profile and gigs look better than most newbies who come here for advice. I wish you the best. 🙂

Dear Asmaa:

I took a quick look at your profile:

Your profile image: No suggestions.

Your log line: Your Egyptian Translation Connection

Your profile text – note the edits:

Hello, my skills include conversational English, translation from English to Arabic, research and data entry. I am familar with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access. I also have some experience with web design and C++. I’m here to help you. -Asmaa

All your gigs should have video, 3 images, 2 pdfs, and so on…

Make a video of yourself talking to the camera, because this approach garners IMMEDIATE RESULTS.* Include additional samples in the video!

You have too many errors to claim perfection, so you should compensate for that. Your gig prices make no sense from the Buyer’s point of view, so you need to finetune them.

Bottom line: you have a lot of work to do, starting with the links below and including hard work on your English skills. Hopefully you are taking advantage of the many online resources available to you for practicing your English.

Good luck,

Blaise

*Bonus points to Bob for his uncanny guess! By the way, Asmaa, take a look at Bob’s gigs, especially his videos, to see how effective this approach can be. The ironic thing is that even though I offer this advice to others, I’m ugly and have a horrible speaking voice, which is why I don’t follow my own advice…

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