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#8

100% agree with that.
I had a business advice gig for a while and it really infuriated me that in the space of a year - not one seller even inquired about how they could improve their business! Not 1 message! Plenty of buyers from elsewhere - places like “the real world” where it is not acceptable to expect a third party to bring you a steady stream of work or to complain because x,y,z is not in your favor so therefore someone/thing should fix it for you.
I suppose I should not be surprised when the majority of people that @blaisefaint helped spent less time working on their own business than he did for free! Then when one guy @selfors, did take his advice, he then went on to perform spectacularly and wrote a post about it the following was the result:

Thank you for all your suggestions, Blaisefaint. I made most of the changes you suggested. Now I’m buried in work.

A new seller, with a fairly unique gig and boom - I also read somewhere about a month ago, about how he had to increase his pricing repeatedly due to the amount of work he was getting - just checked now and its gone up again.

I think Blaise must have assisted roughly 7 billion people in the same way but the ones who find success are the ones who actually get stuck in and apply what they are told - the rest get what they deserve - nothing.

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#9

I did not see the @selfors post! That was quite refreshing for once. This forum can be quite a viper’s nest sometimes (ahem).

#10

It was in My Fiverr Gigs, hence you would not see it.
I could show a few others who have come from nowhere to get some orders quite quickly and they all have it in common that they actually followed Forum tips.

#11

It might be worth making a post to show that. Even put it on the blog (the editor is always looking for new and safe ideas, and this is definitely a newish and safe idea).

It won’t work of course–you’ll get “wow am inspired” posts and no action after. Such is life.

EDIT: I know you can’t put it on the blog, and I can’t be bothered to pitch it but hey skilled writers of Fiverr who can be bothered to provide free content for erm exposure there you go!

#12

I will be doing a post on it but probably somewhere else :wink:
I’m going to do a forum post on my findings regarding Fiverr search results etc today/tomorrow which will deal with a good bit of this topic too. Should be useful for the more experienced sellers - Blaise has cornered the n00b market although I read somewhere that @writer99025 will be taking up that mantle soon.

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#13

Unfortunately, he’s cornered the cricket market when he’s not busy shouting at brown sahib bank people, so he has better things to do.

I’d like to make a make my day punk(wallah) joke but I shall refrain from doing so.

#14

Starting this June…

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#15

I got my first gig while advertising it to Youtube

#16

But really, I don’t know if I can be of much help. So guess it’s a non-starter…it’s one of those things I say when I am in a good mood.

#17

I hope your advice/encouragement is a bit better than when you “helped” @braden10collins :smiley:

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#18

You can always come to me for tips on how to help people, writer. I am an expert in such matters.

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#19

That was funny, you made me laugh twice already this morning :grin:

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#20

I think you two would make a wonderful team for helping others.

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#21

Yeah, but I am the leader she’s the follower in this team.

#22

There’s no I in team!

#23

I was thinking more of a tag-team where @emmaki would go in and berate them for their laziness and @writer99025 would follow up with a “do your duty” type speech.

#24

It’s like a perverted good cop, bad cop routine.

I am also really good at apologizing when necessary.

#25

I’m unsure which of you is the perverted good cop?
Actually, don’t answer.

#26

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#27

I’ve just joined and my first gig is advanced Double Exposure, followed by drawing a cute character :upside_down_face:

Geez, by your posts it sure seems that it’ll be hard to get my first order here :sweat_smile: