Hi Jericka
Don't be disheartened about this ok?
If I have a business and wanted to do a sales campaign by email or set up landing pages - both of which are nearer the 10 on a 1 to 10 scale, then your honesty about many failed email and Upwork proposals, whilst refreshing, is not going to get me to contact you.
It would be like a starting out mechanic placing an Ad in the paper explaining that s/he is looking for cars to work on for free after failing to fix many others. Think about that for a moment.
You just planted the seeds of doubt in my head and for good measure watered them.
Now Social Content and Product Description (and website home page updates etc) are further down the scale of sales for majority of businesses. If you are posting for a small company they will be happy if your postings are inline with their personality/brand and aren't looking at sales figures as much.
Make sense?
If you want customers I would suggest you actually walk into small independent businesses local to you, preferably ones that you use. Florist, gym , cafe, bistro, hair salon, clothes boutique.
The reason is that you use them for a reason And that reason will be that you align with their vibe/brand/value otherwise you would go to a different one in the locality. Which in turn will make it easier for you to write for them. (Also I bet none of them are on Upwork where you are looking)
Just have a friendly chat ( @Andy Black has many threads in his thingummyjig whatever you call it about this)
Be natural.
Dan
Don't be disheartened about this ok?
If I have a business and wanted to do a sales campaign by email or set up landing pages - both of which are nearer the 10 on a 1 to 10 scale, then your honesty about many failed email and Upwork proposals, whilst refreshing, is not going to get me to contact you.
It would be like a starting out mechanic placing an Ad in the paper explaining that s/he is looking for cars to work on for free after failing to fix many others. Think about that for a moment.
You just planted the seeds of doubt in my head and for good measure watered them.
Now Social Content and Product Description (and website home page updates etc) are further down the scale of sales for majority of businesses. If you are posting for a small company they will be happy if your postings are inline with their personality/brand and aren't looking at sales figures as much.
Make sense?
If you want customers I would suggest you actually walk into small independent businesses local to you, preferably ones that you use. Florist, gym , cafe, bistro, hair salon, clothes boutique.
The reason is that you use them for a reason And that reason will be that you align with their vibe/brand/value otherwise you would go to a different one in the locality. Which in turn will make it easier for you to write for them. (Also I bet none of them are on Upwork where you are looking)
Just have a friendly chat ( @Andy Black has many threads in his thingummyjig whatever you call it about this)
Be natural.
Dan