4 things you didn’t know
you could find on Upwork
Are you getting the most of Upwork? Because apparently, we aren’t 😀 Here are 4 things you didn’t know you could find on Upwork.
1. Upwork recipes
From Amish breakfast casserole and Lasagna rolls to Mexican wedding cookies or Ukrainian potato pancakes – there are 42 cool recipes you should check out: https://www.upwork.com/careers/upwork-communities/upworkfamily/recipe-center
2. Discounts and special offers in Business Resources
Before they redesigned this section you could see the % of discount or details of the special offer. Unfortunately, now you can only open the website of their partner and sometimes those offers are not valid anymore. But if you are thorough (as we tried to be), you can find some cool opportunities. These 2 are specifically for Ukrainians:
- 20% at IT Education Academy (ITEA)
- 20% for legal and accounting services from Finerevolution.
3. Export of all contracts as a CSV file
Not sure if anyone has ever used this feature though 😀
https://community.upwork.com/t5/Product-Release-Notes/New-Fields-in-Contract-CSV-File/ba-p/1305467
4. Calculators
Budget:
- Marketing Budget Calculator: Calculate the spend for various marketing channels.
- Staffing Agency Calculator: Get estimated staffing agency markup rates.
- StartUp Cost Calculator: Estimate the cost required to set up a Startup business.
- Website Cost Calculator: Estimate the costs associated with setting up a website.
- Website Design Cost Calculator: Get an estimated cost for designing a website
Business Planning:
- CLV Calculator: Find CLTV for your business.
- Conversion Rate Calculator: Get insights for your website or campaigns conversion rate.
- CPM Calculator: Calculate the CPM (Cost per mile) of your ad campaigns.
- CPA Calculator: Calculate the cost per acquisition/action.
- CTR Calculator: Get the click through rate (CTR) for your campaigns.
- Profit Margin Calculator: Calculate profit margin for your products.
- YouTube Money Calculator: Calculate the estimated earnings from your YouTube Channel!
- Cost of Vacancy Calculator: Calculate potential revenue losses due to vacant positions.
For Freelancers:
- Freelance Rate Calculator: Establish your minimum hourly freelance rate.
- Upwork Fee Calculator: Calculate Upwork’s Freelancer fees.
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