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Side Hustle School

#2918 - Failure Friday: The Multi-Platform Freelance Overload

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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In this week’s “Failure Friday” segment, we hear from a freelance graphic designer who found success on Upwork and decided to expand to Fiverr to grow her client base. However, the move to Fiverr led to a decline in client quality, causing issues with project expectations and delivery. Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week. Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com Email: [email protected] Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions Connect on Instagram: @193countries Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.substack.com If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Adobe Express is the quick and easy Create Anything app.

0:05.0

It has taken my content to the next level, making it simple to create everything I need to promote my business.

0:11.0

From Instagram and TikTok posts to logos and flyers, all in just a few clicks.

0:17.0

Build your brand with Adobe Express.

0:20.0

Search for Adobe Express to find out more and get the app for free.

0:24.0

Adobe Express, the quick and easy create anything app.

0:30.7

Imagine being the first person to ever send a payment over the internet.

0:35.2

New things can be scary and crypto is no different. It's new, but like the

0:39.7

internet, it's also revolutionary. With Crackin, making your first crypto trade feels easy,

0:45.6

with 24-7 support when you need it. Go to crackin.com and see what crypto can be. Don't invest

0:51.9

unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk

0:54.5

investment, and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.

1:09.0

In this week's Failure Friday segment, we're going to hear from a freelance graphic designer

1:13.3

who found success on Upwork and decided to expand to Fiverr to grow her client base.

1:19.4

And we're going to see what happened.

1:21.4

Well, basically the move to Fiverr led to a decline in client quality, which caused some issues

1:26.1

with project expectations and delivery.

1:28.1

That is, in fact, what happened, but you're going to hear a more detailed version from the

1:31.1

side hustler. And I think there's some lessons that we can pick up on. That's the whole point of

1:35.4

failure Friday, not just to dwell on the failure, but to use it, one, to look forward, try to

1:40.6

avoid that mistake in the future, but also to help everybody else out there avoid this

1:45.3

mistake on the front end. What if you could just not have the problem that this particular

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