# Lead Research Project — 500 Fitness Studio Owner Leads We are looking for an experienced lead researcher to build a list of **500 qualified fitness studio owner leads** in the United States. This is a research and qualification project, not a basic scraping project. ## Project Goal Build a list of **500 brick-and-mortar fitness studio leads** from 10 U.S. states. We need: * 50 leads per state * 10 states total * 500 total leads States: * California * Texas * Florida * New York * Colorado * Arizona * North Carolina * Georgia * Washington * Illinois ## Target Businesses We are looking for established, local fitness businesses such as: * Boutique fitness studios * Small group training studios * Strength training studios * HIIT studios * Functional fitness studios * Barre studios * Boxing / kickboxing fitness studios * Small independent training gyms Please do **not** include: * Online-only coaches * Big-box gyms * Large national chain gyms * Recreation centers * Martial arts-only schools * Dance-only studios * Businesses without a physical location ## Research Instructions For each state, search the largest cities and surrounding suburbs. Start with this search term: **“fitness studio [city state]”** Use related terms if needed, such as: * boutique fitness studio * small group training * HIIT studio * strength training studio * functional fitness studio ## Required Fields Please include the following for each lead: * Business name * Website * Physical address * City * State * Phone number * Google rating * Google review count * Owner / founder / decision-maker name * Owner title * Owner email, if available * LinkedIn profile, if available * Business category * Notes on why it is a good fit ## Duplicate Prevention Please check for duplicates before adding a lead. Do not include the same business twice. Check duplicates by: * Website * Business name * Phone number * Address ## First Milestone Please start with a sample of **25 leads** before completing the full project. The sample should include leads from at least **5 of the 10 states**. We will review the sample before approving the full project. ## Final Deliverable The final deliverable is: * 500 total leads * 50 leads from each of the 10 states * Delivered in Google Sheets or Airtable * Duplicates removed * Required fields completed ## Proposal Questions Please answer: 1. What tools will you use? 2. How will you find the owner or decision-maker? 3. How will you avoid duplicate leads? 4. How long will it take to deliver the first 25-lead sample and 500? 5. What will you charge for the sample and the full 500-lead project? We are looking for quality over volume.

I’m starting a YouTube series exploring New York City neighborhoods through the people who shape them. This isn’t another “best restaurants in NYC” or food review channel. The focus is on human stories: why people choose certain neighborhoods, what they’ve built there, and what keeps them rooted in a city that’s constantly changing. The first episode is set in Red Hook, Brooklyn. We’ll be spending time with a BBQ pitmaster, local business owners, and longtime members of the community to understand what makes people choose this unique neighborhood. I’m looking for someone who enjoys: * Documentary-style storytelling * Capturing authentic moments and conversations * Handheld, observational shooting * Experimenting creatively and figuring things out together * Meeting interesting people from all walks of life About me: * I’m an independent creator based in NYC. * My strength is finding compelling people, building trust quickly, and conducting conversations that reveal who they are. * I’m less experienced behind the camera and would love to collaborate with someone whose strengths complement mine. The ideal person doesn’t need years of professional experience. Film students, aspiring documentary filmmakers, or creators looking to build their portfolios are all welcome. For this first episode, it would likely be a half-day shoot in Red Hook next week. Paid, depending on experience and scope. If this sounds interesting, send me a message with a little about yourself and examples of your work (if you have any). Most importantly, tell me what kinds of stories excite you.

We are hiring an experienced B2B appointment setter / outbound SDR to book qualified meetings with independent retail store owners and operators on the West Coast. Our ICP: Independent grocery stores, convenience stores, hardware stores, cannabis retailers, liquor stores, and specialty retail stores with approximately $5M–$10M in annual revenue. Target geography: CA, OR, WA, NV, ID, and AZ. The result we care about: Booked and attended meetings with qualified decision-makers. Qualified decision-maker: Owner, operator, general manager, district manager, security lead, or operations decision-maker. Product context: We provide AI video intelligence for retail stores, focused on shoplifting prevention, incident review, employee process visibility, and operational intelligence from existing or upgraded camera systems. Scope: * Build a targeted account list. * Find owner/operator contacts. * Use phone, email, LinkedIn, and local business sources. * Qualify prospects before booking. * Book meetings on our calendar. * Provide notes for each prospect and outreach attempt. We are not looking for generic scraped lead lists. We need someone who can reach real SMB retail decision-makers and book qualified meetings. Initial test: * Build 150-account target list. * Run outreach for 1–2 weeks. * Book qualified meetings. * Payment can include a small setup/list-building milestone plus a fixed amount per held qualified meeting. Please apply with: 1. Examples of similar SMB owner outreach. 2. Your expected cost per held qualified meeting. 3. Your preferred outreach channels. 4. Your estimated timeline to first meeting. 5. Your process for verifying owner/operator contacts.

Project Type & Budget We left this open. You know what this entails and what your time is worth. Be reasonable. Can be hourly or fixed rate but we need to complete this today. NO AGENCIES, NO RECRUITERS, NO DIRECT OUTREACH About Us We are a growing digital solutions agency. We recently migrated our infrastructure from Linode to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The initial migration was not optimal, and we are currently facing several configuration issues that require an experienced GCP architect or senior engineer to audit, fix, and optimize. We need someone who can hit the ground running, diagnose root causes quickly, and implement best-practice solutions. Scope of Work You will be responsible for reviewing and resolving the following specific issues: CDN Setup & Caching Review: Diagnose why cookies are preventing caching (cookies are currently not being set correctly or are being set to 0), and ensure proper edge caching is functional. Firewall Review & Hardening: Audit our current GCP firewall rules and provide actionable recommendations/implementations to secure the environment. DDoS Protection: Upgrade and properly configure our DDoS mitigation setup (Cloud Armor) to ensure robust resilience. Cloud-Level Logging: Shift our logging architecture. We need to enable and configure comprehensive logging at the GCP cloud level, moving away from server-level logging. Server Scaling Configuration: Review, optimize, and properly configure our autoscaling/instance group settings for seamless handling of traffic fluctuations. Required Skills & Experience Proven track record as a Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Strong experience with GCP Cloud CDN, Cloud Armor, VPC Firewalls, and Cloud Logging (Stackdriver). Expertise in HTTP headers, cookie handling, and web caching mechanics. Experience troubleshooting post-migration infrastructure instability. Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain infrastructure choices clearly. Experience Level: Expert Timeline: Immediate start required with completion today.

I need someone who can work with me on my digital marketing business, building successful Google ads campaigns and setting up metrics to measure conversion. The ideal candidate will have experience in creating and optimizing ad campaigns to achieve high conversion rates. Strong analytical skills are essential for tracking and improving campaign performance.

Online Reputation Management (ORM) Specialist / Agency Job Posting Position: Online Reputation Management Specialist Job Description We are seeking an experienced Online Reputation Management (ORM) professional or agency to assist with comprehensive reputation improvement and digital brand enhancement initiatives. The ideal candidate will have proven experience identifying, suppressing, and displacing negative online content while developing and promoting positive brand assets across multiple digital platforms. Responsibilities Identify and document all negative online content associated with the client's name, brand, business, or key personnel. Develop and execute strategies for suppressing negative content in search engine results. Create and publish positive content designed to outrank and displace unfavorable search results. Create and manage web assets, including branded websites, blogs, profiles, and business listings. Research and register strategic domain names relevant to the client's brand and reputation goals. Develop content plans focused on improving search engine visibility and online sentiment. Create and publish guest posts on relevant websites and media platforms. Build and optimize social media profiles and digital properties to strengthen brand presence. Create positive content materials based on worksheets, questionnaires, and templates provided by the client. Implement SEO best practices to improve rankings of positive content assets. Monitor search engine results and provide ongoing reporting on reputation improvement efforts. Develop link-building strategies that support positive content promotion. Coordinate content creation efforts across multiple platforms and domains. Required Qualifications Proven experience in Online Reputation Management (ORM). Strong understanding of search engine optimization (SEO). Experience creating and managing multiple web properties. Experience with domain acquisition and website deployment. Content writing and content marketing expertise. Knowledge of guest posting outreach and publication strategies. Familiarity with Google search ranking factors and content promotion techniques. Ability to create detailed reporting and performance tracking metrics. Preferred Skills Advanced SEO and link-building experience. WordPress website development. Digital PR and media outreach. Local SEO and business profile optimization. Brand management and crisis communication experience. AI-assisted content creation and optimization. Deliverables Comprehensive negative content audit. Reputation improvement strategy and implementation plan. Creation of new web assets and branded domains. Publication of guest posts and positive content assets. Monthly progress reports and ranking updates. Ongoing monitoring and suppression of negative search results. Keywords Online Reputation Management (ORM), Reputation Repair, Reputation Suppression, Negative Content Removal, Negative Content Suppression, SEO, Brand Protection, Search Engine Reputation Management (SERM), Domain Name Creation, Web Asset Development, Guest Posting, Positive Content Creation, Brand Management, Digital PR, Content Marketing, Search Visibility, Online Brand Enhancement. Compensation: Negotiable based on experience, scope of work, and performance metrics.

Part-Time Operations Assistant (Home Services) Help Us Build the "Back Office" of a Growing Home Services Company We're a growing handyman and home services company looking for someone who loves bringing order to chaos. We're not looking for someone to simply complete a checklist. We're looking for someone who enjoys improving systems, noticing details, and helping a small business operate more smoothly. This role will start very small (approximately 2–5 hours per week), but we expect it to grow over time as we build trust and identify more opportunities to delegate. If you're someone who enjoys making businesses run better, we'd love to meet you. --- What You'll Help With Because we're a small business, your responsibilities will evolve over time. Initially, you might help with things like: * Monitoring messages and making sure urgent inquiries don't get missed * Following up on customer communications * Setting up simple automations and improving workflows * Organizing documents and information * Posting occasional project updates to Facebook * Commenting in local Facebook groups when appropriate * Keeping an eye on tasks that need attention * Helping identify repetitive work that could be automated or improved Over time, the role may expand into additional operations, hiring, customer service, scheduling, marketing support, or process improvement. --- The Person We're Looking For You might be a great fit if you: * Love creating order from messy situations * Are incredibly organized * Notice details that other people miss * Enjoy learning new software and systems * Think proactively instead of waiting for instructions * Communicate clearly and professionally * Like figuring out better ways to do things * Are comfortable wearing multiple hats in a growing business We're much more interested in how you think than whether you've done every task listed above. --- Bonus Experience Experience with any of these is a plus: * Google Workspace * Facebook Business * Canva * ChatGPT * Zapier * CRM or scheduling software * Jobber * Home service businesses * Small business operations * Customer service Don't worry if you haven't used every tool—we're looking for someone who's eager to learn. :) --- Hours * Start with approximately 2–5 hours per week * Flexible schedule * Opportunity to grow significantly over the coming months based on performance and business needs --- Communication You'll work directly with our leadership team, so clear communication is important. We may have occasional phone or video check-ins, and we value someone who isn't afraid to ask questions, offer ideas, or point out opportunities for improvement. --- To Apply Please answer the following questions (one sentence each is fine!): 1. Tell us about a time you improved a process or made someone's job easier. 2. When you join a new business, what's the first thing you naturally notice? 3. What software, tools, or automations have you used before? 4. What's something you've taught yourself recently? 5. Why does this type of role appeal to you? 6. What is your current location and time zone? 7. Approximately how many hours per week do you currently have available for freelance work? 8. If we start with 2–5 hours per week and the role is a great fit, would you be interested in growing with us over time? 9. Are you comfortable tracking your work and maintaining a simple weekly log of what you accomplished, how long it took, and any recommendations you have for improving our processes? As someone who has worked for clients on Upwork before, I appreciate all that goes into your application. Thank you for your time and interest! - Sammy (Operations Manager)

At Johnny Flash Productions (www.johnnyflash.com) we love building business websites that deliver amazing results! We help small businesses and organizations (with 5-50 employees) looking to reinvent and formulate their online presence with a website that is on-trend with design, well-coded and flexible enough to grow with the business as it grows. We work with our clients to build an online marketing strategy that includes a well-built and optimized website, social media content and other resources for online growth. It’s important for us to create ongoing personal relationships with our clients and facilitate that role as a dedicated webmaster. We strive for: • Quality of work and timely attention • Cost effective solutions to client requests and issues • Creative solutions to business bottlenecks using the website as problem solving tool We accomplish this through: • A full website development process that includes discovery, design and development • Ongoing monthly website maintenance to improve the website on a monthly basis • Ongoing SEO, digital ads, graphic design, social media, email design to improve marketing on a regular basis • Partnerships with other companies and resources to offer clients further online strategy Johnny Flash Productions is looking for a motivated Google Ads & SEO Specialist for our web design & digital marketing agency that is up for becoming part of the team for long term growth. This position is 25 hours/week. Monday - Friday, 5 hours per day. Reports to: Creative Director Monthly tasks include: SEO: • Optimize new website builds, blog posts, landing pages, images for keywords • Use Semrush to view recommendations and make tweaks to site • Work with team to setup location based or service based landing pages and optimize for SEO • Submit and review monthly citation building campaigns for monthly SEO clients • Setup and Optimize Google Business Profile for clients • Submit sitemap in Google Search Console and review and fix other issues Google Ads: • Setup new Google ad accounts, keyword research, choose keywords, write headlines, descriptions, work with team on optimize landing page(s) • Create new Google ad sets for events or client priorities, keyword research, choose keywords, write headlines, descriptions, make recommendations for landing page(s) • Monthly review and optimization of Google ad sets SEO & Google Ads • Help project managers answer SEO related & Google Ad questions from clients that come through support desk • Setup, customize and send SEO reports & Google Ad reports • Setup Google Analytics on client sites • Setup Google Tag, Conversion tracking, and Goals on client sites Qualities we are looking for: • English fluency • At least 5+ years experience working with SEO & Google Ads • A free thinker, willing to look for answers • Confidence in strategy, execution and details • A team player who is happy working in a small team of 10-15 people • Strong communication skills • Responsive: Quick with email and chat communication Preferred expert knowledge of: • Google Analytics • Google Business Profile • Google Tag Manager • Google Search Console • Google Ads • BrightLocal • SEMRush • WordPress • Yoast SEO plugin • Beaver Builder and Elementor • Teamwork PM • Process.st Special requirements: • A computer that is two years old or less • Your own Internet connection and some kind of backup internet • Have a headset or microphone (for team meetings)

Cold caller who knows the agency world, marketing sales background required. Quick version: we built a tool that finds local businesses already wasting money on ads, and hands marketing agencies those businesses as ready to use leads. We need someone who's sold marketing before to call agencies and offer them free sample leads. Not a hard pitch. More like handing someone a gift and seeing if they want it. Who we are: small team, we built a lead gen tool for marketing agencies. It finds local service businesses (med spas, HVAC, dental) that are actively running Google and Meta ads but have broken websites, audits exactly what's wrong, and turns each one into a lead with the problem documented and an outreach hook already written. The pitch to agencies is simple: here are real, audited leads in your niche, free to start. The offer is genuinely good, which is why we think the calls will land. What we actually need from you: someone who has sold marketing services before. Worked at an agency, freelanced doing outreach, sold to local businesses, whatever the path. The point is you've lived in this world, so you get who we're calling and what makes them say yes. This is not a read the script and dial job. We have a draft, but we want your brain on it. You'll catch stuff we can't, like why a call went sideways or what objection we keep fumbling. We're on the call sessions with you, live, listening in so we hear what's working and adjust with you in real time. Think of this phase as figuring out the right approach together, not just running numbers. How the call works: you're not closing anyone on the phone. You're offering agencies free audited leads in their market and seeing if they bite. A good call is an agency that does this kind of work, wants the sample leads, and agrees to tell us what happened when they reached out. We sell the actual product later, after the leads have already proven themselves. So your job is to give value and earn a little interest, not to push. This is discovery, so we care about the learning, not hitting a big dial count. We'll work through a solid batch of calls in sessions, and what we want out of it is a tested script, the objections that keep coming up, and a real feel for what converts. The bigger volume comes later. What we provide: the lead list, the audited sample leads to offer, and the draft script. What we need back: the calls made with a quick note on each (did they connect, were they a fit, did they take the leads, did they agree to report back), and your honest take in the debriefs, what you're hearing and what you'd change. After this: if it's working we run a bigger paid phase with real volume and a per meeting bonus on top. If it's not the right fit we wrap cleanly. No long commitment either way. You're probably right for this if: A. You've sold marketing services and can prove it B. Your English is native or close, and you sound comfortable and calm on the phone, not rushed or salesy C. You actually have opinions and share them, we want a collaborator, not a robot To apply, tell us: 1. Your background selling marketing or agency services, be specific 2. A cold call you're proud of and why it worked 3. Your hourly rate, and how you'd structure this phase (sessions, rough hours, how you'd run it) 4. If you were offering an agency three free audited leads in their city, how would you open the call?

I’m looking for an experienced U.S.-based publicist / earned media specialist to help build media credibility for an established author, speaker, and content creator in the faith, personal growth, emotional healing, men’s growth, relationships, and self-empowerment space. This is not a startup brand. I have an established audience of hundreds of thousands across social media, multiple viral videos with millions of views, published books, and a growing business. I’m looking for someone who can help turn that existing momentum into earned media coverage, podcast interviews, TV/radio opportunities, publication features, and stronger public authority. The goal is long-term credibility building through legitimate earned media — not paid placements, spammy backlinks, or generic press release distribution. What I need help with: * Developing strong media angles around my story, brand, books, audience, and impact * Creating or improving a media kit / press materials * Building a targeted media list of journalists, editors, podcasts, local/regional media, faith-based outlets, author publications, business publications, and personal development platforms * Writing and sending personalized pitches * Securing earned media opportunities, podcast interviews, publication features, TV/radio segments, and expert commentary placements * Helping position me for stronger authority, visibility, and future verification opportunities Ideal candidate: * Has proven experience securing earned media placements * Understands personal brands, authors, speakers, creators, entrepreneurs, or thought leaders * Has experience pitching U.S.-based media * Knows how to identify strong story angles, not just write press releases * Can show examples of media placements they helped secure * Is organized, proactive, and comfortable giving strategic input * Understands that this is about credibility, trust, and authority — not just getting random links online Please do not apply if your main service is only press release writing or press release distribution. I’m looking for someone with real media relations experience who can help secure legitimate coverage. This will begin as a trial engagement with a limited number of hours per week. If the fit and results are strong, this can become ongoing monthly work. When applying, please include: 1. Examples of media placements you have secured for clients 2. The types of clients you usually work with 3. Your approach to getting earned media coverage 4. Any experience with authors, creators, speakers, faith-based brands, personal development brands, or personal brands 5. What you would recommend for the first 30 days of this project