Ted Giraitis Quaye, Top Rated Plus Freelancer

Boosted Proposals

I chose to advertise like any business to increase my proposals being read

Ted Giraitis-Quaye supplements his freelance business on Upwork, primarily managing campaigns on Google Ads along with other consulting projects. He has several years of experience winning work on Upwork, specifically utilizing Boosted Proposals to get his proposals seen by clients.

When he first learned about Boosted Proposals in a notification in the dashboard, he understood the potential of an ad that showcased his proposal at the top. The option to bid additional Connects to boost his proposals is an investment that has delivered results. In his experience, he gets more client invites and messages when he invests more Connects to win a project.

“Boosted Proposals help me a lot. I see there’s a direct correlation between how many Connects I put out and how many jobs I apply to that I’m not invited to, to how many [clients] message me that day or within 30 hours.”

He sets aside an advertising budget for boosting his proposal to increase the chance that his proposal will be read. Growing a successful business on Upwork affords him an ability to purchase more Connects for an ads budget.

“Boosted Proposals [is] advertising like any business would. You can just have some type of ad budget for boosted stuff. I'm out bidding people a lot of times. If there are already people bidding pretty high, I’ll go one higher than their bid.

I’d use 100 Connects every four days or so…And I’m comfortable using that much because I apply to jobs and around that every like four days. If I'm applying a lot, I'll spend that much which is like nothing for how targeted and direct it is. So I would just say have a budget and try to use that entire budget applying to stuff would be the biggest thing.”

Ted is able to be competitive for jobs that he wants most. Once he makes a decision to use Boosted Proposals, he calculates his bid amount to boost his proposal based on the project and rate. He is not deterred if bidding is high. A key to Ted’s success is using an advertising budget to boost his proposal and invest more Connects to be a high bidder to stand out among the competition.