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☆ I made $29,500 in 11 months working 5 hours a week as a social-media manager. Here's how I got started on Upwork.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-02 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

I started a Pinterest account to promote my blog. I realized I could manage other people's Pinterest accountsIn 2021, I started an Upwork account offering this service to clients. I would also include a portfolio and case study of how I'd grown my Pinterest account and add it as an attachment. I get most of my social-media clients through agencies. My Etsy store is my biggest source of income, but I like to keep up my social-media work because I'm more comfortable having multiple income streams.

Persons: Emma Larocque, Pinterest, I've Organizations: Business, Pinterest

☆ Upwork's Kelly Monahan on why 2024 should be about embracing job disruption
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-16 | by ( Josée Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewKelly Monahan wants to use "data-driven empirical insights to help guide" the conversation around the future of work. As the managing director of Upwork's Research Institute, Monahan knows this is an uphill battle. I'm going to make kind of a bold statement: I'm really excited for job disruption. As leaders, and as workers, we can begin to really think about redesigning the job itself. I thought we'd be much further along in that conversation, which is why as a researcher, I'm really willing to dive back into it going into 2024.

Persons: —, Kelly Monahan, It's, Monahan, I've, it's, Kelly, There's, that's, we'd, I'm Organizations: Service, Upwork's Research, Business

☆ AI Helps Unskilled Employees on the Job, Hurts Experienced Workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The numbers have prompted AI optimists to predict an economic boom and AI pessimists to worry about a future of fewer jobs. The question isn't how much AI helps out around the office but who it helps — and why. AI, in other words, is raising overall productivity by narrowing the gap between high performers and low performers. Researchers tasked people to write a short story, with and without the help of an AI tool for generating ideas. A few enterprising employers will go all in on hiring job candidates with less experience and boosting their performance with AI.

Persons: I've, optimists, It's, coders, it's, Bolt, it'll, we'll, isn't, We've, there's, Aki Ito Organizations: Software, Management, Law, Business Locations: United States

☆ ChatGPT is already stealing work from freelancers
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The popularity of ChatGPT has already led to lower earnings for some Upwork and Fiverr freelancers. AdvertisementLast year, a record 39% of the US workforce did freelance work , per the freelance platform Upwork. It's not just Upwork freelancers who are earning less. He said he's seen some freelancers' earnings fall from roughly $2,500 to $3,000 per month to around $1,000 today. Some freelancers have found work as AI content editors, which often involves editing, fact-checking, and giving a human touch to clients' AI-generated content.

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☆ I doubled my revenue as a freelancer to more than $200,000 in one year. These 3 strategies helped me scale up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Hannah Logsdon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Upselling at the end of a project and targeting niche industries helped her hit $200,000 in 2022. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In my first full calendar year, I earned $100,000 in revenue, and in my second year, I more than doubled that number. When advertising these skills on freelance marketplaces, I positioned myself as an expert in sales optimization, client acquisition, and virtual assistance. Using these strategies, my business revenue for my second full year surpassed $200,000.

Persons: Hannah Logsdon, — Organizations: Service

☆ A former teacher started a YouTube side hustle teaching English – here's how it works
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Thompson had spent five years teaching English in Madrid after college, but quit when she started on Upwork. "I've always loved teaching English —that's what I've always been about," she said. She created another YouTube channel for teaching EnglishThompson's videos about how to be a freelance transcriber were gaining popularity, ultimately being viewed 340,000 times. She started the Sparkle English channel in February 2020. She plans to make her side hustle her main channelToday, Thompson does far less freelancing and her Upwork YouTube channel is her main income.

Persons: Jennifer Thompson, Thompson, I've, She'd, I'm, I'd, ChatGPT Organizations: YouTube Locations: Madrid, Canada, Spain

☆ AI is the fastest growing category of work on our platform, says Upwork CEO Hayden Brown
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAI is the fastest growing category of work on our platform, says Upwork CEO Hayden BrownUpwork CEO Hayden Brown joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the company's earnings results, how companies adopt AI technologies, and more.

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☆ AI could steal over 80 million jobs in the next 5 years, but these experts share how to adapt before it's too late
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The World Economic Forum recently said generative artificial intelligence could replace 83 million jobs in the next five years within industries including tech and education under threat. Insider talked to a vice president of a data and AI platform, a hiring expert at LinkedIn, and an entrepreneur about three strategies to upskill to AI-proof your career. Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn's chief economist, told Insider that such skills, including "management, communication, customer service, leadership, and teamwork," were more important to company leaders than AI skills . "Many bumps, turns, and forks you experience while navigating your career will become ever steeper and sharper," he wrote. She said learning how to become a "good prompter" was key to generating helpful responses from the chatbots.

Persons: Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn's, Read, Junta Nakai, Nakai, Databricks, Jacqueline DeStefano, DeStefano, Tangorra Organizations: Economic, McKinsey, LinkedIn, Omni Business Intelligence Solutions, ChatGPT

☆ How 2 successful small-business owners use YouTube for cheap, sustainable, SEO-driven marketing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Erin Greenawald | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Starting a YouTube channel can be a heavy lift but can have big marketing benefits. "My clients joke around that if you have a question, I've probably got a YouTube video on it," Liszewski said. Maximize the SEO benefitsOne of the best ways to grow your YouTube channel — and business — is to tap into its SEO potential. While monetization can be a nice perk (and help offset any costs associated with creating YouTube videos), Liszewski said it shouldn't be the primary goal for business owners using YouTube as a marketing channel. Charon swears by batching her YouTube content creation.

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☆ I made $107,000 last year doing voice-overs. Here's how I started with an online course and grew to doing work for Warner Bros, Pepsi, and Google.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Actors used to get voice-over work in traditional ways, through their agent. I did a voice-over courseI found an online course in 2016 called Voiceover Kickstart. I had no idea my voice would attract a lot of corporate work, but it did. When I was getting consistent corporate work, I was able to build my brand in response to that, both on and off the platform. From that, I've been getting unexpected opportunities in types of work that I'd never thought I would be doing, such as audiobooks.

Persons: Christopher Tester, I've, I'd Organizations: Royal Central School of Speech, BMW, Warner Bros, Marvel, Pepsi, Google Locations: London, Fiverr, Asia

☆ The Secret Ingredient of ChatGPT Is Human Advice
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Cade Metz | More About Cade Metz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The technique, “reinforcement learning from human feedback,” is now driving the development of artificial intelligence across the industry. For years, companies like Google and OpenAI have relied on such workers to prepare data used to train A.I. Reinforcement learning from human feedback is far more sophisticated than the rote data-tagging work that fed A.I. Last year, OpenAI and one of its competitors, Anthropic, used freelance workers in the United States through the website Upwork. Hugging Face, another prominent lab, is using U.S. workers hired through the data curation start-ups Scale AI and Surge.

Organizations: Google, Workers Locations: United States, India, Africa, chatbots

☆ AI expert is a hot new position in the freelance jobs market
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Ophelia Anwah | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Three years ago, becoming an AI expert would involve "deep knowledge in machine learning algorithms, deep learning AI in general, and a lot of technical things," said Hu, who works through Fiverr on chatbot implementation projects. The rise of generative AI is rapidly reshaping the freelance tech job market, with AI-related job posts from employers and searches among job seekers surging across career and freelance job platforms, including LinkedIn, Upwork and Fiverr. There is opportunity for freelancers expert in AI to take advantage of the lack of AI skills among existing industry professionals, across sectors of the economy. She added that independent methods of education, including YouTube videos or blogs focused on AI skills, are becoming more sought after in the workforce. Hu said to start with the basics, including use of OpenAI tools, like ChatGPT, ChatGPT API, Dall-E, and davinci.

Persons: —, Hu, Vlad Hu, Hu isn't, Fiverr, Karin Kimbrough, we've, Margaret Lilani, Lilani, Victoria Papalian Organizations: LinkedIn, Microsoft, Freelance Locations: Fiverr, U.S

☆ A couple made $34,000 in 3 months selling books on Amazon KDP. Here's how they use ChatGPT to help write their books.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Angelina Stanzione and Chris Rawson started selling nonfiction books on Amazon KDP in 2019. The couple has published 29 nonfiction works on Amazon KDP — 17 of which are also available as audiobooks on Audible — in four years. Rawson and Stanzione published another two nonfiction books and made $5,000 in KDP royalties in their first four months on the platform. Paying for cost-per-click ads on Amazon helps build their readershipStanzione and Rawson pay for ads on Amazon KDP but don't advertise externally. Now their KDP business income is almost passiveThe couple has made $34,500 from KDP and $5,000 from audiobook royalties in three months.

Persons: Angelina Stanzione, Chris Rawson, ghostwriters, Rawson, Stanzione, they'd, ChatGPT, Stazione Organizations: KDP, Publishing, Urban, Amazon Locations: ChatGPT, Spain

☆ I tried Upwork and Fiverr to find gigs as a freelance copywriter but gave them up. Here's how I built a personal network for finding clients instead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Gina Buckle started freelance copywriting in 2022 after quitting her job as a content executive. This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Gina Buckle, a 25-year-old from Leeds, England, about her freelance copywriting business. Then I was approached through Instagram by a copywriting agency and started to do some freelance work for them. I also created priced packages for popular jobs, such as writing blog posts and social-media posts two months ago. I first started charging £50 per blog piece and £5 per social-media caption, to £600 for five blog posts and £170 for five social-media posts a week.

Persons: Gina Buckle, I'd, we're, I've, I'm Organizations: LinkedIn, Affinity Locations: Leeds, England, copywriting, Instagram

☆ How A.I. can help create jobs for humans, not just automate them
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In this article UPWK Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTMemorystockphoto | Istock | Getty ImagesFor organizations creating a long-term strategy around generative artificial intelligence, the technology has the capacity to create jobs for humans, not just automate them. Then there are even more nuanced roles, such as AI ethicists (whose job is, essentially, to maintain a responsible AI framework). Not only are there more types of jobs as a result of the generative AI boom, but companies are actually hiring more because of the generative AI surge. That's why experts say upskilling existing employees is essential to any organization's AI integration. AI is fast — business consulting firm Accenture's report on so-called "AI maturity" predicts that AI transformation will occur 13% faster than overall digital transformation through 2024.

Persons: Margaret Lilani, upskilling, Ger Doyle, Doyle, " Doyle, Lilani, onboarding, it's Organizations: Istock, AI, Hire, SAS, Talent Survey

☆ On tap this week: Jobs report plus 10 key earnings. Here's what we want to see
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

All three major averages advanced for the week, powered by strong mega-cap earnings and favorable inflation data. Looking to next week, earnings season enters its second half with the last of our mega-caps — Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) — set to report on Thursday. We'll get a better read on the employment picture on Wednesday with the ADP report and then, more importantly, on Friday's nonfarm payrolls report for July. Thursday after the close brings us to the main events of the week: Earnings from Apple and Amazon. For those looking to review first quarter performance ahead of these releases, be sure to keep our first-quarter earnings report card handy.

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☆ More tech workers in India are moonlighting — despite their bosses’ disapproval
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

There are a range of reasons that are driving IT professionals to engage in moonlighting, according to Indeed India. Abhishek Software engineerBut his bosses are not aware of his plans, nor has he told them he is moonlighting. 'The root cause is the money'There are a number of reasons driving IT professionals to engage in moonlighting, according to Indeed India. Where employers disagreeHere's where employers disagree: moonlighting goes against the sense of loyalty a company wishes to instill into employees. IT services giant Wipro for example, fired 300 employees last year for allegedly "working for rival companies," according to local reports.

Persons: Sashi Kumar, Abhishek, he's, HackerRank, —, Moonlighting, Kumar, moonlighting, Indeed's Kumar, Viswanath Organizations: CNBC, India, Wipro, Infosys — Locations: India, Bangalore, U.S

☆ How a 23-year-old freelancer makes $48,000 in NYC without a college degree
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. While growing up in a suburb of Washington, D.C., Brunotts always expected to go to college. But after reviewing the potential costs of attending music school in NYC, she ultimately decided against pursuing higher education. She brought in around $48,000 last year and says she's on track to make more this year. When she has earned more than her weekly goal doing work for clients, Kate spends time working on personal music projects.

Persons: Kate Brunotts, Brunotts, I've, Kate, Matt, hadn't, Lauren Shamo, Maherzad Todiwala, she's, she'll, Roth, It's Organizations: CNBC, New York City, Washington , D.C, Center, Citi, Google Fi Locations: New York, Washington ,, NYC, Upwork, Venmo, Brunotts

☆ Despite 'doom and gloom' reports, 64% of C-suite leaders plan to hire more as a result of generative A.I.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Headlines have been ablaze about the proliferation of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, many predicting the new tech will replace workers in various fields. As many as 300 million jobs worldwide could be affected, according to a recent Goldman Sachs report. But it turns out many in the C-suite have other plans. A majority, 64% of C-suite leaders say they will hire more workers as a result of generative AI, according to a new study of 1,400 U.S. business leaders by work marketplace Upwork. Here's why experts believe generative AI isn't replacing millions of workers anytime soon.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Kelly Monahan

☆ For companies sticking with remote work, the rules for success are becoming clear
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

For organizations that are ready to move past temporary remote or hybrid work arrangements, remote work "maturity" is the final step. Companies with highly effective documentation are more than twice as likely to report that their company maximizes the positives of remote work, according to the Gusto Hybrid Work Playbook. For early remote work adopters, rigorous documentation has been key from the beginning. Nearly half of companies who report having clear goals say remote or hybrid work has been positive for company performance. Reeder says while tools can help make remote work more effective, leaders should not use software to mask inefficiencies.

Persons: Annie Dean, Dean, JJ Reeder, " Reeder, Reeder, Brex, Angela Crossman, it's, Crossman, Upwork, Atlassian Organizations: Companies, malleability Locations: Atlassian, Upwork, San Francisco, Chicago

☆ I make more than $5000 a month with writing side hustles. Here's how you can started.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Jenn Leach | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She makes more than $5,000 a month with writing side hustles. I personally do many of these side hustles every month and they help me earn an extra $5,250+ per month from them. Blogging is something I'd do alongside platform writing or some of the other writing side hustles on this list. First, I'd get set up on Fiverr and Upwork to do some freelance resume writing. You're writing to persuade and compel the reader to take action, like clicking a link, joining an email list, or purchasing something online.

Persons: Jenn Leach, Leach, —, more.Let's, I've, You'll, I'd, Instagram, Tik, It's, Ghostwriting Organizations: Service, Twitter, Creative, Jobs Locations: Texas

☆ 3 side hustles for people in their 30s: One pays up to $110 per hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Half of millennials — many of whom are in their 30s — say they've picked up a gig outside of their full-time job, according to a recent Bankrate survey of 2,505 U.S. adults. If you yourself are in your 30s and are looking to earn some extra cash, there are many options available to you. says Angelique Rewers, founder of consulting firm BoldHaus, of what people in their 30s might be uniquely suited for. Whether or not tech is your thing, here are three side hustles for 30-somethings to consider. Notary publicMany official documents like property deeds and wills require a notary public to be present when they're signed.

Persons: they've, Angelique Rewers, BoldHaus, They've, They'd, they're, Slack Organizations: National Notary Association

☆ I make more than $5000 a month with writing side hustles. Here's how you can get started.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Jenn Leach | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Persons: Jenn Leach, Leach, —, more.Let's, I've, You'll, I'd, Instagram, Tik, It's, Ghostwriting Organizations: Service, Twitter, Creative, Jobs Locations: Texas

☆ I made $175,000 last year as a freelance copywriter. Here's how I scaled to quit my 9-to-5 and the perks I offer to land clients.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Rafael Meneses started freelance copywriting alongside his job as a university advisor in 2019. My first freelance copywriting job was on Upwork. I liked Fiverr because it let freelancers post "gigs" setting out what they offer, so clients would find me. My offer to clients is that I will do whatever they want me to and charge them for my time. When I started making more than my regular salary, and in April 2021, I decided to quit my job and do freelance copywriting full time.

Persons: Rafael Meneses, Meneses, copywriting, I'd, I've Organizations: Fiverr Locations: Miami, Fiverr, copywriting

☆ This 33-year-old brought in $2 million making PowerPoints: Here's her best career advice
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The 33-year-old studied graphic design at Boise State University, and after deciding to focus on presentation design, filled her senior portfolio with them. By 2017, with her client list growing, she founded her own presentation design company, 16X9. When she and her fellow graphic design students would get assigned to do them, "people always were like, 'ugh, PowerPoint. In graphic design, "there's a lot of flashier things like advertising and branding," she says, but it was this day-to-day task that executives across the board were looking to outsource. Be 'a strong advocate' for yourselfWhether or not you go the freelance route, make sure you're getting paid what you deserve.

Persons: Courtney Allen, Allen, Allen wasn't Organizations: Boise State University, Cisco Systems, Adobe, BBC, Census Locations: PowerPoints, U.S

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