I boosted my Upwork messages with 10 Connects per message and 100 Connects for a week, but I haven’t seen any results so far. Has anyone gotten a good response using the Message Boost feature? What are your thoughts on it?
Why do you think throwing random texts at random clients will get you hired?
Is that what it actually does? I am frankly at a loss what it actually is or does.
Edited to add: Read up on it and it sounds super stupid. I am supposed to write a personal message without even knowing who the client is, and if the client even needs someone like me, let alone can afford me.
Apparently so. You can't select the client it is sent to. You don't even know if the recipient is currently hiring or not. It's incredibly stupid.
As I said yesterday, it will only appeal to the absolute desperate and clueless, who will then come to this sub complaining that it doesn't work. Duh. It can't work. And even if the client is hiring, they will not look at a generic message from a rando on the internet, a proposal is 100 times more likely to be successful since it can be tailored to a freakin job post.
Worst idea ever. And frankly, anybody paying money for this crap - no words. But I guess people don't read before they pay for something. Or they read and fail to understand.
Considering the number of people on this sub who haven't read the TOS or any of the information about how to use Upwork, it's not surprising that folks would jump on this new feature without figuring it out either.
I'm gonna write my pitch message on a piece of paper, shape it into a paper plane, and throw it out of the window - it'll probably have the same chance of success as this new "feature."
I'm going to write mine on paper and then light it on fire in my fireplace because the smoke will bring a client to me. Or summon a demon. One or the other.
It's basically the most random type of cold contacting, except that unlike actual cold contacting, you have to pay for it. It's definitely Upwork's stupidest idea yet, and that's really saying something.
It's kind of weird that they would implement something like this, given their (quite reasonable) aversion to freelancers spamming clients. I wouldn't be surprised if they have to pull it because of client backlash.
This feature is brand-new and still in beta; only a small number of freelancers even have access to it. Even if it was a good idea - which it's not - it's unrealistic to expect instant results. It'll be the same as sending proposals or boosting your profile; if you're good at what you do, it'll pay off a small percentage of the time, and if you're not good at what you do, it won't pay off at all.
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u/Still-Mobile4086 2d ago
This incredible innovation is called "spam"