{"id":30309,"date":"2019-08-11T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/?p=25938"},"modified":"2021-09-27T21:24:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T20:24:44","slug":"how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"How to increase your chances of achieving a recommended proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a freelancer, how can you make sure that your proposal receives the recommended tag? We\u2019ve gathered some valuable tips to help freelancers increase their chances of getting their proposals recommended by us.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6 tips to boost your proposals<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure the proposal amount is as close to the project budget as possible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gain repeat buyers. If you\u2019ve worked together in the past, you\u2019re more likely to be relevant to the buyer. This will also make fees drop &#8211; awesome!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure that your skill set matches the requirements of the project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuously deliver happy clients. If you have demonstrated that you are keeping your clients happy, then it\u2019s more likely we will recommend you. Especially if your good track record matches the category of the project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Answer any interview questions that the buyer has requested. This is not mandatory but will clearly help improve your proposal relevance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tailor your proposal to each project. Make sure you don\u2019t use a generic description.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final point is worth noting.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Proposals will rank lower if the proposal text closely matches your other proposals. If you send the exact same proposal multiple times, each time only changing the greeting (&#8220;Hello Bob&#8221;, &#8220;Hello Sam&#8221;, etc), these proposals will be ranked lower, and therefore have a much lower chance of being recommended. We\u2019re not suggesting that you shouldn\u2019t use templates, but just make sure that you tailor the proposal to the project you\u2019re applying for. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, keep in mind that missing a couple of the above tips doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that your proposal won\u2019t get recommended. However, you should consider these points when you\u2019re putting together your next proposal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By following these guidelines, you can ensure that you have a much higher chance of getting your proposals accepted by buyers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let\u2019s get some proposals under the spotlight!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a freelancer, how can you make sure that your proposal receives the recommended tag? We\u2019ve gathered some valuable tips to help freelancers increase their chances of getting their proposals recommended by us. 6 tips to boost your proposals Ensure the proposal amount is as close to the project budget as possible. Gain repeat buyers. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26901,"template":"","news_categories":[224],"class_list":["post-30309","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_categories-product-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Achieve a Recommended Proposal | PeoplePerHour<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out how to make your proposal stand out on PeoplePerHour and ensure your proposal receives the recommended tag from our AI Spotlight feature.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to increase your chances of achieving a recommended proposal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find out how to make your proposal stand out on PeoplePerHour and ensure your proposal receives the recommended tag from our AI Spotlight feature.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PeoplePerHour Discover\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/peopleperhour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-27T20:24:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/andrew-neel-ADjcacMLblo-unsplash-e1566390901969.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"933\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@peopleperhour\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/news\\\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/news\\\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Achieve a Recommended Proposal | PeoplePerHour\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/news\\\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/news\\\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/andrew-neel-ADjcacMLblo-unsplash-e1566390901969.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-11T07:00:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-27T20:24:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"Find out how to make your proposal stand out on PeoplePerHour and ensure your proposal receives the recommended tag from our AI Spotlight feature.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/news\\\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/news\\\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/news\\\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/andrew-neel-ADjcacMLblo-unsplash-e1566390901969.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/andrew-neel-ADjcacMLblo-unsplash-e1566390901969.jpg\",\"width\":1400,\"height\":933},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/news\\\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"How to increase your chances of achieving a recommended proposal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/\",\"name\":\"PeoplePerHour Discover\",\"description\":\"Welcome to the PeoplePerHour Blog, make yourself at home...\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"PeoplePerHour\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PeoplePerHour\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/pph-socialMediaAvatar.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/pph-socialMediaAvatar.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"PeoplePerHour\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.peopleperhour.com\\\/discover\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/peopleperhour\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/peopleperhour\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/peopleperhour\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/peopleperhour\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Achieve a Recommended Proposal | PeoplePerHour","description":"Find out how to make your proposal stand out on PeoplePerHour and ensure your proposal receives the recommended tag from our AI Spotlight feature.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to increase your chances of achieving a recommended proposal","og_description":"Find out how to make your proposal stand out on PeoplePerHour and ensure your proposal receives the recommended tag from our AI Spotlight feature.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/","og_site_name":"PeoplePerHour Discover","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/peopleperhour","article_modified_time":"2021-09-27T20:24:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1400,"height":933,"url":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/andrew-neel-ADjcacMLblo-unsplash-e1566390901969.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@peopleperhour","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/","url":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/","name":"How to Achieve a Recommended Proposal | PeoplePerHour","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/andrew-neel-ADjcacMLblo-unsplash-e1566390901969.jpg","datePublished":"2019-08-11T07:00:32+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-27T20:24:44+00:00","description":"Find out how to make your proposal stand out on PeoplePerHour and ensure your proposal receives the recommended tag from our AI Spotlight feature.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/andrew-neel-ADjcacMLblo-unsplash-e1566390901969.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/andrew-neel-ADjcacMLblo-unsplash-e1566390901969.jpg","width":1400,"height":933},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-achieving-a-recommended-proposal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to increase your chances of achieving a recommended proposal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/","name":"PeoplePerHour Discover","description":"Welcome to the PeoplePerHour Blog, make yourself at home...","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/#organization"},"alternateName":"PeoplePerHour","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/#organization","name":"PeoplePerHour","url":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pph-socialMediaAvatar.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pph-socialMediaAvatar.png","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"PeoplePerHour"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/peopleperhour","https:\/\/x.com\/peopleperhour","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/peopleperhour","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/peopleperhour\/"]}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleperhour.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=30309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}