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WPMRR WordPress Podcast


Jun 22, 2021

In today’s episode, let’s listen again to Joe’s conversation with Nathan Hirsch, the co-founder of FreeUp - a solution platform to finding & hiring pre-vetted freelancers online, only allowing the top 1% into the network out of hundreds of freelancer applicants every week.

 

Nathan talks about how he co-founded a solution platform that caters to businesses in need of skilled freelancers to help business owners with website design and development, graphic design, sales and marketing, social media, and web content. He also shares how referrals reign in new clients, screening the best freelancers, and the challenges of remote work.

 

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What to Listen For:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:53 Welcome to the pod, Nathan!
  • 02:11 Started with selling books
  • 03:30 At 20 years old, Nathan started his e-commerce business
  • 05:21 Recruitment through referrals brought in more clients
  • 06:34 Freelancers aren’t exclusive with Freeup
  • 10:03 Is the Top 1% the basis for hiring freelancers?
  • 14:00 Big mistakes from people who fail to hire the right freelancers
  • 17:11 Client contracts can go as an Hourly or Fixed Price project
  • 20:50 Finding a technical co-founder if you aren’t a technical person
  • 24:26 To be a good business partner you can never say, “I told you so.” 
  • 27:24 FreeUp is a platform for remote work 
  • 30:17 How to find the best remote workers
  • 33:00 Find Nathan online!