How to make $1,000+ per week on Upwork
How to make $1,000+ per week on Upwork

Many creatives look down on the outsourcing platform Upwork. I know when I started my freelance career, I did as well.

Yet with Upwork, you also have the ability to use their marketplace to jumpstart your career and provide a continual flow of projects for your freelancing business.

Early on, I began landing small projects of a few hundred dollars at a time, and within a few weeks I was generating $1,000-$1,300 per week just on oDesk. 

My goal with this post is to teach you the basics of how to get up and running on Upwork, and how to quickly get to a point where you are generating over $1,000 per week. 

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Creative Guides, Creative Work, Freelancing, Launch your Career, BlogJake Jorgovanodesk, how to make money on odesk, get started on odesk, Elance, Upwork, Make money on upwork, elance
Announcing The Creative's Guide to Launching Your Career
Announcing The Creative's Guide to Launching Your Career

Today I am excited to announce The Creative's Guide to Launching Your Career: Do what you love, work for yourself and grow your income

This guide has been in the works for a few months now and I am excited about finally announcing it to the world.

My goal with this post is to share who this guide is for, the purpose of the guide and how it can help you in your life. 

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Creative Work, Creative Guides, Launch your Career, BlogJake Jorgovan
Do Epic Shit
Do Epic Shit

Just over a week ago, one of my best friends from high school, Dan Beerman set out on an amazing journey.

He paired up with a photo journalist and they are hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. 

My goal with this post is to share a simple method that you can use to live an extraordinary life.

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Personal Development, Travel, BlogJake Jorgovan
The safest investment you can ever make
The safest investment you can ever make

Over the course of my career I have started companies, left them, and failed at others. I have invested time, energy and money into each of those with little to nothing to show for them years later.

All of the time, money and energy that I put into those companies yielded me little to no long term gain.

But there is one investment that has been worth every penny and every second. ...

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Personal Development, Marketing, BlogJake Jorgovanpersonal branding, platform
Three mistakes I made early in my creative career
Three mistakes I made early in my creative career

Over the past six months I have several huge mistakes with the marketing, niching and positioning of my consulting practice.

While I made these mistakes early on, recently I struck gold.

My goal with this post is to share three massive mistakes I made in the past six months while launching my consulting practice in hopes that you won’t make the same.

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Business Development, Marketing, BlogJake JorgovanPersonal Branding, Consulting Business