upwork is a trash company and platform. here is how to find and hire people directly. 1. add watermarks in forms of qr codes, personal website, full name, email address into your Upwork profile 2. use hashtag on all social media platforms #hiredirect 3. come up with 2-3 agreements that will fit 90% off all your projects. the agreement should outline things like: payment schedule, penalties, etc. use chatgpt to quickly modify the agreement when needed.

built a chrome extension that reads the job post and based on job role, experience, education, and master resume creates a shorter and more fitting resume with the keywords and phrases an employer will look for when reviewing your resume. This saves you tons of time and increases your odds of getting you an interview and thus the J O B.

curious to learn what metrics everyone is getting in 2026, here are mine: 1. cold 30k leads (3 days, email, company name, title, full name, address, social media links) 1$ 2. 10min ai video generation 10cents in 720p 3. ai cold calling in and outbound system 1cent per minute. 4. ~500 emails to one sale (90% are ai automated) 5. ~200 calls to one sale (90% are ai automated) 6. ~14 contacts to one sale 7. 40 hours per week at 10$USD per hour for freelancers. revenue to company $8-10K per month (EBITDA per Employee = EBITDA​ /# of employees/contractors/freelancers) 8. estimated hours saved thx to automation and ai each week per freelancer: ~500-600 hours (Time Saved per Employee=(Time Before−Time After)×Task Frequency)

$100K per year Which is $8.3K per month Which is $274/day Which is 17 clients at $497/month each Which is 1 new client every 3 weeks for a year Mind you, none of this is easy. But it's certainly easier than staring at $0 revenue with no plan. Here's how to get your first client: 1. Pick one painful, repetitive process businesses hate (e.g., missed calls, slow follow-ups, appointment no-shows). 2. Build a simple AI agent ( or Re Sell Jarvis automations) that solves it. 3. Offer it as a $497/month subscription with clear limits (e.g., 1,000 agent-minutes). 4. Reach out to 10 businesses in your network. 5. Offer a free 7-day pilot. 6. Convert 1-2 into paying subscribers. Repeat monthly. Want the full breakdown with templates and scripts? Comment "AIaaS" and I'll send you access to our free community. Option 1: Comment on my pinned post ( I will make it available at 100 comments): https://www.skool.com/ai-avengers-lab/ai-agent-as-service-tech-stack-and-playbook-access-link?p=cfef9579 Option 2: Get access in AI Avengers Lab https://www.=skool.com/ai-avengers-lab/ai-agent-as-service-tech-stack-and-playbook-access-link?p=cfef9579

Hey everyone, I’ve built an AI appointment setter for a client who runs a buyers agency. It’s converting pretty well at around 30%. Right now, my call filtering works like this: - If the lead doesn’t pick up OR the call is under 15 seconds (no real engagement), the AI follows up automatically. - If the call ends abruptly mid-conversation (e.g. they hang up because they realise it’s AI), I push them into a “Human Follow Up Required” stage to be called manually. At the moment, about 30% of calls fall into that second category, which feels high. Leaving it for humans works, but I feel like I’m being lazy and losing the point of using AI in the first place. I’m curious — what do you guys do in these situations? - Do you have a different agent follow up? - Do you run them through another system? - Or do you handle it some other way? I’d love to hear how others are tackling this, because I want to maximise conversions instead of just defaulting to manual follow-up.