Wednesday News 12/02/2020

What do you do when your Fiverr business slows down to a crawl, or even stops completely?

Sure, I could tell myself that my main gig became the one for writing book blurbs, and this isn’t the time of the year when most writers need blurbs. I could come up with a number of reasons, but the question remains: what am I going to do about it?

I’ve already posted some ideas a while ago, and here’s what I’m doing now:

1. Learning!

I’ve finally watched Fiverr’s course for freelancers, and I’ve implemented some of it. We’ll see how it goes.

2. Learning Some More!

I’ve also watched Frank’s video, and it gave me some more ideas. The thing is, some of it is different from the course. So, what to do?

3. Playing with My Gigs!

Editing gigs can remove them from Fiverr search for a while, but if there are no sales anyway, that’s not much of a problem. So, after changing my book blurb gig slightly (wording, FAQ, I’ve added a thorough questionnaire for various types of blurbs) and completely revamping one of my old gigs (I’m probably going to activate it sometime next week), I’ve changed my video scripts gig, too. I’ve changed it according to the course, and I’ll be giving it about a month or so; if there are no significant sales, I’ll revamp it based on what I’ve seen from Frank, and slightly increase the price, too. So, if you’re thinking whether to get a video script now or later, better hurry up!

4. Marketing!

I’m now using Hootsuite, too, not just dlvr.it. Even the free version of Hootsuite lets me schedule a bunch of posts, and keep my Twitter account more active. And it works, at least in the terms of activity and followers; I’ve already seen more likes and retweets, and at the time I’m writing this, I’ve got 1,223 followers. Not a huge number, I know, but not that bad, either. I’ve also made a new avatar for my social media accounts, with the Dollify app; it gives me some purrsonality, and that might help. Isn't it cute?

Something else? Well, I’m using the time to read and binge watch series (I’m a writer and a screenwriter, so it also counts as learning; yeah, I know, what a horrible fate), I’m blogging (here and elsewhere), I’m thinking about enrolling into more courses (on Fiverr and elsewhere)… In short, I’m keeping myself busy, and trying to improve my service. I expect the results to come, sooner or later, on Fiverr or elsewhere (preferably both).