I have been seeing a lot of people panicking over this. Please don’t.
- What was the situation before this feature existed? There were still proposals at the top above yours.
- Do you think the client only sees the boosted proposals and chooses one from them?
- Do you think the quality of the proposal does not matter and only the positioning does?
You need to change your mindset. Do you want to spend your whole life bidding on jobs day after day? I keep saying to focus on the long-term clients. You will just need a couple of long-term clients to have an excellent freelancing career and stay out of the rate race. Like I did.
How to get long-term clients?
Here is the free guide containing all the tips I have posted on this website: http://farazthewebguy.com/6tipsupwork.pdf I hope it helps you to propel your freelancing career forward.