We need a way to easily allow sellers to create a billboard. Sellers will have to pay for this service and may decide to own multiple billboards based on different skills they have selected.
BILLBOARD DESIGN STUDIO
We need a place for users to easily design and build their billboards. We should have some template billboards for the users to draw from.
Sellers can only upload billboards to respond to skills they have selected on their profile page. (This way we will ensure the seller has the skills he is marketing on his billboard.)
We will need a tab on the user’s profile page to manage his billboards. He should be able to design billboards, mark then as active or inactive.
Sellers will purchase the billboard on the My Freelancers store. Once purchased it will be placed on that user’s profile page.
Billboards do not last forever. The expiration date of the billboard will set on the super admin page. When they expire, they will be still be visible on the profile page, but the status changed to inactive. When the user selects the billboard, they will be prompted to renew the subscription.
PAY PER POSITION BILLBORDS
This is handled in another document in more details. In short, the top 4 bidders for a given search term will hold one of the 4 available positions at the top of the page.
Note the gray fill color is populated with these 4 billboards.
BILLBOARD ADMIN DASHBOARD
We will need a dashboard for a select admin person with that level of access to review each billboard submitted updated. Anytime a seller creates a new billboard or edits their billboard we need to review before making it live.
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WHY SHOULD YOU PROMOTE FIVERR GIGS
Fiverr is first and foremost a marketplace. Therefore, you need to make people aware of your gigs. There are almost 5 million people on Fiverr offering their gigs. How can you stand apart from these humongous number of people.Promote your gigs. That’s not just the most effective way of advertising your services, but is also the only way Fiverr offers you. Promote them. Market them.Now that we know promoting is the only option Fiverr offers you, it means everyone can promote. What can you do to stand out becomes the next question. The answer depends on how differently can you promote them.
VIDEOS
Promote your gig through a video. Market your service through a video. Please take a look at the picture below from Fiverr itself.
That’s right. Not me, but Fiverr tells you that a video promotion is far superior than a voice over or an image promotion. Also I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Not everyone posts videos. That’s true, a majority of people do not promote through video. The reasons are aplenty. They may be lazy, or they just take Fiverr for granted. Not you, you are here in for some serious money. This is how you are going to make money – By posting videos. Post videos and lure audience. You can then, convert them as your potential buyers.Not just that, with a video post you can lure audience even from outside Fiverr. That’s right, you can post them on social media. It is a foregone conclusion the world of social media is addicted to videos. Bring them to Fiverr through your Facebook page. We are not even talking about a video the size of a feature film. 60 SECONDS. MAX. That’s it, a minimum of 10 seconds and a maximum of 60 seconds. Less than 50 MB (if you’re really concerned about videos eating up your hard disk)
Your must need list for the video
- A very short introduction of you.
- Describe your gig.
- Mention the details of the final output (if it’s a logo, then talk about the resolution, size, and other necessary information)
- Time taken to deliver the product.
- What is your fees. It’s usually five dollars.
- End it with a note your that gig is offered exclusively on fiverr.com.
Now that we have established that video promotion is a great way to reach out to your buyers, let’s move on to what kind of videos we can use. Here is where you can differentiate yourself once again from the rest of the community. The majority of video promotions in Fiverr are live action, which means anything new like an animation video promotion will stand out. Infact that is the very reason why I decided of writing this post. Users of Animaker many a times use Animaker exclusively for Fiverr promotion. Many of them, in fact thanked us for the product which let them make interesting animation videos very easily.Okay, as we have reached the end, i would like to leave you with a checklist on how to make your Fiverr promotional videos effectively.
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- Video duration must be over 10 seconds and up to 60 seconds.
- Use only original videos made by you.
- You may include samples of your work, editing effects etc. as long as the presentation remains personal and made by you.
- Mention that your gig is offered exclusively on fiverr.com.
- Do not use the same video for more than one gig.
- Your video must be in reasonable quality, sound quality should be top notch and has to be clear and easy to understand.
- Promotion of third party services, websites or brands (in writing or narration) or providing direct means of communication is not be allowed.
- Make sure your video and gig adheres with Fiverr Terms of Service.
- If you’re using animation videos, then attach an image of you atleast once.
P.S. If you believe that videos can make a change to your gigs, then start making them at Animaker.
