LinkedIn Services Marketplace is now available to everyone after a limited launch earlier this year, allowing professionals to promote their freelance services for free.
The Services Marketplace was first launched in February for a small test group and has since expanded to 2 million freelancers.
Now, anyone who wants to join can use LinkedIn’s service market.
Here’s more information about what the service market is, how to join it, and how it brings more opportunities for freelancers.
What is the LinkedIn service market?
LinkedIn Services Marketplace is a search engine that helps people find qualified professionals to hire for short-term projects.
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Freelancers can list services in 250 job categories for free in the LinkedIn marketplace.
Then, customers can find the service provider they need by searching on the service market login page.
Alternatively, clients can issue RFPs (Requests for Proposals) to encourage freelancers to bid for the jobs they are hiring.
LinkedIn’s service market is a tool to connect customers with freelancers. Anything other than that, such as negotiating fees and paying invoices, must be done outside the platform.
Clients can censor freelancers they hire, but freelancers cannot censor clients.
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In addition, it is not possible to actively search for jobs on the platform. All you can do is list your services and wait to be discovered.
It is designed to be customer-centric, but as a freelancer, you can still do many things.
Now that you have understood the basics of how LinkedIn’s service market works, here is how to use it to be found by customers.
How to list your services in the LinkedIn marketplace
Anyone with a LinkedIn profile can list their services in a few simple steps.
First, log in to LinkedIn and click “open” The button at the top of the profile.
Select from the drop-down menu “Provide services.”
Then, you will be asked to fill in the required fields that appear on the next screen to set up your service page.
Screenshot of LinkedIn.com, November 2021.
Screenshot of LinkedIn.com, November 2021.You can add up to 10 services in total.
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Below you will see a list of 17 main service categories, each with dozens of subcategories to choose from:
- Accounting
- Coaching and guidance
- consult
- design
- Activity
- finance
- home renovation
- information Technology
- insurance
- law
- Marketing
- operate
- photography
- real estate
- Software development
- writing
After choosing the service you provide, you can write a 500-character description to tell customers more about who you are and what you do.
Finally, you can indicate whether you can work remotely, face-to-face, or both.
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After making these choices, you can now publish your service page.
In addition, you can let anyone who visits your main profile know that you can go to work by listing your services in a dedicated section.
How to find freelancers on LinkedIn’s service market
Customers who want to hire freelancers can do so by searching on the LinkedIn service market login page.
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Start typing in the services you need and LinkedIn will suggest the most relevant job categories.
Screenshot of LinkedIn.com, November 2021.Click on a job category to find freelancers who provide this service. The results are ranked based on how well you connect with everyone on LinkedIn.
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When you find someone you are interested in working with, send them a message to start the recruitment process.
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