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A dedicated Upwork bidder for freelancers and agencies in Johannesburg.
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Improvexus is an Upwork bidding agency. If you're a Johannesburg freelancer selling accounting & finance, CRM & enterprise systems and web development, we pick the jobs that are worth your Connects, get to them while they're new and write each proposal to the client's brief.
What Johannesburg is known for, and what it means for your bid.
Johannesburg is South Africa's commercial and financial capital, home to its banks, mining houses and corporate head offices. The time zone is within an hour or two of the UK and Europe, so working with those clients in real time is easy.
Accounting, finance & bookkeeping
What clients screen forThe right country and the right software, because a US bookkeeper and a UK one can't be swapped for each other. They also look for signs that you're careful with financial records.
How we open the proposalName the accounting system and the country you work in. Describe a client of a similar size and explain how you'd handle access to their books.
ERP, CRM & enterprise systems
What clients screen forExperience with the exact platform and module, whether that's Salesforce, SAP, Dynamics or Odoo, and with businesses of a similar size. Certifications help, but a description of a real implementation helps more.
How we open the proposalName the platform and the module and describe one implementation of a similar size. Make clear which parts are configuration and which would need custom development.
Web & software development
What clients screen forA finished project in the same stack, and some sign that you read the technical brief properly. Clients in this category have often been let down by a developer who said yes to everything.
How we open the proposalName the stack and the hardest part of the brief in your first two lines. Link one build that's close to it and say what the first milestone would deliver.
When Upwork's clients start work, in Johannesburg time.
When clients on the US East Coast start work at 9:00 am, it is 3:00 pm in Johannesburg. That falls inside your own working day, so timing is on your side. What decides the job is how good the proposal is.
- City
- Johannesburg
- Province
- Gauteng
- Time zone
- UTC+2
- Local currency
- South African rand (ZAR)
| Client market | Their 9:00 am is | Their 5:00 pm is | For you that is |
|---|---|---|---|
| US East Coast (New York) | 3:00 pm | 11:00 pm | the working day |
| US West Coast (San Francisco) | 6:00 pm | 2:00 am (next day) | the evening |
| United Kingdom (London) | 10:00 am | 6:00 pm | the working day |
| Australia (east) (Sydney) | 12:00 am | 8:00 am | the night |
Our team works on Pakistan Standard Time, which is 3 hours ahead of Johannesburg. The practical fix for the clock above is a bidder who covers the hours when you're away from your desk. You can read how our bidding works, or see how the market differs across the country on our page about the Upwork bidding agency in South Africa.
Questions people ask us.
Do you work with freelancers in Johannesburg?
Yes. We work remotely with freelancers and agencies in Johannesburg and across South Africa. Our team works on Pakistan Standard Time, which is 3 hours ahead of Johannesburg. We handle targeting, proposals and weekly reports online.
What kind of work do you bid for from Johannesburg?
We bid in any category you sell on Upwork. The work Johannesburg is best known for is accounting & finance, CRM & enterprise systems and web development, and each of those is bid in its own way. Take accounting & finance as an example. Clients in that category look for this: the right country and the right software, because a US bookkeeper and a UK one can't be swapped for each other. They also look for signs that you're careful with financial records.
Can I visit your office in Johannesburg?
We don't have an office in Johannesburg. Improvexus is based in Pakistan and we run every engagement online, so where you live doesn't change how we work together.
How do we get started?
Fill in the enquiry form with your Upwork profile link and what you want to improve. We read your profile first. Then we reply by email or WhatsApp with what we'd change and how working together would go.
Other cities we cover in South Africa, nearest first.
Tell us about your account.
Send your Upwork profile link and what you want to improve. We read your profile before we reply.