Given up

Hey peeps,
It's your friendly blogger Josh. I have officially given up on Fiverr and I'm now focusing on my writing. Fiverr's algorithm and format has changed. I am also not reaching a large enough audience and I don't make anything for the blogs. I did it for the fun of writing and met some nice people along the way. I will be starting a few new blogs. One will be about my new found freelance love, Simbi. I am also going to write a blog offering my books for free. If you like what you read in the book blog, be sure to donate or buy the books. Thank you all and farewell.

Fiverr is a changin'

      

       Have you ever wondered about the vacation feature on Fiverr? Do you think you may need one? Are you burned out from the requests of clients, those ungracious and shady ones? If you answered yes, then you probably need a break. I took a vacation for a few months to write my own novellas and novelettes. At first, I would slow my workload down with the suspend feature, but that doesn't always work. I felt so relieved to not have to deal with Fiverr. I think it's getting quite crazy since the new updates. More and more people aren't do just $5 gigs. This blog was used as a platform to discuss awesome gigs on Fiverr, but I have already cancelled 3 or 4 gigs in the last month. It's seems like Fiverr isn't the same anymore now that they updated their platform. 
       I had so much hope for sellers on here, but too many rely on the gig extras and the specials they offer. I have also noticed that quite a few don't offer what the gig title says. I would like to discuss awesome gigs I have ordered, but there's only a few to share. The first one I would like to share is a photoshop that was done as a cover concept for my poetry book. The seller's name is Alyssa94 and she is a great photoshop artist. Here is what she made me. 

The next seller I would like to discuss  is Shinuikha8 and his awesome trapped in broken glass photoshop.

Neither of these gigs charged more than $5 and were happy to work on the project. The suggestion I have for some of you sellers is don't be deceptive. 

Here's the last one who I would like to share. I have worked with him before. He helped me with a clipart/vector type graphic I was going to use on my hardcover of "Mr. Self Destruct". Here it is I was blown away by the detail. His name is design_print. I think if you want a drawing to pop order from him. For $10 or more he will create a masterpiece. 

I have say thank you to all of them. They went above and beyond and didn't overcharge. People say you get what you pay for. Well That's not always the case. I want to say thank you for reading and have a Fiverrtastic day.

Mind Blown By Art Gigs

Hey Fiverrtastic peeps,

Josh here again and I got 3 more gigs to talk about. They are some awesome art gigs. I needed art for my book covers for upcoming books and I hired 3 artist for 2 separate projects and they came up with some really awesome artistic ideas. I asked one seller by the name of design_print to do a steampunk brain for an upcoming book called "Fugue". it's for a continuation to a zombie love story I wrote called "Requiem" which is available on Kindle. He created some art beyond what I expected, like literally more than what I expected. Here is the project he delivered and I am extremely happy with the results. Even if my fans decide not to want this on that cover I could always use it on a different project.

The second person I hired was an artist on Fiverr by the name of sambkr. I wanted him to help with cover art for a book called "Wicked intentions", a continuation to "Deadly Desires", available on Kindle. This artist is extremely skilled. At first he delivered something way off base, but I described what I wanted more. He delivered something really great. I really can't say thank you enough. Here's what he delivered. I asked for a box with a monster trying to escape.

My last gig I would like to discuss is from a seller named Annagarro. She is extremely talented. I asked her to deliver a door with a monster eye creeping through the hole. Although the eye isn't too prominent she is extremely talented. This was also for "Wicked Intentions". Check out what she delivered to me below.

All 3 of these artist got different artists and delivered in different styles. I can't choose which one did better. I think they all are great artists and can't thank them enough. If you search hard enough on Fiverr you find the diamonds in the rough. I know I sure do. Next blog I will talk about 2 Photoshop editing gigs I ordered. Until then have a Fiverrtastic day. 

My how time flies

Hey Fiverrtastic peeps,
I didn't realize how long ago the last post was and I am truly sorry for anyone who used to read this regularly. I am a man of many projects and this blog has fell from the wayside. I wear many hats as a Fiverr freelancer, a blogger, a social networker, a published author, and just a 30something trying to live a dull life. I want to talk about 2 different things that have happened recently. First and Foremost, I just recently bought something new on Fiverr. My mom bought me a wooden watch. Ok now it may sound silly or hokey but it's not. It's a leather strap, wood face, bronze metal outside, and glass. It looks like your wearing wood. There are 6 different shades of wood. Here is the watch that I got. For only $29 you can have the same kind of watch. Check out this seller now http://bit.ly/1Up45rM .

 My second thing I would like to talk about is that I now have 5 Novelettes and 5 children's books self published on amazon kindle. I have officially decided to reduce my fiverr load and do what some of my other friends in the past have done. I am escaping the Fiverr trap. I have made a goal that by the end of 2016 I will no longer be with Fiverr unless things dramatically change. I have seen dramatic improvements though. I have been on Fiverr 5 years and almost 1400 completed orders and I am not Top Rated seller because of early reviews. I know a few other people who became and remained Top Rated Sellers and their percentage is the same or a little higher than mine. Fiverr is a great company that provides advantages to people out of work, for younger entrepreneurs, or the disabled...but it is not guaranteed or sustainable income. So I would like you to keep following my blog and fan page and I would like you to check out my books as well.  
check me out here: amazon.com/author/joshuapeck 
     I hope that you all had a Merry Christmas and a good new year. There will be new blog posts coming soon and again I am sorry I was incognito for so long. Until next time have a Fiverrtastic day. This is Josh over and out. 

 

In need of writers and content creators

Hey Fiverrtastic peeps,
        What's up today? Sorry it has been so long since the last blog. Remember in the last blog how I explained the possibility of merging blogs with another blog. Haha, what a joke! Well that hasn't happened. She is just a complete joke. She thinks I stole her blog because mine actually is successful and has the same name. It seems the other person really doesn't care even though I reached out to her. They haven't reached out to contact me since June. Whatever! No need to keep waiting. I will keep holding on to hope she will contact me again, but I guess she's too busy with college and that 20 something social life. A blog is just too hard to maintain. Oh by the way I'm also an author now. I have 5 children's stories and I am releasing 4 or 5 more. I am also releasing 3 novelettes in the near future and a few more ideas are in the works. 
          

         So I think I'm going to start hiring bloggers to promote their gigs and other peoples gigs. I need people to write for my blog and post to my Facebook page. Anything Fiverr related or Work At Home related would apply to this blog. Nothing MLM or sales related. I'm sorry but anything that you have to pay for to make money is not legit. Hiring writers might be a good idea, but I'm taking it as I go. I have been so busy with writing projects, that blog writing and social network promoting are becoming difficult. If you night be interested let me know and I can promote your Fiverr gig. The pay would be minimal if anything, but the promotion of your gig, business, or blog would be phenomenal. Contact me in the comments below or on Fiverrtastic Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/Fiverrtastic .

 

Never fear a new blog is here

Hey Fiverrtastic peeps,
      Welcome again to another edition of Fiverrtastic blog. I noticed I haven't written a blog in months. I also noticed a lot of Fiverr Top Rated or Level 2 sellers who have went on an extended vacation. The seller that did an audiobook voiceover for my children's books never did my 2nd gig for my 2nd children's book. It wasn't done yet. It is now and so is a 3rd. it's a shame I was going to hire her again.  I even messaged her a few times. I'm not going to speak ill of another Fiverr seller. So I won't mention her name. I will post my e-book links later. I have been in her situation before, but I made good on a gig when a buyer contacted me, no matter how busy I was.

         If you're also wondering why I'm writing this blog I also have another motive. It came to my attention that another Fiverr seller, who is a seller and creative writer, has a Wordpress blog named Fiverrtastic. She contacted me about it either after seeing a twitter post, my facebook page, or seeing my blog. It was completely coincidental that we both have a blog with the same name. I had no idea that there was another blog. I did a search and either because it wasn't really active, or because google dropped the ball, it didn't find it. It's kind of late to rename the blog. It has over 250 posts, active fans/readers, steady traffic, and an active Facebook page. Both blogs are possibly in talks of merging or joining forces to make both blogs that much better. If you would like to check out her blog go to https://fiverrtastic.wordpress.com/.  I urge you to do so, She has some really good content. She will also share your gig and drive traffic to it. I believe she has a gig for it. If she doesn't she will probably make it active again.

           I think this site is really nice and she probably could have made some good gig revenue if she kept the blog active. It was hard for me to get decent traffic and gig revenue sometimes because too many people wanted to promote new gigs with little or no rating. My goal was to make Fiverr sellers who were level 1 or level 2 become Fiverr superstars. I even have had Fiverr staff reading this blog. I know a few other sellers who are skilled at doing the same thing but they are skilled in SEO. I'm only skilled at social networking and driving traffic.

              
           The writer of the original Wordpress Fiverrtastic blog is very busy with school and daily life things. I don't mind doing a lot of the writing and Facebook leg work. I may need new content creators, anyone who reads this that's interested contact me in the comments or on Facebook.  I am currently doing other things along with Fiverr. I'm selling on Ebay and doing other things like writing my own novel and children's books. I see plenty of people leaving Fiverr and either selling on their own websites, managing Youtube channels, making money from blogs, or making money from Vine. I'm not confident I can do that. Fiverr and Ebay are my hustle and I'm good at it. Furthermore I lost my Adsense account and not sure what other sites give you ad revenue. So, if you're a Fiverr seller, freelancer, or blogger and you're good at what you do keep doing it. Someday it will pay off. I still remember the advice of the great Sam Cornwell, the guy who used to be the voice of Fiverr, He told me when we first met online to "Be Humble". Remember those words and you will go far in whatever you do.

Here for an update

 

 

Hey Fiverrtastic peeps,

I haven't been on since December and that's not like me at all. I used to have 1-10 blogs a month. Writing jobs on Fiverr picked up and I have been having health issues. I guess I just haven't done much with this lately. I have been distant with some things Fiverr. I have been focusing a lot on trying to become a writer outside of Fiverr and working on Fiverr projects for really nice long term clients. I do keep my Facebook page updated though. I am also teaching a few different classes on Skillshare. One of them is Children Story writing http://skl.sh/Z1Ne7L and another is Writing Adult Fiction http://skl.sh/1CPm6b0 . Be sure to check them out.

 

I want to keep writing more blogs for you and keep you updated about awesome sellers on Fiverr, but frankly I haven't bought any new gigs. The last few gigs I bought were a flop. I have felt as disappointed as sellers have felt in me. This seller did an amazing first audio voiceover, but never delivered or contacted me yet about doing my next order. She instead went on vacation. Another seller who does good work, she went on vacation. I have written 3 books now and published them on Amazon, but only one is available on Audible. Be sure to look them up: "My Friend Has Epilepsy", "Everything Dies", and "Green Peas and Yams". Ok so anyways I'm glad to have written this blog for you all today. I will write again soon. Again like I said I feel bad. Three months is way too long. Remember to check out my gigs at: https://www.fiverr.com/cust0mcr3ationz .

 

I want to list off some Fiverrtastic worthy gigs/sellers that I think you should check out too. Don't take my word though:

 

https://www.fiverr.com/dariaproduction/create-a-marketing-strategy-for-your-product

 

https://www.fiverr.com/violetbuttercup/record-a-voiceover

 

https://www.fiverr.com/madscientist/draw-your-potrait-with-my-style-and-with-your-color-splash-mood

 

https://www.fiverr.com/ceneworksmedia/sing-a-punkrock-happy-birthday

 

https://www.fiverr.com/piuluc/climb-a-coconut-tree-and-find-your-message-there

 

Thank you for reading my blog and sorry I took so long. Until next time have a Fiverrtastic day!

 

 

Illustrators on Fiverr

Hey Fiverrtastic blog readers,
Sorry it's been forever. I have been super busy with gigs. I am a Fiverr seller and a Freelance writer outside of this blog. Hiring an illustrator on Fiverr can be a fun, but also a daunting task. I have illustrator friends on Fiverr, but they all took vacation. I looked high and low for an affordable illustrator for my new children's book "My Friend Has Epilepsy" now available on Amazon Kindle and Smashwords. Check it out today. I only needed a black and white illustration and I could do the rest. I hired Fiverr seller Ella_banana to do some of the illustrations and I was amazed by her work. It was in a manga or chibi type style, but it was very professional. Her ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) is really long, but her work is well worth the wait. She produced some amazing work and I colored it in with Photoshop. :) Here, check out the illustrations she did. I don't think I have the colored versions on this new laptop. If I find them on my old dinosaur laptop I will update the blog.  (I had to get a new laptop in the last few months because the charging adapter messed up on the Asus. Go figure. I have bad luck with laptops). Check out the illustrations below.

She did a really good job creating the illustrations I asked for and if  I had the money to hire her for the entire book I would have. I used clip art for some of it and the end result turned out good. The book is called "My Friend Has Epilepsy" by Joshua Peck and it's on Kindle. It's an easy read and it's very informative. Check it out today. It will soon be on Audible and other ebook sites too. I don't really have any suggestions for Ella_banana but to maybe change up her gigs or add more every now and then and decrease the ETA. Besides that her work and her gigs are amazing. They are a must order. The next blog I will discuss a voiceover gig I ordered. There are plenty of things you can get for $5, but if you pay a little extra and are willing to order multiple gigs you will get amazing service. Until next time have a Fiverrtastic day.

Looking for a unique gig

Hey Fiverrtastic peeps,
I totally forgot to write about this Fiverr experience. I reordered from Uniquefivex recently for my website and I was blown away by what I received. I have ordered from her before and the gig was phenomenal. Uniquefivex has been on Fiverr for a long time now, for over 3 years, almost since the conception of Fiverr. That's about as long as I have. If you want an awesome whiteboard or speedwriting gig she's the person to order from. Check out the video below. Sorry the blog is so short, I will write again really soon. Check out what's happening over on Fiverr's blog, their actually going to be launching a TV commercial. Until next time have a Fiverrtastic day.

Double the fun

Hey Fiverrtastic Peeps,
Ok so I have reviewed this Fiverr seller once before, but I really wanted to review them again. I ordered off them for my Custom Creationz site and they made an awesome testimonial. The seller is 2 twins known as Theadtwins. These 2 are amazing beyond words. They created a testimonial for me like you wouldn't believe. I absolutely love their work and I would order off them constantly if I could. These girls do quality work. If you want an awesome testimonial check out their gig today. When I first ordered off these two they were level one sellers I believe. With the help of my blog, facebook fan pages, and various other blogs they became a top rated seller. I am so proud of these two. Here is the video I received, check it out now.

I honestly don't have any suggestions to make the gigs better. You're doing a great job.  Thank you for being so awesome. Hope to work with you again soon. Have a good day Fiverrtastic peeps.

Professor Puppet strikes again

Ok so as you all know I am working on getting traffic to my website and creating awesome videos with Top Rated Sellers. One Fiverr seller I think is awesome is Professorpuppet. He is a very talented testimonial actor and videographer on Fiverr. I have written about him once before and plan to order off him sometime in the near future possibly. So what was the video I ordered from him you ask. Well let me show you:

I think the professor deserves a standing ovation for what he created. He has superb talent and anyone who can have a motorcycle accident and come back working on projects so quickly I admire. Thank you Mark for the job well done and may our paths cross really soon. I have no pearls of Fiverr wisdom for you like I do others. You're doing things right and you're an inspiration to myself and others in the Fiverr community.Next time I will discuss theadtwins again. Until then have an awesome day Fiverrtastic peeps.

They call her Shiftypop

Hey Fiverrtastic peeps,
So there's this Fiverr seller I was following for a red hot minute named Shiftypop. She's pictured above. If you haven't heard of her yet you're really missing out. She's a musician on Fiverr with that flare and pizazz missing from a lot of the music artists on here. She does catchy jingles in an upbeat electronica style and believe me she does an awesome job. I ordered a jingle for my website www.choosecustomcreationz.com and I was extremely impressed. The only thing is I didn't get a "video" like in her gig. I got just an audio snippet with my company name in the background. For $5 it was still worth it, but I was expecting just a little more. She delivered in like a little over a day though so I was like holy hell that's more than worth it. I expected to wait most or all of the estimated time period so I'm not going to complain. 

Ok so I sent her a snippet of lyrics, like a simple 30 word verse and she delivered an amazing upbeat jingle. I enjoyed working with her and I would definitely work with her again. I don't think I have any suggestions for her on how to improve her gigs. Just keep doing what she does and change the videos and gigs regularly. Pause or delete ones that aren't selling and keep pumping out good quality deliveries for the gigs she's doing well.

Ok so here is the jingle I received and if you want a jingle like this go to this link

Thank you shiftypop for this amazing jingle and hope to work with you again soon. Fiverrtastic blog and Custom Creationz thank you very much. Next blog I will be reviewing Professor Puppet again. It's been a long while since I reviewed him. He did an amazing video for my website and I was extremely impressed by it. He did just as good or better than he did for my blog advertisement video. Until next time everyone have a Fiverrtastic day.

Two Testimonials That Make My Site Amazing

Hey Fiverrtatic peeps,
Ok so today I would like to talk to you about my site that is still in it's infancy called Custom Creationz. I have been working on this brand for a long time now and almost ready to actually brand the name or possibly sell the site if someone might be interested in branding it. Ok so I bought 2 videos from top rated sellers I have discussed in the past. You may remember them as Kymmypops and Oranjegirl. They are still selling on Fiverr and doing pretty well. It was the suggestion of Oranjegirl's husband Marko, after viewing my site, that I hire his wife and another Top Rated Seller. At first I liked the other person he suggested...but Kymmypops responded back eager to work on my project. Sometimes I'm limited on funds or the amount of orders and time. I ordered from her and ms. Oranje. These two delivered amazing videos and my site is showing a lot of traffic, probably more steady traffic than before. Still not getting the clients it should, but that will change soon enough...or hopefully it will. Here are the videos that I recieved. They are also on my Facebook pages and on Youtube.

                                                   Oranjegirl's video message to clients

                                              Kymmypops video message to freelancers

They both did an amazing job! I couldn't ask for anything better and wouldn't ask for anything more. They went above and beyond what I expected. That's how Fiverr should be when you can. That's what makes clients want to come back. Oh by the way check out my new blog called Your Digital Underground. It's a blog about a place discount digital goods and it will also be chocked full of free advice about things you should know about working as a successful work at home person. I haven't written my freelancer blog because this one has a lot of traffic and the other one is picking up. Fiverr keeps me really busy too. Leave comments if you want and if you would like to write for my blog or help with my Facebook pages let me know, I'm always looking for content creators and moderators. Thanks for all of your support everyone because without you Fiverrtastic is nothing. The next blog will be about Shiftypop so keep an eye out, I have been waiting to review her gigs awhile.
Thanks,

Be careful what clients you choose

Hey Fiverrtastic peeps,
Today I would like to talk to you about private clients and large projects on Fiverr. Be careful how much workload you take on no matter how much money you're offered. Make sure you stay firm to your prices too. If you say 3 cents a word for a writing project with a private client do not budge from that price. On Fiverr make sure your gig descriptions are clear and make sure that your delivery time is clear. The new Fiverr will change your delivery time if you deliver late, believe me I know. If you say 10 or 12 days and you deliver in 13 or 14 it will boost your delivery time. It will say the 12 days but in the statistics it will say a higher delivery time. Also Fiverr has a new rating system so ensure you keep your customer happy with lots of contact. The more contact the better chance of getting a good rating and 5 stars. Ok so back to talking about large orders and private clients.

Ok so let me tell you about my last few experiences. I had a Craigslist client who wanted me to work on a novel for him. He had 6 other novel projects too. Ok so this client had handwritten manuscripts and the stories were really good, but he couldn't write to save his life. His use of the English language and grammar was horrendous. I was mortified for even taking on this project. I charged him $75 when I probably should have charged him $300 or even $500 or more. The guy would call me every day or every other day and he expected me to only work on his project. He came over to my house almost every day to pick up the chapters i had typed so I told him that I was done. I quit 1/4 way through the project.

There was a client on Fiverr who was a complete ass too and he expected me to do an outline for his story. I don't do outlines. So after more than a week of having this order and not finishing it because it was a large project he cancelled. I told him I don't do outlines but I would have did a rough draft or the first few pages. I guess he had worked with too many writers on Fiverr from other countries who can't write so having an American writer was a relief. He thought that he could disrespect me though and in the end he got a mutual cancellation. My best piece of advice is if you get negative energy from a client stop working with them because the stress isn't worth the money. Have a Fiverrtastic day.

Trusting a traffic gig is like...

Hey Fiverrtastic readers,
If you wonder about the title "Trusting a traffic gig is like trusting a dog to watch your food. Ok so you all know that I have been trying to become sucessful with branding my business name for a long time now. I have gone by Custom Creationz for awhile now and with each release of a new website and new provider i'm learning as little more about how to have a successful website.  I have made more of an online presence on Fiverr and on my blog than I have on my website and it's a shame. I'm here to tell you that 95% of traffic and SEO blogs are complete garbage and only care about the high dollar upsells. These people don't tell you that you can do the same thing with traffic generators, backlink softwares, and traffic sharing websites because if it was that easy you wouldn't need them. Ok i'm not even going to say who the seller on Fiverr was even though I should. The person was a Top Rated Seller, yet they gave me less than a top rated experience. I should have just gave them $5 to do nothing. They gave me a BS cookie cutter pdf thanking me for the order and saying that in order to give me better service it would cost a minimum of (2) $100 gig extras. If I had $200 to shell out on SEO services it sure wouldn't be on Fiverr. For anyone who's curious this is my site . 

 Ok supposedly this person was supposed to increase my ranking by building 40,000 blog backlinks and 10,000 traffic hits. I seen no sign of traffic and if I did a backlink search, the backlinks are probably non existent. So that is why I posted a thief image, I may as well given my money away. I'm refusing to leave a review at all because this will bug the seller even more. I have gotten almost 500 hits on my website and almost 1000 on this blog just in the past week. I did it myself without the help of some person who claims to be an SEO professional. Let's just say this much, I am not happy with the way some of the people on Fiverr are conducting business. If I wanted to work with or order from sellers who have multiple people selling on one account I would work for Freelancer. I have a Freelancer account and all the people with small business accounts get all the orders. The people working for themselves get no orders. The larger accounts pay their freelancers 10% -20% of what they are really worth and keep the profit. I see jobs all the time where people are willing to pay $1.50 for 500 words.  Ok enough ranting, I just want to tell all of you that you don't need to order off a Fiverr seller to do web-listings and to get basic traffic and backlinks. Are you sitting close to the screen...CLOSER.  

Ok here's the secrets you've been waiting for. These are the links you can use to help build up traffic. These are unique views, but they all show up from the same centralized server because that's where the websites are from. So when you look at your statistics it will say "300" from this site. ok here's the sites I found that work the best.

http://traffup.net
http://www.linkcollider.com
http://www.10khits.com
http://www.easyhits4u.com
http://hit2hit.com

Well I hope this was able to help you out and I hope to see some comments about this. Also the best way to guarantee to get proper SEO and SERPS ranking is to order services from a professional. If anyone is interested in guest blogging about a gig please contact me. Have a Fiverrtastic day.

Nothing can stop my stride

Hey Fiverrtastic Peeps,
I haven't written a blog lately and I'm very sorry about that. I have been very busy with working on a ton of different Fiverr projects and a few different clients from Craigslist. I'm currently working on a novel project with a client from Craigslist. I love working with clients on Fiverr, but the work is extremely stressful. I also like working with clients on Craigslist too and they sometimes pay well, but it's hard work. Ok, so what else have I been up to lately. Well, I started a new freelance outsourcing website and I'm trying to get SEO work done. If anyone knows anyone whose affordable let me know. I hired someone on Fiverr and for $5 they have a good package. They care more about upselling their $100 gig extras though. I will tell you all right now I only buy gig extras that are worth it. I don't have $200 to drop down on my website right now and I honestly am not going to shell out that type of money. I know that this seller is running a business with multiple people working on the same account, so they have to sell as many gigs as possible and upsell as many gig extras as possible. 

Ok so here is some gigs I have seen recently that I like:

http://www.fiverr.com/fucong/create-a-cartoon-caricature-portrait-of-youyour-friends

 http://www.fiverr.com/idioticgiraffe/draw-cute-things

 http://www.fiverr.com/noom_design/design-attractive-and-modern-business-cards

I hope to write a new blog for you really soon. If you all have any suggestions on who to put in the blog leave a comment here or on my Facebook Page. I hope to hear from you all soon. Oh by the way if you're a freelancer who works for Fiverr or works from home check out my site. If you're a client looking to outsource multiple freelancers or looking for one freelancer check out my site. I hope to talk to you all again soon and catch you on the flipside. This is Josh signing out.