Your profile kept up to date while you get on with the work.
A profile is accurate on the day you write it and slips out of date after that. You finish a project that's better than anything in your portfolio and never add it. You raise your rate in proposals and forget to change it on the profile. With managed upkeep those gaps get closed a little at a time, so you don't have to face one big rewrite every year.
What's usually holding you back.
Your best work isn't on your profile
The strongest proof you have is a contract you finished last month, and your portfolio still opens with something from two years ago.
Your profile describes who you used to be
It still lists services you've stopped offering, a rate you no longer charge and skills you've moved on from. Clients notice these small mismatches.
Upkeep never gets to the top of your list
It's never urgent, so it doesn't get done. Then a quiet month comes along and the profile is the first thing you wish you'd sorted out.
How we improve your work, step by step.
Under each step we tell you what changes in your own working week.
We record where you're starting from
We begin with a full audit, so there's a starting point on record for the profile, the portfolio and the positioning.
What changes for youEvery later change can be compared with where you began.
We agree a monthly upkeep plan
It's a short, fixed list of what we review each month: portfolio order, new work to add, your rate, availability, skills and specialised profiles. We also agree what should trigger an update between reviews.
What changes for youUpkeep turns into a routine that someone is responsible for.
We turn finished work into proof
When you complete a project we help you write it up as a portfolio item, covering the brief, what you did and the result if there's evidence for one. If a sample is self-initiated, we label it that way.
What changes for youYour good work goes on show and doesn't get buried in your contract history.
We log every change
You can see what changed, when and why in your client portal. If a change doesn't help, we can trace it and undo it.
What changes for youYou can look up the history of your own profile and don't have to rely on memory.
What you get, and how we check it worked.
What you get
- A starting audit and an agreed upkeep plan
- Portfolio items written up from your completed work
- A review of your rate, skills and specialised profiles each month
- A change log in your client portal
What we track
- Your audit score at the start and at each review
- The changes made each month, with the reason for each
- Anything waiting on you
Questions people ask us.
Do you change things without asking?
No. Routine upkeep follows the plan you agreed to. If a change would affect how you're positioned, for example your title, your rate or your main service, we propose it to you first.
Is this the same as the client portal?
The client portal is where a managed engagement lives. You'll find your weekly reports there, along with the change log and anything that needs your input. Our team sets up your access once the engagement starts.
Tell us where you're stuck.
Send your profile link and what you want to improve. We read your profile before we reply, so the first answer you get is about your own account.