Posting a job is free, takes ten minutes, and puts your project in front of every relevant freelancer on the platform. Yet many job posts get mediocre proposals for one reason: the post itself gives freelancers nothing to work with. 'Need a designer, budget flexible' attracts exactly the quality it deserves. Here is how the best clients write posts, and why their inbox looks different.
The anatomy of a great job post
Six elements, in order:
- A specific title: 'Logo + menu design for a new burger place in Batroun', not 'Designer needed'
- One paragraph of context: what the business is, who the customers are
- Exact deliverables: 'logo with source files, A4 menu print-ready, Instagram highlight covers'
- A real budget range: it filters out mismatches in both directions
- The deadline, including any hard date like an opening or an event
- What you will provide: photos, text, brand colors, examples you like
On budgets: state one, always
Clients hide budgets fearing they will overpay. The opposite happens: without a range, strong freelancers skip the post (their time is limited) and you get proposals from $20 to $2,000 that teach you nothing. A stated range attracts freelancers who genuinely work at that level and lets them propose the best scope for it. Not sure what a fair range is? Start from our 2026 pricing guide.
Reading the proposals
Discard anything that is clearly pasted. What remains, judge on three signals: did they reference your actual project, does their portfolio contain similar work, and did they ask at least one intelligent question. The freelancer who asks 'is the menu single-language or Arabic-English?' before quoting will also catch problems during the project.
Reply speed matters too: someone who answers within hours during hiring will communicate the same way during delivery.
Copy-paste template
"[Business type] in [area] needs [service]. We are [one sentence about the business and customers]. Deliverables: [exact list]. Budget: $[X]-[Y]. Deadline: [date + reason if any]. We will provide [photos/text/examples]. Please include similar work in your proposal."
Post it free on Khedmati's job board. Khedmati is built around escrow: once payments go live, your money sits safely with the platform until you approve the delivered work.