Jolly

The professional community for independent workers

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The professional community for independent workers

8 followers

With Jolly, being a freelancer or gig worker doesn’t mean building a career alone: Jolly helps you grow your network & reputation so you can find more opportunities. Jolly’s also a middleman-free marketplace to hire/get hired: we never take a cut, from anyone.

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The need of the hour! Gig economy moving towards a Trust economy is inevitable. Great to see a product/marketplace addressing this. Is your primary focus on non-tech markets or are you focusing on tech market too?

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6yr ago

Jolly

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@bargava1008 We’re focused on non-tech workers. Some of the more common skills in our community are: • Food and beverage (e.g. server, bartender, cook, catering staff) • Logistics (e.g. warehouse, stocker, driver) • Event & Production (e.g. setup, security, cleaning, a/v crew) • Field Marketing (e.g. brand ambassador) You can search our entire community by skill+location using the search box on our home page, www.JollyHQ.com. All of that said, it’s been exciting to see more tech-related freelancers sign up (designers, writers, programmers) and I think that speaks to the widespread need for a worker-first community.

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6yr ago

Jolly

Maker

👋 Hi! I'm Shelby, co-founder and CEO of Jolly. We've been working hard on Jolly and we're so excited to share it with all of you. Jolly is a professional community—for freelancers, gig workers and independent workers of all types—with tools to: • Establish, build and own your reputation as an independent worker • Grow your professional network of connections to people and businesses • Work together freely without anyone taking a cut • Get support, ask questions and share information in a community of independent workers helping each other We've had over 40,000 independent workers and over 500 businesses join Jolly so far! 🚀 Why does the world need Jolly? In some profound ways, the gig economy is failing independent workers. We need an entirely new set of rules which are more humane and equitable, and we call this new set of rules the Trust Economy. Jolly is the platform that enables the Trust Economy to exist. In the Trust Economy, • People—not platforms—own their reputation data and their network of contacts • We can work together freely without middlemen • The highest relationship is the service relationship between worker and client, not between middleman and client 💬❤️ Feedback Please let me know if you have any questions, feedback or find things we should fix. We're constantly improving Jolly and your input can have a big impact. - Shelby

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6yr ago

I saw in the video that Jolly offers tools to businesses looking to hire freelancers. Could you explain these tools more?

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6yr ago

Jolly

Maker

Hey Alex, thanks for your question. Jolly is both a professional network and a job marketplace (the technical term would be a “market network). Our tools for folks who hire freelancers include: 1. SEARCH: Hirers and businesses have access to a worker search that is powered by the workers’ Jolly profiles, their reviews, and indicators of trustworthiness such as the reputation data they connect from other platforms. When you find a freelancer, you can contact them to discuss working together. If you hire them, there is no middleman—you just work with them directly, and pay them directly. This is the most common way employers can find and hire workers on Jolly. 2. POST: In Jolly’s job marketplace, hirers can post a job, and freelancers who match (based on skill, location, etc.) will receive a notification. There’s a built-in (free!) applicant tracking system, so jobs posted on Jolly can be shared anywhere on the web and all applicants flow into the same system. 3. NETWORK: Businesses and individual hirers build up their network of trustworthy workers by connecting with each other on Jolly. This makes it easier and easier to hire great independent workers over time, because when you need to hire someone, you can tap into your Jolly network first, before needing to post a job or search for workers. Let me know if we can clarify anything here.

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6yr ago

Completely empowering to independent workers - Jolly is what the world needs now! It's especially innovative that the platform doesn't take a cut of each transaction, this is a much fairer (and dare I say fun?!) way to hire/get hired and build your professional reputation.

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6yr ago

Jolly

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@renastake Thanks Rena - We agree!

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6yr ago

Sendspark

just curious... how do you serve your users in different/better ways than other professional networks, such as Linkedin?

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6yr ago

Jolly

Maker

Hey @brandonesc. Thanks for your question. Linkedin is designed for the traditional 9-5 office worker. Its core features like “the digital resume” are really optimized for people who work at the same company for several years and then move to another company. These tools don’t work well for freelancers, who work with different clients frequently (multiple in the same month, the same week, or even the same day). Some freelancers have a linkedin profile, especially creatives or business consultants. But many frontline, real-world workers either don’t use Linkedin at all, or they have a profile but never update it or engage in the community. In contrast, Jolly’s profile is designed specifically for freelancers. It helps them aggregate their reputation from other marketplaces/apps, earn reviews, and add their past clients and past projects. It also lets them list the various services they provide (and, optionally, their fees/rates). It provides easy ways for potential clients to reach them directly without needing to exchange contact information. So, it works more like an online store to sell services than a traditional “profile.” Unlike LinkedIn, Jolly is also a free gig marketplace where hirers can post jobs and freelancers can find them. The job marketplace comes with a free applicant tracking system, so jobs posted on Jolly can be shared anywhere and all applicants flow into the same system. Businesses and individual hirers use Jolly to build up their networks of trustworthy workers, so it becomes easier and easier for them to find great independent workers over time. Hope this paints a picture of how Jolly is different from other networks like Linkedin. Follow up if you’d like me to clarify or expand upon any of this.

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6yr ago

Hi Shelby! I read all your resources and found Jolly amazing (: I have a question, tho, since I couldn't find any information about it. Since Jolly doesn't take any cut, how will you monetize? Are there any plans on charging freelancers in the future? Cheers

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6yr ago

Jolly

Maker

@_jwnx Hi Juliana! We’re developing a subscription upgrade option for business users (who create a business profile and recruit independent workers on Jolly). We will also probably offer an upgrade option for freelancers at some point in the future. Also, we’re talking to a number of partners who offer auxiliary services to independent workers (health benefits, financial solutions, etc.) about ways they might be able to reach our users. None of this is live yet, as we’re currently focused on increasing the value Jolly creates for our users.

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6yr ago