https://spacesales.agency/blog/ Agency lead generation across Upwork, cold email, and LinkedIn: benchmarks, deliverability, outreach limits, and the tests that actually moved replies. en https://spacesales.agency/blog/is-upwork-slowing-down/ https://spacesales.agency/blog/is-upwork-slowing-down/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Is Upwork slowing down? Upwork's Q2 2026 report shows 4% fewer active clients and a record $5,230 of spend per client. What that changes about how you bid. https://spacesales.agency/blog/upwork-vs-cold-email-vs-linkedin/ https://spacesales.agency/blog/upwork-vs-cold-email-vs-linkedin/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT An honest Upwork vs cold email vs LinkedIn comparison from someone who runs all three channels for agencies, plus how to pick the right one to start with. https://spacesales.agency/blog/linkedin-outreach-limits/ https://spacesales.agency/blog/linkedin-outreach-limits/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The LinkedIn connection request limit sits around 100 to 200 invites a week. How to build a pipeline inside that cap without burning the account that matters. https://spacesales.agency/blog/cold-email-deliverability-for-agencies/ https://spacesales.agency/blog/cold-email-deliverability-for-agencies/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Cold email deliverability for agencies: dedicated domains, warmup, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, the Google, Yahoo and Microsoft sender rules, and monthly checks. https://spacesales.agency/blog/are-upwork-boosted-proposals-worth-it/ https://spacesales.agency/blog/are-upwork-boosted-proposals-worth-it/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Are Upwork boosted proposals worth it? What Upwork's own help pages say about the auction, the placebo auctions, and when boosting actually makes sense. https://spacesales.agency/blog/how-many-proposals-to-get-a-job-on-upwork/ https://spacesales.agency/blog/how-many-proposals-to-get-a-job-on-upwork/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Honest funnel math for how many proposals to get a job on Upwork in 2026: what one bid costs in connects, and how to calculate your own number. https://spacesales.agency/blog/upwork-proposal-view-rate/ https://spacesales.agency/blog/upwork-proposal-view-rate/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Most Upwork proposals are never opened. Real Upwork proposal view rate data: about 1 in 6 gets a recorded view, and bid speed decides who gets read. https://spacesales.agency/blog/upwork-icp-targeting/ https://spacesales.agency/blog/upwork-icp-targeting/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Upwork ICP targeting, step by step: how to build job searches that find ideal-fit clients, and the exclusion mistake that silently kills 95% of good leads. https://spacesales.agency/blog/why-upwork-proposals-get-ignored/ https://spacesales.agency/blog/why-upwork-proposals-get-ignored/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Why Upwork proposals get ignored, from 25,000+ analyzed cover letters: the openers and phrases that kill your reply rate, and what lifts it. https://spacesales.agency/blog/upwork-reply-rate-benchmarks/ https://spacesales.agency/blog/upwork-reply-rate-benchmarks/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT What a good reply rate on Upwork actually looks like, the one client filter worth 36x in the Sales and Marketing data, and why client spend barely matters.