How to use Goldmine
Review fewer jobs. Choose stronger clients. Write better proposals.
Goldmine helps you start with clients who look more serious, then gives you a clean board to decide, prepare, submit, and track without scattering work across notes, spreadsheets, and memory.
Search for jobs on Upwork.
Click the Goldmine logo on a supported search results page.
Stay on the tab while Goldmine reviews the first 50 visible jobs.
Review only the Goldmine picks first, then Shortlist or Drop each one.
Use Pursuit Board to prepare proposals, add notes, and track submitted jobs.
Where Goldmine works
Works now
Goldmine is optimized for Upwork job search results pages after you search from the Upwork search bar.
Use search results for launch
For now, start with an explicit Upwork job search, then run Goldmine from that results page. Other Upwork pages can come later.
Stay on the tab
Goldmine opens job details, reads client signals, and returns to the list. It pauses if you switch away or the page needs attention.
The Goldmine bar
The floating bar is your compact control strip inside Upwork. It gives quick access to filtering, settings, account, progress, history, and the board without taking over the page.
Goldmine logo
Starts filtering on a supported Upwork search results page. After a run, click it again for a fresh search.
Settings gear
Adjust your personal floor values such as client spend, budget, hourly rate, hire rate, and excluded countries.
Profile menu
Shows sign-in, access, subscription, and logout. Sign in once so your access and board follow your account.
Pursuit Board shortcut
Opens the board where your Goldmine picks, notes, priorities, submitted proposals, and dropped jobs live in one place.
Weekly proposals
Set a small weekly proposal target and track submitted proposals without guessing.
History
Review recent runs and repeated job titles. Use it for patterns, not for current-run counts.
Collapsible bar
The Goldmine bar can collapse to save space on Upwork. Expand it when you need settings, board, history, or account controls.
Post-filter panel
This panel is run-specific. It shows how many jobs Goldmine reviewed, how many it kept for that search, and how many were Gold Star picks. Open Pursuit Board when you want to continue in a cleaner workspace.
Useful and Needs tuning are quick feedback buttons for that run. Use them when the picks feel sharp or when the filter needs adjustment.
History and repeated jobs
History is aggregate context, not the current run. It can show repeated titles and lifetime filtering counts. Use it to notice patterns, but use the post-filter panel and Pursuit Board for immediate work.
Goldmine pick cards
After filtering, Goldmine keeps the strongest client-signal matches visible and hides the rest so your first pass is focused. Each kept card gives just enough context to decide what to do next.
Why Goldmine kept this
Signal chips show the client-quality reasons behind a pick, such as spend, hire rate, budget floor, or no major red flags.
Gold Star
A Gold Star means the job also crossed your average-pay floor. It is a priority signal, not a guarantee.
Shortlist
Use this after a quick fit check when the job deserves serious proposal effort. Shortlisting means 'I may write for this', not 'I already submitted'.
Drop
Use this to remove weak fits from your focus. Dropped jobs stay recoverable in the board so mistakes do not punish you.
Mark submitted
Use this after you submit on Upwork. It keeps your board and weekly target honest.
Notes
Add small working notes like proposal angle, proof point, invite count, client last seen, or a deadline reminder. Notes autosave when you leave the field.
Pursuit Board
The board keeps your promising Upwork opportunities in one calm workspace: decide quickly, prepare for better-fit clients, mark submitted after you propose, and stop weak jobs from stealing attention.
Jobs needing your decision
New or reviewing Goldmine picks. Open each one, do a quick fit check, then Shortlist or Drop.
Shortlisted: write proposal
Jobs you decided are worth proposal effort. Write carefully on Upwork, then mark submitted in Goldmine.
Submitted: wait for signal
Jobs where you already submitted. Track them without repeatedly re-reading or over-checking.
Cleared from focus
Dropped jobs. They no longer steal attention, but you can restore them if your judgment changes.
Today's focus
Highlights one useful next action so the board is not just a database. It nudges you toward deciding, proposing, or waiting cleanly.
Filter tabs
Use Open pursuits, Needs decision, Shortlisted, Submitted, and Cleared to view exactly the type of work you want to handle now.
Priority
For shortlisted jobs, mark High, Normal, or Low priority so you write the best proposals first while the client context is fresh.
Find on Upwork
Searches the exact job title when an old job link no longer opens cleanly.
Feedback strip
Use Useful, Needs tuning, or Suggest feature to tell us how the run felt without writing a long review.
Coach tips
Dismissible tips teach the workflow in small doses. They are meant to keep the fundamentals visible without becoming a manual you must read every time.
Why Goldmine starts with client signals
Many freelancers search by skill alone. That is natural, but it can create a noisy list of jobs from clients who may not be ready, responsive, funded, or serious. Goldmine starts from a simple business principle: better clients reduce the cost of acquiring work.
If a client has promising visible fundamentals, the same proposal effort can have a better chance of turning into a useful conversation. That saved effort can go into proposal quality, relationship building, and doing more with good clients instead of spraying connects across every possible job.
Refresh and recovery
If a job is hard to reopen later, open Pursuit Board and use Find on Upwork. It searches the exact job title and helps you recover the opportunity. When the job appears again, Goldmine restores its context where possible.
Important boundary
Goldmine highlights jobs from clients who look more serious based on visible Upwork signals. It does not guarantee interviews, hires, payments, or outcomes. Your judgment, timing, positioning, and proposal quality still decide what is worth pursuing. Once your Goldmine picks are handled, review the remaining Upwork results too if time permits.