Elance.com
is one of the largest freelancing sits
on the Internet. A lot of large companies post their projects on Elance.com. The
freelancers provide companies with bids, and companies select from a wide range
of freelancers. There are close to 1,000,000
freelancers on Elance.com
Guru.com
is another large freelancing site, with more than 1,000,000 freelancers.
Guru.com also has both free and premium memberships based on categories of work
which you’re willing to do.
oDesk.com
is easy to use and very popular. There
are both hourly and fixed rate jobs.
Hourly jobs are guaranteed and use the latest software to gage a
freelancer’s time. oDesk.com charges 10%
of your final payment. There is no fee
to set up an account and to start working.
GAF,
which stands for Get a Freelancer.com has both paid and non paid plans for
freelancers. Be sure to become a verified user. The site is based in Australia and has well over
1,000,000 verified users. GAF is one of
my favorites, view jobs here to see why.
Just For Fun
Well
some people may say Fiverr.com is just for fun, however, there is some serious
money exchanging hands over at Fiverr.com.
People I work with earn anywhere from $500 to $800 USD, and most of them
live offshore. What happens is: “the
tips” when freelancers do an excellent job, small business owners tip them
well.
Almost Free
ifreelance.com
Another great freelancing website to visit. This is a very good site for beginners.
Jobs are regular but this is fully membership based site, membership starts at
$4.69/month. It may be worth it to pay a
small membership fee. Site is easy to
use.
10
Reasons
Why You May Want to Consider Freelancing
4. You have gifted talents which you can market and provide, online. Also creating an affordable service for small business owners in your area, is a profitable idea, which requires very little start up cost.
5. You have the patients, of Job (If you don’t know who Job is, that’s OK.)
6. It’s doesn’t bother you to always “allow the client to be right”
7. You are on your computer all the time anyway, might as well earn some money.
8. You don’t mind waking up and finding out that, lots of things, online, has changed over night!
9. You have sold everything you could find, on eBay, and you want to continue earning money
10. You are self-directed and self-motivated.
Important Tip:
When just starting out in freelancing, and
you want to impress potential clients, even when you have no feedback on the
freelance site, you can upload examples of your work so potential clients can
see your work. Let them know in the bid
that you are new to the site, and you have experience. If the freelance site allows, direct
potential clients to view “a sample” of your work, on your site, if not learn
how to place an image in your profile.
For
example, I am a SEO person (search engine optimization) so I built a site where
I could show off my SEO skills: www.t360travelclassifieds.com Well it backfired, but in a good way. So, after you find that high paying job, or
start to freelance, you will need a break.
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Sandy
