Comments on: Freelancers - here are some tips for bidding on jobs

By: Nell Taliercio

Nell Taliercio — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:05:21 +0000

Lori,

These are great tips. It’s encouraging to know that people do get jobs off the freelance websites.

I often promote the idea of freelance websites for those who want to get started working at home, but many people tell me they never get any work from these boards.

Maybe they just need to give your tips a try ;)

By: freelancemom

freelancemom — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:22:36 +0000

Hey Nell :)

General rule of thumb is hang in there until you get your first project (and feedback). Once you gain a reputation there it becomes much easier to get work.

Also long ago they didn’t have the fee structure they have in place now (elance). A lot of people were upset that they had to subscribe to the service.

I’m of a different mindset… it really knocked out a lot of the low balling bidders. Now providers have an investment and they bid more appropriately. Not everyone, of course… but it’s much better.

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:36:38 +0000

Does anybody have any other advise for somebody that doesn’t have any experience in freelancing?? I have a resume but I am young stay at home mom and don’t really have much experience to put on my resume that would help me with freelancing.

By: Mr. Work At Home

Mr. Work At Home — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:29:24 +0000

Over the past couple of years there’s been an interesting trend towards more work for serious freelancers while giving the less experienced people like Erica a chance to produce content and still generate income with sites like AssociatedContent, ReviewStream, etc.

The more general content producers certaintly aren’t likely to earn as much up front money as the serious freelancers, but the nice thing is that most of the sites that take content paying the contributors on a residual basis for life.