20 Nov 09 5 Places to Look for Freelancing Gigs
Until now, the world economy had been suffering from one of the worst financial crises we ever faced. Companies were getting bankrupt, employees were getting fired, and those who were lucky to survive were facing salary cut. Such was the situation. Nothing looked promising, but there was one thing that was on the rise. It was outsourcing business.
Outsourcing the job to the independent freelancers worldwide was on the rise, and it continues to gain momentum, as companies have seen that they can get good quality work at a fraction of cost that they paid to full-time writers. This was one good thing that came out of the recession. People, despite having all the required skills, were not getting any job, therefore, they turned to freelancing.
If you are late to join and do not know where to start then this article is going to help you start your freelancing career. In this article, I will tell you about places where you can look for freelance gigs.
- 1. Online freelance exchange: Freelance exchanges (or freelance boards) such as Elance, Guru, oDesk, Lime Exchange, GetAFreelancer, etc., work as intermediaries. It provide platform for buyers to post jobs, and service providers to look for job based on their ability. A freelance exchange is a good place to start with, as the payment is more or less guaranteed on the work secured from these boards, and for that they charge commission.
- 2. Blog Job Board: Blogs like Problogger has a dedicated section where companies post freelance gigs.
- 3. Freelance forums: There are many freelance forums where new freelance gigs are posted every day, you should register to one or two of them and start visiting regularly.
- 4. Craigslist: Use the keyword search tool of craigslist to look for local or global freelance gigs. You will find a lot of work listed here.
- 5. Twitter: Of course twitter. This micro-blogging platform provides a potent search tool for freelance gigs as well. Like Craigslist, freelance gigs are getting posted on twitter, every hour.
I know many people who have benefited from the place I have talked about above. Just do a preliminary research before committing to anyone of them.
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13 Nov 09 5 More Jobs for Which You Do Not Need to Step Out of Your Home
Working from home is no more a thought of the future. It is very much real now, and the proliferation of the Internet has made this more real and more pervasive. Now many people are doing their jobs. In the first part we talked about 5 stay-at-home job that you can do. In this article as well, I will tell you about 5 jobs for which you will not need to go to office.
Web Designing
If you know XHTML and CSS, and have a good design sense then there is no limitation to how much you can earn from web designing. There are many people who need websites, but they do not know how to make it. Hence, they take help of professional web design service providers.
Web Development
It is not only the designing part of the website that is in demand, but people who know PHP and MySQL is equally in demand. If you know how to developed dynamic websites, CMS-based portals, etc., then there is no limitation to how much clients you get. Everyone is looking for a quality web developer. Asp.net, JSP, and other languages may also get you some job, but PHP and MySQL is the official currency of web 2.0.
Website Theme and Layout Designing
This is the third kind of job related to website development and designing. If you know Photoshop and can use it to design the home page, and all the sub pages of the website then a lot of clients is eagerly waiting for your services. Website lay outing and theme designing is the first step of web design and development, and everyone who needs either of the above written two services will have to use this service.
WordPress Theme Design
WordPress has changed the way we design or develop a website, or blog, and despite the fact that WordPress offers a whole gamut of free themes, there are no dearth of people who need professionally designed themes. You have two options here, either you can take a WordPress designing job as freelancer, or you can sell your own designs through online theme stores.
WordPress to Blogger Theme Conversion
Blogger is another famous blogging platform, but it does not have as many free themes as does WordPress. Many people who use Blogger as a blogging platform wants to use the cool looking WordPress like themes on their blogs, for which they need someone to convert a WordPress theme to a Blogger theme. This service is hugely in demand.
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