Online Freelance Jobs
Where To Get Them

Know Where To Go

To Get Those Online Freelance Jobs

There are both freelancer and employer sites available in huge numbers. Some sites are free...most are not.

Starting Out

Before I list some of my preferred "freelance job" sites, if you're starting out with your freelance business effort, here are tips to use prior to going online to search for freelance jobs.

I suggest:

• Give yourself a business name. Please make sure it is easy to spell and to pronounce. Don't get cutesy and blow it.
• Make a business card from good quality card stock.
• It's important to have a website.

  Place your site on your business card.

  Your site does not need to be fancy. But it needs to outline your business profile:

  (1) tell about you,

  (2) list your expertise/services,

  (3) give samples of your work,

  (4) give references,

  (5) what is your passion?, etc.


• Get your first job by using your contacts. Tell everyone you know you're now in the freelance business and that you're damn good!
• Contact your previous boss or bosses to see if they have overflow work available.
• If you do not have much of a track record with clients, offer your services for FREE. (You have to start somewhere...and you never know where this freebie might lead.)

Make A Splash

If you're just starting your career, I recommend you make the following two efforts for your first few jobs.

Your initial freelance goal is to make "more than" a favorable impression. You need to make a Great impression!

Here is what you do:

• Overachieve by going the extra mile for your client. Include in your freelance project something value added...something you would appreciate if you were the client.
• Get your freelance job completed ASAP, overnight or at least sooner than you and your client have agreed. Remember you want to make a Great Impression!

With the above activities achieved, you'll soon be in the hunt for those online freelance jobs. And..you will win more than your share!

Types of Online Freelance Job Sites

• Job Boards: We already know what a job board is. Ever hear of Monster.com. Of course you have.

  Well Monster also has freelance jobs, but you have to search for them.

  Sites that only offer freelance opportunities are sometimes called “freelance job boards.” Some may be free, but most charge a fee.

• FWEs: Freelance Work Exchanges are a better than average source to find your job.

  These always charge a fee, really a subscription fee. Most professionals choose these sites.

  Yes there is competition, but that’s why you’re reading this…to “Beat the Competition.”

Job or Freelance Job Boards work like this.

An employer will post an “ad” on a site at their cost. You, as a freelancer, will make the contact and bid for the work, if that is something you do well.

A couple of notes:

First, because these sites are free, the competition is fierce. As with applying for 99% of jobs today, the likelihood of getting any kind of a response is nil.

Second, from looking at dozens of freelance job websites, I find there are way fewer job postings on these free sites by employers than on the sites you subscribe to or pay a fee.

It’s probably not a good use of your time to dwell on these sites, but I list a couple below:

• Aquent which has paid staff to match employers and job seekers/freelancers.
• The Monster List of Freelancing Job Sites lists freelance job sites contains both job board and freelance work exchange sites.

Next, we turn to freelance work exchange sites.

The best piece of advise I can give you here is

(1) to choose the best category and/or subcategory that matches your skill and

(2) use an identifying mark/logo with each submission, as this will help readers catch your listing and acts a a brand for your service skill.

Remember there will be subscription fees. But in my judgment, paying a fee puts you more in the hunt for a job…it gives you credibility.

There are three Freelance Work Exchanges I recommend you invest in to get freelance online jobs:

• Go Freelance charges a monthly fee. A low 7-day intro fee is made available. I suggest you take this inexpensive look-see to check out their offerings.
• Guru is probable the largest freelance work exchange. They emphasize security in the process of employer—freelance relationships.

  Importantly, its popularity makes it the largest such site and a full range of freelance opportunities exist here.

• Elance is also large and popular in its online freelance jobs listings.

  I don’t like the fact that they publish the bids of freelancers, although this is a great learning tool if you are in you initial freelance efforts.

Of course once you find a listed job you want to go after, you have to “bid it” right and at the right “price.”

Therein lies the secret of making money to get those online freelance jobs!

Go the Extra Mile to do it Right!

When you have a "business" website as opposed to just a website, you will see a high increase in your freelance opportunities.

Why?

A professional "business" website gets found more often and is your Key Marketing Element of your business.

Pledge that today, right now is "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life."

See why over 100,000 entrepreneurs use the tools of Site Build It (SBI) to get their freelance business "found."

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SBI is the largest website building and business marketing company in the world.

They do not advertise.

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You owe it to yourself to check them out.

Wishing you all the best in finding lots of online freelance jobs just right for you.


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