How to Become a Freelancer, Where to Find Jobs, Freelance Communities and Platforms

Previously, we explained how to start freelancing on Upwork. In this article, we are going to explain the same concept for Freelancer.com. These sites, along with UpWork, are the most popular platforms that allow you to find some of the best independent freelance opportunities available. About Freelancer.com Create your account Create Your Profile Find projects How to bid? Advice when starting on freelancer website How to structure the account to get more clients How to [...]

Learning how to find a web developer on any platform can be daunting, but it shouldn’t have to be impossible. Finding a good web developer on UpWork can be straightforward if you know what to look for and what to ask. We shall discuss a variety of tips and tricks that will get you on the right track towards finding a freelance web developer on the popular and efficient Upwork platform. Consider learning the basics [...]

Remote communications are super fragile. When we are chatting online, writing comments online, or sending emails we do not see each other and so we are not reading non-verbal signals like body movements, facial expressions. Recently I've encountered a perfect example demonstrating how a very small thing may really affect the quality of your online conversation in a bad way! This communication issue was caused by .. a smile icon! So, we were chatting with [...]

In past articles, we explained the steps that are needed to start your freelance career at elance.com and freelance.com. In this article, we are going to explain how you can start working at guru.com that is another great freelancing website. Steps are quite similar however there are a few differences in the website’s display and sections. Follow these steps. 1. Create your account Go to www.guru.com At the top right corner of the page, you [...]

Elance, Odesk, Freelancer are recognized by freelancers as the top freelancing websites and by employers as the top outsourcing websites. No matter which website you opt for, there is plenty of work for both; the freelancer as well as the employer on all of the websites mentioned here. Although the basic purpose of all of these websites is to outsource work to the freelancer, there are many differences among these sites. While some of these [...]

In freelancing, there are two types of jobs. Pay per hour jobs or often called hourly jobs and pay per project jobs, often known as fixed price jobs. Both of these job types have their own pros and cons. In this article, we have explained both the advantages and disadvantages of hourly and fixed price jobs. Pay Per Hour Job Pay per hour job, as the name suggests, is the type of job where the [...]

People often look for part-time earning options in order to maintain a better life standard. There are people who want to work but work according to their own schedule and there are also those people who want to earn while sitting at home. The answer to the questions of all the people mentioned above is freelancing. Now the problem is how to start? Many don’t know how to start as a freelancer on freelance websites. [...]

Freelancing has emerged as a fast-growing industry and has been credited with providing jobs to millions of people around the globe. Almost everyone has thought of becoming a freelancer once in life but not every freelancer is successful but there are many freelancers that are extremely successful and earning thousands of dollars per month. In this article, we have enlisted 7 things that every successful freelancer does. If you want to become a successful freelancer, [...]