Comments on: Open Thread: Do You Elance?

By: Allison

Allison — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:44:51 +0000

Elance has been really good to me is as well. I’ve found a few great, steady clients who pay well and are just pleasant to work with. I’ve also found a few folks through Elance, but then automatically did business off of Elance. Granted, they aren’t all that way. You just have to search for them through all the many job postings. It also isn’t my only method for finding jobs and clients, but I do think it’s a good place to start.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:33:53 +0000

@Walker – Thanks for sharing your experience, Walker! Elance can be a good lead source for freelancers.

By: Walker

Walker — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:55:55 +0000

I started on Elance months ago and continue to bid on the occasional job. Yes, many are way too low, but I’ve gotten 2 steady clients I do repeat business with and have raised my rates with both of them recently. One of those 2 has gone on to work with me off of Elance and just recently hired me to work with his team. So, while the rates are low, it has been a good platform for me, specially in my first months as a freelancer. So, I wouldn’t completely discount its value.
Walker´s last [type] ..Wishing and Hoping and Dreaming

By: Enfockpof

Enfockpof — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:53:26 +0000

Where is a good source for finding attorney jobs?

By: Alexis

Alexis — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:24:50 +0000

Hi Dormmeace, I’m not sure I understand what you’re looking for, but have you checked out the freelancing job boards?

By: Dormmeace

Dormmeace — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:25:22 +0000

I am the owner of one of the recruiting agency and now i am looking for some good highly professional place that is dedicated in placement of professionals, that can help me to grow my business of recruiting. I am also having many professional candidates who are looking for professional jobs and I also look for professional companies that require professional candidates from different areas right from restaurant jobs to highly trained engineers job and also management jobs. Can anyone know about anything special?

By: Alexis

Alexis — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:54:39 +0000

Thanks for sharing, Aja. That does sound frustrating. Trish Lambert advises that we should pick the projects we bid on. Look at the project description itself and try to scope out the one who posted it. This way, we can eliminate those who are obviously looking for bottom feeders rather than quality.

Hope this helps!

By: aja

aja — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:29:58 +0000

I am signed up for elance but have only been signed up for a couple of months. The projects that I have bid on have gone to freelancers bidding ridiculously low. I won’t count it out completely seeing that there are people who have been successful there, but for the amount of time that I have spent there to be outbid by someone willing to work for pennies, I feel like my time can be better spent elsewhere making money that I can live off of.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:17:43 +0000

Hi, have you tried Elance, oDesk and the other freelancing job sites?

By: Tremawargorse

Tremawargorse — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:55:50 +0000

I am planning to post a weekly newsletter for senior citizens in the Boston area. I am senior citizen, and don’t have the resources to bring on a writer for any extended period of time, but was hoping someone could direct me to a good place to find a temporary and reliable labor source? Any help you can provide is really appreciated…