If you are wondering how to get freelance work without experience, you are probably a victim of that no-experience-no-job conundrum where clients don’t award to you projects because you lack freelance experience but you cannot obtain any freelance experience unless a client awards you their project. To make it even more complicated, I’ll tell you that the posed question is a tricky one because the answer might be different, depending on what you really mean.
Why oDesk and Elance Are Not a Waste of Time
Many people say oDesk and Elance (or all popular freelance job boards, for that matter) are a waste of time. They base their claim on their understanding that everyone is competing on price there and if you are on those sites, you are doomed to either fail or work for pennies.
It’s true that there are many freelancers with poor or no skills who are driving the market prices down. It’s also true that there are plenty of bad clients who are looking for nothing else but cheap labor. And then we have you, the little genius with excellent skills and high prices, who is wondering whether to waste their time on oDesk and Elance. Wonder no more – there are lots of good clients who are worth your time and efforts on both sites.
Think about it this way …
The Big Picture of Yearly Time Management
Let’s talk about the big picture of time management. Did you set your SMART goals for 2015 yet? Do you already use a tool to manage your time on a daily and weekly basis? Congratulations, if you do – my work is done then! (Just kidding, read on!)
Many people do set goals and do use time management programs like Google calendar and still fail to make significant progress throughout the year. You know why?
When to Say NO to a New Freelance Client
If you are in your 7th stage of the freelance cycle, ‘all is perfectly well’, you are already used to declining work. However, if you are earlier in your freelance career, check out these 5 situations when to say NO to a new client and why. #1 When the new client has a bad reputation […]
5 Freelance Tips to Battle Procrastination
When you find yourself postponing complex or urgent tasks and doing simple and not important tasks instead – that’s procrastination. I won’t get into the “technical” details of what procrastination is and how to cope with the psychological side of the problem. Instead, I will give you a few practical examples from my experience when freelancers procrastinate and what to do not to turn procrastination into a habit.
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