First of all, there are many companies on the net that provide leads for freelance work. I mean type in “freelance” or any form of the word in google search, you are going to get a lot of results, I mean over a million. As you can see, it is one way to make money on Internet.
My experience in freelancing
I have started freelancing two years ago, but only got seriously into it about 4 month ago. During that time frame, I managed to get about $200 which is pretty good in my opinion. The jobs that I did weren’t very hard, mostly data entry. The project that paid me the most was entering messages into auto-responder. I mean the job was easy, took me only about a week to complete. I managed to get $90 bucks from the project (well I had to pay 15% to the lead provider, but I think it was worth it).The lead provider that I get my jobs at is http://www.rentacoder.com, they have pretty good customer database, and is easy to navigate the site. They do take 15% for each lead or $3 whichever is higher. But the good part is: no membership fee for coder or buyer. They only charge per completed work.
Tips for new freelancers
1. Whenever you place a bid, don’t just write, “I can do this job.” That line almost never works, especially if you are just starting out.
2. Be ready to back up your bid, perhaps have some examples of the previous work. The average amount of bids a buyer receives is about 50, so you really need to stand out.
3. Start out low, do couple of cheap jobs to get at least 10 ratings. Afterwards you can bid high.
4. Try to complete the jobs to the best of your ability, that way the customer might hire you for another job.
Well, hope this was informative. In the next post I will post a Paypal screenshot of my earnings (and yes, rentacoder has paypal payout option). Till then, see ya.
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