What is freelancing ?
In one sentence – Freelancing means working freely from anywhere on any project on your own terms .
Lot of peoples are working as a
freelancer to earn their full time livings ,But the most important is
where to get the freelance projects , There are huge number of online
portals advertising every where , to work online . But In my career as a
freelancer , I found 90% of them are not legitimate . They will get
their work done & will not pay you , or will pay you very less for
your hard work. Hence the solution is why not you work for a Big Brand
like – Elance.com & freelancer.com . Because people trust them ,
However it is a bit difficult to get project on these websites for
beginners. But if you make a try regularly & if you deliver you best
on elance , once you get good feedback and rating in your elance
profile , then you need not to worry about getting projects.
Elance is one of the best freelance
website (market place) , to work for a freelancer from home . I
personaly had worked for several websites but I found elance is the best
one to work with. It is very prompt with payment conditions. The
pricing offered wor work done is also standerd , it on elance , you can
expect high amount for the work you do here on elance rather than any
other freelance website.
On Elance not only individuals works on projects , But big companies also get projects from elance for their employees.
What type of job projects I can get on Elance .com ?
There are various type and category of
jobs posted on elance , Which can be done by students , housewives and
professionals .You can find several easy jobs like – Data Entry ,
content writing , translations , logo designing , transcription etc. and
several technical & complex jobs which can be done by a
professional or experts like – Web programming , software development ,
search engine optimization , CAD , etc.
How to get started on Elance.com
Step 1 – Go to www.elance.com , Create your account and verify your mobile phone & address by the various options shown on elance.
Step 2- You need to
complete your profile information’s like – your expertise skills , the
services which you can do on elance , a short description about your
work strategy & terms and conditions.
Step 3 – Now you need
to pass a proficiency online test , In this test you will go through
some multiple choice questions , which will be based on your skills you
mentioned on your elance profile . If you pass this test , Elance will
mark your skills as tested in your profile , which increases the
probability of getting projects on elance.
Step 4 – Now submit
your Professional CV , Resume , mentioning your Educational
Qualifications , work experience & field of expertise.
Step 5 – Now go to home
page of Elance , Go to the Tab – FIND WORK , Now you will be able to
browse all jobs posted on elance , category wise , Budgetwise , location
wise , posted date wise & Time Left wise.
Step 6 – On Elance
people & companies post their jobs on elance describing all the
details like – work title & description , their terms &
conditions , Their Maximum budget , Expected job completion time. Once
the post the job on elance , the job will be live & shown for few
days as mentioned by the person who posted the job .
Step 7 – Now the people
like you who are looking or searching for project on elance view the
job , and they will submit their own individual proposal for that job
mentioning , how much he will charge for that project , maximum project
completion time , and other details . several peoples like you put their
proposal for each single projet . till the job is live.
Step 8 – Now once the
time for submitting the proposal ends , Then the person who had posted
the job will view all the proposal submitted by the people , he may
contact for clarification before issuing the work order.
Step 9 – Once the work order is issued , you start working on the project and complete & deliver on time.
Step 10 – Now you are
ready to receive your payment , you can get your payment via paypal or
other options available depending upon your country.
What is the guarantee that I will get paid for the work you had done on Elance ?
This is very important , I will advice
you to check the client info , You will find , the details in green
round boxes , indicating , how much money that client had submitted to
elance for making the payment . If you find 2 or more green round boxes ,
you can trust that he had submitted money to elance , and once you do
the work and deliver to client elance will release the payments. But if
the person profile indicates that he had not submitted any money to
elance for his project posted on elance , there may be a chance that you
may not get your payment for the work you completed . in such case
elance can not take any step. Hence I will suggest you to check the
profile information of the person who had posted the job.
Can I make my full time earnings on elance ?
Let me tell you that lot many companies
get huge number of projects from elance.com, They pay their employees
from the earnings on elance . There are lot many peoples on elance who
make their livings on elance earnings , You can view the yearly &
lifetime earnings of people & companies who get project from
elance. Please view the profile for your confirmation. Then why not you
can make your fulltime earnings from elance. But you should be master
in your field of your expertise.
Important Tips for getting freelance projects on Elance ?
- Create your profile which looks like a professional , complete everything on your elance profile,
- Create your work portfolio on elance , which contains your all quality work done by you in past either on elance or local market.
- Complete the Proficiency Test , with good performance.
- Submit your proposal only for those jobs which you can do with confidence in beginning.
- Since you are a beginner , Hence keep your pricing low in your offer , until you get some projects .
- Deliver your best , if you are a beginner , you need to creat a good impression & rating on elance.
- Always deliver you job on time to impress the client.
Does Elance take some charge from us for submitting proposal & for the work we do ?
Yes , you are allowed to submit only
limited proposals for free on each month , for placing more proposals
than allowed , elance will ask to pay some amount. Also elance take some
marketplace charge on each project which you do on elance.
Is There any other marketplace or website like Elance from where we can get freelance projects.
Yes , a part from elance , there are
several websites from where you can get the freelance project , but I
will say my opinion Elance is the best. Other sites are https://www.freelancer.com , www.odesk.com , http://www.peopleperhour.com/ https://www.fiverr.com/ etc
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