oDesk offers two types of jobs – fixed rate and hourly. There are pros and cons to both. A fixed rate job is one in which you and the buyer agree on a set rate for a predetermined task or amount of work. The advantage of a fixed rate job is that you know how much you will make in total. The disadvantage is that oDesk will not assist you should your buyer decide not to pay. I only work fixed rate jobs, and I have learned that they can be a bit risky. My general rule is that communication must remain open between me and the buyer until the job is complete. If the buyer stops responding to my emails, I stop working until he does. This doesn't happen very often, but it has saved me from an unscrupulous buyer a time or two. Never accept work outside of oDesk from an oDesk buyer. There is no legitimate reason to do this, so you will get scammed if you agree to it, period. If you decide on an hourly job, you will have to allow oDesk software to run while you are working. It will take screenshots that will be used as your “timesheet” and for your buyer to check job progress. You can edit the screenshots, thus remove anything you didn't want captured, but I find this to be a hassle. Most don't mind it though; it’s just my personal preference. When you are looking for a job, only bid on jobs offered by buyers whose payment method is oDesk verified. This means they have a payment method on file with oDesk. These buyers are much more likely to be reputable. Read the feedback provided by previous workers. This can reveal a lot about the buyer, both good and bad. Pick a few small jobs and go ahead with the application process. Once you have oDesk experience, you can work your way up to bigger and better jobs, but starting small will allow you to build your provider reputation.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
5 Easy tips for freelancers (part-5)
Get in touch with your clients:
I think to get a good client over internet is fully depends on your luck. There are lot of frauds around us and we don't know who is solid and who is fake! So, we the freelancer always try to search a good client and make him/her always happy. So that you can get regular work from them. Be honest with your work. From the starting of the project to last session of work you have keep you patience and honestly finish your task.Try to add your clients in your skype , Gtalk or Yahoo messenger. So that you can also be their contact lists. Wish them in occasions, start conversation with greetings called a good manner to make happy clients. If you can manage 3/4 fixed clients who give you regular work, then I'm sure you never unsuccessful in your freelancing career.
I think to get a good client over internet is fully depends on your luck. There are lot of frauds around us and we don't know who is solid and who is fake! So, we the freelancer always try to search a good client and make him/her always happy. So that you can get regular work from them. Be honest with your work. From the starting of the project to last session of work you have keep you patience and honestly finish your task.Try to add your clients in your skype , Gtalk or Yahoo messenger. So that you can also be their contact lists. Wish them in occasions, start conversation with greetings called a good manner to make happy clients. If you can manage 3/4 fixed clients who give you regular work, then I'm sure you never unsuccessful in your freelancing career.
5 Easy tips for freelancers (part-4)
Don't loose your focus from your Goal:
Before starting any project, you should set your goal. It means you have to fix how much time you spend for this tasks. If you target you can work 10 hours per week or complete at least 2 works per week then you must try to complete them within targeted time. when you get more experience then you will increase time and working rates.
Before starting any project, you should set your goal. It means you have to fix how much time you spend for this tasks. If you target you can work 10 hours per week or complete at least 2 works per week then you must try to complete them within targeted time. when you get more experience then you will increase time and working rates.
5 Easy tips for freelancers (part-3)
Focus on your work not for the money:
It's a great moral in your freelancing career. Your main target is earning money but your should not loose your concentration from your work. If you provide quality and clean work to your client then they will pay you happily and give a good rating. It's the best policy to get a fixed client and save your time from "time wasting in bidding". You need to set your focus in following terms:
1. I need to complete my job perfectly and get a good rating/feedback comments from client.
2. I need to increase my productivity proportion to time.
3. I need to be a good manager in terms of time and requirements.
4. I need to upgrade my profile frequently.
5. I need to learn new technologies/topics/stuffs for getting more attractive jobs.
It's a great moral in your freelancing career. Your main target is earning money but your should not loose your concentration from your work. If you provide quality and clean work to your client then they will pay you happily and give a good rating. It's the best policy to get a fixed client and save your time from "time wasting in bidding". You need to set your focus in following terms:
1. I need to complete my job perfectly and get a good rating/feedback comments from client.
2. I need to increase my productivity proportion to time.
3. I need to be a good manager in terms of time and requirements.
4. I need to upgrade my profile frequently.
5. I need to learn new technologies/topics/stuffs for getting more attractive jobs.
5 Easy tips for freelancers (part-2)
Try to learn more and increase your knowledge:
As a freelancer, You keep it in your mind - "You are an one man army". That means, you are the owner of a project, you need to finish then, you need to deliver completed tasks and finally you are the winner of full project rewards/payments. So, If you have enough knowledge then you can manage a lot of things a time.Working experience is another asset in your freelancing career. If you have good and sound experience in any field then you can earn from that field. Like If you have good in web programming then you can start working in PSD to HTML conversion projects, PHP project, JSP projects and many more. Secret is that, you have to choose those work where you can apply your best work potentiality. At the same time just make a short search in freelancing sites for which work give you more money and which work have much more demand. Always think like a economical person. It means, If you have 10 products in your hand and $10 in price each of them and people pick them within in 1 hour then you can earn $100 in a hour. One the other hand if you have $50 products and you can't sell 2 of them in a hour then it'll count a loss for your business. So, try to focus on "demand". More demand in marked, more you can earn!
As a freelancer, You keep it in your mind - "You are an one man army". That means, you are the owner of a project, you need to finish then, you need to deliver completed tasks and finally you are the winner of full project rewards/payments. So, If you have enough knowledge then you can manage a lot of things a time.Working experience is another asset in your freelancing career. If you have good and sound experience in any field then you can earn from that field. Like If you have good in web programming then you can start working in PSD to HTML conversion projects, PHP project, JSP projects and many more. Secret is that, you have to choose those work where you can apply your best work potentiality. At the same time just make a short search in freelancing sites for which work give you more money and which work have much more demand. Always think like a economical person. It means, If you have 10 products in your hand and $10 in price each of them and people pick them within in 1 hour then you can earn $100 in a hour. One the other hand if you have $50 products and you can't sell 2 of them in a hour then it'll count a loss for your business. So, try to focus on "demand". More demand in marked, more you can earn!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)