Freelancing can be a good option but only for the persistent. I have seen people who lounge about for days, even months on forums and sites, scourging for projects or waiting to land an online contract and it is quite a while before they can get a foothold. I have been lucky in this respect and landed my first project within 10 days of starting as a freelancer ... only to make some big blunders that led me to lose the project as well as the confidence that I can survive in the cyber-jobspace. It was again some time (1 month to be exact) when I actually got a project that I really wanted. But this failure taught me a few things. The first was not to over-commit and to realize my true caliber. Other important lesson that I learned was that cyberspace was a place you had to tread carefully in.
Today, I am listing a few sites that offer online freelance work ... but till date my personal favorite remains GetAFeelancer.com which I have been actively using since the time I started freelancing.
1. GetAFeelancer.com
2. ScriptLance
3. Freelance Jobs
4. Elance.com
Many sites like Elance and GetAFreelancer provide the funds Escrow facility for safe and amicable settling of the payments. For programmers there are several sites like RentACoder where projects owners and buyers can rent a programmer.
For people who are not highly skilled but can write a decent report or article there are several sites that will allow you to submit articles to them. Usually the articles will go through a review process and once approved will be displayed on the site for the prospective buyers. Constant Content is one such site that provide good rates but only to deserving writers. Another such great site is DailyArticles which is similar to Constant Content but has less stringent rules and .... lower rates.
Watch out for a more comprehensive and detailed list of such sites in the next few days. Till then ... sayo nara ...
GEEK QUOTE OF THE DAY: UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Today, I am listing a few sites that offer online freelance work ... but till date my personal favorite remains GetAFeelancer.com which I have been actively using since the time I started freelancing.
1. GetAFeelancer.com
2. ScriptLance
3. Freelance Jobs
4. Elance.com
Many sites like Elance and GetAFreelancer provide the funds Escrow facility for safe and amicable settling of the payments. For programmers there are several sites like RentACoder where projects owners and buyers can rent a programmer.
For people who are not highly skilled but can write a decent report or article there are several sites that will allow you to submit articles to them. Usually the articles will go through a review process and once approved will be displayed on the site for the prospective buyers. Constant Content is one such site that provide good rates but only to deserving writers. Another such great site is DailyArticles which is similar to Constant Content but has less stringent rules and .... lower rates.
Watch out for a more comprehensive and detailed list of such sites in the next few days. Till then ... sayo nara ...
GEEK QUOTE OF THE DAY: UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
