2023-24 Best freelancing sites?
in quora :
These are the seven Upwork alternatives:
- Fiverr
- PeoplePerHour
- Toptal
- 99designs
- Guru
- Freelancer
- Outsourcely
Another list
other list
Facebook/ Meta
Best Freelance websites 2020
Not sure if they are the best
1 - Upwork - gig site, net - volume high
2 - Design Hill - design
3 - Toptal - talent network long term
4 - Linkedin pro finder
5 - https://weworkremotely.com/ - I am in I guess - traditional - design - no sign up
6 - behance - illus, anim, net, design
7 - Simply hired
8 - Dribble
9 - Fiverr - gig site - volume high
10 - people per hour
11 - Guru
12 - Freelancer
13 - Craiglist
14 - Upstack
15 - Github jobs
16 - Remote.co
https://www.turing.com/ - am I in?
Stack Overflow
99designs
Europe and France :
When no work
- blog your showcase
- low your bid - my opinion is: false! lowering your bid will not give you success
- volunteer on : if you are lucky someone will see it, this is more like sponsoring than business, but who knows, it may work for you
- open source projects
- communities
- Bug hunting fixing
- testing
- documenting
- code for credit (kodlarda varligini gostermek icin, araya adini yaz)
How to bid-07-01-2013
- Evaluate yourself
- what is your experience in this field
- how long have you done this
- if few exp : Bid LOW
- if great exp : Bid HIGH
- Market demand
- some field demand top expertise and training
- look at the rates of others who have the same skills as you
- Overall business strategy
- to get the foot in the door:
- apply this for a client having ongoing and repeat work available
- apply with lower fee
- Work for lower end project
- Work for projects that do not require high skills and paid very low
- work for high end projects, projects which require high skills and you chooseto be paid high
- What amount the client is willing to pay
- sometimes things may not be aligned, this is where negotiation takes place
- freelancers be cautious about being too forcefull, because clients can look to other freelancerif we overprice
- Things to do
- set your fee as negotiable
- client be aware of discussion to have in case I am selected for the project
- A negotiation is a back and forth dialog until an agreement is met
- the discussion should be straightforward and honest
- A client can agree to pay more if he is convinced that it is worth . The challenge is to be worth the expense
How to work:
- Keep your deadlınes
- If you can`t beat the deadline, don`t take the job
- if you can beat the deadline, ensure you keep the deadline or earlier
- Do not take too much work
- otherwise, some of the work will not be good
- or all will be bad
- Manage your finances
- Projects do not come consistently.
- Learn to save when you are making a lot of money
- Your savings, will help you out when you are making too little
- Manage your tools of trade, maintain and repair them
- computer, internet : are they reliable
- have a backup
- Handle your clients well
- Treat your clients with courtesy and respect
- Build your relations
- This will guarantee your future jobs
- one client can send you other clients
- Do not overwork yourself
- Do not take on too many projects at a time
- it will have negative impact on your health and your productivity
- Always seek clarification
- If you don`t understand a particular project contact quickly your client
- Explain your understanding of the instructions
- If you have new ideas on the project, it is advisable to discuss this first with you client and get their approval
- Don`t be intimidated
- you are not used to deal with high profile client
- intimaded=lose confidence on your work
- confidence is the key in this business
Working in team
- speak directly and frankly to the team member
- explain exactly what the problem is
- team member can rectify
- Reassign team members
- lack of skills
- assign to a job that doesnot suit his skill
- solution is to reassign
- Probation = deneme
- team member can be toolazy, uncooperative
- set a probation period,
- team member in this period should increase his performance
- at the end of period reevaluate
- Termination
- expulse if the person does not meet the expectations
- otherwise it will be a financial drain
- Be proactive
- during hiring process
- provider skill
- provider willingness
- provider experience
- personnel
- and in working as team
Project Management
source : newsletter : work smarter not harder
Input
Effective, most optimal use of time
- result oriented
- effective approach
Output
- Greater relative productivity
- less pressure on you
- healthy work-life balance
How
Change your old habits and thinking patterns
1 / Plan prioritize perform
- Time management is critical
- Plan your work before doing it, 10 min each day
- what is important
- what is not important
- what is urgent
- or can wait
- how long each item will take
- Give yourself time for breaks
- allocate time :
- for correspondance
- for phone calls
- If planning free up some time
- don`t rush to fill it
- or you will be overwhelmed
2 / Efficiency
Clear up all the fluff affecting your performance
- constant interruption from coworkers, bosses
- Social media is not work related
3 / One at a time
- working on multiple projects at once is not good planning
- choose to work on one issue at once
- ignore everything else
- you won`t feel overwhelmed
- you can get more work done
- Instead
- of thinking =
- clock ticked 86.400 time/day
- clock will stop ticking after considering it
- better think =
- tick once for every second
- it makes relief (rahatlama)
- clock will re-start ticking
4 / Flexibility
Times where things will not go as you plan
- that`s ok
- plan is set to give us direction
- work on something else or stop all
- give yourself a day off
- things might look better after
- if it`s not working, don`t push yourself, because anxiety will make worse
5 / Outsourcing
- your business is growing
- You do all tourself
- then outsource it
- calls
- emails
- accounts
- research
Business - how to
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