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karensuki

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« on: June 01, 2009, 10:51 »
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 ??? The economy is hurting the public school system along with my job of technology specialist... Basically I am out of luck and have to find a new job making a full time income...

I was thinking of going freelance and I need advice on where to look. I have found guru.com and oDesk.com... Is there anyone with experience on these sites and does anyone have any other sites to suggest?


« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2009, 12:30 »
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elance.com

I haven't used them to get work, but I have used them to source people. I don't have experience with the others, but I've always been happy with elance. It's been a while since I've used them actually.

« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2009, 15:04 »
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I've sold my design services through elance, probably about seven years ago, very well implemented, however, prices paid tend to be quite low. I don't think there is much scope for photographers, but I would give it a look anyway.

« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2009, 19:11 »
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I've used both elance and guru. You can find good paying clients on both, but you will have to wade through a lot of garbage. I'm amazed at the insanely low budgets posted for some of the projects. I always wonder if they get completed for those prices.

You can also try craigslist. It is pretty unorganized and hard to find things, but there are a lot of postings. Also, I'd say build a good portfolio site and get links to it from as many places as possible. Especially from the stock art sites. People contact me all the time for custom work from them.

Finally, you could try putting together a mailing campaign with a promotional postcard and collecting or buying a list of art directors. I've never had much luck with my mailing campaigns, but it's worth a shot.

Hope that helps. Freelancing isn't an easy thing.


 

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