I did create this blog to act as a Freelancer guide to making money and outsourcing online, to help employers and freelancers to find their way through the various freelance services and challenges. I have started out as a freelancer 8 years ago to make money online and I did outsource quite some of the work I am not proficient in and I have come a long way since. You can expect to get a lot of content over the next few days. Just to list a few topics that will be covered :
- What Freelance platform to use, including a comparison and charts.
- Reviews about the top online freelancing platforms
- How to post a job in order to attract the correct person.
- How to increase your chances of landing a freelance job.
- Various other articles, based on my expertise.
- How to make money as a freelancer online
- How to reduce your costs as a small business/startup or simply as someone who needs a bit of help by outsourcing the job to the correct freelancer.
Reputation and Ranking make or break a Freelancer
Before I start blogging, I would like to tell you a few things about myself. My freelance handle is shakoush2001, I am a technical wizard of all sorts, I am an open source advocate and I hold various technical certificates “CISSP CEH RHCE PMP ITIL VCP” just to name a few.
I have been a freelancer for 8 years, I have made quite a chunk of money and reputation in the online world, I did make a few bucks on some projects and 20K on others.
I am the top ranking experts-exchange.com Linux expert of the year 2008.
I do have clients from all over the world. But again, anyone can claim that, so lets get down to a few facts. To the left you can see my reputation and the number of reviews. 5.0/5 on a 101 reviews. That means as a freelancer you have to do the job right each and every time to keep getting good jobs. More on how to do that in the articles.
Being a top ranked freelancer got me a lot of work
Increase your ranking get more jobs. How to make money in freelance sites. How to outsource your work at low costs to competent professional freelancers.
I currently rank as 1189 out of 10,123,573 at Freelancer.com which puts me in the top 0.01% of all Freelancers on that site. My expertise level is 20 which is the top level and this means I did get the maximum number expert points as freelancer.com actually does hand out. So I can claim that I do know what I am talking about :).You can verify the above by visiting my profile by clicking here.Please do let me know your comments and if you land a great freelancer or make a dime or two as a result of reading my articles.
If you would like to hire me please do contact me directly or by use the hire me button on my Freelancer.com profile page.
Awesome site, thanks for the info