You will earn legitimate money working on various tasks: Data Entry, Web searching, Excel, Copywriting, Coding. . .
To do this kind of Internet work you don’t have to pay anything – it’s 100% free to join.
There are no membership fees, and you’ll never have to invest your money.
With these free online jobs you can make great earnings and best of all is that you’re doing this work from your home.
If you want to earn money online doing whatever your specialization is, or only simple jobs, or tasks like: Data entry, Form filling, Excel, Word, Copy/Paste, Typing, Copywriting, Web searching, Web design, Programming, SEO . . . and 400 other work categories - then continue reading.
I won’t keep you anymore in anticipation – I’m talking about Freelancing sites – working place for buyers and service providers from all over the world.
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Links for Best Freelancing websites:
Freelancer (GAF)
oDesk
Scriptlance (SL) - (07/12/2012: Freelancer acquires Scriptlance)
In the beginning the goal is to win your first project.
Wining your first project is NOT so easy, but do not despair, it’s hard only at the beginning. You will have to learn many things and later you will really enjoy working on the internet. I was probably one of the luckiest people and won my first project (rating) in second week.
When it comes to transferring money from freelancing sites to your bank account it’s not a problem. You can read about how to transfer money (worldwide) here.
The most important is to earn money first!
Internet work is especially popular with home staying moms. These jobs without investment are also great if you are trying to start your own business without having to invest money from your pocket. If you’re planning to work full-time as a freelancer on these sites, you have to be prepared to dedicate more than 8 hours a day. That is of course just in the beginning until you’ll have regular clients.
Registration process on all sites is very simple, only oDesk has Readiness test which you will pass I don’t doubt very easily.
Don’t forget while you’re making your profile, that it should be professional looking. Buyers will probably look at your profile first, before they award you with a project. User name which you choose during your registration will show on every offer you make, so think twice before you choose. If you already have a company, it is probably smart thing to make your company name your user name.
When you create a profile you also select qualifications, and you can only apply on projects if it has your qualifications. For instance, if you marked “Excel” qualification and didn’t select “Web search”, that means that you can only place a bid on “Excel” projects.
But don’t worry, it is possible to change it later.
After you create your profile, start looking for projects that suits your qualifications.
You can search projects by viewing latest projects, or you can select desired category and then select newest in that category. There are thousands of new projects every day, but it is harder to win older ones, especially if you are a new member without rating/feedback. So when the new project comes out try to be among first to place a bid.
Open the project that you’re able to deliver and then click on “Place a Bid” and make your offer.
Your price offer should be within the budged set by the buyer (employer), and the minimum project price on GAF is $30.
The whole process from the beginning to getting paid looks something like this:
Always send private message
When you are placing your bid, the most important thing is to send PM (private message).
Introduce yourself to buyer, explain why should he choose you for his project, write your qualifications and skills required for the realization of his project. Write that you are new to this site, but that you will do his project accurately and on time. These are just some phrases that I used to get my first job, but feel free to be imaginative, but also professional.
Another of my suggestions is to offer the lowest bid.
Explain that you are a new freelancer and that you are willing to work for the lowest price, but that you’ll also provide an excellent service.
What? Lowest price?
Since you don’t have a single project behind you, buyer will rather choose someone who already has a successful project on freelancing sites and a good feedback.
Therefore you must offer something to buyer what will convince him to pick you. And in this case it is the lowest offer.
This is maybe the good time to say something about rating/feedback
All freelance sites have rating / feedback system. When the project in freelancing sites is finished, buyer and service provider rate each other and leave a feedback. Freelancers with higher ratings get more projects as buyers have more confidence in them.
Rating is a part of your reputation. More good ratings = more work
Some differences between sites
On oDesk you have only 2 bids after you sign in. And after you pass Readiness test and complete your profile info. . .your bid amount will increase. On GAF you can bid only on 30 projects per month, while on SL unlimited times. If you become a gold member on GAF then you can bid on 160 project and commission taken by site decreases from 10% to 3%.
I have to pay for something?
Don’t worry. You don’t have to pay anything from your pocket. When you finish your project, money will transfer on your freelancing account, and from that money commission will be taken. So you didn’t have to pay anything, you just got little less.
All sites take commission from 5-10% and if you are a gold member it’s from 0-3%.
So if you are a gold member on GAF and you complete a project worth $100 you will get $97 on your account.
Follow the rules of these sites
NEVER send your contact information to buyer. That includes email, skype, phone number and so on…
If you send your contact info to one of the buyers, freelance site will suspend your account and your career as a freelancer will be over.
This Internet work opportunity allows you to earn money and maybe even to employ other people if you have won bigger projects.
So don’t hesitate and turn your room into office.
To try - it doesn’t cost you anything, and maybe you’re made for this job!
