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The Rise of Fixed Term Contract Workers

Small Business Labs

  A new study by the Freelancers Union and Elance-oDesk adds more information on this type of work. According In interviews they self-describe as independent workers who move from gig to gig.  According to their Freelancing in America study , 5.5 But these people know they aren't traditional employees.

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Is the U.S. Becoming Less Entrepreneurial?

Small Business Labs

  Using contingent labor has gotten easier and more effective due to the growth of online talent exchanges such as Elance and oDesk, improvements in collaborative technologies for managing non-employees and growing numbers independent workers available for hire. freelance jobs per month. 

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The Role of Side Gigs in an Uncertain Economy

Small Business Labs

In our interviews two reasons for having side gigs caught our attention. According to Elance, 25% of their global freelancers are side giggers  and the percentage is even higher for their U.S. Their primary activities are things like school, homemaking, childcare, senior care, retirement, etc. freelancers. In

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How to Set Your Copywriting Fees and Earn What You’re Worth

Men With Pens

Another discussion was with an associate who said he saw freelance projects on Elance with bids of $50 for sales letters and $5 for blog posts. One was a conversation with James, who commented on one of my blogs that many copywriters aren’t good with numbers. Guys, what in the wide world of sports are you thinking? Working for $5?

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Your online Business Development System: The Blog Transmitter

BioTeams

For example, you can do a video interview with an international expert if you can get them on Skype using the Pamela add-on. Graphics Designers: elance. Here is an example of an excellent UK voiceover artist I used to narrate a flash video ). Create your own short videos. You can also make your own "proper" short videos over the web.

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

Success

You uncover outsourcing talent the same way you find employees: by networking in person or online, asking for recommendations and interviewing carefully. You can advertise for freelance help on sites such as Guru.com or Elance-oDesk.com.

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Set Yourself Apart from the Competition » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

I’m familiar with Elance but a colleague who had a similar project told me that she’d had great success with oDesk - so that’s where I started. So throwing out the high and the low, I started to look for people to interview. I sent emailed interview questions. Hourly rates ranged from $2 and change to over $46.