Hi, Can anyone share with me please the best online places like Elance, Odesk.com etc to get the projects of all kind including Web development, SEO, Content writing, data entry etc. Also I need to know the places like DP forums where we can offer our services. Any help will be appreciated. Regards WM
Hi there! I hired a developer on oDesk who created an iPhone app for me. The app had video content from a personal trainer, who I found on Elance. oDesk was a great experience. You get to see occasional screenshots of your worker's desktop and can set up milestones that determine when you release payment. It puts you in control and I found it to be a really comfortable experience. I had many developers respond to me there before I selected one and, if I can offer a tip, would suggest you get them to jump on a voice chat with you over Skype. This allows you to disqualify anyone who's got poor English or is not willing to jump through a few hoops to please you. Elance was also good, and I had a similar experience there. I would recommend trying both sites (not much happened for me on Guru) and seeing who bites, qualifying them, interviewing them, and making sure you feel good about who you're hiring all the way through.
If you wanted to post a project then I would use Elance, or freelancer.com however, I would really recommend Elance because you could get tricked on Freelancer easily and I hate their platform too. I just want to add that freelancer is cheaper. If you want to offer a service I would use peopleperhour.com or Elance. I think Elance is the best freelancing platform, it is well developed for both freelancers and clients. I have used it as a freelancer and as a client and I really love it.
Thanks all for your replies. Any more good suggestions please? I want to get projects as well as want to promote my services. Regards WM