Before you start putting yourself forward for freelance work, you need to take the time to make yourself look like an attractive prospect for a business. Often, your profile page on freelance websites such as People Per Hour, Elance and Freelancer is the only chance you have to give potential customers the crucial background information they need to make an intelligent decision for their business. It’s incr ...

If you have made the decision to work from home, the hardest part of building your business is getting your first client. You may have worked in a specific industry for many years, and have now decided to apply those skills as a freelance. Maybe you are looking for a completely new career, using skills that you know you have – but are yet to be proven. Well, the good news is that we all start in the same po ...

Over the years I’ve read hundreds of bids for different projects but my experience of each project is very similar. Each time there are only a handful of proposals that stand out from the rest. I’m going to share with you my experience on a recent project I outsourced with PeoplePerHour for Home for Business and offer 10 practical tips on how to write a winning bid. My brief on this project was very simple. ...

When you go on to the Elance website you’ll see thousands of projects. The majority of jobs are in IT & Programming, Design & Multimedia, Writing & Translation but there are also opportunities in specialist fields such as Legal and Engineering and Manufacturing. You can even set up your business as a Web Researcher or as a Virtual Assistant and start earning money this month or even this week. H ...

People Per Hour offers a solution that makes it quick and easy to get in touch with new clients who are actively seeking your services. Describing itself as a ‘global marketplace’, the website has played a vital role in my success as a freelance copywriter, and – by following a few guidelines – could do the same for you. What Is People Per Hour? In 2006, graduate Xenios Thrasyvoulou had a great idea for a w ...