4 Great Venues for Graphic Design Freelancers

 Art, Culture and Society, Digital Art, Freelancing, Work From Home  1 Response »
Jun 292011
 


The work of a freelancer is often highly coveted. Many freelancers can stay at home, set their own hours, and decide how much and how often they work. In addition, freelance workers have a lot more flexibility with regard to the type of work they agree to and what wage they will accept. One common freelance job is that of a freelance graphic designer. However, to make a living as a graphic design freelancer, you have to be able to find a sufficient amount of work. One of the best ways to do this is through freelance venues. Four such venues are described in detail below.

Guru.com

Guru.com is one of the most popular venues currently available for freelancers. Guru has over 250,000 active freelancers, including many graphic designers. When you create an account with Guru.com, you will first need to create and build a profile for yourself by taking skills tests and uploading samples of your work. You can then search for graphic design jobs and make proposals. If you are invited to complete a job, you can request a deposit that will be held in Escrow and then complete your work. Once you have submitted your work and it has been approved, your funds will be released from Escrow.

Elance

Elance is another of the biggest venues on the internet for freelancers. Similar to Guru, Elance will allow you to search their site for possible jobs and bid on them. The employer will then choose the person they want the project to go to. Elance offers a variety of jobs for freelancers including writing jobs, programmers, and graphic designers. They also have an advanced portfolio system to help you showcase your skills, as well as a special escrow system to ensure that you will paid for your work in full and on time. Elance is not the highest paying source of work for freelancers, but you can find a lot of job postings here. In addition, you will be able to get higher paying work as you continue to complete projects successfully. Just as link building brings higher website traffic, so will good ratings on previous work bring you better jobs in the future.

LogoMyWay

Yet another excellent venue for graphic design freelancers is LogoMyWay. LogoMyWay allows the freelancer access to very large payoffs by designing logos for different companies. However, the work you do is not guaranteed to result in payment. Instead, your design will be entered into a contest against many other designs. If the company that requested the logo chooses your design, you will be rewarded with at least $200. Again, the work on this website is not a guaranteed source of income, but you will have the potential to make a lot of money at one time if your designs are the best.

Project4Hire

Project4Hire is one of the best venues available for freelance graphic designers, as well as other freelancers. They offer a search engine that allows freelancers to search for relevant projects and bid on them. Registration and bidding are free. You will only pay Project4Hire a small percentage of your earnings. Once you have signed up for Project4Hire, you can apply to become a Certified Contractor so that you will be more appealing to potential employers. You can do this by providing certain information about yourself and paying a certification fee. Being listed as a Certified Contractor will increase your chances of being selected to complete your chosen projects.

 

This article was written by Anthony Benedict. Anthony helps to run and maintain an Internet marketing website called CreditDonkey.com – where you can find the best options for business credit cards

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Making Money as A Freelance Writer

 Freelancing, Work From Home  2 Responses »
Apr 062011
 

When it comes to internet jobs very few are as easy to get into as freelance writing. The concept of freelance writing is really quite simple: there are thousands of webmasters who need high quality written content and as a result a market for freelance writing appeared. With some basic writing skills and enough patience and time you can easily become a freelance writer and start making some money online.

Obviously the first thing to figure out is what you are good at writing about. If you don’t have much writing or research experience it is a good idea to start out with topics you are familiar with so that you don’t have to worry too much about trying to understand a new topic while also beginning to understand how freelance writing works. Make a list of three of four topics or genres which you are interested and knowledgeable and keep track of it; this is what you will use to find some beginning writing jobs.

Next comes what is probably the hardest part, actually finding some freelance writing jobs. Depending on numerous factors it may be incredibly easily or it may be very difficult. Start out by reading through the various freelance writing forums and websites available online; this is where the majority of jobs will be found.

In order to successfully secure one of these writing jobs it is important to present some sort of portfolio to show webmasters. Obviously since you are just starting you may have to write a few articles or blog posts just as a way to demonstrate your skills. Try to find a blog that will allow you to guest post the article; this way you will have some active articles to show people when you are searching for work. Once you’ve built up enough of a portfolio you should be able to approach webmasters directly through the various freelance websites and forums online.

Possibly the biggest drawback to being a new freelance writer is the pay. The amount of money each freelance writer makes varies from site to site but in general the more experience you have the more likely you are to get some of the higher paying freelance jobs. Just as with everything else it really does come down to how much time you put into the work. Once you start getting projects make sure you spend as much time on them as necessary to ensure they are high quality; nobody wants poor quality articles.

Jonathan is a journalist currently writing for Amazing news where he and others consistently provide heartwarming and cheerful news stories that can make your day better and brighter.

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