Freelancers – How to Get More Jobs!

I am in the middle of building a website. I think the domain is pretty good (AmsterdamRentals.com).

Now since this is a side project, I prefer to keep my staff focused on our larger and potentially more profitable projects. With that said, I usually go on the hunt for new freelancers who can take some of the burden with getting these new properties online quickly and effectively.

It sounds so simple with the advent of sites such as Odesk, Guru, Elance, etc., but for those of you who have used any of these – you know this could be further from the truth.

The biggest problem is that these sites are overrun by forign sweat shops who have a “Sales” guy who probably copy’s and paste the same generic cover letter in the hopes of landing the next $500 deal.

That creates the biggest problem for me (the job provider) because I refuse to work with these guys.

To illustrate this – I made a quick video to show exactly what I might go through in the first 1 hour of posting a job offer.

So, as you can see from above – hiring and sourcing could be SO much easier.

This is a note to all freelancers; if you find yourself struggling try a new approach. Try reading the job post and spending more than 2 minutes applying for the job.

I guarantee that this simple yet effective strategy will go a VERY long way to helping you secure more work.