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post #1 of 15
7/24/12 at 9:16am
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I am a freelance programmer/graphics type character and for the last few years I have made a killing on craigslist in terms of finding new clients to make websites and stuff for. I am lucky that I live near a major city in that my CL is generally hopping with ads and opportunities for work. However, lately it as slowed down considerably and I am starting to think that it isnt just the economy and stuff this time. I am wondering what other avenues I can investigate to find some work. What other websites can I check out? Thanks smile.gif
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7/24/12 at 9:29am
VWorker.com is worth looking into, I think. thumb.gif
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7/24/12 at 10:18am
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Awesome I am looking into it. Have you used it? If so, what are your thoughts on it?
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7/24/12 at 10:33am
I honestly haven't done any job on it myself but it looks pretty good and definitely worth using.
VWorker is basically just a platform which seems to provide safer communication between employers and employees (in that transactions are handled over vworker as funds are escrowed by the employers to them before the job starts and are then transferred to the employees after the job).

You should look into it and see if it suits you.
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7/25/12 at 12:49pm
vworker works (hehe) however you will most likely have to lower your charges a bit, there are A LOT of workers from different parts of the world that can charge a fraction of what an American worker would since they have lower living expenses in their countries.

Another recommendation for vworker and similar sites, have a full portfolio from the start, since you will have 0 "rep" in their system its imperative that you show you have experience, skills and are reliable.

One last recommendation is to go for the big bite, at first its very tempting to just mass produce code (or graphics I guess) for several $100-ish projects and just nail one in an hour or two, but you WILL find this to slow you down as soon as a client wants changes (and they will), go for the big projects, most not-really-professionals will not bid for them, and while they are more time consuming, if you have the skills it should be worth it money-wise.
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7/27/12 at 8:52am
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Cool I am checking it out and have placed a few bids. No success yet, but I will keep trying. My skillsets are pretty vast so it matches me with a new project every few minutes haha. Are there any other places to try? I could really use the work asap and so far have not really found any great alternatives to what Craiglist was doing for me. Thanks guys!
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7/27/12 at 8:55am
Dice is a good place to look for tech jobs, a lot of engineers I work with use it as opposed to Monster or CareerBuilder.

http://www.dice.com/
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7/30/12 at 2:55pm
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I check them both out. No luck so far, which kind of sucks. I have a rather large portfolio, but it is hard to get in on that when you are new as hell lol. So many vets of those sites that it seems hard to bust into it. Any suggestions or other places to try?
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7/31/12 at 12:47am
I use freelancer.com. It took me maybe a week or so to get my first project, and I've had concurrent and sequential projects to work on since then. You just have to know how to sell yourself.
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8/16/12 at 6:50pm
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Thanks for all of the ideas. Anyone have anymore? I have tried each suggestion with not much success. Any suggestions to make it work a little better in my favor?
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