Make Money From Home With Elance
Web & Programming
Design & Multimedia
Writing & Translation
Sales & Marketing
Admin Support
Engineering & Manufacturing.
Finance & Management
Legal
Entrepreneurs and businesses often have tasks that they are unable to do in-house. It makes sense for them to pay a freelance worker to get the work done.
On setting up your Elance account, write your Profile. Your profile is your sales page. Take your time preparing what goes here. Your profile needs to be professional to make money. Include any relevant experiences and qualifications that you have. Adding the names of prominent companies you have worked for is an advantage. Service buyers are not interested in your personal details, so don't include the number of children you have, or your need to earn money to go to college. Stick with your work related and educational accomplishments
You are offered a chance to confirm your expertise with tests. If they relate to your skills, you can take them, but only display the results if you do well. Self assessed skills look like you were unable to get good result, so don't use this feature.
You should upload work samples to your portfolio. Only add high quality work. You can produce new samples if you don't have any to upload, your portfolio doesn't have to only consist of paid for projects so long as it shows the skills you have.
With your profile and portfolio organised, you can start making money. Look through the posted jobs and find something that interests you. If you don't think you can deliver an excellent result, do not bid on the project. You need to get good feedback to build your reputation.
Because you are competing with freelancers form all over the world competition is fierce and it can be difficult get your first job. Many Freelancers underbid on projects in the hope of being awarded a project. This is not a good tactic; clients often associate a low fee with poor work. more projects are awarded on the grounds of a well written proposal than on low price. Make more money on Elance with less work by getting high paying projects.
By selling yourself and your services, and telling prospective buyers why they should select you rather than someone else. It is possible to make money with freelance work on Elance, and it is feasible to have a work at home Business.