Comments on: Open Thread: Where do you Find Web Work?

By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Building a Career on Bursty Work «

Web Worker Daily » Archive Building a Career on Bursty Work « — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:00:09 +0000

[...] to keep you busy right now, don’t stop marketing yourself. We’ve discussed the various ways to find web work in the past, and you shouldn’t neglect them even when you’re working hard. It’s [...]

By: kamen 123

kamen 123 — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:13:01 +0000

Sergey I.Grachyov/TakeReal is rentacoder’s dog
His mental abilities do not allow him to understand that I have PERFECT evidences confirming that I’m right
He thinks that rentacoder is perfect because rentacoder is source of food for him
Like every dog he can bark non stop
Please do not pay attention to him
:-)

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:41:20 +0000

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I love the blog,i must admit you are fantastic !

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2fa8650d69ba5aa0350ecd6788706414 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:21:17 +0000

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By: jetteroheller

jetteroheller — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:11:45 +0000

I’ve repeatedly gotten good work via Dice.com. Seems like a lame cop-out with all these other neat tools, but starting in 1999 I’ve just gotten good contract after contract out of Dice.

By: Sergey I.Grachyov

Sergey I.Grachyov — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:45:25 +0000

The insulter “kamen123” has been banned from RentACoder.

“kamen123” spoil perfect site in revenge.

My name: Sergey I.Grachyov
Nickname: TakeReal
I am famous freelancer.
I have:

891 projects completed via RentACoder
109 projects completed via GetAFreelancer
34 projects completed via Scriptlance

By: kamen 123

kamen 123 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:43:21 +0000

With serious projects rentacoder staff is INCREDIBLY STUPID and they are proficient to blame someone else.
Perfect examples in the articles at http://kamen123.blogspot.com.
Please help me to give them a lesson.
They lie even with the slogan of the site

By: Web Site Design, Internet Marketing, Ecommerce - ryanj - Professional Web Development - Work and Money

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:52:48 +0000

[...] need a job or a gig. There is an excellent open thread at Web Worker Daily asking readers, ‘Where do you find Web work‘. Hanging around the coffee shop, sipping a latte and logging on to the wireless network [...]

By: Rusty Weston

Rusty Weston — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:17:36 +0000

Don’t overlook your offering itself. A lot of small and emerging businesses want turnkey solutions that involve building & maintenance of various websites. Interestingly, I vary rarely see Web workers advertising solutions such as E-bay stores, e-commerce engines, catalogs, and more. Even if it’s not your primary area of expertise, your clients and prospects appreciate help finding designers, coders administrators and a host. It’s okay if you don’t do all of those things yourself, but help your clients & prospects make those connections too. The experts you refer your customers to won’t forget to scratch your back either.

By: Andrew Payne

Andrew Payne — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:18:05 +0000

Something many online businesses fail to to understand is the importance of having a network of related businesses that you have done work for in the past or are in a similar field of work. If you keep an on going relationship with them, even just the occassional phone call to stay in touch goes a long way. So when you find yourself on a lazy day, you can make a few phone calls and typically it sturs up some work for you.

By: Rob Witham

Rob Witham — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:26:08 +0000

I am somewhat new to the webworker scene as well. I use Craigslist as well as some of the larger national listings (though Monster, etc, seem to favor well-established, job-type candidates over web workers).

So far my web work experience has been similar to my other small business experiences in that referrals / networking bring the best customers for the least cost. However, like others, I find it necessary to be more aggressive sometimes to find work.

I like the idea about the Chamber of Commerce and other local organizations. That could be a great networking opportunity.

By: Els

Els — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:59:51 +0000

My first actual clients I got through Usenet, and the rest followed by word of mouth. Not that people are shouting my capabilities from the rooftops, but I get nice referrals out of it. At the same time I must admit I’ve only been a web worker for two and a half years now, so I may (have to) explore other ways of finding work as well, even if only to be less dependent on referrals.

By: J.T Dabbagian

J.T Dabbagian — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:15:14 +0000

I’m an idiot. Didn’t notice you covered that.

By: J.T Dabbagian

J.T Dabbagian — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:54:39 +0000

Don’t forget Craigslist! That’s good occasionally.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:54:48 +0000

Hit up your local chamber of commerce here in the States. Membership for a solo biz is usually pretty cheap. I traded services for the cost of mine, and I’ve picked up my last three projects either directly or indirectly because of my membership there. The chambers also hold regular meetups for networking, so it’s a great way to get some face to face with people.

Many of the smaller businesses are intimidated by or just don’t get the whole internet thing, so a good chat with someone like us is a great way to build a working relationship. My passion for what I do comes through pretty strong once I get to talking about design and the ‘net, and people pick up on that.

By: Ways to Look for a Job : Joberu

Ways to Look for a Job : Joberu — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:34:58 +0000

[...] Worker Daily is running an open thread about the ways telecommuters look for work. They have broken it down into four basic categories: [...]