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If you have done any freelance work then chances are you have heard of Elance.com. Today, I am going to discuss my experience with this company. To start off with, Elance.com is a website that you can go to for finding freelance work. It is great for people who write articles and are looking for high paying clients to work for. I heard about Elance from a reader, so I decided to give it a try. After I signed up, the site required that I take a test to make sure that I was aware of how to navigate and use Elance. They provide helpful FAQ’s that they said I should study before taking the test, but in truth their questions are common sense ones and I don’t really require much thought. After passing the test, I was allowed to start bidding for work. Their site is quite easy to navigate, and I had no problems at all bidding. In general the only thing that is not good about Elance, in my opinion, is its customer service. It was impossible to get someone over the phone, so I tried to email their support a question. According to the site, all questions are answered within twenty four hours. So far I haven’t received a response back. Other than that, Elance seems to be a great way to get started making money at home. I definitely recommend trying it!

If you prefer the idea of working for yourself instead of working for a work at home business, then freelancing is definitely an option to check out. With this job, the first thing that you would need to do is to join a freelance member site. Here are some of the sites that I have heard great reviews from:

http://www.odesk.com

http://www.elance.com

http://www.guru.com

After signing up, the next thing to do is to decide what area you are going to specialize in. (These will be the types of jobs that you will take.) Some popular jobs right now include: language translation, article writing, website design, programming, logo design, and personal assistants.

The next thing to do is to start looking at jobs in your category. When you find a job that you are interested in, the next thing to do will be to place a bid on the job. This basically is the lowest you are willing to be paid for the job. Keep in mind that at first you will not have any reputation, so it might be good to do jobs at a lower price than you would normally do. After placing the bid, you will just have to wait and see if it is accepted. If it is, then what usually happens next is that the employer will go over some of the benchmarks that they expect from you. And that is pretty much it! Once you complete your job, you will wait until the employer deposits the amount that you are to be paid into an escrow account, and then you give them their work, and the money is released to you. If you think that you would enjoy this type of job, then give it a try! Good Luck!

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