FREELANCE JOB REPORT
Make the right business connections in the world’s
fastest-growing freelance marketplace.
Issue #328 Professional Edition
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In This Issue:
1…..Increase Your Income
2…..Hot Job: Write for Greeting Cards
3…..Get a Hot Job
4…..Jobs for Freelancers
5…..Talent Beats Technology
6......More Jobs and Projects
7…..Generate More Prospects
8..…Cool Project: Design a Logo
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1. Increase Your Income
Recent research has shown that freelancers earn significantly more, on average, than their full-time counterparts.
Of course, freelance professionals also have to pay their own overheads, and don't get paid vacations. But even allowing for this, they still come out well ahead.
So if you are looking for a way to earn more money, freelancing is definitely the way to go.
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2. Hot Job:
Write for Greeting Cards
Writers are needed for the development stages for a Greeting Card Business. They are still accepting versus for the initial roll out of our product. The cards should be gumorous, Golf related content only.
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3. Get a Hot Job
When you are looking for freelance projects, don't forget that the major mainstream job sites can be a useful source of work.
Because of the sheer volume of jobs posted on these sites, there is a high chance that there will be something available to interest you. Since the merger with Yahoo, HotJobs has become a great place to look for contract work:
http://www.hotjobs.com ********************************************
4. Jobs for Freelancers
Work-at-home and free agent jobs for writers, designers,
programmers and other professionals.
Design Greeting Cards
A respected company is looking for a freelance vendor or company to become its Artwork Vendor. You will be working for a Golf Greeting Card Company. This will be a long term relationship and commitment.
Emulate an Online Casino
A developer is needed to create a site that is based around a casino. The site will have a table and players and will involve gambling. It will be fast and furious as the site referenced is but, if at all possible, will preclude the need to download software. The game will be real time and the screen will be synchronized across players.
Web Design for Ebay Store
A web developer is needed to help with on going ebay business of designing small gift websites. These web sites will have to be Paypal ready, and you should have working knowledge of Paypal. ********************************************
5. Talent Beats Technology
Many professions nowadays have been transformed by technology. Writers, designers and photographers, amongst others, all have great tools at their disposal.
But don't forget that even the best tool is no substitute for natural talent and acquired skills. Use technology to help you, but don't expect it to replace your professional talents.
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6. More Jobs and Projects
The latest projects and opportunities for free agents
worldwide.
Modify Playing Card Artwork
A graphic designer is in demand that can to make corrections to playing card components. All are simple one color line art unless otherwise mentioned. Images will be supplied electronically.
Draw Humorous Cartoons
Artists who are skilled in humorous art are needed to submit artwork for possible publication. Cartoons can be one panel, or multi panel. Primarily seeking edgy, subversive humor geared towards a male audience. Write Humorous Editorial
A start up national humor magazine seeks editorials. Consider will be all forms, prose up to 2000 words maximum. Other ideas include gags, "charts", spoofs, transcripts, poems. Especially welcome are pieces in the vein of National Lampoon or Spy Magazine, i.e. parody, satire, irony and goofs.********************************************
7. Generate More Prospects
A web site is a great source of work for many freelancers, yet the majority of contractors still don't have any kind of web presence.
One reason for this is that many people don't feel competent enough to build their own web site. If that sounds like you, then give Site Build It a try. This system is designed to make it easy for anyone to build a web site from scratch – and that could mean money in the bank for you:
http://www.sitebuildit.com ********************************************
8. Cool Project:
Design a Logo
A new advertising agency is in need of an identity. This will involve the design of a new logo. Budget is unlimited so set your price. Please include samples in your application.
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Remember
"To make promise into reality, we need commitment."
Chinnappan Baskar
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