5 Days Open Source Workshop

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Welcome

Day 5

What Will We Learn Today?

Tools

Freelancing Intro

Online Market places

WinMerge

Google Analytics

Google Webmaster

Dropbox/One Drive

Google Drive (Google Docs)

Aweber/Mailchimp

Some Useful Tools

Basecamp, Insightly (Project Management)

Firebug/Firebug Lite(for Chrome)

LastPass, Roboform (Password Manager)

Some Useful Tools...

A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer for a long term.

Freelancing

Freelancing Company Tasks

- Gather all sellers and buyers in one place

- Make it safer

- Company grantee that you will not finish the task without getting money

- It would also grantee that buyer will not pay for uncompleted job

Right Now

Many unemployed people do not have the skills to work in the new economy.

Do you?

What are you?

Freelancer

Solo-preneur

Consultant

Specialist

Genius

Artist

Idea

Freelancing is based on the idea of online market

You have some good to sell/rent, your

skills, your time, your ideas

Some one need to hire you for one paid job

How?

Checklist

Business EntityWebsiteLinkedin profileKeywordsBlogBusiness CardsPortfolio

How to start

Create an account

• Start hunting jobs

• Wait ... it may not be easy !

Challenges

Any Freelancing website has ratings

and reviews You might be the 1,000,001 st

developer You have zero completed jobs, zero

ratings

Networking (online)

Solution

For first project you have to make win

to win relationship with the buyer If you selected me i will make you a

very good price

Caution!

Don't make it your last project

Only Commit for what you can do. Never commit for what you can't do

Tip

Communication is the key, communicate regularly and get the feedback.

What about money

You place a bid, in dollars in general Website has a percentage (15%) You will pay some money while

transferring

What about money

You place a bid, in dollars in general Website has a percentage (15%) You will pay some money while

transferring

Online Market Places

Odesk.com

Peopleperhour.com

Elance.com

Fiverr.com

Freelancer.com

Guru.com

Getacoder.com

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