In today’s economy, a number of people for one reason or another turning to freelancing. For some, it may be a case getting sick and tired of a traditional 9 to 5 job that they find absolutely boring and decide to pursue a passion. For others, they may be getting into the freelance economy as […]
Last year I wrote about the benefits of 99designs and how it is a viable option for the graphic design needs of companies and individuals – 99designs, A Cost Effective Way of Meeting Your Logo, Web & Graphic Design Needs. The article focused more on their service from the view point of a client. The […]
A couple of year ago, I was in need of someone to design a logo for one of my sites. There are a number of avenues that I could have chosen to meet my design needs but for various reasons I settled on a small logo design company. What I got in the end wasn’t […]
UPDATE: DoNanza has been discontinued. There are countless numbers of jobs that are continually being outsourced by individuals and organisations and posted on freelance marketplaces such as oDesk, Elance and Freelancer.com just to name a few. The good thing about a lot of these short term projects is that you can work on them from […]
The other day, I was looking around at what kinds of jobs are being advertised at the moment and I was surprised to see the number of positions popping up that have to do with social media. A couple people that I follow on Twitter have even managed to establish themselves as social media specialists […]
I recently met a guy who is in the last year of his honours degree in Biomedical Science. The thing that struck me about him was how he is funding his education and getting money for his living expenses. Sam (not his real name) had originally wanted to study medicine at the University of Auckland. […]
This is a guest post by Demis of I Just Want Your Money. It just goes to show that anyone can come up with their own unique way of making money. The first I felt the pinch of the “economic downturn” earlier in the year was it really punching below the belt. As a freelance […]
Skype has an advice and services directory where users can get advice by voice or video over Skype Prime. It gives those who have a bit of expertise in areas such as Relationship advice and Counseling, Computer and Internet, Business and Personal finance and other areas a way of making some extra money by helping […]
Many of you are skilled at a number of things involving computers that you do as a hobby. This can include things (word choice) such as graphic design, web design, programming and so on. You may have been at whatever it is for a while and perfected it or you may just have natural talent. […]
