Developing a Great Proposal for Elance
The path to making money as a freelancer.
When it comes to creating the absolute perfect Elance proposal that will land you a job there are many things to take into consideration. First of all, you may want to know what a proposal is. A proposal on Elance is your actual bid for the job. Of course, a visit to the water cooler (the Elance forum where service providers discuss the ins and outs of freelancing) will quite possibly provide you with some great help and quite often many laughs along the way.
Make some mistakes.
It is not uncommon for people to mess up their first couple of proposals. It is also not uncommon for buyers to request laughable payments for the amount of work that they wish to do. A look at the water cooler will show many threads where providers are either very happy with what clients are offering and some even make jokes about some of the low-paying ones. The most successful freelancers utilizing the Elance program to find work are those who can sift through the low-paying jobs and utilize their “connects†to only bid on the higher-paying projects.
Being a freelance writer can be trying at times and at other times it can be very lucrative. Sometimes it seems to be feast or famine but if you are making the most out of the feast times then you will be able to take a much-needed rest during the famine times. Sometimes it is necessary to take on the low-paying jobs in order to get your name out there and to receive positive reviews however many freelancers feel that this is bad practice because it sets a precedent where many buyers feel that they too can get away with asking for high quality work at lower pay.
Don’t sell yourself short.
There are some freelancers who would choose to take a lighter stance on low-paying jobs. For example, if a buyer is only offering one dollar for 1000 word article then some freelancers may be tempted to offer an article that starts out something like this:
In an attempt to shopping cars and Intant memoribila to the umpteenth time there are something hallowed it way it come.
In reality, nobody wants to put out quality like that even for the low-paying jobs but, many freelancers on elance feel that it would serve the buyers right to receive quality that is poor if they are not respecting the providers by paying them what the product is truly worth.
The dollar is in the details.
The best way to get the best paying jobs on elance is to create the most effective proposal that you can. You want to entice interest in the client, making them feel that you are the only one who is qualified to do the work they ask. This can be done by creating a customized pitch, and we do mean customized. You do not wish to use the same pitch with every buyer. Buyers are smart people they can pick up on these things fairly quickly. If you have questions about what the buyer is expecting you can use the public message forum to ask questions concerning the project so that you will know in which direction your proposal needs to move. Providing one or two samples can also be a great way to promote yourself and your work in addition to giving the buyer some insight as to who you are with a brief background.