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Coworks - A Social Online Talent Marketplace

Small Business Labs

Instead of offering talent buyers a large number of potential hires like an Elance or oDesk does, it connects buyer and sellers of talent  based on personal connections and recommendations.  At the broad level, it's another example of how social is being added to many types of products and services.

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Four Tips for Monetizing Your Online Marketing Blog

Andrea Kalli

They are faced with the endless difficulty of the fact that their audience is the exact type of person that does not buy things, especially when those products are marketed using the same tactics as their own. From top affiliate bloggers to social media marketers and PR experts, the best blogs do not just offer information, but accessibility.

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Offshore, Team, Solo: A Client's Challenge to get the Help he Needs

Virtual Moxie

I’m a consultant, and I need general admin help, help with my social media, some design help (I need a new logo), and help with my web copy and SEO-and that’s just to start. In this way, you get it all done using people you feel good about working with, and whose services and work product you appreciate. Good things, all.

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5 Ways Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners Are Bootstrapping Their Companies

Small Business CEO

With social media and similar forms of marketing, this is a fun and highly cost-effective strategy. Accountants, web designers and marketing people can be hired online at places like ODesk and Elance. For example, try promoting a contest like The Royal Society of Chemists. Virtual offices – Do you really need an office?

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Set Yourself Apart from the Competition » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

I’m familiar with Elance but a colleague who had a similar project told me that she’d had great success with oDesk - so that’s where I started. The first project – transcribe a one hour speech from an audio file. It was simple to set up the account and post the job and before long I had 40 people apply for the job.

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Your online Business Development System: The Blog Transmitter

BioTeams

You may well be daunted by the volume and variety of the tools available and you certainly do not want to become an online/social marketing expert, thank you! These articles are NOT for you if you are already an experienced online marketer/social media practitioner. Linking to Social Media. The role of Email.

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Six Ways to Get More Juice from Your Freelancer | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

By taking the time to write down exactly what you want to accomplish, you’re much more likely to get a good product and avoid expensive rework because of miscommunications. Do use sites like Elance. Use social media. Freelancers are talented, but being talented doesn’t make them mind readers. Reply Go ahead.

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