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    Pimp Your Profile: Land High Paying Jobs with oDesk, Elance and Freelancer!
    Pimp Your Profile: Land High Paying Jobs with oDesk, Elance and Freelancer!
    Pimp Your Profile: Land High Paying Jobs with oDesk, Elance and Freelancer!
    Ebook61 pages29 minutes

    Pimp Your Profile: Land High Paying Jobs with oDesk, Elance and Freelancer!

    By Lise Cartwright

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    About this ebook

    So you've set up your outsourcing profiles - Congratulations! 

    But, are you finding the right clients and landing the right jobs? Or are you struggling to find clients that pay well and work that challenges you? 

    This book came about as a direct result of my success with outsourcing sites - I successfully used oDesk to quit my job in June 2012, a short 10 months after I started freelancing on the side. 

    There's no doubt about it, it's overwhelming when you arrive on these sites for the first time - there is so much to do to create a good profile, understand what skills tests are and what to include in your portfolio; that you can find yourself giving up pretty quick. 

    In this book you will learn:

    - How to set up your profile so that clients FIND YOU 
    - Skills tests and how you can use these to INCREASE your rating 
    - How to SET your rates to attract clients in the beginning
    - How to find the RIGHT clients and ongoing work
    ...plus so much more! 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLise Cartwright
    Release dateMar 18, 2015
    ISBN9781507011515
    Pimp Your Profile: Land High Paying Jobs with oDesk, Elance and Freelancer!

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    • 4/5
      Pretty good title, I like it, interesting ideas to implement right now in my business.
    • 3/5
      So I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting out of a book that Scribd told me I could finish in 25 minutes. A lot of the information here was covered by the basic PDF download provided by Upwork (which is what oDesk is now called). It's a free book, though, so I don't really have any room to complain. I liked the snippets where the author shared her own personal experiences and sample profiles. There were also some great links provided (I didn't know about.me was a thing, and it looks pretty cool). And the link to "the greatest sales letter" was pretty nifty too, though I'm a little iffy on the advice the author provided regarding it (copy the letter out by hand [?]). All in all, a worthwhile little read for free.

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    Pimp Your Profile - Lise Cartwright

    Pimp Your Profile

    Land High Paying Jobs with Quality Clients on oDesk, Elance and Freelancer!

    Lise Cartwright

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

    Copyright © 2015 by Lise Cartwright

    There were so many people that inspired me to write this book, and there were also some amazing people that helped to refine my ideas and make this book come to life!

    Thank you for your support and for helping make this book great…

    This book came about as a direct result of my freelance writing career that was kickstarted by Sean Ogle and the many supporters at Location Rebel.

    Thanks for giving me the tools to be able to do what I do!

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    Spotlight on Outsourcing Profiles

    Bad Profiles

    Good Profiles

    It's Time for Action!

    Profile Non-Negotiables

    Profile 101

    It's Time for Action!

    Setting Up Your Profile - Part 1

    Photo, Resume and Portfolio Focus

    It's Time for Action!

    Setting Up Your Profile - Part 2

    Skills

    The Sales Letter aka Overview

    It's Time for Action!

    Setting Up Your Profile - Part 3

    Setting Rates

    Tests

    It's Time for Action!

    My Final Words...

    3 Red Flags

    It's Time for REAL Action!

    About the Author

    Review

    Books by Lise

    INTRODUCTION

    Let's Start at the Beginning...

    The Freelancer Mindset

    Are you working part-time or full-time as a freelancer? Looking to kick off your freelancing career?

    It's important to note that there is a clear distinction between where you're at in your freelancer career compared to where a full-time freelancer is at.

    It's all down to mindset.

    If you're freelancing part-time, or just starting out, then you're mindset is going to be quite different compared to someone who is a full-time freelancer.

    The main reason for this is obvious—as a full-time freelancer, your motivation lies in building and growing your business.

    As a part-time

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