Chapter
16
Leveraging Your Elance Experience
In This Chapter
• Learning tips from top Elance contractors and clients
• Ways to get great feedback and ratings
• Marketing yourself through social media and your website
Getting up and running on Elance is just the beginning of your overall journey. You can dabble in the online work world for as long as you like, or you can focus your intent, work smart and hard, and excel within this strange thing called the cloud.
Learning the tips and techniques from successful clients and contractors is a great way to speed up the process. You’ll hear conflicting points of view, and you’ll land upon ideas you never thought of. The key is to learn from the best, and then apply what works for your personality and situation.
Marketing yourself through feedback, social media, and your business website are also key ingredients to your success. Take it one step at a time if you like, but try to incorporate as many of these tools as you can. The result may just surprise you!