Be a Client

If you really want to get inside the head of a client, there’s a great way of going about it. Become one yourself. Find a project you need doing, post it (as explained step-by-step in Chapter 11), and you will be off and enjoying the wondrous experience of cloud collaboration.

For example, maybe you have a website that needs to be updated. Can you think of a new widget to add to it that you could contract out? How about getting research done to deepen the marketing angle of your business plan? Or what about the family’s best pie recipes bound in a book for your mother-in-law’s next Big 0 birthday? It can all be done on Elance.

Get started with a small project to experience the process and understand firsthand what your future clients will experience.