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We want to hold something out in front of your nose.. But we want YOU to tell us what it is!

If you run an online business, or have been marketing for any degree of time for other people. Most if not all people at one time or another end up outsourcing work for numerous reasons

1. They have a great idea, but dont know how to do it.

2. They have great staff but no one skilled in the particular area they need

3. They hate paying for a part time or full time staff member for small little jobs to get done

4. They are a web design company that has more work than they can handle

5. They have lots of blogs that need content.

Whatever the dilemma or challenge is that you may be facing.

Outsourcing is a proven way to get more done, fast and many times cheaper.

As an outsource service we are always looking for new buyers to post projects on our site. We do our best to make it appealing to you if you have been using other services and are used.

1. It Costs You NOTHING, literally nothing to post a project on integritylance
2. After 9 successful projects we will give you $5 off your 10th project
3. Your under no obligation to hire

But if that is not enough incentive to draw you in and post projects… We want to have YOU tell us what you want.

What… can we provide you to give you more incentive to try out our services?, and I dont just mean 1 time… we want to grow a large group of buyers who consistently outsource, yet we understand that there have been many other services online  providing outsource services.

So tell us what you personally want and we will do our very best to accommodate.

Its your turn to voice your opinion

Leave a Comment or , email us your want

As a freelancer you have to keep thinking of ways to get the word out about your services, so what options do you have that you can use today to get the word out?

1. Use a Blog - Pretty straight forward, you can have a wordpress blog up in no time following our post on wordpress. Use the blog to really showcase your talents. Teach tips, tricks and even provide the odd freebie once in a while. People love that.

2. Friends - We sometimes forget that friends are more likely to spread the word than a client you have just had, so ask family and friends to pass on the word to others about your services

3. Publications - Untapped potential publications are.. look for major, medium and minor publications both locally and further a field.

4. Guest Writing - Many blogs now days and papers are looking for writers. Find related blogs and ask if you can be a guest poster.

5. Teach Locally - Many colleges and universities are strapped for people to help. So why not contact your local college, tell them what you do and offer to help. They may have some paid positions.

6. Join Organizations - Rub shoulders with others who are the type of people that could use your services. Its not what you know but who you know a lot of the time. So get out there and dig up some organzations

7. Contact Clients Directly - Take out the yellow pages. I have a friend of mine that does this with his business. He goes through every business using their email or phone number and contacts them cold. He has secured weeks of work doing this.

8. Free work - As they say, people dont care about what you have to say until they see you care.. Sometimes doing some volunteer work can open up doors for paid work.

I was recently having a discussion with someone concerning copywriting as they were wondering about if it was possible to earn good money by offering that as a service.

I said that, if your good at it.. there are copywriters who get paid thousands of dollars just to write one sales letter. It’s not uncommon for top copywriters to get paid anywhere from $10,000 to $25,000 per sales letter.

Those who are familiar with copywriting understand that ONE simple change of a word can mean a jump in conversion.

Its an art form and one that can be learned… But who can you learn from?

Sure there are tons of copywriters out there, but these are the ones that in my opinion are the creme of the crop

Here is my list of 20 Top Copywriters who are must to consider. They are in no particular order as they each bring something very unique to the table.

If you are serious about pursuing a career in copywriting. I would suggest you do everything within your means to learn direct marketing from these people either directly in person or through their products.

1. John Carlton

2. Yanik Silver

3. Joe Vitale

4. Dan Kennedy

5. Michael Fortin

6. Alan Forrest Smith

7. Gary Halbert

8. Clayton Makepeace

9. Frank Kern

10. Jason Moffatt

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As a freelancer there are many ways you are going to promote your services, some which are obvious

• Having your own website - There are a lot of freelancers that dont have their own site, but I believe its essential. It shows professionalism, it shows you take your business seriously and that you are keen to show off your body of work. It makes it obviously easier for you to pick up jobs outside of freelance sites
• Being part of multiple Freelance Sites - It astounds me that people restrict themselves by using only 1 freelance site. It only works in your favor to have accounts at a few freelance sites, have a nice portfolio and history.
• Using Pay Per Click - Companies like Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing, MSN Adcenter, MIVA are another means of making yourself available to clients all over the world.

But what I want to talk about today is Social Media Sites..

Are you using them? If so, How is it working for you?, Which ones are you using?

Integritylance can be found on numerous ones. Feel free to add us or follow.

Twitter
Facebook
Linkedin
Utterli
friendfeed

Darren rowse from Problogger has a great post on his experience with Social Media Sites and how he has used in blogging and promoting his home base sites. Click to Continue »

Freelancing prices.. what should you charge? well other than the usual things to take into consideration like..

1. The budget of the Buyer

and

2. Searching for only projects that fit within the rate that your willing to work on.

Some of it is guesswork, past experience and a little bit of calculating overall the time involved.. but here are some thoughts that may help

1. Total Cost - Consider a number of things not just how much it costs to do the project, think about the cost of stock images if your going to use them, the hours your not going to be working on the project, taxes and smaller items that you may not have considered

2. Profit Margin -  Think about how much you are looking to make above breaking even, ultimately you dont just want to cover the cost of working on a project, you want to actually make some money. There are a lot of freelancers that only cover the cost of the work they put in.

3. Average - Do some homework if your not sure about what to charge, look at some similar projects and see what other freelancers are bidding, visit other freelance websites, 2  or more and see what they are bidding. Remember though bidding high because you see others bid high, can be a little bit deceiving as, you have to take into account that each freelancer has a body of work behind them, that can speak for itself. If you have lots of experience, you certainly can request more as you have the goods to show, but if you have done nothing.. dont expect people to take you on your word.

4. Demand -  Consider this, if there is a high demand for say C++ software and hardly anyone skilled or providing that service you certainly should be looking to charge more. So keep an eye on other freelancers and the amount of work they have done within a particular area, this will let you guage some of the demand Click to Continue »