In the previous, I’ve discussed how to get oDesk jobs with the traditional hunt and apply method. Today, let’s take a look at how to snag oDesk jobs with the sit back and wait method. Sit Back and Wait Method This means, after you’ve polished your oDesk  profile, to literally wait for interview invitations. Typically, [...]

There are two ways to land oDesk jobs: you can hunt and apply or you can sit back and wait. The Hunt and Apply Method This is the traditional method in any form of job application, whether online or offline. In oDesk, just click on the Find Work tab and you’ll be given a few job [...]

If you’ve been applying for months in oDesk but still haven’t landed a single project or an online job yet, then this post is for you. Before I enumerate the reasons, let’s take a look at the oDesk Oconomy. *As of this writing, there are almost half a million providers competing for available positions in [...]

Working online and earning money from home starts with a good and impressive online resume. So to start your online career right, I’m sharing a few tips on how to create an  online resume. What is an online resume? Like in the offline world, an online resume is a document (although, in this case it [...]

You are working and earning money from home. And you are successfully doing this for a while that you’ve decided to quit from your regular job and concentrate on being an online freelancer. You are more comfortable in this setup. You feel you can work better and are probably earning more. Or spending less. Either [...]

A few weeks ago, I did something I haven’t done for a long time: I started applying for a new online job. My current client who I work full-time for, has decreased my working hours. She said she is a little cash-strapped and needs to trim down on some expenses. But she doesn’t want to [...]

Blog commenting is one of the earliest ways to get backlinks to your site (or if you’re a link builder, to your client’s site).  Although many seasoned internet marketers and SEO personnel no longer see this activity as an effective link building technique because aside from the implementation of the nofollow tag, which allows blog [...]