I’ve been meaning to blog about this but never found the time. So this might be no longer new to some, but it can still be useful especially to those are still starting out their online freelance career via oDesk. I think oDesk rolled this out early this year, or maybe even earlier than that. [...]

It feels like it’s been ages ago since I last updated this blog. I’ve been busy and as much as I want this to be a daily chronicle of my online work, I simply can’t. But I’ll try to manage my schedule so that I can write at least 1 post every week. I’ve also [...]

Okay, so you’ve got an invitation, whether client-initiated or because you’ve applied to this particular job. And you and the client are now in the process of setting up the schedule for interview. Interview Preps oDesk interviews can be spontaneous and informal or it can also be more structured. Interviews are usually conducted via chat, [...]

Signing up in oDesk is as easy as spelling out E-A-S-Y. 1. On the oDesk website, click on the Create an Account button. 2. Choose “I want to find work”. 3. Accomplish a short form, verify your email address (you will have limited access to oDesk until your email address is verified) and proceed to [...]

Before we head to the nitty-gritty of oDesk, let’s brush up on some terms that you will definitely encounter along the road: Buyer/Employer/Client is the person or the small firm offering a job. Provider/Contractor is the person/freelancer offering a service. Hourly Job refers to the job that is paid by the hour. oDesk guarantees payment [...]

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 [...]

While checking for the top keyword referrer (keywords that people used to find this site via the search engines), I noticed I’m getting a number of visits from people searching for “how to find my odesk url“. I’m not sure if what they meant by “odesk url” is the URL of their oDesk profile, but [...]