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	<title>Freelance Advice and Resources - Freelancer Magazine &#187; Joe</title>
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		<title>TaskCity: Marketplace to Match Freelancers with Employers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we all know, one of the toughest challenges for freelancers is to consistently find new projects and sources of revenue.   Marketing your services and finding projects is a major key to long-term success for any independent freelancer.  Luckily for us, a number of project-matching web services have launched in the last few [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.freelancermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/taskcity.gif" alt="taskcity" title="taskcity" width="190" height="73" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1457" />As we all know, one of the toughest challenges for freelancers is to consistently find new projects and sources of revenue.   Marketing your services and finding projects is a major key to long-term success for any independent freelancer.  Luckily for us, a number of project-matching web services have launched in the last few years, including TaskCity.com.  These services are immensely helpful tools built specifically for freelance business development.</p>
<p>I took a look at TaskCity, one of the newer platforms for matching professional freelancers with outsourced projects.  This <a href="http://www.taskcity.com" target="_blank">free market for freelancers and employer</a> services is focused squarely on the following categories of work:</p>
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<li>Web Development</li>
<li>Software Development</li>
<li>Networking &#038; Information Systems</li>
<li>Graphic Arts &#038; Design</li>
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<p>I didn&#8217;t really find any projects related to writing, marketing or administrative services, so please note that this platform is not suited to every type of freelancer at this point in time.  From browsing the site, the greatest number of existing project listings appear to be technical in nature.<br />
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When you first use any project-matching service, it pays to describe your best professional and personal attributes in your profile. Promote your relevant education, training and experience, upload samples of your work, link to your portfolio, and even speak to your working style and personality.  By perfecting your profile, you will increase your chances for winning your first project within the service.  And once you do score that first job, each additional project will be easier to win, since you&#8217;ll have some new credibility via favorable ratings and referrals from project employers.</p>
<p>Once your profile is set, searching for projects on TaskCity is quite easy.  From a usability point of view, the interface is clean and it provides good flexibility for searching on a number of important dimensions.  Once you find an appealing project (there are over 1500 open projects at the time of writing), you can submit your bid and proposal.  If all works out well, the employer will choose your services and pay through TaskCity&#8217;s escrow-like payment system.  This payment method provides a level of credibility and trust to the system, and is crucial when matching people who probably have not met face-to-face or interacted previously.</p>
<p>There is no cost to register for TaskCity, and the only fees are related to actual transactions between buyer and seller.  If you&#8217;re a technical freelancer looking for new avenues to find work, it couldn&#8217;t hurt to give this service a test run to try and win new business.</p>
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		<title>Select Good Customer Support Service when You Create a Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost everybody has heard about outsourced website builders, they are so popular today. They offer anyone the possibility to create their own website really fast. Website builders provide all necessary tools for creation of website in a quite short period.  It seems to be rather practical especially if you are not a webmaster, programmer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.freelancermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/site-2-you-300x208.jpg" alt="site-2-you" title="site-2-you" width="300" height="208" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1300" />Almost everybody has heard about outsourced website builders, they are so popular today. They offer anyone the possibility to create their own website really fast. Website builders provide all necessary tools for creation of website in a quite short period.  It seems to be rather practical especially if you are not a webmaster, programmer or a web-designer, or you have limited budget to hire a specialist or to purchase the required software.</p>
<p>It is absolutely easy now to find a company that proposes services if you want to create website yourself. You can compare all their services and draw a conclusion taking into consideration their informative and designing aspects.</p>
<p>Until you try out their services, you never know what they propose. The best way to evaluate the Program is by a free trial usually proposed by every developer. But you have no idea about their Customer support service using their designed templates, tools and websites.</p>
<p>Everybody knows that pretty often we are welcomed by the pre-sales department, but after the deal closes we get only permanent delays, different troubles and many excuses or even no support from the company. The same problem may appear when you decided to <a href="http://www.site2you.com/" target="_blank"> create website </a> and selected a company for your website creation. Some of the website creators even do not include the webmaster Support to the offered Service Package or sometimes they customize your site for extra fees. Their calling operators seem to be absolutely useless when you ask them to check your site and fix some problems. General instructive answers will never help you in an individual problem even if it is a small one.</p>
<p>So, that’s why it is very important to choose a reliable Support Team, not only comfortable Admin Panel and well-designed templates when you decide to <a href="http://www.site2you.com/about-us/">create your own website</a> with online site creator. Do not rely only on your own skills, especially if you are sooner a newbie than an expert in this field, you will feel much better if you have professional team for this purpose. It does not matter how the whole system works and how many clients can manage for the best results. You just want to get a skilled webmaster to give you a hand if required while you create a website.</p>
<p>Site2you proposes their great Support as a part of the routine process, while you create your web site, not for additional fee or as complementary service. Their Support Service Team is known for excellent customer care on every phase of the procedure. You may receive all information about their Product via email, chat, phone or interactive system which allows you to communicate with the experts exactly when you <a href="http://www.site2you.com/how-it-works/" target="_blank">create a website</a>. Favorable and caring staff will assist you with your particular problems during the subscription, editing procedure and after site creation completion. You will be sure that your website will be completed and maintained afterwards by a qualified professional Site2you team.</p>
<p>Consider all possibilities and feel free to query the Support Service Team about any issues concerning creation of your website.</p>
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