What is Freelance

"To pursue a career or profession without being tied to one employer."

Many companies (and individuals) are finding that hiring a freelancer to do certain jobs is very cost effective for them. They save money since they do not have to pay for health insurance, taxes, workers comp and all the other costs associated with hiring a full-time (or part-time) employee.

Many of the people that are into freelancing online, may have started out as a professional writer, graphic artist, coding specialist, (just to name a few) and they decided to start their own freelancing business.

People do make money freelancing online and many of the areas are very competitive, but if you have the self-motivation, you may be able to find your success in this area.

The Internet has exploded within the past 5 years and it has opened up some of the best opportunities for freelancers.

Different Freelance Jobs

This list is just a small snippet of the types of freelancing jobs available online. With the Internet expanding each and every day, there are hundreds more available.

• Writing
• Website Design
• Graphic Design
• Data Entry
• Photography Jobs
• Market Research
• Translation
• Link Building
• Get Paid Blogging
• Logo Designs
• Legal Research
• Search Engine Optimization
• Proofreading

Find Freelance Work

There are many great places to look for freelancing jobs. This listing is not in any particular order.

elance.com - This is one of the biggest sites on the Internet. I have heard both pros and cons on the jobs that are available as there is a lot of competition and some of the freelancers have been doing jobs for a long time. At any given time there can be over 50,000 freelance jobs available.

getafreelancer.com - This site is not as big as elance but many jobs available.

helium.com - For budding writers, helium may be the way to get your start. The membership is free.

craigslist.com - Yes, really. Many people do not realize how big craigslist has become. You can search locally or world wide. If you haven't spent any time there, you will be amazed at the listings.

getacoder.com - This has thousands of projects available for freelancers. From programming, legal, quality assurance and much more.

ifreelance.com - This has a wide variety of different jobs available.

scriptlance.com - Marketing, search engine optimization, website design, php and many more different projects available.

gofreelance.com - If you are looking for freelance work, you can submit your e-mail address (confirmation required) and receives jobs by e-mail or you can look through their projects that are available.

freelanceswitch.com - You must pay $7 a month to apply for their freelancing jobs but they do have a forum and a blog that may be help to you.

guru.com - Photograghy, Finance and Accounting, Legal, Writing/Editing/Translation just to name of a few of the categories to choose from to find a freelance job.

sologigs.com - Registration to sign up is free. This site is for freelance jobs, part-time jobs, contract jobs and also consulting jobs.

problogger.net - Do you have a love for blogging? Here is a job board if you are looking to getting into this freelancing opportunity.

The Business of Freelancing

There is a lot of freelance advice to help you get started in this profession. I found this article that has 101 ideas to get more freelance work.

If you are thinking of getting into the writing freelance area to make money, the Freelance Daily will send you leads for writing jobs and opportunities Monday through Friday for a small monthly fee. At the writing of this (March 08) it was $3.95 a month. They also have a 7 day free trial.

Lifetips has some great tips on becoming a freelancer.