How to Pimp Your oDesk Profile: Learn how to find great jobs, convert clients and be promoted by oDesk!

by Lise Cartwright

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So you've set up your profile on oDesk - Congratulations!

But, are you finding the right clients and landing the right jobs? Or are you struggling to find clients that pay well and work that challenges you?

This book came about as a direct result of my success with oDesk - I successfully used oDesk to quit my job in June 2012, a short 10 months after I started freelancing on the side.

I kept getting asked questions like:

- How did you find such great clients to work with?
- How do you find the jobs that pay well and are not boring?
- How do you increase your rating when you're new to oDesk?
- Why do I need to complete oDesk tests?

And so on...

There's no doubt about it, it's overwhelming when you arrive on oDesk for the first time - there is so much to do to create a good profile, understand what oDesk tests are and what to include in your portfolio; that you can find yourself giving up pretty quick.

This book is an introduction to setting up your profile the right way. It will show you ways to 'pimp out' your profile that results in oDesk promoting YOU to potential clients.

In this book you will learn:

- How to set up your oDesk profile so that clients FIND YOU
- oDesk tests and how you can use these to INCREASE your rating
- How to SET your rates
- How to find the RIGHT clients
...plus so much more!

30 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 2, 2014

About the author

For as long as I can remember magic has been a part of my life.

I’m not talking about the ‘make-an-elephant-disappear’ or ‘pull-the-rabbit-from-the-hat’ type of magic – although that’s cool – I’m talking about the magic of relationships.

Like when you kiss a soulmate for the first time, or hang out with friends and bond over yummy pizza and a rom-com movie. Or when you break up with someone you cared about and got relationship advice from your parents while your heart mended.

That type of magic.

And coming from a family of five, I grew up competing with my brothers for computer time and video games (as long as they were of the driving variety!). Gamer girl and tech geek in my family. Did I mention I had a competitive streak?

Following university, I fell into many varied office-based jobs – insert boring title here! No job ever filled me with passion, so I looked to the web for something that would provide a challenge and a way to replace my day job!

I found a great community and training site called Location Rebel, where I could learn everything I needed to make my own way in the world. I started there in August 2011, by June 2012, I’d quit my day job and moved into full time freelance writing!

With some of the expertise I gained from working for 15+ years on real life writing projects (read, boring administration jobs!), I founded my own company, determined to bring what I had on offer to similarly minded people who were still in the dark regarding freelance writing and making a successful career out of it, but in a meaningful way.

I’ve been called many things, some not worth mentioning here, but really, I’m just good at connecting with people. Showing people that they can do this or anything they put their mind to.

Reviews

[Karla · Rating 4 out of 5]

The basics of creating a decent profile on Upwork, Elance, etc. Even though I am a veteran of these sorts of sites I did learn a few things to try out. Good for beginners and people who are afraid to get started.

[Halona Black · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid book for freelancers new to online bidding sites

Lise gives many great examples as well as good action steps to get you through to getting your first gig.

[Chi0 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! very concise as you can finish it in less than 2 hours, full of important recommendations for the ones starting in the Freelancing world.