Tag archive for "bidding for work"
Employment, Freelance Articles
Giles Roberts, one of PeoplePerHour’s consistently top-rated and top-earning freelancers, shares his success story with us. He explains how he earned more money, learned new skills, got more savvy and most importantly, won those all-important bids from discerning clients. I decided to start working as a freelancer after having a tough time with my last [...]
Employment, Freelance Articles
Does ‘freelance’ mean the same as ‘self-employed’ ? Both terms are widely misused and wrongfully treated as interchangeable. The word ‘freelance’ carries no legal definition whilst self-employed does (see below). Freelance is simply a term used to describe people working independently, which could be through a variety of legal entities/capacities: (i) as a sole trader [...]
There was an interesting article about ‘The Future of Work’ in Time Magazine this week. Seth Godin, author of Small is the New Big, contributed some particularly insightful points. Godin describes a future in 5 or 10 years, where businesses will employ only a few essential employees and outsource the rest of their work. A [...]
After numerous requests from Employers on our site we have now introduced a feature whereby they can optionally limit their bids to UK Providers only. Our site is now over 70% UK freelancer, and despite a constant worry by many of you that you’ll be ‘undercut’ by lower bids from abroad, over 85% of bids [...]
Employment, Freelance Articles, General News
In addition to ensuring that your PPH profile is as comprehensive and professional as possible, the other most important element of success in winning work on PPH is your ability to submit effective proposals (bids) to prospective clients. Here are some tips on how to make your bids as effective as possible and make them [...]
Employment, Freelance Articles, General News
We often get asked to provide help with bidding and advise on how it’s best to write proposals and how much to charge. While there is no ‘magic formula’, we have compile a short checklist of what we believe you should have in mind. While some points might seem fairly basic/obvious (e.g. having a comprehensive, up-to-date profile), a quick [...]
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