Group Profile Enhancements

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We’re happy to announce a few small, yet important changes to the group profiles.

We launched groups several months ago in order to give providers a way to differentiate themselves based on their expertise and give buyers a way to find the experts. Groups are like little expert marketplaces within the overall oDesk network.

group changes

So what’s new?
Each group now features new metrics designed to highlight its quality and success:

  • Group member average rates and average feedback
  • Overall oDesk average rates and feedback
  • Total number of jobs posted to the group
  • RSS feed of recent job posts to the group

And we’ve cleaned up some of the interface to display group members in a clearer format. We hope you like the changes.

We’re also happy to have some great partners on board as sponsors of groups, including Yahoo!, Network Solutions, Joomla!, Drupal, Salesforce.com, Intuit, Zend, and many more.

Josh joined Sigma as a Senior Associate in 2010, bringing six years of startup experience building exceptional teams, products, and communities. He has a black-belt in online marketing and a strong track record of success in user acquisition and retention. Prior to joining Sigma, Josh was the Director of Product and Marketing at AdRoll, an online advertising company, where he helped grow revenue 4x in the company’s core retargeting product. Before AdRoll, Josh spent 5 years at oDesk in several roles including Director of Sales, Marketing, Product, and Business Development. As the 4th employee, he contributed to the company’s growth from almost nothing to 10M in monthly services. Before moving to San Francisco to join the startup world, Josh was a consultant at Arthur D. Little. And nowadays, if he’s not working, he’s probably sailing. Josh holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.