The Power of Feedback: Get Started Freelancing Without Any Feedback

From building a portfolio to moving onward on oDesk towards a profitable freelancing career, Sara Haley shares some perspective from the provider’s view in her eBook series, How to Make Money on oDesk. Here, she shares what she has learned during her time in the oDesk oConomy.

Work From Home Tuesday: 10 Blogs for Freelance Animators and Illustrators

We thought our talented freelance animators and illustrators deserved their very own list of helpful and inspiring blogs and web sites devoted to their craft.

Optimizing Computer Performance for Online Work Success

If you’re working with others online, as a small business owner or freelancer, then your computer is the conduit to your work. Your computer’s efficiency correlates directly to the your work productivity. Below are some tips to optimize performance and make the most out of the computer you already own.
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Using the Internet to Open your Lines of Communication

In case you haven’t noticed, there are approximately 3 billion different ways in which friends, relatives, clients, freelancers, employers, and anyone else riding the World Wide Web can communicate. Okay, so maybe I can’t back that number up, but the point is, there are enough communications-based software suites, stand-alone programs, freeware downloads, payware applications, and [...]

Work From Home Tuesday: Another 10 Freelance Design Blogs

A while ago oDesk gave you 10 Great Design Blogs, and now it’s time to add another 10. Find freebies, tips, inspiration and ideas on all things design.