Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Workshop: How to Jump Start your Freelancing Career with Elance and Win your First Project

Please see updated course details here: http://wordpl.net/index.php/2010/11/freelance-with-elance-course-details/

So who’s geared up for another workshop?

I had so much fun doing the last one, that I’m wanting to hold the next more in-depth session soon. But while the first one was a general overview of online business opportunities mixed with some inspirational stories, I want the next one to be a very hands on, step-by-step kind of tutorial to get started making money online.

So I’ve been wanting to do the first such hands-on session on freelancing (since I got loads of requests on that!) and more specifically on “How to Jump Start your Freelancing Career with Elance and Win your First Project“.

By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Choose a freelancing niche
- Setup a kickass Elance profile that will wow buyers
- Pass the Elance admissions test as well as a few skills tests in your area of expertise
- Choose/shortlist your first few projects
- Discover how to choose serious and high-paying buyers
- Write custom bids for those projects and buyers
- Work out your hourly rate (in $)
- Make/choose a few samples to send with your proposal
- Follow up with communication messages and added detail
- Setup your banking system with Elance to receive direct deposits to your local bank account
- Win your first project !!!

So thats what you’ll get from the workshop. Here’s how I envision the logistics of this session:
- A very small group of people so I can give individual attention to each
- Max 10 people per session (more sessions if others are interested)
- Session will be at least 3 hours long (maybe more depending on content)
- Participants will receive recording of session plus presentation notes as take-home material
- Most probably held on Saturday morning (Nov or Dec)
- Pricing Rs.5000/. Now before you get all hot and bothered about the price, consider this: I will be teaching you and taking you through the first steps of winning your first Elance project. The minimum price that a buyer can award a project for is $50, which is about 5000 rupees. So you will actually earn back your investment amount with your first project! And with my success steps and guidance, there’s no reason why you won’t earn not just your first project but many more and for much greater amounts! After all, I got my first project for $630 And here’s the next reason for this amount:
- Full access to me for troubleshooting and support until you earn your first project! You will be my exclusive client I will work out weekly calls with you and offer post-workshop support within this price (and occasionally whip you into shape and into a positive mindset!).

So who’s interested?

This session is for:

- beginner freelancers

- students who wish to freelance on the side

- housewives and other work at home people wishing to add an extra income stream

- existing companies and freelancers who wish to pitch to international clients

- anyone who wants to get started with a service-oriented business of their own

To be considered to join this session, please fill out the following survey and I will shortlist the first 10 participants to join.

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