Thursday Tip Triad #8: The More the Merrier

When it comes to freelancing and finding legitimate work from home jobs, the only way to get them, is to throw yourselves at them mercilessly.  A lot of people still want to believe that work from home jobs should fall out of the sky into their lap immediately, but that is not the case.  Finding a job that is legit, and can be done from home around your own schedule, takes time, patience and dedication.

Here are a few things to keep in mind when you're looking for legitimate work from home jobs...

1. Jump at every opportunity.  The more jobs you apply to and inquire about, the more chances you will have to be accepted... of course the opposite applies as well so you need to keep up a tough shell and remember that you won't always get hired.  If you do get offered the position and it turns out that the job isn't something you are interested in, or the pay is less than you want, you can always turn it down.

Thursday Tip Triad #7: Formatting Your Bid

So you've taken the plunge and jumped into the legitimate work from home jobs world and are now starting to search for private clients on sites like Elance, Guru or Odesk... So far we've talked about how to get past the bidding jitters, how to weed out some of the jobs that won't get awarded and how to form your proposal.  This week we're going to talk about how to actually format your bid.

1.  Break your pricing down.  Just like I said last week, you want to be as detailed as possible.  Don't just tell them "I'll do this project for $300" get elbow deep in your break down to make sure they understand exactly what you are doing for them.

I will provide you with 10 articles of approximately 300 words each for $30 each, or $300 total, which equates to about 10¢ per word within 10 days of accepting the project.

Thursday Tip Triad #6: How to Price Your Proposal

Here we are again, another Thursday means another set of tips for how to successfully find and land legitimate work from home jobs and freelance gigs.  Last week we discussed how to form the bulk of your proposal on freelance projects like those featured on Elance, but this week we'll be talking about the part that everyone cares about - the Bid.

Coming up with competitive pricing and knowing how to best present your offer is a key part of landing freelance jobs.  I am not claiming to be an expert, but here is what I do and it seems to work well for me.

1.  Don't be afraid to ask for what you are worth.  I do not

Thursday Tip Triad #5: Forming Proposals When Bidding

When it comes to finding legitimate work from home jobs, freelancing really seems to be a great option.  Unfortunately, it can take a while to get a grasp on what to do and what not to do.  Once you've signed up for a site (whether it's Elance, Guru, oDesk or something else) you have to start creating proposals and bidding, but that process can be intimidating.

Several people have asked me for tips on how to write a good proposal, so here are a few tips!

1.  Provide a brief introduction.  Use the prospective client's name (or user name if their name is unknown) and comment on the fact that you would like to be considered for (insert project name).

"Hello JohnnyRox451,
I'm incredibly interested in your Content writing about Valentine's Day project and would love to work with you...."

The Thursday Tip Traid: 3rd Edition - Motivation

"How do you stay motivated" is something that a lot of you have asked me so this weeks tips for freelancing will revolve around that very topic! Keeping your motivation and momentum as a freelancing work at home mom, or just a freelancer in general, can be a really trying effort. While not every motivation suggestion will work for everyone across the board, I have gone ahead and assembled a set of 3 tips that have helped me out personally when it comes to keeping my motivation up while doing freelance work from home.

The Thursday Tip Triad

Installment two in the new Thursday Tip column is a bit late again, in hindsight it also might have been better to dub it Freelance Friday - but I've already committed to making it a Thursday post!

Today's freelance job hunting tips will revolve around finding clients. I briefly touched on how to build a client base last week but this time I will focus fully on providing you with a few pieces of information that will help you build a freelance client base without any investment.

Finding Clients

I have had a lot of people ask me who my clients are and where they came from. I can't actually answer the first half of that question (privacy issues) but I can answer the second half...

I'll have a post up later today or tomorrow giving everyone a few pointers and I'll expand on my experiences some!