The Complete oDesk Handbook Quotes

“The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can’t do – CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“The trick to succeeding on oDesk is to accept its silliness and exploit it to find the jobs that are interesting, exciting, and pay well.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“There are 2 types of clients on oDesk: Those looking for dirt-cheap labor and those willing to pay reasonable rates for quality work. Ignore the first section entirely.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“APPLYING WITH A SMALL PORTFOLIO We’ll talk more about applying for jobs soon, but while we’re talking about portfolios, I’ll mention how I got started. The first time I applied for a job, I was honest with the client. I said something like “I’m new to oDesk so don’t have much of a portfolio. I’m willing to work for less than my regular rate in exchange for good feedback (assuming you’re happy with my work of course) so I can build credibility and experience on oDesk”.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“A portfolio is one of the main ways a prospect will judge you.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“so pour your real energy into your profile, portfolio, and managing your positive feedback.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“Your profile, your cover letter, your portfolio, and your feedback are all FAR more important than the tests you’ll take.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“Be brutally honest about your own profile – your prospective clients certainly will be.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“Write an overview that talks about how your clients benefit from working with you. Answer the client’s question “Why should I hire this person?” Be honest about your strengths – don’t say you’re amazing at something when you’re not.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“Freelancing allows you to experience so many types of jobs so quickly that you’ll quickly start moving into areas you truly enjoy.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“The second kind of person is someone who places a high value on the work they’re hiring people to do, and are willing to pay well for it.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“Opportunities multiply as they are seized”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“Being open to people and ideas has brought in my most significant opportunities, and getting excited about these random opportunities is one of the highlights of freelancing.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“Clients aren’t bosses. They can dictate terms, but you’re free to negotiate, push back, or fire them.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“Maybe you’re more productive for the day when you wake up at 11, start work at 12, have a 3 hour lunch at 4, and work until 2am.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“Freelancing is about setting your own rules and making your own decisions.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“it’s much closer to starting a business than it is to looking for a job.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“Every minute of your time becomes a minute spent building something or building nothing, growing or stagnating.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career

“once you start viewing yourself as a business, you’ll start thinking differently.”
― Evan Wainberg, The Complete oDesk Handbook: The Step By Step Guide To Launching Your Successful Freelance Career