Any idea of Odesk?

by reading your response, looks like you are much aware of this site and you might have taken so many tasks there. As far as i am concerned, I didn't bid anywhere in that site, I finished couple of tests there yesterday(not readiness test) when I check my mail today, there was a mail from odesk saying there is a message waiting for me in my odesk account and when I checked my odesk messages, it said, interview invitation for job opening xxxxxxx. Thats why I said, they offered a job. Even I am not sure yet whether it is a offer. today i finished the readiness test and accepted that invitation for interview. I am yet to download the odesk team software. Well could you please tell me what i should do further?

Thats a great piece of detail iakulchen.Thanks for sharing.

Generally speaking, in the world of freelance writing, the process goes something like this --- 1.Publisher posts request on site, in this case, ODesk 2.Writers respond 3.Publisher picks writer he/she thinks is the best for the job 4.If publisher likes results, the next time he/she needs an article written, they may just directly contact the writer for the job. Otherwise, back to Step 1. I really see no reason for a publisher to just contact a writer that they haven't worked with before. They're just limiting their options. Well, actually I do see a reason, just not a good one, said publisher might be just trying to contact you, then coming up with something like "Let's discuss this outside ODesk and cut out their commission, which would be a good thing for both you and me", and then running off without paying you after he/she has received your work. "Seeing that you're a new writer on ODesk, it would be resaonable for me to see what you can do before I take you on for the job. Here's a couple of titles that you can write about." (Those titles being the very job itself) Pretty much what I can tell you is to be very careful here. Check his/her rating, feedback, if he/she is a first time buyer. Avoid the job if it says "requires your personal banking information" or anything to that effect. And of course, say no if he/she says to "cut out ODesk as the middleman". For work samples, if you don't have an online portfolio yet, I would strongly suggest that you start one. To start off one, you can choose to publish your articles online at sites like Triond or Associated Content(with the added bonus of those articles generating passive income) or you can choose to start a blog and post samples of your work. You can just provide a link to these when asked for a sample of your work. Don't be afraid to speak up too if you think what the publisher proposes is not to your advantage. For example, if the publisher insists on you providing free samples of your work before you are hired, provided that you haven't just decided to walk away from the job, you can point out that you have no guarantee he/she won't just run off with the free samples.

Lol...competed with 80 bidders for $1.Thats really interesting...Congrats on earning one of your most hard earned dollar,I suppose.Its difficult to earn big sums unless one is well established and is in demand for his/her skills.

Thats right.To get a first job is in itself a project there.

Thats nice to know.Thanks for sharing JanMags