Questions About Odesk

I am just thinking out loud. There are also writers in here. Why don't you post it under TASKS and see if anyone is open to take it. Or through this post. I know many good Triond writers reside in here as well. They might consider. What kind of content are you looking at. Respond to my post and maybe others can assess if they will take it up. Specify the content domain and your budget if you want to filter the correct interested parties.

hmmm, hire us mylotters instead :). we can write or rewrite for you (wink).

I don't know if you can contact people directly. I stopped using them because I kept getting so many things from them and none of them worked for me.

I've never acted as an Employer on oDesk, but I'm pretty sure you can invite contractors to an interview (mostly because I've been invited to them before). You should have that option while you're visiting the contractors profile as an employer. At least I think so.

Invite me here in mylot. If that is all about writing, I can help you. But if it is not, I cannot.

You can make private job posting, and invite only contractors that you want. I can't remember exactly how, because I didn't used it for awhile. I currently use only JobsFor10 for cheap article writers. If you thought to contact someone outside oDesk, it is not allowed to exchange personal email or any contact before you hire contractor.

I have joined odesk some months ago. I am indeed very impressed with the variety of jobs being offered there. But, I am a bit confused with the procedure. Do I have to pass the odesk test before bidding on the projects ? And, why odesk tests any way ?

I would contact administration or who ever hosted the information you found on this to begin with. Has to be a way. Alittle detective work could go a long way. Hope you are able to find it. Another good site is www.guru.com. You might check there as well and see if anything like it on there.

I think you need a little marketing strategy. So that you may invite people easy with your project to participate

I heard this odesk earlier. And your are giving updates on like this sites(earing) time to time. Thats great job. My doubt is how can we get earning by writing reviews. Suppose i am new to that site. How can i move forward. In what i connect with friends of that site?

You can sign up to microworkers and offer sign up tasks that way, or join some free networking social sites and post them as your updates. You can also tweet your available types of work and or send the out to your friends here on myLot and or facebook.

oDesk and Elance both confuse me, mostly because I don't have the time to learn their system. I find freelancer.com much simpler. What rates were you thinking for original content? If you pm me I can give you a link to my Helium articles; I have over 200 but I'm always interested in writing for others if the price is right.

if needed serious response from an expert then post this question in following sites just answer,yahoo,ask etc........

iwrite, try our members here first if they could do the job for you. I think there's a lot of good writers here.Odesk is quite strict with information exchange between employers and contractors. As an employer you could choose the contractor you want, keep tract of the good writers you've worked with before and get them if they are available. There are jobs posted there that has no duration too if you like the writer just keep on giving him/her a project.

Never heard of it. Just see what I miss when I am offline for a few days!

Hi, I am interested on the writing job that you have mentioned. I am working at Odesk right now.I have use their Client Support facility which allows you to submit a question ticket to answer ANY questions that you might have. Or guide you on establishing a sort of company inside Odesk where people such as me will be able to apply and submit an article sample. Using a sort of YM message system you can interview people. As for payment methods you can also Odesk verify that so that people who are applying may be assured that you will really pay them for the work that they may have done under you. By the way you can either leave a comment or feedback about the specific person that has worked for you and vice versa.I hope this answers your question.

Well, Odesk is pretty simple really, you write down the specification of a job or contract, then post it in the appropriate category, then a contractor who is interested in the rates and job specs will apply for the job along with his/hers cover letter and maybe an article he/she has written. You can also check his/her resume and comments and feedback to make sure your getting exactly what you want. Once you have initiated contact (what Odesk call an interview) your pretty much free to talk and ask one on one questions or set tests tasks or anything you want with your new employee. It’s pretty simple and works well, but make sure you realize if your offering a fixed price job then the contractor might ask for a small fee before work starts as there is no guaranteed payment for fixed price jobs. I’m not exactly sure what your question was concerning Odesk, but I hope this cleared up something for you. By the way, I do work at Odesk as a contractor ( freelance writer), if you feel like asking any questions or if you want to hire me feel free to contact me at : Konyarumi@yahoo.com (the reason I have not provided my permalink is Mylot wont let me copy/paste). Have a good day.

You can make private job posting, and invite only contractors that you want. I can't remember exactly how, because I didn't used it for awhile. Currently, I use only JobsFor10 for cheap article writers. If you thought to contact someone outside oDesk, it is not allowed to exchange personal email, or any contact information before you hire contractor.