I got $10 in 3 hours on Odesk
By luckygrey67
@luckygrey67 (765)
Indonesia
January 26, 2012 5:58am CST
I'm happy right now, I got opportunity to do job and hired by Employer.
It was my first job, there are many applicants on those job up 40 contractors, but employer chose me, 29 minutes after I submitted my cover letter.
This job about SEO submission and did you know, I don't have special skill in SEO. I have some trick to get hire by employers.
The employer was call me via Skype, he gave me the instructions and 3 days alloted to complete the job, and I follow the instructions carefully. I did in 3 hours without any problem, and employer fully satisfied.
Please share about your experience in Odesk !! or you interesting to work in Odesk, lets share how to do,,,
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39 responses
@zaahro (748)
• Indonesia
26 Jan 12
Congratulayion luckygrey,,,:)
Well done.
I have an account on Odesk, but I haven't applied any jobs yet. I have no skills :D lol. I was hoping that I could be a writer but I have no experiences yet :/
I am still learning to choose a good subject to apply. Hope I'll be hired soon :D
@IntrovertShy (2780)
• Marikina, Philippines
27 Jan 12
@ Zaahro,
We are both have no skills. I do have an account on odesk too and the employer decline my job application three times. I do not have any skill and I do not have any work experience so I gave up. I knew about Adobe Photoshop, but I am not that professional though I train graphic design only in 1 month. It is just only a vocational course and still, I am not expert and I am easily discourage if ever there are many professional graphic design who are better than me -- and of course, they are veteran graphic designer.
We are both have no skills. I do have an account on odesk too and the employer decline my job application three times. I do not have any skill and I do not have any work experience so I gave up. I knew about Adobe Photoshop, but I am not that professional though I train graphic design only in 1 month. It is just only a vocational course and still, I am not expert and I am easily discourage if ever there are many professional graphic design who are better than me -- and of course, they are veteran graphic designer.
@luckygrey67 (765)
• Indonesia
26 Jan 12
Hmm, I'm not teacher who can teach, but thanks anyway. Maybe I just want to share some trick and tips to get hire by employers.
Do you have account in Odesk ?
I wrote simple tips about oDesk on my sites (first level). You can find it on my available task.
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@anujain75 (1059)
• India
26 Jan 12
I am member of odesk but not applied for any job. When i started freelancing, i joined Getafreelancer ( now freelancer.com). I bid on one project that's about promoting a website on internet and get sign ups from Professionals specially software professionals.
I know about social media promotion and the project owner was kind enough, taught me different ways of promoting websites aside from social media promotion. Later he hired me for different projects.I earned a handsome amount from that guy.
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@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
7 Oct 12
getting money from odesk isn`t easy
it takes our special ability
good job for you
it shows that you have special ability for it
when you know how to get money from odesk,it`s so easy you can get more than $100 until $200 a month..and it`s very easy for expert odesk member..
@IntrovertShy (2780)
• Marikina, Philippines
27 Jan 12
Congratulations! Now you could earn a decent income online by working hard. You can work it like an offline job and it is free. I really want to work on odesk but I rather choose other work online. It is not that I do not like odesk, it is just I knew that it is difficult to be hired by the employer. There are also lots of competition on odesk -- expertise vs an amateur or non working experience is I guess the one who always getting the job is the expertise on the work field 
@IntrovertShy (2780)
• Marikina, Philippines
28 Jan 12
I am setting up a website for amazon affiliate program and here on myLot, I am being active. myLot is just my part time while affiliate program like amazon, well, I am going to do it full time to earn a decent income
@glennjunio (9)
• Philippines
27 Jan 12
What other work online aside from odesk,freelancer,elance?Can you share it.Thanks.
@damned_dle (3942)
• Philippines
26 Jan 12
Congrats! I have been working and earning on Odesk for a few weeks now. Just today, I ALMOST got $15 in 5 minutes! But I was a few minutes too late to apply for a one time job which is just to troubleshoot a virus infected computer. Anyway, I am still hunting for some other small jobs aside from the regular job I have on Odesk. Good luck to us!
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@mipangsit666 (56)
• Indonesia
27 Jan 12
Well, glad to hear that you can maximize your online job through Odesk...
I have an Odesk account, but still I haven't completed the information there yet. Maybe if I'm more careful and have more time, I'll be more active in Odesk...
@luckygrey67 (765)
• Indonesia
27 Jan 12
Welcome to Mylot, hope you will enjoying here !!!
Thanks anyway, I like your nickname.....I will eat you...lol
I have seen you profile, we have similar taste of music.
@mipangsit666 (56)
• Indonesia
27 Jan 12
Thanks for welcoming me! I think I'll have a good time here, in Mylot..
And don't eat me, will ya?? Hahaha... Really, you have the same taste of music with me?? (Ooops, we're getting out of topic)
@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
30 Jan 12
that's good for you. congrats. i've been a member for some time too but i too haven't been able to get any jobs as i don't have any special skills as well. i don't have any experience in any areas but am willing to learn the simple jobs. i especially prefer typing out documents but well there are others better than me. it also doesn't help that i don't have much idea on how to write a good cover letter. i'm trying not to lose hope and still applying there. hopefully, someone will be willing to hire a new worker without experience and be willing to go through the ropes with me. congrats once again.
@damned_dle (3942)
• Philippines
4 Feb 12
Take the tests / exams, then apply for small paying jobs at first. Make sure yo pass the tests in flying colors and include in your cover letter to check your test results! There are many more ways, but those are the basics. Improve your ratings then you can apply for higher paying jobs after that.
@clouds0327 (1389)
• Philippines
20 Feb 12
I had registered to Odesk before. But I just didnt have that time to really look into it that much since I had been very busy at work. I guess Im gonna check it out again. My husband doesn't have a job right now and I will introduce him to this site. He might be able to get a job there.
@gmkumar08 (396)
• India
21 Feb 12
Wow,good for you.$10 in 3 hours,that's really cool,i think i should try it too.Cheers!!!
@phillyguy (3005)
• Philippines
26 Jan 12
congrats!! many members of mylot have already shared in different discussions how great this site is and your experience is another one the list that proves that it is really a good site..I tried joining this site before just to get a view of what it really is but I don't like the applying or bidding part of it..I have the impression that it is really hard to be chosen by the employer if you are a new member, but if one is really patient and will keep on bidding in many jobs I think it's a great way to earn money online.
@phillyguy (3005)
• Philippines
26 Jan 12
For sure you know more about this site than I do because I didn't continue using it after I learned about the bidding part of the site..but I think I didn't say lose all the bids as fast as you can in jobs that are not worth bidding of course you still need to choose the jobs that you think you are qualified and capable of accomplishing. And losing all your bids in 15 days and getting no order and losing all your bids in 30 days and getting no order doesn't have any difference.
@laligaboy (150)
• India
26 Jan 12
I am also new in there but one thing I know that it's not about keep on bidding.. This way you will loose all your bids(maximum is 15 a month in the beginning)..
The main thing is to bid correctly so that every bid matters.. If you loose all your bids within 15 days and get no order then what's the point of bidding!!
@laligaboy (150)
• India
26 Jan 12
Today I sent my first job application in O-Desk and one thing that I learnt that how important it is to write a good and brief cover letter. A cover letter is the first and last chance for creating an impression and hence it needs to be very unique.. I wrote a good cover letter and sent my application..
Now god helps....
@myzhian (584)
• Philippines
28 Jan 12
Congratulations! Its a good price for a hard work! You deserve it!
@cheenlly (3476)
• Philippines
27 Jan 12
Wow! thats great. I've been a member for odesk for quite sometime but up to now i'm failed to get a job. I am hoping that soon someone would hire me and start my first job. I hope its not too late yet and i hope i will not lost hope. Congratulation by the way.
@stringer321 (5644)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
7 Feb 12
After reading some responds on this discussion I figured out that some people don't know what odesk is all about , so I found some usefull information from the website itself : you can read about testimonials success stories from odesk users (contractors , companies , odesk people ) and you can also read the Headlines to get the impression of what kind of jobs you can do.
www.odesk.com/info/testimonials
Well , I guess you are a lucky guy to get hired if you have no experience or skill , but , can you really get the job done ? What will happen if you can't do it ? will it hurt your reputation on the website ?
Another thing to think about is not the money but the experience for handeling jobs from real people. Is there any way to get tasks before you get hired so one can see wether he can do the job or try to do it ?
I still think we need to know more about the website and it's users , how one can start getting tasks and so on...
@pennywise25 (321)
• Mexico
28 Jan 12
Cool, I will go there now to find if there's something I can apply to. I guess I must match in some category.
@lekhya (819)
• India
18 Feb 12
Congrats,
YOUR PROFILE NAME ITSELF INDICATES THAT YOU ARE LUCKY.
I have been on odesk long back,i got fed up bidding for several projects.I was not offered any jobs.May be i was not tricky like you.I was also into freelance,but same was the situation there too.So i quit both of them.I have some skills but feel that being a new freelancer i am not able to get selected for any of the projects,i quoted.May be i have to use some techniques to get selected as u said.U can guide us in this aspect.Happy mylotting!
