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Another Freelance Marketplace Bites the Dust — Elance Work View

By on April 9th, 2010

You know that here at All Freelance Writing we’re incredibly picky about what we will and won’t promote. For example, we won’t sell out to content mills that exploit writers, and we won’t send you to job leads at marketplaces …

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My Love Affair with Elance

By on March 26th, 2010

I have taken a secret lover. Now, I don’t want my hubby to know because it would devastate him, so I’m only going to tell you guys. The name of my secret lover? Elance. I know, I know, it’s weird. …

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Posted in Finding Work, General, Marketing, Writers Markets |

How to Find Freelance Writing Jobs (That Don’t Suck)

By on February 15th, 2010

Do you want to do my job? I’m pretty good at what I do. I cut through the clutter for you on a weekly basis, finding the best freelance writing jobs out there so that you can save yourself a …

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Elance–Not as Bad as You Might Think

By on December 4th, 2009

In September I bought an “Individual” membership plan on Elance. The cost was $9.95 and with it I received 20 bright and shiny proposal credits. When you bid on jobs at Elance it costs you anywhere from 1-3 of these …

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Elance Not Even Using Elance

By on November 25th, 2009

Edit – November 30, 2009 – The message below was received from Elance representative Alex Yoon offering some clarification about the misleading language in the ad mentioned here that was posted on Craigslist. As Yoon “officially” notes, Elance itself is …

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