When it comes to earning in freelancing you should always be on your toes to grab the opportunities to work on your expertise. Its not always the price which can fetch you the work but its how well you can show client you are the best possible provider of the service he is looking for. The first interaction of you with your client is the bid for the project and when you bid on projects in Elance if you are among the first few bidders you have the added advantage of first mover as well as chances of your bid being read is higher and so I always tend to prefer bidding as soon as I see the project but now the question comes how can you see the projects fast and bid even faster.
I prefer one of the features on Elance which supports RSS feed for any search results. This is one of the best feature I like about Elance.
- Visit Elance.
- Login to your provider account.
- Search for any Job. SEO for example.
You would see RSS icon for the results. Add them to your favorite RSS reader and each time any client posts project related to your search terms your RSS reader would update accordingly.
Using this I have managed to complete the project awarding to me from client in 24-48 hours of time from posting and not many bids for clients to decide as well.
But if you are not planning to subscribe through Email. Try subscribing to RSS.
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