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Karachi<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="039566a5-e30c-469d-81c7-b07bc877e771" id="414326d9-7f89-470c-b986-e333cf7af41a"> :</span></b> The web has played a huge role in finding new employment opportunities for freelancers. The website <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d32581e1-4e29-43a7-a8b1-d2f73bad45a4" id="6cc94b1a-c26a-42a9-95fc-2bb5fb744acc">oDesk</span> is the world’s largest online marketplace where buyers post information about projects so that they can be outsourced for development through freelancers from around the globe. Clients and freelancers publicly rate each other on every project, and businesses can hire on demand talent regardless of location.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', times-roman, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">As of July 2013, Pakistan ranks fifth in the website’s top freelancer countries list, working 2.6 million hours out of a total 35 million hours on <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e581fdd7-f462-408b-bfb0-7d98042411ea" id="30cdbe97-cea8-4eb5-8cb6-a8e950e6ca31">oDesk</span> in 2012. Approximately 0.214 million Pakistani freelancers are registered with <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2c8881b1-2165-4b21-a008-c880f949d1db" id="ee193522-fe54-4e45-a1fe-ee2ed8b1137b">oDesk</span> out of 4 million freelancers around the world.</span></div>
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"The quality of projects delivered by Pakistani freelancers is at par with our top freelancer countries from around the globe"</h3>
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Matt Cooper, vice president of international enterprise for oDesk said: “The quality of projects delivered by Pakistani freelancers is at par with our top freelancer countries from around the globe. Pakistan ranks fifth on that list because Pakistani freelancers are regularly delivering quality work in a timely fashion on projects ranging from web design to blog and art jobs.”<br />
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oDesk freelancers include software developer Ovais Ahmed, who started his career as a freelance coder, developing webpages for clients around the world through websites like RentACoder.com and Guru.com. “However, if you’re searching for home-based jobs through lesser known websites, then you should thoroughly inspect their credibility first,” Ahmed advises.<br />
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Another freelancer is Tayyab Tariq from Islamabad who specializes in software development, C++, SQL, and .Net. The Fulbright scholar landed his first job on oDesk while still in school and transitioned to full-time because it was closer to what he wanted to do. He helped one of his oDesk clients in Switzerland setup and manage a satellite office in Pakistan, used his oDesk earnings to invest in a software development business in Islamabad, and volunteers with an NGO that teaches data and software skills to people in villages so they can work on oDesk.<br />
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According to Tariq, associations representing the Pakistani IT industry should convey a positive image of the Pakistan IT industry abroad. If associations could positively pitch the potential of local professionals, that would create greater opportunities for them to work independently.<br />
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Ian Ippolito, entrepreneur and founder of Planet Source Code and vWorker, said that most Pakistani coders gravitate towards software development and graphic design. “However, some Pakistani coders need to enhance their communication skills, as English is not their native language. Presentation is an important factor to winning jobs and if a coder can develop rapport with a buyer, he/she will be awarded the project.”<br />
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Considering the meagre profit margin attained from freelance work for local clients, people in Pakistan largely opt for foreign clientele. An experienced term paper writer and freelancer, who requested anonymity, said that many local clients offering home-based content development jobs actually acquire projects from abroad and get them accomplished by local writers. “It has become a good business these days and the middleman takes the biggest chunk of the deal. Since we are already doing the work for foreign buyers, why not interact with them directly [through online freelancing]?” she explained.<br />
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Online freelancing offer virtually limitless possibilities. Until the local industry proves itself to be more beneficial to local freelancers, people will continue using global employment markets to find home-based jobs in Pakistan.<br />
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Top 10 Freelancer countries (by spend over the last four quarters: Q32012 – Q22013)<br />
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8.     Bangladesh<br />
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10. United Kingdom<br />
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The writer is a manager of public relations and strategy at media matters<br />
<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Published in The Express Tribune, August 12th, 2013.</span></i></div>

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Blogging Tips - 3 Common Blogging Mistakes That You Should Avoid at All Costs

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Blogging is the most popular internet activity today and a huge blessing to the internet users. Blogs can be created in very little time and hosted through a few clicks. And all this coming free makes blogging even more attractive. The Blogging tips discussed below are designed to help you realize the full potential of blogs.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of you would have heard this associated with modern medicine. Similar to this, your blogs will start yielding results when you are patient and keep nurturing your blog to its due place on the web. This means that you will continue to add fresh content almost every single day. Once people start visiting your blog in large numbers you will begin to enjoy the exercise and also start making some money doing so. Blogging tips relevant here is that you should persist with your efforts and not expect overnight results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a very important attribute for successful blogs and ranks among the most valuable blogging tips. People looking at your blogs expect something that others have not said. One way to keep ahead of competition in creating blog posts is to have a large number of relevant RSS feeds. As soon as some newsworthy event happens around your niche, be the first to post it on your blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Successful blogs need constant nurturing. The best way to achieve this is adding fresh content at regular intervals. Make sure that the interval is never too long and preferably as close as 24 hours. Use these tips to protect you from the common mistakes.</span></div>
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WINNING YOUR FIRST JOB ON ODESK

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If your profile is incomplete, the client will reject your application instantly, particularly when you are new and haven’t received any good feedback. So to ensure that your application is considered, you must complete your profile. Yes you can’t build your reputation by your own, but you can complete your profile with ease and its under your control. So before applying for any job, ensure that your profile is 100% complete. It will increase the chances that the client hires you for his job.<br />
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<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5b16dee5-77e9-4314-b8ce-3bd4a1066ab6" id="a70a77b5-3c61-4f30-97b7-4af3202016dd">Cover letter</span> is the second strongest impression which makes clients decide either you are a good fit for their job or not. While writing the cover letter, try to convince the client that you are the perfect match for the posted job. Tell him that you can do it the best. A generic cover letter like “I will do this job for $20” isn’t going to win that job. Instead be creative in your writing.<br />
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Tell the client that you will try your best to satisfy his needs. Also consider leaving the job price under client’s budget. Moreover, request the client that you’re struggling to utilize your skills as a newbie. In most cases, a good cover letter does everything and wins the job for you.<br />
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When I wrote my first cover letter, I admitted that I’m new but I can do the job perfectly. I’m skilled to do that job. I also bid little and that was the reason I succeeded in winning my first job without any difficulty. Here is the reply I received from my very first oDesk client.<br />
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Be Accurate: In early days of your oDesk career, you get very few application quota and in such a situation, you need to bid intelligently. So while bidding for jobs, be accurate. Bid only if you believe that you can do the job perfectly. If the job doesn’t match your skills or if you can’t do it perfectly, then consider waiting for a new, more relevant job that would be done brilliantly by you.<br />
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Also look for the guidelines defined by client. If he needs reputed freelancers with several hours of work at oDesk, then its better not to bid for that job. Wait and find jobs where guidelines are the easiest for you. It will not only save your application quota but will increase the chance of winning that job too.<br />
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You need to be honest in your freelancing career to get a sparkling success in <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7b9a44e7-c944-440b-a2b3-dc6a7305c0bf" id="08c45a2d-47ed-40d0-8bef-91f02150602c">long run</span>. When a client hires you, he expects that you do his job brilliantly. He spends hard earned money and you need to deliver value for the spent money. If you honestly complete the job given to you, the client surely rates you positively and a positive rating is everything you need for success in your freelancing career.<br />
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Remember that establishing a solid, positively rated profile is a tough task at freelance websites and once you succeed in earning some positive ratings from your clients, your way towards success gets cleared. A solid profile will earn jobs with great ease for you in future, so be honest to ensure that you build a solid recognition that earns jobs with ease in upcoming days.<br />
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So these were some tips which will help you in winning your very first job at <a href="https://www.odesk.com/">oDesk</a> or any other freelancing website. I hope the tips will get you a job on your freelancing platform soon. Or are you already working on freelancing websites and have got some valuable tips to share with newbie freelancers? Your comments are appreciated <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="https://www.supportivehands.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" style="background-color: white; border: none !important; color: #222222; float: none !important; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; line-height: 28.799999237060547px; max-height: 15px !important; max-width: 15px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>

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How to Turn an Outsourcing Client into an Ongoing Client </h3>
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Once you’ve been working on <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="06cc6f29-7c68-4fef-b698-53f97b358e12" id="4898b860-dea2-45eb-9c4b-2a83cc057e25">oDesk</span> for a while, and your ratings are increasing day by day, you’ll be starting to wonder (at least you should be!) how you can keep your outsourcing clients and turn them into ongoing clients.<br />
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Depending on your own business setup, you may want to continue working with a client on oDesk, or you might like to encourage them to consider your ongoing monthly service fee instead, outside of oDesk.<br />
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So, how do you turn your one off <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ba458259-70cb-4347-8ad9-0d610469e8a2" id="3f6b68a8-0fa2-4e28-abd9-6079918c6564">oDesk</span> client into an ongoing client?<br />
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<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0c1ac3c4-af51-4edb-9a47-22d58851829e" id="d3bf1280-01f7-47cb-9d08-aee79291bcf0">It’s no secret really</span> (or maybe it is!). The number one way to ensure you get continued work with a client, whether on or off <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5acf008e-8466-495b-ab26-d8765185817f" id="b490159a-10f9-4abc-be1a-cbd149d3acb5">oDesk</span>, is to always ensure you over-deliver on every job.<br />
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Complete the job in record time, while maintaining quality output. In other words, finish the job ahead of time, but provide amazing quality. <br />
Provide 1-2 extra articles on the same topic between 300-400 words, as a bonus. You’ll get massive ‘brownie’ points for this! <br />
Offer some suggestions on how they can improve their blog, website, social media channels, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="305f556f-caaa-4f38-90d8-c070fe81d8fd" id="1009b0f5-4731-4947-aeb5-625301c6d9f2">etc</span> (free of charge). This relates to any other skill sets you might have that complement your freelancing skills – showcase them here. <br />
The aim of the game is to provide more value than what the client is paying for and expecting – with the <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2a1082b2-59d0-4c17-bdb8-434aedbd11a7" id="ce035da9-cc50-4dbb-9d55-3cb26336fa52">cavet</span> that you expect nothing in return.<br />
Clients always remember freelancers that over-deliver, and even if they don’t have ongoing work for you right now, they will come back to you in the future.<br />
If you can’t get a client to convert to an ongoing client, don’t hesitate to ask them for a referral as well, as this is another great way to find new clients.<br />
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As well as the above, always let your clients know you’re available for ongoing work and that you enjoyed working with them – it’s great to do this in the feedback area. <br />
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And by doing this and increasing your ratings, oDesk or other outsourcing sites, will start to recommend you to new clients as well.<br />
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