Comments on: 10 active freelance job boards for you to find work

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Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:38:46 +0000

[...] around before landing on you as their go-to freelancer for the job. They might have posted a job board listing, searched Google or asked their Twitter friends for recommendations. But somehow they ended [...]

By: Raul Salazar

Raul Salazar — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:51:45 +0000

so far the best jobboard list on the web

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:34:02 +0000

Hey Chris,

Thanks so much for the comment and for the compliments on my writing.

No worries on it being a long comment, I read every comment that comes through so it was nice to see your perspective on things. I agree, the big numbers in posts are usually attention grabbers, but sometimes they lack in the quality (50 job boards seem like a stretch to me if you’re looking for quality job listings).

I purposely left out places like elance, freelancer.com, 99designs, etc. Bidding sites like that, I didn’t feel had a place on this list.

Again, thanks for the comment and any time you feel like dropping another one in, don’t hesitate

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:44:05 +0000

First, I need to say that I love your style of writing and your blog posts are great. I am really tempted to grab your book. If I didn’t just go through a Self Employment program I would, and I still may need to.

Second, I realize this post is a year old, and the last reply is nearly a year old. I thought maybe it could use an update, even the site in your sidebar that you recommend is pretty stale.

Here is a list of a few current ones, not that all the ones you listed are not current..

Elance is pretty good, lots of jobs there http://www.elance.com/

You can even write tests to show off your skills.

One that I am not a fan of, but is pretty busy is 99designs. This is set up so you create your design and if the person likes it they pick yours. If you don’t get picked you have used up that time. It is kind of good for someone starting out, who doesn’t have any fresh idea’s of designs to add to their portfolio though, and it does give them a chance to earn some money from it.

http://99designs.com/

I don’t know if you have heard of hongkiat, but they have a post up of 50 active job boards… they are not all active. 50 is a stretch and we know that the list type of blog posts are attractive to viewers. With a number like 50 in the title it must of been dug and liked a million times. (my attempt at humor). Anyway, it’s a good place to go to check out some of the job sites anyway. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/50-freelance-job-sites-for-designers-programmers-best-of/ (not that I’m trying to tell you what to do).

Anyway.. I had another ten paragraphs I went off topic on spouting all my new web designer sorrows, and then decided this was not the place.

You do a great job of engaging your readers. I don’t often write comments. (I didn’t gather that from only reading this post)

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7 ways you can instantly make happy clients | Guerrilla Freelancing — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:34:52 +0000

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By: Blsoftmarketing

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By: Mithun John Jacob

Mithun John Jacob — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:22:10 +0000

Excellent collection of links !

By: Ivan Mišić

Ivan Mišić — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:33:15 +0000

Nice list

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:47:34 +0000

Great & very unbiased.
When you have the time I’d love you to let me know what you think of ours http://www.theragtrader.com. It’s for freelancers in the fashion industry.. We don’t have projects everyday as we are quite new, but it’s building steadily

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20 Ways to Streamline Your Web Business | AEXT.NET — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:04:44 +0000

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