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I bet that title got your attention; I know it would get mine. I’ve been writing about money a lot lately, and not just because it’s one of my favorite things.   Today’s topic is a grab-bag of tips that can help you make more money for your work on oDesk. Let’s start with one obvious [...]

Just the other night I received an email inviting me to join a Provider Company on oDesk. Regular readers may know that I have already decided that I like being an independent contractor, but I decided to open the email anyway.  It was an automated invitation saying that person ‘x’ had invited me to join [...]

By polishing your image, I don’t mean cleaning the mirror so you can see yourself better in it. I mean you should always try to make yourself look more appealing to buyers. Don’t make it seem like you are better than you really are, though. The key is to actually make yourself better and allow [...]

I was writing a post about the oDesk community when I saw something that made me realize there was something more important I needed to focus on first: Money. I bet that got your attention; it gets mine. We’ve talked about rates before, but what I want to discuss today is setting them.  One of [...]

When I worked in a Call Center I had a supervisor who always used to talk about the importance of “Being in Integrity.” I didn’t always agree with his English, but it’s hard to fault the sentiment. If you’re a long-term reader of the blog, and I hope you are, some of this may sound [...]

In my first post, I talked about why you should consider editing and the general skills needed. This post is about what you are likely to see. Native speakers Native speakers of English are prone to different problems than foreign speakers. Here’s an example of something I edited that had already been purchased for an [...]

The Need I’ve noticed a trend on oDesk and other contract writing sites. The trend is to hire as cheaply as possible and then either the buyer edits the material into something usable or hires someone else to do it. (And when they get someone else to take a second look, you can bet the [...]

I was browsing the oDesk Community recently and I came across this thread on low wages.  Threads on low wages are nothing new, and normally I’d hesitate to bring another to your attention.  However this one got me thinking about the issue in a slightly different fashion, so I thought it would be worth exploring [...]

I was recently reading a post of Nelson’s where he was talking about developing yourself and not losing sight of your goals just because you’re focusing on your day-to-day existence.  He made some very good points, which you can read about here. His biggest point was that the only way to keep your dream alive [...]

I was reading an article on the Inquirer the other day that was talking about how the graphics chip maker Nvidia was responding to a spate of problems they’ve been having with some of their laptop chipsets. The thrust of the article was that Nvidia is blaming everyone from the chip foundry to the companies [...]