Elance.com

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Last Sunday, a friend from church told me about the Elance website. I looked it up the next day and have been exploring it off and on to get a better feel for how it works. The tagline for the company sums up nicely what the overarching objective of Elance is: Where businesses hire and work with qualified professionals [to get work done]. Elance allows an entrepreneur to conceptualize an idea and then employ a qualified professional to help make it a reality. Whether it’s design work, logo development, writing or software programming, there are numerous professionals that may be accessed through Elance.

The way I understand it is that you post a project and specify what you need and then receive bids from professionals who are willing to meet that need. You select the bid you want and then work with that person to see the project to completion. Here’s one of their recent blog posts about a successful company that got off the ground by utilizing the services offered through Elance.

I can see this being valuable to self-publishers in a variety of ways:

* book cover design
* book interior design
* website development
* written contributions in areas that an author may need further expertise

I’m looking forward to exploring the site in more depth, but it sure seems like a great tool for self-publishers who desire to present a professional image and product! If anyone has any experience with Elance, I’d love to know what you think!

One Response to “Elance.com”

  1. Debbie Maxwell Allen Says:

    I am actually an Elance provider, doing ghost-writing for various people. As a homeschool mom, I have naturally gravitated toward homeschool topics: writing homeschool blogs, homeschool ebooks, and now a book for a homeschool mom.

    So far, I have no complaints about Elance. You, as a writer, could consider being a provider for them. It will bring you some income and hone your writing skills while you’re marketing your book.

    Debbie

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