When you have learned the basics about freelance writing and you have started winning the bids, you need to move on. If you are still unable to win any bids, then you need to read my article about freelance writing and bidding tips which talk about winning the bids and lets you understand the entire procedure with inside knowledge of the things.

Once you have mastered winning the low budget freelance writing projects, you should move on to the better jobs. If you have been working on the freelancer.com then it is the time to move on.

You should consider bidding for higher projects on freelancer.com now. Remember that freelancer.com is good for the new comers and all the high budgeted jobs are either present at elance.com or at odesk.com

oDesk is a great place to start hunting for good jobs. You will find plenty of fixed price and hourly priced projects there. You can win the bids on oDesk if you have done it on freelancer. But here are few things to remember:

  • You are starting with a new website. That means you do not have any feedback.
  • oDesk is a lot different from freelancer so you will have to spend some time understanding the things there

HOW TO BUILD A BETTER PORTFOLIO AT ODESK?

Now your first target should be to build a good portfolio on oDesk (have a look at my portfolio here). Once you have cleared their enterance test which is called odesk ready test, you will be able to start bidding. Don’t do it at this moment. Take some time and clear few more tests. The people at oDesk will hardly hire someone without feedback and qualifications. If you clear some tests there, you will be in a position to use that to overcome the feedback issue.

Start with some low budget freelance writing projects where the buyer does not ask for feedback. Try to complete the project quickly and get some positive feedback. Once you have 4 positive feedbacks and have achieved an overall feedback score of above 4, it time to start finding the freelance writing jobs here.

Bid for the freelance writing projects with better budget. You have feedback and tests to support your bid. Do tell the buyer what you have got. Mention that you have cleared the tests and also write down that you have a good feedback. This will make you bid even better.

You can also play a lot with your profile on oDesk. You can add previous projects there. You can also add a cover letter. Try to take advantage of these features.

Now if you have

  • Positive feedback
  • Relative tests cleared
  • Good looking and complete profile (here is how to do build amazing portfolio for freelance writing jobs)

then you are all set to make big bucks from freelance writing!