How Do I Get My First Client on Elance and oDesk?

Here's the question:"How can a freelancer win their first job on Elance? And how to make the client trust someone with no reputation on the site yet? Even if the freelancer has a great portfolio and added all the required skills, the client will still look for how many jobs one completed and will also need to check previous ratings."Here's the question on Quora:http://www.quora.com/How-can-a-freelancer-win-their-first-job-on-Elance-And-how-to-make-the-client-trust-someone-with-no-reputation-on-the-site-yetSubscribe on YouTube:http://youtube.com/johnmorrisonlineSubscribe on SoundCloud:http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonlineSubscribe on iTunes:http://goo.gl/RggnXW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.