Rookie Designer 139 – Finding Freelance Work

from Rookie Designer Podcast · host Jake Van Ness & Carl Grivakis

In this latest episode of Rookie Designer Podcast Carl and Jake discuss where you can find freelance jobs online and offline. They also take the time to address some of the sites that run competitions and why they may not be the best for finding good quality freelance work.   Show Notes Carl's question posted on the Rookie Design Podcast Facebook page: http://goo.gl/nnPZo Freelance Sites: oDesk - https://www.odesk.com/ Freelancer.com - http://www.freelancer.com/ iFreelance - http://www.ifreelance.com/ eLance - https://www.elance.com/ Craigslist - http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Other Mentions: NO!SPEC - http://www.no-spec.com/ CANDI - http://www.candiinternational.org/ Luna's Story - http://goo.gl/KrXPf Recommendations of the Episode: Carl - Thumbtack - http://www.thumbtack.com Jake - Otterbox Commuter iPhone 5 Case - http://amzn.to/128GClC (affiliate link) Thank you for listening to Rookie Designer Podcast #139. If you have a show topic or idea, drop us an email at info [at] rookiedeisgner.com or head on over to our contact page. We want to hear from you. Thanks for listening and we look forward to hearing from you. Also please head over to iTunes and give us a rating so more people can learn about us.     Carl's Design Business Holy Carp Design - http://www.holycarpdesign.com Holy Carp Design on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/HolyCarpDesign Holy Carp Design on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/HolyCarpDesign Carl on LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlgrivakis Jake's Design Business Prepressology - http://www.prepressology.com Prepressology on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Prepressology Prepressology on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/Prepressology Jake on LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/jakevanness/ Rookie Designer Links Website: http://www.rookiedesigner.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RookieDesigner Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RookieDesigner iTunes: Rookie Designer on iTunes RSS (All Posts): RSS Feed (All Posts)

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In this latest episode of Rookie Designer Podcast Carl and Jake discuss where you can find freelance jobs online and offline. They also take the time to address some of the sites that run competitions and why they may not be the best for finding good quality freelance work. Show Notes Carl's question posted on the Rookie Design Podcast Facebook page: http://goo.gl/nnPZo Freelance Sites: oDesk - https://www.odesk.com/ Freelancer.com - http://www.freelancer.com/ iFreelance - http://www.ifreelance.com/ eLance - https://www.elance.com/ Craigslist - http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Other Mentions: NO!SPEC - http://www.no-spec.com/ CANDI - http://www.candiinternational.org/ Luna's Story - http://goo.gl/KrXPf Recommendations of the Episode: Carl - Thumbtack - http://www.thumbtack.com Jake - Otterbox Commuter iPhone 5 Case - http://amzn.to/128GClC (affiliate link) Thank you for listening to Rookie Designer Podcast #139. If you have a show topic or idea, drop us an email at info [at] rookiedeisgner.com or head on over to our contact page. We want to hear from you. Thanks for listening and we look forward to hearing from you. Also please head over to iTunes and give us a rating so more people can learn about us. Carl's Design Business Holy Carp Design - http://www.holycarpdesign.com Holy Carp Design on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/HolyCarpDesign Holy Carp Design on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/HolyCarpDesign Carl on LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlgrivakis Jake's Design Business Prepressology - http://www.prepressology.com Prepressology on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Prepressology Prepressology on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/Prepressology Jake on LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/jakevanness/ Rookie Designer Links Website: http://www.rookiedesigner.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RookieDesigner Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RookieDesigner iTunes: Rookie Designer on iTunes RSS (All Posts): RSS Feed (All Posts)

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