The document discusses freelance marketplaces that connect buyers and sellers of online services. It notes websites like Elance, Odesk, and vWorker have thousands of WordPress jobs listed. WordPress is a popular content management system and the demand for WordPress skills is growing as more companies use it. The document provides tips for how to win WordPress jobs on these marketplaces, such as having a strong portfolio, passing WordPress skill tests, and getting good ratings and reviews. It also notes some limitations like competition and needing to provide low bids. Alternatives to these marketplaces for finding WordPress work are also listed.

2. WordPress Jobs
&
Freelance marketplaces
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3. What is Freelance
marketplace?
“Freelance marketplaces (or outsourcing
marketplaces) are websites that match buyers and
sellers of services provided via the internet.”
From Wikipedia.

4. Top Freelance marketplaces?

5. What most of them have in
common?
S Lots of WordPress projects
S Odesk (3,676 jobs)

6. WordPress Jobs &
Freelance marketplaces
S Elance.com (37,575 new jobs in last 15 days)

7. WordPress Jobs &
Freelance marketplaces
S vworker.com(212),
freelancer(347),
guru.com(273)
S Elance Job Trends
report
S 13% quarterly
growth on Elance

8. WordPress Jobs &
freelance marketplaces
S Demand for WordPress skill is always increasing
S Thousands of jobs are available for WordPress developers
S Many companies/organizations are switching to WordPress
as their cms platform
S WordPress is among top skills on most of the freelance
marketplaces

9. How to win WordPress Jobs
on these marketplaces?
S Portfolio or job history
S Proposal Specific to project
S Take WordPress Skill tests
S Improve Your Profile
S Ratings, reviews & testimonials

10. Limitations / Cons
S Project fees and transaction costs
S Competition
S Usually lower bids win
S Some clients are not easy to work with and disputes may
occur
S Not easy to get your first job

11. Alternatives
S jobs.wordpress.net or other job boards
S Codecanyon, themeforest, other marketplaces
S WordPress forums
S Start your own WP shop.

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