Freelance Economy
Fiverr is shaping the future of work, every day, by shifting the freelance economy online. Founded in 2010, with offices in New York City, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Tel Aviv. Fiverr is the world’s most transacted marketplace for digital services. Our horizontal marketplace provides nearly any digital service in just one click. Even without haggling over the service deliverables or the price. Buyers can choose from the world’s largest catalog of pre-packaged services ranging from graphic design to music/video editing to marketing and copywriting. Fiverr sellers looking to make extra cash have delivered millions of high-quality Gigs®. Furthermore from 150+ categories of services, and across 196 countries.
The Future Is Freelance
As a small business employer on the past it was important to employ multi disciplined people. You needed people who could turn their hands to anything especially in a small start up business. The only problem was that they were not masters in any field. Now with the freelance economy booming you can hire an expert for the day, or even just for a few hours. The work place is a constant changing horizon. The work place can be in someones home at their home office. No longer do you need to calculate employment cost such as office space, IT equipment, pension and PAYE.
No you can hire who you want when you want and for as long as you want. The great thing about the freelance economy is that everyone leaves a review for their past work. You can see the feedback and make an informed choice before giving them a Gig. Communication is the key and it’s important that you set down clear precise instructions before they start. Remember the freelancer will not be in the same building as you. You need to clearly define the expectations along with the outcomes.
When you want something done that you cant do yourself use Fiverr but because Fiverr is such a popular site nowadays there’s often too many gigs to choose from, so this is how to ensure you get the best value for money.
1. Be specific about what you want so that the results are less. For example don’t search for social media marketing if you’re looking for someone to assist you with Facebook PPC. Search for Facebook PPC.
2. Use the filter to drill down further on the results (to match your needs). I often select level two sellers as in my experience these offer the best value.
3. Look for the average rating and make sure its more than 4 stars and has as many reviews as possible.
4. If you’re likely to want to use the service more than once split test your gigs, namely give the same job to two freelancers and then award one of them the future business.
5. Keep freelancers out of your collaborative workspace unless they’re going to form part of your virtual team.