oDesk versus Elance: Through the Eyes of a Filipina Freelance Article Writer…Part 2

#2 Earning Potential

Now despite the amazing number of jobs offered by each site, it’s actually pretty hard to get into the game if you have no professional online work history to refer to.  If you place yourself in the shoes of prospective clients, why indeed would you gamble your hard-earned money on an unknown contractor, not to mention from a third world country as the Philippines? Yes, we can argue all we want about how English is our second language and how some of us may even speak and write in better English than some of our “native English speaking” counterparts, but the fact is, we’ll always have to prove that we are not second rate.

oDesk versus Elance: Through the Eyes of a Filipina Freelance Article Writer

Top oDesk Freelance Article Writers from the Philippines!

As I write this, I will have been freelancing as a part-time writer for exactly 111 days (!). As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I’ve had made some mistakes early in the game that could have easily been avoided by simply doing a little due diligence. Anyway, I decided to write this post in order to help fellow Filipino freelance writers, such as myself, navigate the bewildering world of online freelancing more adeptly. But first, a little background on these two freelancing platform giants.