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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

Most of clients are “startups, small businesses, and solo entrepreneurs who are building their business on or around oDesk,” Cooper said. If you go back to 2008 to 2009, the overwhelming majority of dollars spent on oDesk were technical in nature,” he said. “I

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16 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Side Hustles

Hearpreneur

My background comes from owning my own photography business when I became an entrepreneur back in 2008. Thanks to Feuza Reis, Next Level SEM ! #8- After 20 years of being an Executive Assistant I decided to start my own business. My side hustle is to perform freelance marketing and SEO audits for small businesses.

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Interview with Motoko Hunt about Search around the World & SES Chicago 2008

Eric Friedman

It’s great that now as a Search Marketing Strategist, I get to use my past experiences with language, International business and online marketing work to create search strategies for my clients. International SEM and SEO have become more important in the last few years – what areas should people focus on? Globalization”.

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Crowdsourced Writing Projects on crowdSPRING

crowdSPRING Blog

Since May 2008, the crowdSPRING community (now over 50,000 creatives, from 170+ countries!) has helped thousands of entrepreneurs, small businesses, startups, agencies, and Brands (from over 70 countries), with graphic, website, and industrial design projects. Need help naming your new startup or small business?