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

The Next Web

Over the last three years we saw an explosion in non-technical work, everything from data entry to customer service to marketing, SEO, SEM, legal, financial… We’ve reached the point now where if a job can be done in front of a computer, somebody’s doing it on oDesk.”. Another tip from inside oDesk is to be patient with raising your rates.

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Why And How Your B2B eCommerce Start-up Should Work On Having A Strong Sales Team

YoungUpstarts

Gogoprint , a leading Southeast Asian online printing company founded in late 2015, has been working hard to do just that in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. For this purpose, traditional e-commerce websites rely heavily on marketing, especially CPC advertising and SEO. This is especially true if you are gunning for fast growth.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I was on vacation in Malaysia. I was doing freelance SEO consulting for e-commerce businesses and on my first trip to Thailand fell in love with the country and the culture. I know the value of loving what you do, and the incredible payoff that level of passion for your work has. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4