by Angilina

Created on: July 26, 2009   Last Updated: July 27, 2009

There are many mistakes that newcomers make in the very beginning of their freelance career. One of these mistakes is placing bids on projects where the competition level is high. That is: newcomers place their bids on projects where many other service providers have already placed their bids.

There are some freelance sites where service providers [SPs] have limited number of bids to place on projects every month. So now if they start to use their limited bids on projects where many other SPs have already placed their bids, then this will be a very big mistake.

Winning the first project at freelance site is the most difficult thing in anyone's freelance career. SPs need to use their limited bids very carefully.

If you see lot of bids on a project then it means that the project creator and some of the SPs who applied for the job, they will already be communicating with each other. [Most probably] The project owner would already have decided the person to whom he/she will award the project.

Also, if there are many other service providers who have already placed their bids on a project: then there is a very high possibility that some of these SPs will have high freelance rating/ranking/feedbacks. On the other hand, you are a newcomer with zero ratings/feedbacks: a newcomer cannot compete with high ranked SPs.

You should always search for newly posted jobs/projects at freelance sites. When you spot one, place your bid without wasting anytime.

In freelance business, each and every second counts.

Newcomers need to avoid competing with other newcomers and they surely can't compete with highly ranked SPs.

Save your bids for the project where there is no or very less competition. Such projects can be found in the section at freelance site where latest projects are being posted. Placing all your bids in the very first days of the month is the biggest mistake that many new comers make. Such people then wonder what to do after they have zero bids left to place in a month.

Imagine a situation where you have no more bids to place on projects in the current month. Now you find a project that you think is very easy to complete. A project that you can do in just few minutes and this project can provide a breakthrough in your freelance career. But as you have reached your bid limit, you will be unable to apply for that project. So to avoid such situation, place your bids wisely.

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