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This is actually pretty sweet. When I was freelancing there were times when I was presented with pieces of a project that I didn't feel like doing, wasn't effic

by tdavis 17y ago

This is actually pretty sweet. When I was freelancing there were times when I was presented with pieces of a project that I didn't feel like doing, wasn't efficient enough at to warrant it, or didn't quite feel qualified to do. I thought, "How nice it would be to be able to just pawn this off on a capable fellow freelancer and have them bill me." But I didn't really personally know any better than me and I wasn't about to trust it to something like Elance -- it was my name at risk, after all. I don't know if this is meant to be a thing you do manually, e.g. you already know other freelancers, but if it is a discovery process I hope it supports ratings and reviews from other freelancers and stuff so people can be vetted. There are lots of other features that would be cool, but I won't comment on it as I'm not sure what has and hasn't been implemented/planned already.

sunir 17y ago
The new features announced today are about working with freelances. The new features don't help you find new freelancers, but FreshBooks has been doing some things to make that easier. First, our forum has a gig board (http://community.freshbooks.com/forums/viewforum.php?id=23 http://community.freshbooks.com/forums/viewforum.php?id=23) where customers frequently hook up. Second, we tend to fly around the country have have dinners to introduce customers to each other. -- Sunir, Chief Handshaker, FreshBooks
- tdavis 17y ago
  Okay, so I guess I'm saying it should be easier ;) You have places like Elance where people can find freelancers / contractors to do work for them and you have places like LinkedIn for finding employees, but there doesn't seem to be anywhere to find fellow freelancing folks to trade / refer work with. You're already letting them bill each other, so why not help them find each other in the first place? I think a lot of independent folks could be a lot more successful if they had even a small network of fellow freelancers they know they can trust to do good work in areas where they aren't experts.
  - scorpioxy 17y ago
    Offtopic, but why don't you try to do that here?

by tdavis 17y ago

sunir 17y ago

The new features announced today are about working with freelances. The new features don't help you find new freelancers, but FreshBooks has been doing some things to make that easier. First, our forum has a gig board (http://community.freshbooks.com/forums/viewforum.php?id=23 http://community.freshbooks.com/forums/viewforum.php?id=23) where customers frequently hook up. Second, we tend to fly around the country have have dinners to introduce customers to each other. -- Sunir, Chief Handshaker, FreshBooks

tdavis 17y ago
Okay, so I guess I'm saying it should be easier ;) You have places like Elance where people can find freelancers / contractors to do work for them and you have places like LinkedIn for finding employees, but there doesn't seem to be anywhere to find fellow freelancing folks to trade / refer work with. You're already letting them bill each other, so why not help them find each other in the first place? I think a lot of independent folks could be a lot more successful if they had even a small network of fellow freelancers they know they can trust to do good work in areas where they aren't experts.
- scorpioxy 17y ago
  Offtopic, but why don't you try to do that here?