There are definite ways to succeed as a contractor without being the first to bid. A while back (when Elance was just Elance) I decided to do some digging to se

There are definite ways to succeed as a contractor without being the first to bid. A while back (when Elance was just Elance) I decided to do some digging to see how the buyer side looked and ended up with some key learnings that landed me most jobs I went for. Nothing too fancy or "hacky", but the majority of bidders - at the time, at least - were lazy and had messaging very similar to everyone else. I wrote about it here: https://medium.com/@disruptivedave/how-im-gaming-elance-guru-83a61ca79d27 https://medium.com/@disruptivedave/how-im-gaming-elance-guru...