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The Best Services for Finding Great Freelancers | Ep. #56
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In Episode #56 Neil and Eric highlight how they go about hiring the best freelancers no matter the industry. Listen as they share websites, tools, and creative strategies for finding freelancers that are truly masters of their given craft.
Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:25 – Today’s topic: The Best Services for Finding Great Freelancers
00:40 – Talking designers 00:47 – Dribbble for designers
01:18 – 99designs.com a contest driven resource
01:39 – visual.ly – great for infographics
01:53 – upwork.com 02:05 – A lot of the freelancers suck, but a lot of the people offering jobs suck too
02:31 – You need to find people who’ve done EXACTLY what you’ve done
02:40 – Check out freelancer.com as well
02:50 – Toptal.com is great for engineers and developers
03:10 – The Code Pen is where Eric sourced his developer
03:14 – Don’t forget about word of mouth sourcing
04:32 – Consider searching LinkedIn—it’s not as unusual as it sounds
05:05 – angel.co Angel List means you’re plugged-in
05:52 – ProBlogger.net has really good writers
06:09 – More often than not though…this is all about YOUR hiring process—if your process isn’t good, you’ll run in circles 06:22 – When you’re hiring people, be explicit, nitpick PRE-hire so you don’t have to nitpick POST-hire
07:15 -- Remember that a friend will rarely if ever recommend a lousy freelancer because they don’t want to look bad…this of a personal recommendation as (generally) a sure thing
3 Key Points: Looking for a talented freelancer? Look word of mouth FIRST.
Be extremely upfront and explicit in your expectations before hiring.
Feel free to get creative—try plundering LinkedIn for talent in your industry.
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