Comments on: Open Thread: How do You Sell Yourself?

By: Michael Wolff

Michael Wolff — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:47:05 +0000

We understand the problem that you raise and have been working on developing a solution over the last few years.

The company, “ki work”, has been developed as a a search and operational utility for outsourcing and finding online work. There are a number of companies that already offer services such as Elance, Gurus, oDesk, Rentacoder. ki work is different… it enables experts in specific categories of expertise to mediate the global sourcing and operation of online work between buyers and sellers of professional online services. These cover over 400 different categories across most business functions including accounting, administration, consulting, customer service, legal, marketing, recruitment, sales, software, training and web development.

We are just completing our development in alpha and will shortly be launching in beta. We have also developed an app in Facebook “ki work bounce”, which facilitates both the promotion and finding of online workers.

We are not quite fully functional but we would welcomoe your feedback.

Thanks, Michael
ceo – ki work

By: Cathy Moore

Cathy Moore — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:17:01 +0000

I’d suggest that a web site and blog are much more effective than a résumé at making your unique offer clear. They also establish you as a business owner who knows the basics of invoicing, meeting deadlines, and so forth, while a résumé suggets, “I’m still in employee mode.”

A tightly focused blog has worked great for me. I’ve also gotten some visibility from posting slideshows at Slideshare.net and speaking at conferences.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:52:05 +0000

This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot. If I knew the answer, I’d probably be buried in client work instead of job-hunting. In fact, that made me think that part of the trick might be to treat landing clients more like landing a job.