Comments on: Ask the cubicle expat(s): Should I sign up with Guru.com? http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/02/10/ask-the-cubicle-expats-should-i-sign-up-with-gurucom/ Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:05:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/02/10/ask-the-cubicle-expats-should-i-sign-up-with-gurucom/#comment-27780 Michelle Goodman Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:13:39 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/02/10/ask-the-cubicle-expats-should-i-sign-up-with-gurucom/#comment-27780 Hello, Anonymous Commenter. I'm not sure I get the analogy. I'm not competing with Guru.com. Guru.com is not taking any "business" away from me. I'm a freelance writer. Not a freelance job listing/bidding clearinghouse like Guru. Do you see any revenue-earning job listings on this blog (or in my book for that matter)? MB, a new freelancer, asked for an opinion and I gave it, in an effort to be useful. End of story. Hello, Anonymous Commenter. I’m not sure I get the analogy. I’m not competing with Guru.com. Guru.com is not taking any “business” away from me. I’m a freelance writer. Not a freelance job listing/bidding clearinghouse like Guru. Do you see any revenue-earning job listings on this blog (or in my book for that matter)? MB, a new freelancer, asked for an opinion and I gave it, in an effort to be useful. End of story.

]]> By: Freelancer http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/02/10/ask-the-cubicle-expats-should-i-sign-up-with-gurucom/#comment-27778 Freelancer Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:42:24 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/02/10/ask-the-cubicle-expats-should-i-sign-up-with-gurucom/#comment-27778 I gotta say... this reads like a local bookseller reviewing Amazon. I gotta say… this reads like a local bookseller reviewing Amazon.

]]> By: Amy T http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/02/10/ask-the-cubicle-expats-should-i-sign-up-with-gurucom/#comment-27580 Amy T Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:02:19 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/02/10/ask-the-cubicle-expats-should-i-sign-up-with-gurucom/#comment-27580 I signed on with Guru last summer with the basic (free) membership level, figuring I needed all the work I could get. At first I was really excited about all the prospects coming in, and started sending in bids. I landed a project pretty much right away. It was fine. Overall, though, I just felt like the quality of the projects presented was really poor--lame and low-paying. Of course, maybe that was because I was only on the basic/free level. It had taken forever to enter my profile into the program, so I was hesitant to delete it. But by the end of the summer, I did. I signed on with Guru last summer with the basic (free) membership level, figuring I needed all the work I could get. At first I was really excited about all the prospects coming in, and started sending in bids. I landed a project pretty much right away. It was fine.

Overall, though, I just felt like the quality of the projects presented was really poor–lame and low-paying. Of course, maybe that was because I was only on the basic/free level.

It had taken forever to enter my profile into the program, so I was hesitant to delete it. But by the end of the summer, I did.

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