Wikipedia defines a freelancer as, “A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a self-employed person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any particular employer.”
Professionals these days prefer to freelance as they feel that it not only gives them an opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects but also benefits financially.
afaqs!, the leading advertising, media and marketing website has introduced Freelance Exchange. It is an online forum that connects freelancers and clients from the Indian advertising, media and marketing world and allows them to conduct business online. Freelancers may vary from individual professionals to firms and companies that undertake projects on a contract basis.
The profiles on Freelance Exchange range from freelance designers, translators, editor, content writers to marketing freelancer.
This is what our clients have to say-
Aalhad Wadekar, Product Manager - Decorative, Shalimar Paints Ltd says, "It indeed is a very good concept where potential service seekers like us can directly get in touch with service providers on freelance web portal. What we liked was that one can go through the creative work & understand the work done by the person. It definitely will give us more options to choose from & work with multiple freelancers & reduce our dependence on a single agency."
Renu Sharma, Consultant says, “I was looking for freelance web designers to develop a website. I started receiving proposals within a day of putting up the assignment. The quality of professionals on the website is very good.”
Deepak Singh, Director, Young Turks Media says, “Freelance Exchange is an excellent platform for professionals and organizations to interact and fulfill each other's needs, another milestone from the industry leader - afaqs.com. We got good business at Freelance Exchange.
It is good to see it coming out full-scale so that both the communities (freelancers and clients) get more out of this service. Congrats!"
The website has more than 4,500 freelancers and 2,000 clients.
