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Amanda Noz joined for a seven-day trial period and immediately made $360 from two different clients.

"Freelance Work Exchange has been a key factor in my transition from the corporate world to running my own business," she says. "As someone with 16 years experience in the corporate world of the high tech and telecom industry, I was very comfortable with the requirements and terminology of that world. Last year, when that market segment nose-dived into recession, I instinctively knew that the way for my fledgling business to survive was to use my broad end-to-end product management, marketing and documentation skills across other market segments."

However, all her clients and contacts were from the same high technology sector. Very rapidly, the million-dollar question became "How do I find the clients needed for my business to survive when everyone I know is being laid off or working for companies that are laying off?"

Amanda turned to the web and immediately came across two problems. Firstly, many sites wanted significant amounts of payment for access but unlike Freelance Work Exchange offered no guarantee of results. Secondly, the sheer volume of people accessing these sites, not to mention the reverse auction model, drove the hourly rates down to ridiculously low levels. She felt that many of these sites had no genuine interest in either helping people find work or companies find talent - it was a cynical money making exercise that exploited vulnerable job-seekers. Moreover, it did not fit with her company philosophy of providing qualified and experienced talent for just-in-time results-oriented, expert assistance to solve customer problems.

"When I found Freelance Work Exchange, several things impressed me," she says. "The guarantee which convinced me it wasn't a scam, the price because wasn't too big a risk, the limit on the number of users and especially the volume of support and backup material that could teach me about being a freelancer. So for a $3 subscription, I joined for a seven-day trial period and immediately made $360 from two different clients! While that is not a lot of money per se, it convinced me that the jobs on Freelance Work Exchange were real work opportunities."

Furthermore, Freelance Work Exchange helped her to rename the services that she offered as "marketing collateral" to the corporate world. She changed her pitch to "copywriting, editing, proofreading, translating, layout and design for print and web media.". This seemingly simple mind-shift helped open up a new market segment at a critical period.

"I love being a consultant," Amanda says. "Being able to work on a diverse range of projects with different people, projects and industries, is the high point of my career. But you know something? I want to work and produce results, not spend my all of my time LOOKING for work! Freelance Work Exchange offers me a real solution that my micro-business can afford, with an authentic virtual marketplace for buyers and sellers to come together. For that, I offer them my deepest and sincerest thanks.