December 2012 Newsletter

Ringing in the Holiday Season at Freelancer.com: Announcing the Expose Our Logo winners! Freelancer.com t-shirts are back on the shelves! Freelancer.com.bd launched in Bangladesh New, streamlined Dashboard features Keep tabs on your hours with Freelancer TimeTracker ® Is it time to upgrade your membership? Last chance to finish your projects before the new year November Suggestion of the Month winner Announcing the Expose Our Logo winners! We got a lot of great entries this time around. People found some really creative ways to expose the Freelancer.com logo to the world. A 14-hectare logo was set ablaze in sugarcane fields in the Philippines. We even had a person turn himself into a walking, talking hummingbird! Here are the 10 winners of US$25,000 in cash prizes! Grand prize US$10,000 - Algie123 from the Philippines Most exposed US$3,000 - arnob01670 from Bangladesh Most involved US$3,000 - arjaybastes from the Philippines Biggest logo US$3,000 - Judsonbc from the Philippines Flashmob US$1,000 - Nidap from Pakistan Media Coverage US$1,000 - arnob01670 from Bangladesh Most innovative US$1,000 - anwar01740 from Bangladesh Most Redditted/social media US$1,000 - Jaroro from Mexico Best Costume US$1,000 - Mamuhit from Bangladesh Best Production Value US$1,000 - RyanSchultz from Canada For more information about the contest and to view all of the entries visit: https://www.freelancer.com/competitions/exposeourlogo2012/ Freelancer.com t-shirts are back on the shelves! They're back! Get your jet-black, 100% cotton Freelancer.com t-shirt now, for only US$19. It's a small price to pay to look this good. Plus, there's free shipping to anywhere in the world, with tracking. Check it out here: http://www.freelancer.com/marketplace/product/Freelancer-com-T-shirt-shipped.html Freelancer.com.bd launched in Bangladesh Freelancer.com.bd is now live in Bangladesh. Vice President of Engineering, David Harrison, made the official announcement at the launch event in Dhaka on December 5. Freelancer.com is already the number one name in outsourcing and crowdsourcing in Bangladesh, and this launch will cement our place at the head of the pack! To visit the Bangladesh site, select Bangladesh from the country selector at the bottom right of our homepage, or go to: https://www.freelancer.com.bd Newsfeed feature on the Dashboard Your Freelancer.com Dashboard has been given a makeover and now sports a streamlined newsfeed. Get all of your project updates and Freelancer.com news in real time, and take action on them right from the feed. We'll keep track of the important updates for you on a separate tab, and you can even star events to come back to later. The newsfeed is still in BETA, but we've gotten great feedback so far and are excited about where we can take this feature. To send your own feedback, drop us a line at beta@freelancer.com. Keep your eye out for more improvements coming soon! Keep tabs on your hours with Freelancer TimeTracker ® Have you ever wondered exactly how many hours your Freelancer has worked on your project? Have you ever worried that you wouldn't be able to get paid for the extra hours you worked but couldn't prove you'd put in? Well, the answer to both these questions has arrived. We're running a new feature for hourly projects that allows Freelancers to log in and capture screenshots of their work progress. Click on the TimeTracker button on your project page to download the AccuTimeCard app. It tracks the hours logged according to specific projects and creates invoices to send to employers. This feature is still in BETA, so let us know what you think of it by sending an email to timetracker@freelancer.com, and be on the lookout for expanded and improved functionality! Is it time to upgrade your membership? If business is booming, why not upgrade your membership to get even more out of your Freelancer.com account? Get more bids, reduced project fees, access to Rewards, and express withdrawals (in selected countries). Maximize your earning potential today! http://www.freelancer.com/membership/index.php?ref=menu_submenu2 Last chance to finish your projects before the new year This time of year can be busy for a lot of Freelancer members - organising celebrations and preparing for the new year. It's important to remember to finish your ongoing projects before the year's end so you have a great start to 2013. Also, for a lot of employers December is the end of their financial year, so you should ensure that work has been finalised and the appropriate payments made. We wish you the best for the holiday season and a great start to 2013! November Suggestion of the Month winner Our Suggestion of the Month winner for November comes to us from Australia. User ivan1974 pointed out how useful it would be to have an instant chat feature to facilitate real-time discussion of project requirements and details. Thanks, ivan1974! Thanks also to everyone else who submitted suggestions last month. Keep shooting them our way for your chance to win US$250 in coming months. Send in as many suggestions as you like. All you have to do is create a Support Desk ticket in the 'Suggestions' category to enter the contest. Good luck! http://www.freelancer.com/users/helpdesk.php

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