elance.com
rentacoder.com

Find projects you want to bid on, and bid on them. The fact that you have 
commercial software in the market is a huge win for your bid. The people that 
will low bid the same projects you bid on will not have that experience. 

In my experience with outsourcers, I've found that the further their culture is 
from the US, the more difficult it is to get what I want versus what I specify. 
People far away from the US culture give me exactly what I ask for, which 
frequently does not do what I need because I could not specify every last 
detail. People closer to the US culture come back with "I don't think you want 
it to do that, I think you want this, and here's why" kinds of responses that 
help get the end result to what I wanted versus what I asked for. 

If you were bidding a project for me, I'd give you bonus points for being able 
to give me a reg code to your existing software so that I could see your work. 
(confirms you do good work, confirms you ship product.) I'd give you bonus 
points for finding holes or flaws in my spec (confirms you really do know the 
problem space). 

Explain your situation that you are taking on just one project to tide you over 
during this period of low sales. Emphasize your existing software business. You 
are a limited availability commodity and someone who wants to make sure their 
project is successful is going to consider your fees very reasonable IF they 
know they will end up with shippable software.

My two cents,
Kee Nethery


On Jan 4, 2010, at 9:08 PM, broadreachsoftwarellc wrote:

> Product sales slow, looking for freelance work.
> 
> I've looked in my area for Mac and iPhone freelance work and haven't found 
> anyone looking for these types of skills. Seems even harder to find remote 
> work. I've seen ads for $5/hr iPhone programmers, obviously not based in the 
> US.
> 
> Any suggestions on how folks find side Mac/iPhone work?

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