A recent article posted on FreelanceUK today, February 4, 2014, is confirming what many freelancing professionals on sites like Fiverr already knew. Freelancing is on the rise, and hit the mainstream in 2013. Not only are more corporations and small businesses taking advantage of the wide range of professionals providing reputable and expert services online, but many have also witnessed a dramatic increase in the types of services being offered as well.
The article reports that in the UK alone, 2013 saw a 30% increase in purchases from online freelancing professionals with a “noticeable shift” of many of these buyers coming from larger corporations. Freelancing is helping people all over the world who are struggling in a sluggish global economy, but it is also helping major industries to stay afloat and remain competitive in the marketplace.
Proof of this rise in popularity can be seen on websites like Fiverr, who has witnessed a significant increase in the number of freelancing jobs offered on their website rise by over 1 million in just a few short months from August to December of 2013. Latest statistics show that over 15% of the freelancing professionals on Fiverr consider this site their primary source of income.
The move into freelancing is perhaps a contributing factor to the recently announced declines in unemployment ratings in the United States at the end of 2013. With the federal unemployment benefits having been taken away for over 1.4 million Americans just before Christmas, many have chosen to try their hand a freelancing. Sites like Fiverr make the transition fun, easy, and quickly profitable. Freelancers can log on to the site and begin making money within minutes.
Even though the Washington Times just reported today, February 4, 2014 , that Congress is in talks to perhaps extend the nation’s unemployment benefits once again, many American’s have lost trust in their government. They are joining the ranks of our friends “across the pond”. Freelancing is on the rise in the United States as well, and sites like Fiverr have the freelancing business to prove it.
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