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The Twelve Days of Christmas

Yes, it’s that time of year again – can you believe how quickly Christmas comes around?

One of my favourite Christmas songs is definitely the 12 Days of Christmas, and although annoyingly catchy I have also found it so helpful for finding a little inspiration for gigs. Feel stuck about what to offer over this festive period? Take your cue from these great Fourerr sellers and see what you can come up with in the run up to Christmas!

12 Drummers Drumming

Get inspired by this seller – a great way of promoting your business is to buy a gig like this. The drumming will appeal to musical customers and will certainly get your customer’s attention!

http://www.fourerr.com/Music-Audio/13830/give-you-100-drum-samples

11 Pipers Piping

Originally, the 11 pipers referred to the 11 faithful apostles and was later changed to pipers! What can be more funny or exciting than having a personalised bag pipe song made for your friend – great if they’re proud of their Scottish heritage as well.

http://www.fourerr.com/Advertising/15092/give-you-video-of-special-instrument-like-bag-pipe

10 Lords a Leaping

From leaping lords to leaping ranks in Google – a gig like TinMol’s Rank Leap Pro. This is a gig that helps you build links which should ultimately boost your Google ranking for increased sales and revenues!

http://www.fourerr.com/Advertising/17298/give-you-Rank-Leap-Pro

9 Ladies Dancing

Dancing gigs are always a popular and fun opton on Fourerr so why not try getting something like this dancing intro for your website or video blog?

http://www.fourerr.com/Video/24243/design-you-this-Dancing-intro-video-to-boost-your-youtube-views-and-facebook-fans-only

Alternatively, you might want to record your own video of you dancing or sell an animated video like Borzack’s dancing Yeti – it’s even got a festive theme! ;)

http://www.fourerr.com/christmas-gigs/23510/make-a-video-of-a-crazy-funny-ass-shaking-Yeti-dance-to-your-message

8 Maids a Milking

From milling maids to Santa drinking milk, a gig such as Tinmol’s video of Santa appearing in your house enjoying his cookies and milk is a great way of making your kid’s Christmas extra special!

http://www.fourerr.com/christmas-gigs/23463/I-will-make-video-with-Santa-appearing-in-your-house

7 Swans a Swimming

Who cares about swimming when you can get a big batch of PLR articles on boating to promote your business? PLR (Private Label Rights) articles are all the hype at the moment and are a great way of building links across the web as a way of self promotion.

http://www.fourerr.com/Writing/18098/give-you-50-top-quality-articles-on-Boating-plus-I-will-give-you-full-PLR

6 Geese a Laying

What do geese lay? Eggs. When you sign up to Twitter, the ‘egg’ is the default picture that shows when you are a newbie. If you’re buying twitter followers, it is vital to check that even if they are real looking (i.e. not human followers) that they have pictures so that your business can profit from the number of followers that you buy – this gig by InnerMongolia will help you do just that.

http://www.fourerr.com/Social-Marketing/21679/I-will-add-10000-Twitter-Followers-on-your-profile-without-password-for-$50

5 Gooooold Rings

A great gift for Christmas, not everyone can afford gold but at just $4 earrings and bangle sets like this one are sure to go down well!

http://www.fourerr.com/Gift-Ideas/21048/Sunrise-Earrings-with-Free-Matching-Bangle

4 Calling Birds

For bird lovers everywhere, a great Christmas gift is these bird identification eBooks.

http://www.fourerr.com/Tips-Advice/659/send-Birding-Ebooks-3pdf-Format–Including–50-common-Birds-of-US–Bird-Manual-and

3 French Hens

Trying to master the French language but struggle to make your documents read fluently? Hire a proof reader for $4 and communicate in this beautiful language.

http://www.fourerr.com/Writing/22871/proofread-any-French-text-up-to-one-page

2 Turtle Doves

Turtles – Something a bit different for a fun video for advertising or any other message you like just for pure entertainment value, AnimatedHeaven’s gig with a logoed turtle is definitely something none of your business competitors will be using!

http://www.fourerr.com/Fun-Bizarre/24050/make-a-beautiful–video-of-turtle-walking-with-your-message-picture-or-logo-on

Doves – It is well known that doves represent peace, so if you’re stressed after all that Christmas shopping and simply need to relax, then Awantari’s gig that focuses on improving your body’s energy will chill you out and get you through the hectic Christmas period!

http://www.fourerr.com/Other/13663/healing-you-for-15-minutes-10-times-whenever-you-like-to-take-out-negative-energy

…And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!

For all the nature lovers – learn how to care for and grow your very own Bonsai tree!

http://www.fourerr.com/Tips-Advice/637/send-a-20-page-article-on-growing-Bonsai

As you can see there is a wide range of fun, helpful and alternative gigs on Fourerr – if you’re a seller maybe you can release a new gig that will help you buy your Christmas gifts this year?

Or if you’re a buyer maybe you can find the perfect present on your search through the site!

Have a great Festive season!

The Fourerr Team

PS: Do share your Festive season gigs here with us!

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It’s time for … Happy Thanksgiving!

With Thanksgiving just a few days away, don’t you think it’s time to stop and think about all the things you are thankful for? Well, to show how grateful you are, why don’t do you something nice for the other people on Fourerr?

Yes, Thanksgiving Day is the perfect day to do that. Basically, this holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Although Thanksgiving technically falls on a Thursday each year, the celebrations can extend well into the weekend.

Historically, the first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated way back in 1863 when the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony thanked God for providing enough food for the pilgrims and the Native Americans who had to endure and survived a bitter winter in New England. It was Abraham Lincoln who made Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. Today, the holiday is a popular holiday for families and friends who gather at the dinner table to share sumptuous meals with turkey, side dishes, and some good old pies.

So, this day being the day for giving thanks for bountiful blessings, maybe you can go out of your way to thank others for something that they have done for you. Here’s how:

Offer to do something for charity

A tangible and meaningful way to show your thankfulness for the good things in your life is to do a nice thing for somebody else. Yes, offering to make greeting cards or paint your own masterpieces for $4 and then giving the proceeds to your chosen charity is one way to go about it. Not only will the chosen organization thank you for it, your buyer will also appreciate the fact that he or she was able to contribute something for a good cause. And guess what? You can also get a thank you in return!

Share your skill with others

Gratitude does not only entail actually saying the words “thank you”. Simple acts of kindness and helpfulness actually amount to so much more when it comes to giving thanks. Thus, when you offer your skills and talents on Fourerr, you are actually thanking a higher power for what you have or what you can do. So, even though you gain something from helping others finish their tasks or complete a job that they need to finish, the fact that you are offering your services at a cheap price is laudable.

What is Thanksgiving without turkey? As such, you can offer your buyers the rare chance to use your grandmother’s well-guarded roast-turkey-and-side-dish recipes. The help you can extend to someone who is not that skilled in the kitchen will surely be appreciated.

Additionally, you can offer to teach others how create Thanksgiving-related crafts that the youngest to the oldest members of the family can enjoy.

The small things that you can do for others speak loudly of the gratefulness that you feel inside. So, go ahead, thank someone and bask in the glow of the feeling that being grateful can give!

And this is from all of us here at Fourerr …

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Sellers: Managing your Workload over Christmas

 

We all know that Christmas is a joyful time of year, but it can also be a busy one too. At this hectic time of year, we need to ensure that we stay organised and don’t start ‘winding down’ i.e. slowing our workload down before we need to. Slowing down your work will just mean that buyers will be disappointed with your slow delivery and it also means that you will have more to do in the New Year.

To make sure that your buyers still find you a reliable worker, all you need to do is be realistic about the amount of work you can handle over the Christmas period and how long each gig will take you to complete.

Merry Christmas to all our Members.

If you have created a few creative festive gigs (see previous blog post), don’t say you will deliver within 1 day if you really can’t – a buyer will be happier if you offer a more manageable deadline and can deliver on time.

If you have many ‘repeat buyers’ who have bought gigs from you on more than one occasion or just regularly buy your gigs, then try to notify them that your delivery time may slow down over the Christmas holidays. Buyers will appreciate that you took the time to tell them.

Suspending your gigs over the Christmas holidays might seem like a good idea, or if you think you can manage the occasional gig here and there between Christmas and New Year, and then maybe just extend your delivery dates.

Sending a polite message along the lines of “Dear ___, This is just a quick message to inform you that I will not be working between ___th and ___st December…” Always remember to thank them for being a loyal buyer, thank them for buying your gigs in the past, and above all – wish them a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  A friendly, personal and informative message can go a long way.

If you freelance on Fourerr for some extra part time work, then try and get a schedule organised in the run up to Christmas too, for example:

 

Date Morning Afternoon Evening
Tuesday 20th Dec Christmas Shopping Fourerr Work Relax
Wednesday 21st Dec Other Work Relax Fourerr Work
Thursday 22nd Dec Fourerr Work Other Work Other Work and Fourerr Work
Friday 23rd Dec Christmas Shopping/Wrap Presents! Fourerr Work Other Work

 

And so on…!

By keeping up to date with your workload and prioritising certain pieces of work, you should reduce the massive stressful aura that tends to always hang over Christmas. Time management is key, and if you can master it, you will have the best holidays ever.

 

 

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Be Creative with your Christmas Gigs!

As well as our usual categories such as Music and Audio, Programming, Business and Graphics, we also have a fabulous new category for you to promote your festive gigs: Christmas Gigs 2011.

Have you struggled with sales throughout the year or just want to make a little extra cash to help with buying your Christmas presents?

Christmas is a time of festive fun, where building snowmen, sledding, cooking Christmas puddings, wrappings presents and being in an overall cheerful mood are at the forefront of everyone’s minds. Taking this into consideration, think about what you can offer the Fourerr community that might make the festive holidays easier or more fun.

Santa Sleigh Christmas is a great time for promoting, so if you are offering your services on Fourerr as an advertising or web design expert, think about how your services might be able to benefit people as Christmas approaches. Offering Christmas holiday discounts is a great way to draw in more buyers, or offering with a slightly festive theme could really appeal to lots of people out there.

Are you a musician wondering how to put your skills to use at Christmas? Offer gigs that have you singing Christmas songs, or maybe even provide backing tracks for amateur dramatic companies. Traditional pantomime performances will always need a little help with music, so get arranging, composing and performing and you will soon see the money come rolling in!

Are you an actor thinking about how to spread the Christmas joy? What better way to touch the hearts of kids around the world than to send them a personalised message acting as Santa? Parents and children alike will love the creativity of this gig, and knowing that you are making a child’s Christmas a little more special is even more satisfying.

Are you an artist who wants to think of ways to use your skills in a festive way? How about designing some Christmas cards for buyers on Fourerr? Christmas card shopping can be a bit of a chore for most people, so by designing some beautifully crafted and fantastically personal cards, buyers can send our totally unique designs to their loved ones.

Buyers – this is a time for you to perhaps show your appreciation of the work that someone has done for you over the past year.  A small Christmas bonus for a seller is a great way to show that you appreciate how hard they work for you and means that you will also be their favourite client!

Get your thinking caps (or Santa hats!) on and start creating gigs – if there was ever a time of year to begin to offer more, this is it!

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