The QuiGig Freelance Profile

One of the QuiGig’s best features is our dynamic freelancer profile. It provides multiple customizable sections, including image and profile sample uploads. In a situation where there is typically a substantial disconnect (due to the remote nature of freelancing in general), QuiGig’s profile features allows a potential customer to catch a glimpse of your personality. Read more

The “First Three”: Prioritizing Quickness and Convenience with QuiGig

Updated on Oct. 14, 2018

Since the beginning of our current digital revolution, the speed of life and business have been rapidly accelerating. It has made many things more convenient, and even many things possible, and we have become so accustomed to the acceleration that we now expect it. Sitting in traffic has become a bore. Commercials are non-existent. Our media is delivered to us in six second clips. Read more

The QuiGig Bidding System

In the current freelancing climate, the platforms that people use are restrictive. They allow for one narrow path that services slowly flow to and from. When this happens, there is a bottleneck that is formed. Some of the major freelancer platforms have attempted to solve this through taking more control over the process. We at QuiGig don’t believe in that. From the beginning, our mission has been to bring a fair and supportive platform to the gig economy. Read more

This New App Gives College Students A Lucrative Way To Spend Summer Between Semesters

For the majority of college students, the gap between spring and fall semesters is a summer spent working odd jobs or returning to the place of employment where they spent their high school years. This is certainly the responsible thing to do, as paying for tuition or preparing to repay student loans is a matter of “when” and not “if” they come due. Read more

Top 6 Summer Jobs for Students

Even if your counselors told you it was, it is not too late to get an awesome summer job, and in certain places, there are a lot still to come by. There are any number of small, short term jobs that a college or high school student could handle that aren’t mowing lawns or babysitting. If you are looking to bolster your resume, just make some money, or get on the next working wave, check out these job suited for people like you. Read more

Sustaining your Freelancing Career with 5 Steps

If anyone tries to tell you that freelancers don’t work hard for their money just because they don’t operate within the typical nine to five schedule that most do, you might as well laugh in their face – because that is far from the truth. According to freelancermap, a typical freelancer works 7 more hours per week than a traditional employee. Despite working harder, and even having more freedom in those hours, freelancers run into the same problem over and over again – not being about to sustain their career. Read more

Tips for Your First time Full-Time Freelancing

Freelancing is fun, but the transition is difficult. I am not going to sugar coat it, you should be thoroughly preparing for the tough change. That being said, once you make that change, it is worth it. If you are able to smoothly transition, I guarantee that you won’t go back to the way you worked before. Read more

Transitioning as a Freelancer: What you need to know

Freelancing is fun, but the transition is difficult. I am not going to sugar coat it, you should be thoroughly preparing for the tough change. That being said, once you make that change, it is worth it. If you are able to smoothly transition, I guarantee that you won’t go back to the way you worked before. OK, well I can’t exactly guarantee that, but I do know that you will see obvious benefits right away. Read more

How to Build your Network as a Freelancer and Why It’s Important

Leads are the lifeblood of a sustainable freelancing career, and without them, you could quickly be pushed back to your old 9-5. Of the many freelancers that we speak with here at QuiGig, one of the biggest concerns we hear is the difficulty of finding quality new customers to augment their current regulars, and they are always on the hunt for that next big job. Read more

The Importance of Data

Given the mostly negative press that data aggregation techniques have received over the last five or so years, it is easy to write it off the practice as a whole. Many people have tried, whether it has been through deactivating their Facebook accounts, using Tor, or giving up those addictive internet quizzes, but there is no escaping the pervasion of data in our everyday live – and for the record, it is not a bad thing. We as human beings are constantly making decisions. Read more