If you need things done in your online business and you do not have the skills or resources, then you can get anything for a fiver, yes you can get so many things done for you quickly and cheaply. Why struggle with the things you are not familiar with doing or spending your own time, when you can get things done easily.
You probably know what I am talking about, and if you do, are you taking advantage of this great online resource? If you don’t know what I am talking about, then where have you been? If that is the case, then you are about to find out about a great place to go to get things done for you.
Everything Fiver
So I am talking about the website ‘Fiverr.com’, yes it has to R’s
The basic concept of this website is to get different things done for you at a very reasonable price. There are thousands of people offering their services, which are called Gigs, at the small cost of $5 to you. It can cost you more than this, but not on any one of the basic gigs, let me explain…
I just popped over to Fiverr and searched for a Logo Design, I picked a random gig and for the sum of $5 I will get my very own logo design, that is it, one logo design, delivered to me in 7 days for $5. I can get more from this gig seller, such as get a faster service and receive my logo within 2 days instead of 7 days, but that will cost me an extra $20, I could also get a branded merchandise package of my logo design, which will include a web banner, business card and a Facebook cover page all for just $50, not bad.
You can obviously spend more than the $5 but even then the prices are generally reasonable, and if you just stick to the basic gig, then it is as cheap as chips, or fries
Type Of Gigs
There are of course way to many types of gigs to list here, but I shall list a few so that you can get an idea of what you can get done for you at such a low price point.
Online Marketing Categories:
- Social Marketing
- Fan Pages
- Get Traffic
- SEO
- Bookmarking and Links
- Article and PR Submission
- Video Marketing
- and More….
Graphics & Design:
- Logo Design
- Ebook Covers and Packages
- Presentation Design
- Banners and Headers
- Landing Pages
- and more….
Music & Audio:
- Narration and Voice-Over
- Custom Songs
- Sound Effects
- Jingles
- Custom Ringtones
- and more…
Business:
- Virtual Assistant
- Business Plans
- Market Research
- Presentations
- Career Advice
- and more…
There are many more categories including a Fun & Bizarre category, in which the sub-title is “You’d never dare to.. But they will” I will let you make your own mind up about that, let me just say this, there are people on Fiverr willing to do some odd things for $5, I say no more
Of course if you want to use it for fun, then that is fine, but it is a useful resource to get things done for your online business, either because you do not know how to do something, or because you have not got the time, whatever the reason it will not break the bank.
Fiverr Tips
There are a few things that I have come across that I will share with you here… I would not spend your money even though it is only $5 on any of the ‘Get Traffic’ gigs’, these are people that say they can send real traffic to your website and their title might be something like ‘I Will Send 10,000 Real Visitors To Your Website’, mmm seriously for $5 I get ten thousand visitors, I don’t think so
This is not real traffic, not in my experience anyway, these are just clicks probably done through a traffic exchange or something similar, where your website is viewed for a few seconds and then they are gone. This will show a huge peak in your traffic stats, but it will not do you any good at all because the search engines are going to see that you suddenly had a load of traffic that left almost immediately, not good for you bounce rate or what the search engines think of your website. They are not going to rank a website high in there listings if people are not staying on your site for more than a few seconds, it doesn’t look good.
Always check out a sellers feedback before you buy a gig. If a gig looks appealing then click on it an see what their feedback score is like, 100% is obviously okay, and you can also see the comments people have left which will give you an idea of the quality you can expect to receive from that seller.
Be sure you want to buy a gig before you commit because once you commit you are obliged to pay your $5 or more if you have gone for a more in depth service, you enter into a contract with the seller, a bit like Ebay, so be sure before you go ahead.
Sell Yourself
If you have a particular skill yourself then why not sell yourself on Fiverr, no I don’t actually mean sell yourself, :0 I mean you don’t just have to buy gigs on Fiverr, you can become a seller of gigs too. By being a seller you can make money yourself, it will be another income stream and if you have a skill, then why not.
Once you have set an account up you have the option to be both a buyer and seller, just spend some time browsing all the different types of gigs, and you may come across something that you are good at, then you can set up your own gigs. There are some people that make a full time income on Fiverr, and for some of them it is a very high income.
If you have got the skills then this is a great platform to get paid for using your skills
Fiverr Website
If you like the sound of Fiverr, then just go to their website and set up an account, it is easy to set up an account and only takes a few minutes. Complete your profile and then go shopping for gigs, whatever you need doing for your online business, or just for fun, I am pretty sure you will find a gig to meet your needs.
Think about setting up your own gigs to add more income to your online business, you can even advertise your Fiverr Gigs on your website or through your social media accounts. Go have some fun, but be careful of the time you can end up losing hours looking around especially if you go into the Fun and Bizarre section.