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Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources harnesses Freelancer.com contest platform for global marketing campaign
19th June, 2013
SYDNEY: Planetary Resources, a company dedicated to space exploration and resource discovery, has taken the first step towards making space accessible to everyone. Planetary Resources has turned to both crowdfunding* and crowdsourcing**, in partnership with Freelancer.com, to involve global communities in building, promoting and launching the first publicly accessible, orbiting space telescope, the ARKYD.
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Freelancer.com revolutionizes crowdsourcing by expanding its contest platform beyond design
31st May, 2013
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the number one resource for small to medium businesses and entrepreneurs, is changing the game by taking crowdsourcing to the next level. The site’s contest feature is no longer limited to just design categories, allowing SMEs and entrepreneurs to crowdsource anything, from websites and software to architecture and engineering.
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Freelancer.com blasts into 2013 with six month revenue accelerating to over 100% year on year, up from 82% compound annually over the last four years
9th May, 2013
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced that Q1 2013 revenue was up 103% from 2012, from 300,000 projects and contests posted in the quarter. Furthermore, the company noted that extending into April it had experienced six months of triple digit year on year growth in revenue, up from 82% compound annually over the last 4 years.
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Freelancer.com appoints NBN Co veteran Nikki Parker as Regional Director for Australia and New Zealand
8th May, 2013
SYDNEY: Triple Webby Award winner and four-time AIMIA recipient Freelancer.com today hired Nikki Parker as Regional Director for ANZ, to rapidly build out across the region.
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Freelancer.com reveals the 50 fastest growing online jobs for Q1 2013
25th April, 2013
SYDNEY: The eCommerce revolution shows no signs of slowing; Core web 2.0 technologies HTML5, CSS, PHP, and jQuery continue to grow; Android spreads throughout the developing world, leaving Apple floundering in its wake; 3D design jobs take off as 3D printers like MakerBot start to go mainstream; Twitter grows while Facebook slumps, but both fall flat as marketers fall back to Email Marketing; BPO jobs boom as virtual assistants become mainstream for SMEs and entrepreneurs; SEO rebounds from Q4 2012 as the industry adapts to Google Panda and Penguin algorithms.
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Freelancer.com eclipses 7 million users, equivalent to 1 in every 1,000 people on planet
18th February, 2013
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com announces that the equivalent of one in every thousand people worldwide have embraced the freelancing phenomenon; launches US$10,000 competition to celebrate another milestone on its mission to give 1 billion people on the planet a job.
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Freelancer.com exposes the 50 fastest growing online job trends in Q4 2012
29th January, 2013
SYDNEY: Website Hosting tops the list as cloud computing takes off; Windows desktop apps take off after the release of Microsoft Windows 8; Apple AppFatigue sets in; Software and Website QA jobs soar as eCommerce sites rushed to fortify themselves for holiday season traffic; eBay jobs rise as the online marketplace reinvents itself; and Social media and Internet Marketing jobs continue to fall out of favour in the wake of constant platform and search index changes.
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Freelancer.com adds the 2012 SmartCompany Best Company Website Award to its trophy room
14th December, 2012
MELBOURNE: Freelancer.com has been presented a Smart Company Web Award in the category for Best Company Website with over 20 employees.
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Freelancer.com launches in Bangladesh!
5th December, 2012
DHAKA: Freelancer.com, the world’s largest freelancing marketplace, formally inducts Bangladesh into its extensive network of over 6.7 million freelancing professionals. The launch of Freelancer.com.bd in Dhaka by Vice-President David Harrison ushers in a new stage in the online work phenomenon sweeping Bangladesh, and preludes his keynote speech at the Bangladesh Association of Software Information Services (BASIS) conference later in the week.
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Freelancer.com goes global: smashes through 4 million projects, 25 regional marketplaces, 15 currencies and 10 languages
3rd December, 2012
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com spreads across the globe, with nearly 7 million users from over 234 countries and regions posting 4 million projects - worth a massive $US885 million!
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Freelancer.com acquires vWorker (formerly RentACoder.com)
19th November, 2012
TAMPA: Freelancer.com acquires the world’s fourth largest outsourcing marketplace by volume and second largest by users with 2.5 million users, 1.3 million projects and US$139 million in turnover to date.
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Freelancer.de offenbart die 50 am schnellsten wachsenden Online-Arbeitsbereiche für Q3 2012
30th October, 2012
DEUTSCHLAND: Das interaktive Netz setzt seinen Höhenflug fort; Androidaufträge gehen zurück, während Apple iOS Aufträge stagnieren; eBay–Aufträge ziehen wieder an, da das Verkaufsforum Änderungen und eine grundlegende Überarbeitung angekündigt hat.; das Vertrauen in Facebook-Aufträge kehrt zurück, da Vermarkter in Folge der Börsengang-Pleite zurückkehren; der Übergang zum papierlosen Büro boomt; Internet Marketing erholt sich infolge der Google Panik.
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Freelancer.com reveals the 50 fastest growing online jobs for Q3 2012
30th October, 2012
SYDNEY: Android jobs ricochet back as Apple iOS jobs stagnate; The interactive web continues to fly; eBay jobs return as the marketplace announces changes and a makeover; confidence returns to Facebook jobs as marketers return in the wake of the IPO flop; the transition to the paperless office booms; Internet Marketing rebounds in the wake of Google panic.
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie joins Barack Obama, Richard Branson as one of 150 worldwide Influencers
10th October, 2012
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA: LinkedIn last week named Freelancer.com Chief Executive Matt Barrie as one of 150 key worldwide opinion leaders
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This Year’s Freelancer.com Expose Our Logo Contest Promises to be the Biggest Yet
1st October, 2012
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com is now accepting entries for its fourth Expose Our Logo contest, inviting freelancers, employers, and other avid members to compete for a share of $25,000 in prizes.
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Freelancer.com wins Silver Stevie Award
21st August, 2012
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com has been named a recipient of one of the most enviable and prestigious of business awards, a Silver Stevie, making the outsourcing marketplace one of the first to be honored in the Internet and New Media category.
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Freelancer.com launches in Chile
16th August, 2012
SYDNEY: In the wake of the Argentina launch, Freelancer.com makes further inroads into the Latin American market with the launch of Freelancer.cl.
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Freelancer.com launches in Argentina!
8th August, 2012
BUENOS AIRES: Freelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing marketplace, yesterday welcomed Argentina into its network of over 4 million businesses and professionals. CEO Matt Barrie officially launched the venture at eCommerceDay Buenos Aires.
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Freelancer.com announces gold sponsorship of WebGeek DevCup Hackathon in Manila
8th August, 2012
MANILA: As part of its efforts to support the growing Filipino app development community, Freelancer.com is excited to announce its partnership with WebGeek Philippines in the all-day hackathon extravaganza, WebGeek DevCup.
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Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com, to deliver keynote speech at eCommerceDay Buenos Aires on August 7th
6th August, 2012
BUENOS AIRES: Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie arrived in Buenos Aires today to deliver a keynote speech at eCommerceDay, Latin America’s largest and most prestigious technology conference. The conference will bring together hundreds of participants from all over the region, and host the eCommerce Awards Argentina 2012. With over 50 international speakers, attendance by local and regional business leaders, and 7 plenary and 12 concurrent thematic workshops, professionals will address current issues and trends in eCommerce and Internet business in Argentina and the region.
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Freelancer.com launches sites in Spanish and German
26th July, 2012
LONDON: In a bid to make an impact on the European market, Freelancer.com launches Freelancer.com.es and Freelancer.de to help bring Spain and Germany into contact with its more than 4 million users.
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Freelancer.de startet in Deutschland - Deutschland setzt immer mehr auf Outsourcing als Möglichkeit zur Stärkung der Wirtschaft
24th July, 2012
BERLIN: Freelancer.com, der weltgrößte online-Marktplatz für die Vermittlung von Projekten und freiberuflicher Arbeit kündigt den Launch seiner deutschen Website www.freelancer.de mit vielen lokalen Anpassungen für heute an. Ursprünglich erworben als “Freelancer.de Booking Center”, stellen die deutschen Nutzer mittlerweile, was die Veröffentlichung von Projekten angeht, die sechstgrößte Gruppe auf Freelancer.com dar.
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Freelancer.com reveals the 50 fastest growing online jobs for Q2 2012
18th July, 2012
SYDNEY: One App Store to rule them all: tables turn as Apple iOS accelerates, leaving Android in its dust; Google changes send Internet Marketing industry into panic; Businesses look to weather the economic downturn with BPO; Open Standards dominate the Fast 50 and Web; Facebook IPO fizzer spills over into fall in Social Media jobs.
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Freelancer.com acquires Scriptlance to launch Freelancer.ca in Canada!
9th July, 2012
TORONTO: Freelancer.com acquires world’s fifth largest freelance marketplace, rockets to over 4 million enterprise and professional users as it acquires Canada’s largest freelance marketplace
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Freelancer acquires Scriptlance.com
9th July, 2012
TORONTO: Freelancer.com acquires world’s fifth largest freelance marketplace, rockets to over 4 million enterprise and professional users.
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Freelancer.com launches Freelancer.com.jm in Jamaica
29th June, 2012
KINGSTON, JAMIACA: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace has launched in Jamaica with Freelancer.com.jm. This is set to create an optimistic atmosphere among entrepreneurs in the country, where an average of 6,344 new businesses are registered annually.
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Australian Communications Minister Invites Freelancer.com CEO to Korea-AU-NZ Broadband Summit
5th May, 2012
SYDNEY: Recognizing the important role Freelancer.com plays in transforming the lives of small business owners in Australia and the world, Minister for Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy recently invited the company’s Chief Executive Matt Barrie to talk on how startups are taking advantage of opportunities prov
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Spain Set to Welcome Freelancer CEO Matt Barrie in Digital Citizenship Conference
1st May, 2012
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie is scheduled to share his views on the changing digital workforce in Spain, as the country welcomes the leading technologist, entrepreneur, and lecturer during the CICD (International Digital Citizenship Conference) in Donostia-San Sebastián, on May 8 to 9, 2012.
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Freelancer.com reveals the 50 fastest growing online jobs for Q1 2012
28th April, 2012
SYDNEY: The economy cools, but business process outsourcing heats up; VAs allow businesses to focus on what’s important; Android and iOS continue to shine; Open Standards will rule the Web; SEO continues to lose as Google intensifies its offensive.
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie to Talk About the Future of Work in 2012’s The Next Web Conference
15th April, 2012
SYDNEY: Still fresh from his successful talk at the SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie is set to fly to Amsterdam and face an audience of entrepreneurs, technologists, futurists, venture capitalists, and senior level executives during The Next Web Conference Europe from April 25 to 27.
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The rise and rise of the self-employed
15th March, 2012
SYDNEY: Record numbers of Britons are turning to self employment and freelancing to find work, and as a result are setting up their own businesses, according to Freelancer.co.uk, the world’s largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace.
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Freelancer.com’s US$50,000 Internet Scavenger Hunt at SXSW to attempt Guinness World Record
6th March, 2012
SYDNEY: Pre-registrations for Freelancer.com’s US$50,000 Internet Scavenger Hunt have gone viral as thousands sign up for the competition; coincides with SXSW keynote speech from CEO Matt Barrie. Scavenger hunt HQ located at Trade Show Booth 1219A/1318.
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Thousands of Freelancer.com users worldwide go crazy in Freelancer.com’s US$25,000 Expose Our Logo contest
28th February, 2012
SYDNEY: Mysterious “Hummingbird logos” seen worldwide. Thousands mobilized for action in Australia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Slovakia, Taiwan and the United States.
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Online Labor Market Job Trends: Freelancer Fast 50 for 2011 and Predictions for 2012
27th February, 2012
SYDNEY: SYDNEY, February 27, 2012: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced their findings on the fastest growing online jobs with the release of the Freelancer Fast 50 for 2011, together with the company’s predictions for 2012.
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Freelancer.com building on explosive growth; expands to new headquarters
15th February, 2012
SYDNEY: Growth provides the impetus for an ambitious expansion plan for 2012 and beyond.
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Freelancer.sg launches in Singapore; local businesses to achieve big results for less
13th February, 2012
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s 160,000 SMEs set to benefit from being able to tap into an online workforce.
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Freelancer.com launches Freelancer.in, a dedicated marketplace for India. Indians can hire skilled professionals, work, and transact in rupees.
9th February, 2012
NEW DELHI: Freelancer.com launches a dedicated regional marketplace at Freelancer.in to cater for the largest freelancer demographic in the world. Over Rs. 1.4 lakh crore has already been earned to date by Indian freelancers through the marketplace.
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Freelancers worldwide go crazy over Freelancer.com’s Expose Our Logo contest!
7th February, 2012
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace today announced the top 20 finalists in its US$25,000 ‘Expose Our Logo’ contest. Over 440 video entries were received involving tens of thousands of freelancers from all points of the globe.
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Freelancer.com joins protest against SOPA/PIPA
18th January, 2012
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com announced that it was joining the protest against the SOPA and PIPA bills, adding its voice to Wikipedia, Google, Reddit and many other high profile Internet sites.
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Freelancer.com becomes the eBay of jobs: Rockets through 2,000 projects and 3,000 users per day as the largest outsourcing marketplace in the world
18th January, 2012
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com today announced that it has rocketed through 2,000 projects posted and 3,000 new user registrations per day as the world's largest outsourcing marketplace. Freelancer.com's global community comprises of 3 million users with 1.3 million projects posted to date.
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Freelancer.com Fast 50 job trends for Q4 2011 shows the technology industry in full swing
10th January, 2012
SYDNEY: The boom in the technology industry sees an explosion in programming and data entry jobs. AdSense and content writing jobs pull back after surging in Q3. Apple iPhone application development surges after launch of the 4S, but Android applications accelerate at over twice the growth rate. Amazon AWS grows strongly but from a small base and no-one seems to care about Google App Engine, or even less, Microsoft Azure.
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Freelancer.com blacklisted by Iranian authorities amid growing popularity among professionals
13th December, 2011
SYDNEY: Iranian Freelancer.com members denied earning opportunities as censors prevent citizens from accessing website
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Freelancer.com smashes through 3 million users, overtakes Kuwait for population
8th December, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com today cemented its reputation as the world’s largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace by welcoming its 3,000,000th user. The milestone caps off a stellar year for Freelancer.com Chief Executive Matt Barrie and his team.
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Win up to US$25,000 in cash by exposing the Freelancer.com logo anywhere in the world!
22nd November, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com demonstrates global footprint by inviting its 3 million users to record viral videos of the company logo worldwide.
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie announced as featured speaker at SXSW 2012 in Austin, Texas
21st November, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced that CEO Matt Barrie will be a featured speaker at the 19th Annual SXSW Interactive Conference in Austin, Texas in March 2012. Matt was selected with 21 industry heavyweights Reid Hoffman (Linkedin), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media), Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram Alpha) to be a featured session in the program of over 600 speakers.
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie wins 2011 Ernst & Young Tech Entrepreneur of the Year award!
18th November, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace, proudly announced that CEO Matt Barrie is the 2011 Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year winner.
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Freelancer.com reveals 50 fastest growing online jobs in Q3 2011
17th October, 2011
SYDNEY: Post Panda, Content and Adsense is back; Social Networking and Marketing-specific projects dominate; HTML5 increases at Flash’s expense; Are Mobile Apps fizzing?; and Is Java dying?
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Freelancer.com changes the game, launching hourly projects at world’s lowest commissions- starting at just 3%.
29th September, 2011
SYDNEY: Global leader diversifies hiring solutions for businesses by adding hourly projects to its fixed-price offerings. Freelancers can profit by moving their work to the industry’s lowest commission structure!
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Freelancer.com’s new Design Studio has everything you need to get your perfect design
26th September, 2011
SYDNEY: New feature increases collaboration between employers and designers, resulting in higher quality, faster delivered design projects.
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London Calling: Freelancer.com opens office in the United Kingdom, appoints Saif Bonar as UK Country Manager
6th September, 2011
LONDON: LONDON: September 6, 2011 – Freelancer.co.uk, the UK arm of the world’s largest online services marketplace Freelancer.com, today announced the opening of a local office and appointment of Saif Bonar as Country Manager of the United Kingdom.
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Largest Outsourcing Website Freelancer.com Celebrates $100M In Freelancer Earnings
29th August, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced that the site has passed $100 million in user earnings.
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Freelancer.com drops all listing fees for August, allowing employers to post jobs for free!
11th August, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced it was dropping all listing fees for projects until the end of August, enabling employers to post their projects for free.
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Filipino entrepreneurs can now tap into a global marketplace for jobs online
9th August, 2011
MANILA: Freelancer.com, the world's number one website for outsourcing, today officially launched a dedicated regional website at www.freelancer.ph supporting small business owners, freelancers and entrepreneurs in the Philippines.
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Matt Barrie to Keynote Young Entrepreneurs Unconvention
29th July, 2011
SYDNEY: Matt Barrie, Founder and CEO of Freelancer.com, will deliver keynote speeches at the Australian Young Entrepreneurs Unconventions in Melbourne and Sydney.
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Freelancer.com brings you the fastest moving online jobs for Q2 with the Freelancer Fast 50
8th July, 2011
SYDNEY: Android jobs on pace to eclipse iPhone work by end of 2012; HTML 5 shows impressive growth as the fastest growing job category; BlackBerry outlook negative despite launch of PlayBook; Microsoft continues steady decline
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Freelancer.com US$20,000 competition determines Kanye West would be the "best Presidential candidate of all time!"
29th June, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing and design marketplace today announced the winners of its US$20,000 competition, consisting of a satirical 2012 US Presidential Campaign Logo Contest and a T-shirt design contest.
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie wins Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year – Eastern Region
27th June, 2011
SYDNEY: Ernst & Young have announced Matt Barrie, Founder and CEO of Freelancer.com, as the Technology Category winner of the 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year for the Eastern Region.
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Freelancer.com launches world’s largest and most profitable logo crowdsourcing site for designers
6th June, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com creates the world’s largest and most lucrative contest site for its 600,000 plus designers, with commissions as low as 3%
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Freelancer.com unleashes 600,000 designers on 2012 US Presidential Campaign, calling for weird and wonderful Candidate logos as part of US$20,000 competition.
27th May, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com wreaks havoc on the 2012 US Presidential Campaign, challenging its 600,000 plus designers to design a campaign logo for unofficial Candidates. Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, with over 2.5 million registered users, today called on designers worldwide to enter its unofficial 2012 US Presidential Candidate Logo competition.
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie keynotes at Chile's largest IT conference: eCommerce DAY
24th May, 2011
SANTIAGO: Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace will be the keynote speaker at the launch of eCommerce day in Santiago, Chile.
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Freelancer.com announces the fastest growing online jobs for Q1 with the first Freelancer Fast 50 of 2011
10th May, 2011
SYDNEY: Google algorithm wreaks havoc on online writing jobs, Apple continues to rise while Windows, Nokia and Adobe decline, hardware product development climbs. Freelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing marketplace, announced today their findings on the fastest growing online outsourcing jobs of the first quarter with the release of the Freelancer Fast 50.
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Freelancer.com trumps field of 10,000 from 60 countries to win the Internet's highest honour: both a Webby and Webby People's Choice Award.
3rd May, 2011
NEW YORK: The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences today announced that Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, won a coveted Webby Award as the best Employment Site of the Year, as well as the Webby People's Choice Award for the same category.
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Freelancer.com celebrates one million projects by giving away US$20,000
25th April, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace announces the winners of its One Million Projects Party contest.
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BRW Entrepreneur Of The Year Announced
30th March, 2011
SYDNEY: BRW magazine today announced Matt Barrie, Founder and CEO of Freelancer.com, as its winner of the 2011 BRW Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Freelancer.com notches one million projects posted, online outsourcing now mainstream
28th March, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, reached its one millionth project posted over the weekend and celebrated with 82 Freelancer.com One Million Projects meetup parties in cities all over the world.
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Freelancer.com dominates AIMIA awards winning Best Export Achievement and People's Choice awards
21st March, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, won the most awards at the interactive media industry's night of nights, including the coveted People's Choice.
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Party With Freelancer.com in Celebrating One Million Projects and Win US$20,000 in Cash Prizes!
10th March, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace today announced it expects to surpass 1,000,000 posted projects in late March and is celebrating the milestone by giving away US$20,000 in cash prizes to the Freelancer.com community as part of its One Million Projects party between March 25 and 27.
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Freelancer.com smashes into the top 250 websites worldwide
24th February, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, today broke into the coveted top 250 websites worldwide, according to Alexa.com, while noting a massive 30% upswing in traffic for the month of January
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Freelancer.com launches outsourcing marketplaces across Asia in Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines
21st February, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, with over 2.2 million professionals from around the globe, today announced that it had opened regional outsourcing marketplaces in Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines.
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Freelancer.com announces 2010 Freelancer Fast 50, predicts 2011 trends
27th January, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace which connects small business with freelancers from around the world, today announced their findings on the fastest growing online outsourcing jobs with the release of the 2010 Freelancer Fast 50.
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Freelancer.com acquires German outsourcing marketplace Freelancer.de
25th January, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced that it had acquired Freelancer.de, one of Germany's top freelancing marketplaces.<br><a href="http://press.freelancer.com.s3.amazonaws.com/2011-01-25-Freelancer.com-acquires-German-Marketplace-Freelancer.de-GERMAN.pdf">Translated to German</a>
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Freelancer.com subsumes EUFreelance.com, launches euros on world's largest outsourcingmarketplace
21st January, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace which connects small business with freelancers from around the world, today announced that it had subsumed EUFreelance.com, bringing it into the Freelancer.com global platform.
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Freelancer.com flies into 2011 breaking into top 300 websites worldwide at #262, bursts through 900,000 projects posted
10th January, 2011
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace which connects small business with freelancers from around the world, today announced that they had broken into top 300 websites worldwide at number 262 on Alexa.com, the popular website ranking system. At the same time, the site announced that it had passed some 900,000 projects posted to date on the global marketplace.
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Freelancer.com bursts through 2 million users hot on the heels of LimeExchange acquisition
28th December, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace which connects small business with freelancers from around the world, today surged through 2 million registered professionals.
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Freelancer.com acquires LimeExchange outsourcing marketplace
20th December, 2010
NEW YORK: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace which connects small business with freelancers from around the world, today acquired LimeExchange.com, the online services run by Lime Labs LLC.
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Freelancer.com dominates Anthill Cool Company Awards scooping Global Growth Award and Best Online Business
17th December, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace which connects small business with freelancers from around the world, today took out the Global Growth Award and Best Online Business at the Anthill Cool Company Award Ceremony in Melbourne. In its fifth year, the Cool Company Awards had over 700 organisations nominated, making it the largest business award program in Australia.
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Freelancer.com announces the fastest growing online jobs for Q3 with the second instalment of the Freelancer Fast 50
15th December, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, announced today their findings on the fastest growing online outsourcing jobs in Q3 with the release of the Freelancer Fast 50.
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Freelancer.com relaunches Freelancer.co.uk after acquisition as UK's largest outsourcing marketplace
29th November, 2010
LONDON: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace with over 2 million professionals from around the globe, today relaunched Freelancer.co.uk as the United Kingdom's largest outsourcing marketplace.
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Freelancer.com Chief Executive Matt Barrie wins Alumni of the Year Award
3rd November, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com announced today that Chief Executive Matt Barrie won Alumni of the Year from the faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Sydney.
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie weighs in on research commercialisation at prestigiousPearcey Foundation panel
19th October, 2010
SYDNEY: Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, will lend his insight to tonight's Pearcey Awards during the panel discussion on research commercialization.
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Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, says a big G'Day to Australia launching Freelancer.com.au!
11th October, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace with over 1.8 million professionals from around the globe, is now open for business in the land downunder. Today Freelancer.com.au went live, connecting Australian small businesses and consumers to the world's biggest online workforce.
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Freelancer.com unleashes mayhem on Australians with US$25,000 competition - Freelancer Goes to Town Down Under!
1st October, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced a global US$25,000 competition to promote Freelancer.com.au to the people of Australia ahead of a yet to be announced Australian launch.
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Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, says Kia Ora to New Zealand launching Freelancer.co.nz!
27th September, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace with over 1.8 million professionals from around the globe, has set up shop in the land of the long white cloud. Today Freelancer.co.nz went live, connecting New Zealand small businesses and users to the world's biggest online workforce.
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Freelancer.com catapults past 1,800,000 users and 800,000 completed jobs on International Freelancer Day as the world's leading outsourcing marketplace
24th September, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace today smashed through 1.8 million registered professionals worldwide and 800,000 completed projects.
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Freelancer.com and TemplateMonster.com partner to deliver world's largest web template collection to world's largest freelancing community
20th September, 2010
SYDNEY: TemplateMonster.com, the Internet's largest templates provider, and Freelancer.com, the world.s largest outsourcing marketplace for small businesses, today announced a strategic partnership to offer tens of thousands of Template Monster products to 1.8 million registered professionals on Freelancer.com, as well as to small businesses worldwide.
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Freemarket.com virtual content marketplace announces drastically improved commissions making it the fairest marketplace for designers and programmers
16th September, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced that their virtual items superstore, Freemarket.com, has dramatically increased the earnings potential of their extensive community of online designers and programmers.
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Freelancer.com Announces Automated Charity Bot Altruisio as Winner of US$30,000 API Contest
7th September, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced Altruisio, the world's first charitable robot, as winner of the US$30,000 Freelancer.com API competition.
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Freelancer.com Rockets Past 10 Million Bids, Hits 1,700,000 Users as World's Largest and Most Liquid Outsourcing Marketplace
26th July, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced that over 10 million bids have been placed on projects posted on the site.
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Freelancer.com acquires Freemarket.com, launches online marketplace for virtual goods
19th July, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, today announced the acquisition of Freemarket.com and simultaneous launch of an online marketplace for buying and selling virtual goods. Stocked with content by Freelancer.com's rapidly growing userbase of over 1.7 million registered professionals, Freemarket.com aims to be the world's top marketplace for buying and selling digital content.
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Freelancer.com surpasses US$60 million in outsourced work to date, rockets into the top 400 websites worldwide
19th July, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace, today reached a whopping US$60 million in outsourced work. Additionally, on July 13th Freelancer.com broke into the top 400 most visited websites globally at position #396 (according to Alexa.com).
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie to chair panel on outsourcing at exclusive Summit Series event
30th April, 2010
SYDNEY: Matt Barrie, Chief Executive of Freelancer.com, the world's number one outsourcing marketplace, will be chairing a panel session on outsourcing at the world renowned Summit Series in Washington DC.
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Freelancer.com exhibiting and CEO Matt Barrie to host seminar at CeBIT Australia 2010 in Sydney
30th April, 2010
SYDNEY: Matt Barrie, Chief Executive of Sydney based Freelancer.com, the world's number one outsourcing marketplace and largest website served by a wholly owned Australian company (according to Alexa), will host a seminar entitled .How to Turbocharge Your Small Business With Online Freelancers. at the leading IT conference, CeBIT Australia.
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Freelancer.com traffic up 40 percent in April, blasting into top 500 websites worldwide
29th April, 2010
SYDNEY: Web traffic to Freelancer.com, the world's number one outsourcing marketplace, accelerated in April to an incredible 40 percent month on month growth, blasting it into the top 500 websites worldwide, according to Alexa.
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Freelancer.com Announces "Build On Our API" Contest With Over US$30,000 in Cash and Prizes
22nd April, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's #1 outsourcing marketplace for small business, today announced an API contest with prizes totalling in excess of US$30,000.
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Freelancer.com releases API for Humans
21st April, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's #1 outsourcing marketplace for small business, today released the FreelancerAPI, the world's first sophisticated API for tasking humans from software.
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Freelancer.com announces winner of "Design Our T-Shirt" competition
20th April, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's number one outsourcing marketplace, today announced the winner of the .Design Our T-Shirt. competition.
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Freelancer.com smashes through 1,500,000 users as largest crowdsourcing marketplace in the world
9th April, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's #1 freelance outsourcing marketplace today smashed through 1.5 million registered professionals from 234 countries and regions worldwide.
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Freelancer.com traffic soars to become the number one website run by an Australian company
8th April, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's #1 freelance outsourcing marketplace today became the largest website run by an Australian company according to Alexa.
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Freelancer.com smashes through 1,000 jobs per day as the largest outsourcing website in the world for users and jobs
30th March, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's #1 micro-outsourcing marketplace is now the most popular outsourcing website in the world for users and jobs, topping almost 1,100 jobs per day and 640,000 jobs posted to date.
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie Will Be Presenting at Funding Connect Sydney on April 22nd 2010
22nd March, 2010
SYDNEY: Matt Barrie, Chief Executive of Freelancer.com, the world's #1 micro-outsourcing marketplace will be presenting at Funding Connect in Sydney on April 22nd 2010.
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Freelancer.com "Expose Our Logo To Win US$10,000" Competition Won By Andrea Smith
15th March, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's #1 micro-outsourcing marketplace announced the winner of their global "Expose Our Logo To Win US$10,000" Competition.
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Freelancer.com Announces Finalists for "Expose Our Logo To Win US$10,000" Competition
3rd March, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's #1 micro-outsourcing marketplace today announced the top finalists for the "Expose Our Logo for $10,000" Competition.
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Freelancer.com acquires UK freelance jobs marketplace Freelancer.co.uk
11th February, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's #1 micro-outsourcing marketplace today announced that it had acquired the UK freelancing website Freelancer.co.uk
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Freelancer.com user earnings pass US$50 million
8th February, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's #1 micro-outsourcing marketplace, today announced that earnings generated through the site by freelancers had exceeded US$50 million.<br> <i>Roughly equivalent to half a billion dollars in Western world labour</i>
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Freelancer.com first outsourcing website to add iPad category
28th January, 2010
SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the worlds top micro-outsourcing website today launched the first category dedicated to the building and development of Apple iPad applications.
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Freelancer.com launches US$10,000 "Expose Our Logo" competition at LeWeb
9th December, 2009
Paris: Freelancer, formerly known as GetAFreelancer, the world's top freelance jobs micro-outsourcing marketplace, today announced a global competition to create exposure for the company's new logo at the LeWeb Paris 2009 conference.
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Freelancer.com US$15,000 Logo Competition Won by Edward V. Sutrisno
7th December, 2009
Sydney: Freelancer, formerly known as GetAFreelancer, the world's top freelance jobs micro-outsourcing marketplace, today announced that the winner of the US$15,000 global logo competition was Edward V. Sutrisno from Indonesia.
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Freelancer.com surpasses half a million Outsourcing Projects
9th November, 2009
Sydney: Freelancer, formerly known as GetAFreelancer, the world's top freelance jobs micro-outsourcing marketplace, today announced that over 500,000 freelance jobs have been posted to date through the website.
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Freelancer.com smashes into top 1000 websites worldwide
12th October, 2009
Sydney: Freelancer, formerly known as GetAFreelancer, the world's top freelance jobs micro-outsourcing marketplace, today announced that its rapid growth in traffic has thrust it into the top 1000 websites worldwide, according to Alexa.
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GetAFreelancer becomes Freelancer.com
6th October, 2009
Sydney: GetAFreelancer.com, the world's top freelance jobs microoutsourcing marketplace, today announced that it has acquired the domain Freelancer.com and will now be known as Freelancer.
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GetAFreelancer.com surpasses 1,000,000 registered users
27th September, 2009
New York/Sydney: GetAFreelancer.com, the world's top freelance job micro-outsourcing marketplace, today announced that its user base had passed one million registered users.
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GetAFreelancer.com announces US$10,000 Logo Design Competition
17th August, 2009
New York: GetAFreelancer, the world's top freelance jobs micro-outsourcing marketplace, today announced a global design competition to develop the website's new logo.
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