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“I guarantee SEO effectiveness, 100%”
Recently we were contacted by an SEO seller on Fiverr, who wanted to create 10 “high PR” backlinks for us for $5. We sighed. We’ve seen this movie before and it never ends well. Yet the seller...
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The Fiverr buffet
A year ago, perhaps two, Fiverr was still somewhat navigable but now the sheer quantity of gigs is overwhelming. Just to give youse an idea, the last time we looked there were over 3,000 people...
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Fiverr aced out of billion-dollar market by upstart Rev
The Wall Street Journal tells us that a few of Odesk’s earliest employees have split to create a new freelance task marketplace similar to that offered by Fiverr, GigWalk, Zirtual, TaskRabbit, etc....
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Lady of Spain, we adore you
Night in Madrid, blue and tender Spanish moon makes silver splendor Music throbbing, plaintive sobbing notes of a guitar While ardent caballeros serenade Meet Sheila (silaeu), your lady of Spain. She’s...
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Cyprus citizens hoarding cash as banks remain closed — say hello to Fiverr
If you’ve been following recent events on the small island nation of Cyprus, you know that the European Central Bank and the Eurozone authorities are demanding Cyprus levy a tax on the bank accounts of...
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Fiverr opens New York office today
It’s Fiverr’s third anniversary and to celebrate, they’re establishing a foothold in the U.S. to “more closely engage with our American community”, as Micha Kaufman puts it. Why New York? Beats us....
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Dutch treat: A basketful of Fiverr services from a remote village in the...
OK, we admit it. We don’t know that much about pepijn, this Fiverr seller. We’re not even sure if he’s a he or she’s a she. (We’re thinking he, though. Pepijn is Dutch for “Pippin.”) But he asked us to...
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How to crowdsource your graphics project on Fiverr, part three
[Parts One and Two of this series are here and here.] This crowdsourcing series has gotten a lot of views. Thanks for your support. We’re pleased to report we found a graphics seller who is friendly,...
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How to crowdsource your graphics project on Fiverr, part two
[Part two of a series. Part one is here.] Our mission is to find 10 graphic artists on Fiverr, give them all the same criteria, and see what happens. Here’s our job spec: The logo will be for...
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What to do when a Fiverr seller cancels your order…or you have to cancel a...
So you’ve spent some time going through the listings on Fiverr, paying special attention to seller ratings and feedback. You made your gig choice carefully and submitted payment. Then the seller comes...
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How to crowdsource your graphics project on Fiverr, part one
We need a logo for a new website project. But we don’t really have a good idea what the logo should look like. All we have is a name and a vague concept. If you’re like us, crowdsourcing can really...
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YouTube cancels billions of fake music industry views. Could yours be next?
Perhaps you thought your YouTube channel was too small for YT to go after. Perhaps you were wrong and have found that out already. One thing’s for sure, though. YouTube disclosed recently that it had...
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Vaughn Fry snarls: “Fiverr needs a wake-up call!” (VIDEO)
He’s got 559 subscribers on one of his YouTube channels — 550 more than we have. He’s famously bad-tempered. He does video movie reviews. He thinks Lena Dunham is a talentless hack. (Gotta agree with...
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Are you a blogger? Fiverr is looking for content creators
…and no, not at $5 a pop. At least we hope not. An intriguing item from the jobs board at Problogger crossed the transom this morning. Can you crank out original SEO-conscious content like crazy per...
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Was Fiverr hacked on January 14?
If posters on the BlackHatWorld forum are to be believed, it sure looks like it. At 4:12 pm a user reported all Fiverr gigs were redirecting to an mdlasky “Jesus” page. In other words, no matter what...
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How Fiverr killed the market for freelance writers
This just in this morning from Patrick Lambert, a freelance writer in Montreal: I joined (Fiverr) in early 2011, and was active on the site for over a year, until late summer 2012, when my sales went...
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Beware the Bing, AdCenter and AdWords coupons on Fiverr
From Yahoo Answers: On Fiverr, people are selling $250 coupons for advertising on bing and adcenter for only $5. How is that possible? All the reviews are positive too! How can they be doing this? Is...
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3 strategies for dealing with an unhappy Fiverr buyer
Courtesy of one of the black hat forums, we have a report from a novice Fiverr seller named aegroeg. She set up a Fiverr gig to produce a custom music beat for $5. She didn’t promote this gig in any...
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It’s mandatory now: You must report your Fiverr income to the IRS
Or…”Area Woman Makes An Extra $7,300 and Pays Taxes on It” This just in from CNET, who apparently just woke up and realized that for the last three years people have been making money on Fiverr. To...
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5 reasons why you must buy this artsy video slideshow
We just got back from Famous Bloggers School. Don’t lie, you’ve seen their ads inside matchbook covers. They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Keyboard, But When I Started to Type…! Yeah. Those guys. So...
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