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		<title>Follow us on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/follow-us-on-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We often have press enquires for user case studies that we need to respond to fast. As those of you who have been featured will know (see BBC news piece featuring two of our users) getting press coverage can be an immense boost to your profile or your business so we want to bring more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peopleperhour.wordpress.com&blog=1489652&post=197&subd=peopleperhour&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PeoplePerHour.com on BBC News at Six</title>
		<link>http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/peopleperhour-com-on-bbc-news-at-six/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who haven’t seen it already, there was a feature on PeoplePerHour.com on the BBC News at Six yesterday, talking about how our site is helping people and businesses in the recession. The feature was centered on two of our providers  – Edward Moss and Zoe Smith &#8211; with a short commentary [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peopleperhour.wordpress.com&blog=1489652&post=192&subd=peopleperhour&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Work</title>
		<link>http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/the-future-of-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ellagascoigne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was an interesting article about ‘The Future of Work’ in Time Magazine this week. Seth Godin, author of Small is the New Big, contributed some particularly insightful points. Godin describes a future in 5 or 10 years, where businesses will employ only a few essential employees and outsource the rest of their work.
A growing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peopleperhour.wordpress.com&blog=1489652&post=182&subd=peopleperhour&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Employers can now limit bids to UK providers</title>
		<link>http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/employers-can-now-limit-bids-to-uk-providers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 17:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ellagascoigne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After numerous requests from Employers on our site we have now introduced a feature whereby they can optionally limit their bids to UK Providers only.
Our site is now over 70% UK freelancer, and despite a constant worry by many of you that you’ll be ‘undercut’ by lower bids from abroad, over 85% of bids are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peopleperhour.wordpress.com&blog=1489652&post=174&subd=peopleperhour&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Working 5 to 9 takes off in the UK</title>
		<link>http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/working-5-to-9-takes-off-in-the-uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xenios</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than five million people are working from home after finishing their day job, according to new research published this week.
The survey, commissioned by the world’s biggest office products company Staples, and carried out by Enterprise Nation, the UK’s largest website for home based business, confirms that the ‘5 to 9’ trend is spreading across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peopleperhour.wordpress.com&blog=1489652&post=169&subd=peopleperhour&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PPH gets a new look</title>
		<link>http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/pph-gets-a-new-look/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simos</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/?p=167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been collecting feedback about the design of the site for a while now; both through the messages/emails we get and also by proactively contacting as many of our users as possible to get feedback.
With that in mind, we have now launched a new, cleaner design that will hopefully address most of the feedback [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peopleperhour.wordpress.com&blog=1489652&post=167&subd=peopleperhour&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to win bids &#8211; testimony from a successful PPH Provider</title>
		<link>http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/160/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xenios</dc:creator>
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		<title>Improve the quality of bids you receive</title>
		<link>http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/improve-the-quality-of-bids-you-receive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xenios</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/?p=153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Buyers often get frustrated when they don&#8217;t get quality bids for their project listing. We&#8217;ve done some research and we quickly realised that the quality of bids tehy recive is  directly driven by how good their project brief is . We have asked one of our top rated bidders to give us some Tips as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peopleperhour.wordpress.com&blog=1489652&post=153&subd=peopleperhour&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Increase your chances of winning work with effective bids</title>
		<link>http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/increase-your-chances-of-winning-work-with-effective-bids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simos</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/?p=147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In addition to ensuring that your PPH profile is as comprehensive and professional as possible, the other most important element of success in winning work on PPH is your ability to submit effective proposals (bids) to prospective clients.
Here are some tips on how to make your bids as effective as possible and make them stand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peopleperhour.wordpress.com&blog=1489652&post=147&subd=peopleperhour&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UK providers scoop up most of the work</title>
		<link>http://peopleperhour.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/uk-providers-scoop-up-most-of-the-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xenios</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One concern we’ve had raised a few times by our Providers, and once celebrated in a recent article in the Guardian, is that UK freelancers are being undercut by cheaper bids from providers in places like India and other emerging economies who work for a much cheaper rate.
Whilst this may be true at large in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peopleperhour.wordpress.com&blog=1489652&post=142&subd=peopleperhour&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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