Working with freelancers: Picking the right fit and keeping the project on track

If you're like many other entrepreneurs, you will, at some point, need to hire a freelancer or two. And as if managing your personal relationships wasn't hard enough, now you've got to effectively manage a freelancer relationship - which is more complicated than you'd think. Chances are you're going to have to sift through a lot of candidates, so where to begin?

This class is a crash course on how to choose and work well with a freelancer by figuring out what qualities to look for and what to avoid - plus some other quick tips that I've gathered from my experience in hiring and managing freelancers. You'll pick up the techniques needed to ensure that your next freelance hire is a good one.

What you'll learn: (italics)

• How to choose a freelancer that fits
• How to keep things on track
• Red flags to look for

What you'll do:

You're going to go out into the big, wide Internet world, post a job listing on Freelancer or Upwork and review the bids that come in. Take screenshots of the good and red-flagged candidates, post them to the Project Gallery (no personal information), and explain why they are or aren't the right fit.