In its core the steemgigs tag should have been used to find people offering a service or looking to hire for one.

Terry is a nice guy and all and he is deeply altruistic that he wants everyone to have a chance to offer something. Yet the tag has become sort of a vote beg to get his attention and upvote their post.

So what is @steemfreelancer

According to their introductory post linked here.

If @steemgigs is the hand, then @steemfreelancers will be the glove.

The SFG will be a collective of freelancers who are serious about their trade, and want to find more frequent work. By partnering with as many freelancers as possible, offering a wide variety of services and products, the Guild will be able to approach, and be approached by, other community projects whenever work needs to be done. We will promote services to possible interested parties, actively searching for opportunities for our members.

They are looking for graphics artists, photographers, coders and webdevelopers, marketing and content creators or basically anyone that can offer a service to another person in Steem.

If interested you can go to their website https://www.steemfreelancers.com/ or join their Discord server under https://discord.gg/S3vGgYh

So why am I trying to promote them?

It's really simple because I believe in their mission to provide more frequent work to freelancers through the Steem Blockchain. Websites like Upwork, Fiverr and Thumbtack have a high transaction cost for hirers and all take a certain percentage to the worker's rate. Which is natural because they would have over costs to pay so how will @steemfreelancers be any different?

TRANSPARENCY

A lot of the grief of freelancers are the blind bids for projects. By having a post of how much you are offering for a service or how much you are willing to pay then it is very upfront. Payment or non-payment can be seen.

EASE OF FINDING TALENT

There is just so many content right now and by having SFL be a community that anyone can join and offer their talent and other individuals and communities can go to SFL and choose the right fit for them.

COMMUNITY BASED INTERACTIONS

Working for Upwork and being an employer at the same time it was hard at times to create lasting relationships with people, You always had the fear that the next payout will not push through or the client will find someone cheaper.

Steemit is all about building connections and relations,

PROTECTING THE WORKER AND HIRER

Although Upwork can both have reviews of workers and hirers my experience with it was it still favored the hirer heavily. Bulk of the revenue they earn would be with them from all the transaction fees that they have.
Their ticketing system of complaints are often not acted quickly enough (This is my experience 4 months ago so if it has gotten better then good for them)

SPEED OF PAYOUT

Steem has one of the fastest speed of transactions in the market today. With a lot of freelance sites it often goes into escrow and will be paid out after 20-30 days usually.

INCENTIVES

SFL would also be using a voucher system

We will create a system by which Steemit users can redeem vouchers for services offered by Guild members. These vouchers would be worth varying amounts, and backed by Steem/SBD in the @steemfreelancers wallet. Vouchers will be able to be given away through contests and other promotions, and will increase the overall work output of the Guild. This will allow people who wouldn't normally purchase goods or services to do so without spending their own money.

What can I offer @steemfreelancer

I honestly don't know. I'm largely untalented in the arts. I don't really write well enough to be hired as a writer of content. I currently have a lot of responsibilities in mentoring new members of the @steemitfamilyph and other on going projects I have in Steemit, not to mention we are already starting with donation funding for our Gift In Kind Foundation for Sitio Banawen so to be swamped is going to be an understatement.

Yet I want to do anything I can to help support the project. One of my aims if to get talented Filipinos involved in the project. A lot more Filipinos are shifting to an online home based job because of traffic and opportunities it presents.

To give you perspective the daily minimum wage here in the Philippines is P512 pesos which is about $10.24 USD. That is now tax free because of recent tax reforms but will be further deducted by mandatory benefits like SSS (Social Security System) which is the local insurance program run by the Government and Pag-ibig (Love) or Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) which is the government housing savings initiative.

In a month a person earning minimum wage would earn P10,752 or $215.04 USD. You'll have to deduct the government mandated benefits, transportation costs, food allowance and uniform or clothing as needed.

If a person can earn at least 2SBD a day computed on a 30 day period using $4 USD as average price. The person can earn $240 or P12000 in the comfort of their own home. Taking care of their kids and having a work life balance.

That is the dream of any simple Filipino. I want people to reach that dream and if I am able to change the life of even one person then I am happy.

So this is why I am supporting @steemfreelancer and I hope you will too.