ODesk is where I started

After my wedding last year (2009) I decided to resign from my job and just work at the convenience of my home. I started from scratch and don't know how everything works. I just heard stories from my friends that they know someone who look for a homebase work.

Luckily, one of my friend, whom I don't know that she's been into this freelancing job, told me that she has a big transcription project and she needs my help. At that time I was just sharing computer with husband and my brother so I didn't really had much time to do a lot of transcribing work since I can only use computer if they are not using it, so I did not earn that much.

My friend also told me to register in ODesk where she met her existing clients. I registered and bid for jobs but it was really disappointing at first because I got a lot of rejection emails from the jobs that I bid but I did not stop until I got my first project which is a very simple and small project. It only paid me $5 but all I need to do is to Dig her posts in diggit.com. Then I was able to won a project for $500 where I just need to research images and product description for 3000 products. That was when I decided to buy a laptop so that I can work long hours to complete the project on time. I should say that my laptop is my lucky charm because since I have it, I've been earning stable income every month that is equal and sometimes more than of what I was earning when I was still working in an office.

It's been over a year now and I handled several projects including research,data entry, social network management, transcribing, helpdesk, etc. I already have regular clients and jobs.

Now, I want to try other ways of earning online. Any suggestions?