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Saif Bonar, UK Country Manager, Freelancer 24 September 2011, Joomla! Day UK, London. Joomla! & Freelancer A Winning Combination for British Businesses. Freelancer's World. 2.75m users from more than 250 countries, territories and regions £65m worth of projects completed
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Saif Bonar, UK Country Manager, Freelancer24 September 2011, Joomla! Day UK, London Joomla! & Freelancer A Winning Combination for British Businesses
Freelancer's World 2.75m users from more than 250 countries, territories and regions £65m worth of projects completed 1.1m projects published Top 300 websites worldwide
Freelancer in the UK 120,000 users 110,000 projects 40,000 Employers 80,000 Freelancers
SMEs in the UK 99.9% of businesses in the UK are SMEs 4.5m SMEs – over 99% of businesses in the UK SMEs generate in excess of £1,500 Billion pounds
Who is using Freelancer in the UK? Startups and Solopreneurs SMEs Employees supplementing income Work at home mums Students Professional Freelancers
Case Study Hestia Services 30 projects completed in 3 months Total re-brand Saved more than £30,000 Website, brochures, videos
Case Study Precision Printing – Custom Software Dev £ Multi-million printing company. Custom solution to enable ID badge generation for guests to print facility in Essex. Produced by a Freelancer for less than the cost of off-the shelf solutions in the UK Market.
Case Study Great British Voice Sharon Brogden used Freelancer.co.uk to launch and grow her Voice Talent business. Initially working alone she has expanded to a talent agency. She now secures work and employs people through Freelancer.
Case Study Danny Fontaine Supplements income with Freelance workComposed 200 Rap Songs to help Children in China Learn English
The Future of Freelancer in the UK Marketing Recruitment Partnerships Community Building Supporting SMEs Supporting British Freelancers
Joomla! & Freelancer • What is the position of Joomla! in the website design category? How many in that category in total? 15 out of 157 Total Joomla Projects In past 12 months: 3,635 past 6 months: 1,917 all time: 11,033
Key Statistics Top 10 countries posting Joomla! projects United States United Kingdom Australia Canada India Netherlands France Germany Greece Italy
Key Statistics Top 10 countries working on Joomla! projects India United States Bangladesh Pakistan Vietnam Romania UK Ukraine Philippines Indonesia
Key Statistics Top 10 UK Towns and Cities Employing Joomla! Specialists London Manchester Northampton Birmingham Londonderry Belfast Shrewsbury Edinburgh Peterborough
Case Study: Cosmetics & Stuff US Cosmetics Wholesaler & Retailer was looking for a low-cost website with transactional e-commerce.
Case Study: Cosmetics and Stuff Joomla! 1.5.23 and Virtuemart 1.1.8 Total Cost: Less than £400
Case Study - DebitCredit.ru A Moscow based accounting firm wanted a new multilingual website developed, they wanted the ability to manage it themselves, they wanted a series of bespoke forms and some custom calculators using complex algorithms to give accurate quotes to prospective clients.
Case Study - DebitCredit.ru • Joomla! 1.5 • Bespoke PHP for Calculators • Graphics • Custom Template Design • DocMan • Multilingual • Total Cost: Under £800