Saif Bonar, UK Country Manager, Freelancer 24 September 2011, Joomla! Day UK, London Joomla! & Freelancer A Winning Combination for British Businesses
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's World
120,000 users 110,000 projects 40,000 Employers 80,000 Freelancers Freelancer 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 SMEs in the UK
Startups and Solopreneurs SMEs Employees supplementing income Work at home mums Students Professional Freelancers Who is using Freelancer in the UK?
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 work Composed 200 Rap Songs to help Children in China Learn English
Marketing Recruitment Partnerships Community Building Supporting SMEs Supporting British Freelancers The Future of Freelancer in the UK
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 Joomla! & Freelancer
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 Key Statistics
US Cosmetics Wholesaler & Retailer was looking for a low-cost website with transactional e-commerce. Case Study: Cosmetics & Stuff
Joomla! and Virtuemart Total Cost: Less than £400 Case Study: Cosmetics and Stuff
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 Case Study - DebitCredit.ru
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