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Saif Bonar, UK Country Manager, Freelancer24 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
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! projectsUnited States
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
India
Netherlands
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Key Statistics
Top 10 countries working on Joomla! projectsIndia
United States
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Vietnam
Romania
UK
Ukraine
Philippines
Indonesia
Key Statistics
Top 10 UK Towns and Cities Employing Joomla! SpecialistsLondon
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! 1.5.23 and Virtuemart 1.1.8Total 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
Questions?