Outsourcing. Odesk or... ?

Well it depends on exactly what you are selling on Fiverr, and what you would pay for that over oDesk. Always test out a few contractors first to ensure they can get the quality of work you want, and then consider using them for customers from your Fiverr gig.

WSO section is great!

Some have some great success stories. I would never go to oDesk until you plan to start an SEO firm. The language barrier is not worth it. Just go with the Warrior guys, they know what they're doing. Anyone can lie on oDesk.

Josh

Well Josh,
I am partially agree with you. You know that you can see the portfolio, previous work and Feedback as well at oDesk. So, i think both are good.

I think its better if you contact few people in Philippines or India. Facebook can help you to find long term employees.

Personally, why would you want to grab a lot of work at $5 each when you only get $4 and try to outsource it to someone who is willing to charge you only $2?
I would be more inclined to chase work on sites such as Odesk and Elance or my favourite which is vworker where you can charge more and make more money in the long run.

Hey mandos

I have 4 years experience in S.E.O and i am also working on odesk and also have a good profile on odesk. I got lot of interviews without bidding on projects because clients can easily trust on me after visiting my profile. I request you to give me one chance for working with you and then if you like my work we can also work outside the odesk. This time i am running a company on odesk and also going to create my seo services website within 1 to 2 month with my one US Partner on 50%. I can also give you my recent and present clients contact emails and contact no's for doing some research about my work. You can see my odesk profile link on my contact info of warrior forum.

Let me know if you have any questions and like to work with me?

Best Regards,
Zubair

It is advisable that you get your gigs on WSO section. But, I'd also choose Elance and Odesk over Fiverr due to their ease of use, functionality and wide scope of audience. There are lots of Filipinos out there waiting to optimize their site. All I can say is they are one of the best dudes that offer quality SEO work at a fraction of the price you'd pay locally.

oDesk is a good place to outsource but you should have at least 20+ orders from fiverr because you can only get $4 and you are also paying to oDesk.

try digitalpoint, it's nice to outsource with them

I think digital point, odesk and other SEO freelancing sites are the best places to outsource your work.

Here is how to pick the best backlinkers on sites like Elance, Odesk et al:

1) Look for completed jobs similar to yours
2) Review the feedback left for providers who did the jobs and choose those whose feedback you love the most
3) Once you have created this first list, look through the portfolios of all the providers to see if that are done other similar jobs and take note of the feedback left as well. (<<<--- This way you are screening to ensure that it was not a one-time thing, that they do have mad skills doing the work you need them to do)
4) Create a more refined list once done with step 3 above
3) Post your job onto Elance as a private job
4) Invite all the providers from step 4 to apply for your job

This way you will have done your screening before hand and you won't be bombarded with so many time wasting requests to do your job. When you select the best person for the job in the first place management becomes a lot easier (<<<--- it never becomes hands off or automatic either)