Great post! I used to use Elance when I first started my business and I would shake my head at the folks bidding lower and lower than the previous bidder. I always posted my bid and although I wasn’t the lowest, I knew I provided quality and was a ‘big picture thinker’ rather than just a robot performing a task. I recently came across a great quote to which I’ve posted on my blog:

“If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.” – Sir James Goldsmith

I think that sums it up nicely.

Erin