Press and Media
Press Release
15Th September 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2 year Multi Million Pound Development Project Goes LIVE
The International Freelancers Association (IFA-Voice) set out two years ago to create a completely different, dynamic marketplace where all the Freelancers, Agents and End User Clients understand each other’s role in generating market currency, in all its many guises.
With over 50 years experience operating in the freelance sector, the Principals behind this organization have clearly demonstrated their knowledge of the traditional confusion, weakness and inefficiencies within the Freelancer environment. To address these issues we have developed this unparalleled internet virtual Freelancer Marketplace. It brings all parties together for the first time as partners, enabling them to trade using technology products not available anywhere else.
When you visit the website (www.ifa-voice.com) it is immediately apparent why this mammoth exercise has taken nearly two years and over £2.5 Million to complete. The concept was simple. You have market stalls normally only seen at bi-annual business and recruitment conferences; couple those with the daily needs of Freelancers, Agents and End User Clients to market to each other their ongoing requirements and what is missing? How to deliver. We have addressed this issue; the delivery is real time, 24/7 communications between buyers and sellers of services. We have created the products and business tools that enable them to do this, it has now been solved on an International Platform.
Other Service Providers (Accountants, Insurance Firms, Banks, Financial Planners, Travel companies and more) who are an integral part of the Market Place once Freelancers have been engaged, have all been catered for. We provide them with virtual stalls from which to deliver their services and be where they can be easily found by the Freelancer community.
The membership options, both Corporate and Freelancer, are outstanding in their content and pricing. The astute packaging of insurances shows an in-depth knowledge of the industries they address, the issues faced by both parties in the ‘virtual handshake’ and the legislation within which they have to operate e.g. offshore freelancers insurance bundles are 50% below single purchase market price.
The traditional single activity of simple CV exchange has been replaced by state-of-the-art technology Job DiamondTM that provides 9 features including Video Profiles and International Freelancer Passport enabling both Freelancers and Agents to do business with a completely new way of communicating.
A comprehensive, bespoke range of business tools (eShop, eLot, eForum, eNetwork, and other eProducts) delivers bulk purchasing power, information exchange and business solutions not readily available to anyone in the one-man Freelance community.
In a rapidly moving market where legislation, international issues, safety concerns and tax issues change daily, keeping the international Freelancer Marketplace informed was considered an impossible task, the IFA 24/7 online eNews feed and eVoice magazine plugs this gap.
The on-line Business Support facility provides an encyclopedic information-set for those setting out in contracting and keeping those who are already established, informed by providing legislative & tax compliance guidance, trading methods, insurance requirements and other essential knowledge.
Freelancers have a history of not being the best at managing their hard earned wealth; IFA by teaching them the fundamentals of wealth maximization (by way of agreements with Independent Financial Advisors with a history of Freelancer services) look to make this a trait of the past.
John Thomas, CEO of IFA (and former CEO of the PCG) said " representing the Freelancer Market is a privilege and with over 2000 Freelancers already committed to membership and the key industry organizations also on board, he looks forward to representing them as a lobbying force on government and industry issues and delivering high value and increased profitability to all our UK and International members ".
John Thomas may be contacted on
Phone:- +44 (0)7989 402015
Email:- john.thomas@ifa-voice.com