2012 will be boom year for online work - market increased fivefold in 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) January 31, 2012 -- Berlin, 31 January 2012. The Berlin-based European market leader for online
work, twago, has published the results of its 2011/2012 market development
analysis. The results of the study, which evaluated the activities of over
138,000 service providers and clients, show clear tendencies. The demand for
professional IT freelancers increased globally more than fivefold in 2011.
The project worth of the orders increased by several hundred percent.

This emphasises the tendency to award larger projects to external

freelancers instead of keeping them within the company. Outsourcing is
becoming more and more attractive for both clients and service providers.
This is mirrored by the growing numbers of registrations by freelancers
(+140% globally) and clients (+270% globally). There has never been such
high demand for online services.
“Online market places like twago are the economic miracle for freelancers.
We offer freelancers the possibility to lead a flexible life with a
governable income. We are not surprised that the demand increases steadily
on both sides, clients and service providers”, Gunnar Berning, CEO of twago,

says. “Freelance work is widespread in the USA. Of the working population,
30% are at least partly freelancers. In Europe it is only 5%. We expect that
the numbers will equalise sooner or later”, Berning comments.

Indeed, it appears as though this is becoming a global trend. The online
platform twago operates worldwide and is experiencing significant growth
everywhere. “In 2011, service providers from more than 177 countries were
active on our platform. That was an increase of 100% compared to 2010. The
number of clients increased by even 500%. Our concept is well received,

about which we are of course very happy”, Berning says.

(Further information regarding the analysis can be obtained from
Stefanie.Kahls@twago.com)

About twago

twago is the largest pan-European marketplace for online work and mediates
between customers and freelancers working in the fields of programming,
(web) design and company services; services that can be delivered from all
over the world. With twago, customers have the opportunity to work with more
than 138,000 experts from 177 different countries. twago was founded in 2009

and the platform is available in four different languages; English, German,
Spanish and Italian. For further information, a press kit and professional
images please visit http://www.twago.com/blog/media/ and
http://www.twago.com.

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