Elance (www.elance.com) has several freelance contractors that offer Google Places/Maps listing and optimization services (www.Elance.com/contractors/google-places) as well as other Local Business Marketing services, with hourly prices typically ranging from $4.00 to $30.00 an hour. Employers can also post their specific Google Places project with a set or open project price and review applicants and pricing offers this way. When outsourcing work on Elance, it is important to carefully review the contractors past related work and ratings on Elance and if even start with a smaller test project to confirm the contractors skills and service before committing to larger projects.

About Elance

Originally launched in 1999 Elance (www.elance.com) is one of the oldest and largest global outsourcing and freelancing platforms with well over 1 million contractors registered. Businesses small and large use the Elance platform to search for contractors or post jobs and projects to solicit proposals from contractors worldwide. Elance has a robust management platform allowing for clients to easily find, hire, manage and pay the freelancers they hire. Hourly rates vary greatly on Elance as does the quality of work each freelancer may be capable of producing. To assist employers in the hiring process Elance provides a valuable transparent rating system on each freelancers work history at Elance.