Freelance Writing Jobs for Friday, February 22, 2008
February 22, 2008 by Jodee
Filed under Writing Gigs
Good morning, everyone. Here are your freelance writing job leads for today. Have a good weekend!
Leads…
- Bloggers @ Today.com
- Website Article Writer – Living in the Caribbean
- Looking for Writer ($700 per month) – the ad doesn’t say how many articles this person wants written each month.
- Website Content Needed – Construction Services
- Web Site Editor/Community Manager – Full Time – Telecommute
- Contributing Writer @ Giga Omni Media – San Francisco
- Editor (Project) @ McGraw-Hill – On Site – Chicago
- Web Content Writer @ VC South – Telecommute
- Interactive Online Learning Business Writer – Contract – Cambridge, MA
- Writing Opportunity @ MagicYellow.com ($10 per article)
- Writers for Web Site
- Men’s Fashion Writer
- Financial Writer - Telecommute
- Copywriter with Health Industry Experience – Contract – Denver
- Colorado-Based Real Estate Blogger ($60 for 1,000 words)
- Writer for Website Content - Telecommute
- Business Plan Writer - Telecommute
- Book Reader/Summary Writer
- Restaurant Critic with Extensive Writing Experience – South Florida Tri-County Area
- Blogger on Eco-Lifestyle Topics Wanted (Web 2.0 Savvy) – Telecommute
- Online Entertainment Editor – Freelance – Philadelphia
- Online Sports Editor – Freelance – Philadelphia
- Writers for Health Web Site
Good Luck!
Jodee
I looked into the $700 article writing gig. Not good! Several 500 word articles a day, plus several more that are closer to 1000. If you miss one day you’re fired, etc. I did the math and it is something like 6000 words a day. Impossible to give good content with that volume and such low per/word pay. I think it came to under $.01 a word!
Gave a 10 hour turn around for a whole ton of articles, and if you thought this was shady way to have someone apply “don’t bother responding,” he said. Hardly inviting or professional.
I deleted it and must have dumped it out already or else I would be able to give better specifics. I got a kind of snarky “general response” email. Slave labor – don’t waste your time.
Neither the ad or the reply stated how many days of the month you worked, but even if it’s just through the workweek (about 20 days of the month), that’s only $35 a day. For 6000 words a day? You’ve got to be kidding me.
Erika is right, the $700 job is a “stay away.” I got the same kind of response and mine said that I had a few hours to write a “sample” article for him and that if I couldn’t give a quality article within those few hours then I obviously wasn’t right for the job and not to bother. As I was already swamped, I just deleted it.
I’ll bet no one ever makes it for the whole month!
Erika… from my experience, that site is noted for job posters that make extreme demands for little pay… lots of jobs for $1.00-1.50 for a 500 word article and a “take it or leave it” attitude. They seem to know where to find desperate people.
random question for all the writing pros out there. is it unprofessional to include an unpublished piece along with a few published pieces as writing samples in an email? are pdf’s cool? and as i’m recently out of college is it reasonable to include a solid paper or story from college? thanks.
oh yeah, anyone with answers to these ?’s feel free to email timbus23@hotmail.com
Is it just me, or does anyone else receive a “Mail Delivery Failed” message EVERY single time they reply to a Craigslist posting? Is it me or my email settings?
I’ve only had that happen a couple of times, and I’ve applied to several craigslist postings. I assumed it was because the post was actually too old or a mistake.
Clark – if you apply for a gig where you can produce the required amount of published pieces then that’s great. However, if there is a shortage then send unpublished work. Some companies request published clips only, others aren’t so choosy but just require proof of your solid writing skills.
If you don’t have the required samples then include some relevant college material. Especially work that got you some great credit.
Lastly, PDFs are quite cool but try to stick to the tried and trusted. If they request PDF files then by all means attach them. Some companies won’t accept attachments, in that case, you will need to copy your work from your original document, paste it into Notepad and then copy, and paste into the body of the email. To make it ASCII (email compliant). Always spell check thoroughly before placing work into Notepad. Also read through all work carefully, since spell checkers are not always reliable.
I’ve found some good stuff on Online Writing Jobs, although you do need to dig around, but, yeah, that $700 gig looks skeevy. I tend to not trust a writing job listing with blatent spelling and capitalization mistakes, ya know?
@ Sonya,
Yeah, if they don’t have the ability, time, or consciencious mindset to write a decently constructed ad (that would take about 30 seconds to proofread and edit)…..that’s a red flag right there!