Comments on: Freelance Writing Jobs for Tuesday, February 26, 2008

By: Sonya

Sonya — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:01:47 +0000

Thanks Peggy!

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:39:48 +0000

I responded to the “fabulous female student” yesterday, out of curiosity. This morning, I had a response (addressed to “Mama”) saying that they had already filled all of the writer slots, but would I be interested in writing for free? Um… no.

By: Lady Luck

Lady Luck — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:43:06 +0000

The Fabulous Female college writers doesn’t pay upon further investigation. Looks like they’re another bunch looking to exploit people in the name of the byline.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:38:09 +0000

Sonya, several people at Absolute Write have written for them. You can do a search for the thread.

http://www.absolutewrite.com

By: Sonya

Sonya — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:01:26 +0000

Has anyone worked for Demand Studios? (They’re the “Health and Fitness Freelance Writer Wanted” ad.) They don’t list a pay rate anywhere that I can find, so I’m a little cautious.

By: Jodee

Jodee — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:21:44 +0000

@ Kathleen: You are most welcome.

@ L.L.: I was wondering if anyone else would catch that, LOL!

By: L. L. Woodard

L. L. Woodard — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:05:37 +0000

In responding to the barebitsblog.com ad, the email subject comes up as “Seeking Female Writers for Sex”…and here I thought they just wanted me for my mind! lol

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:02:00 +0000

Sarah,

Rates are definitely down. Heard a report about two years ago that in current (at the time) dollars, Good Housekeeping paid the equivalent of $5 a word in the 1960s. The $1,000 jobs do exist, but they’re few and far between.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:49:07 +0000

I never check when I rant. )))

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:46:26 +0000

I didn’t want to say anything…

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:35:12 +0000

… or it could be I don’t hit spell check often enough:-))))

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:34:05 +0000

Is it just me or has pay rates for freelance writers gone down over the past 10 years? I used to make $1000 per cover article at one magazine in town. Now, I get offers from all over the country to ddo the same for $25. Sheesh.

By: Mart11

Mart11 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:15:31 +0000

Has anyone tried The Bar Network job. I responded to one of their ads about six months ago and after being asked to provide samples supplied quite an extensive response, but heard zilch. Wondering if anyone has had more luck?

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:03:43 +0000

I just wanted to say thank you for posting the “Fabulous Female Student” listing. While I’m not going to be applying for it (since it doesn’t seem like my thing) I do appreciate that you put up a listing for us college students who don’t get much attention or respect. Thank you!

By: RLD: Taekwondo Happiness

RLD: Taekwondo Happiness — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:39:27 +0000

I don’t know how I feel about the “fabulous female student” posting. In my experience, those who only want students are looking for cheap labor. They also state that they’re a start-up, so they can’t pay much. I wonder just how much is “not much”…

By: Ann G.

Ann G. — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:06:35 +0000

I can’t tell. It almost sounds like they’ll pay you for 5 hours of time while they “test” you to see if you’d definitely be a good fit.

The line – “We will pay the top candidates for 5 hrs. of your time, to evaluate your article researching and productivity skills.”

Candidate to me denotes they are considering you and want to take a closer look.

But 18 articles a day in itself better come with really good pay because I think it would get easy to burn out!

By: Jodee

Jodee — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:05:35 +0000

@ Robin: This is more of an Internet research gig. They want someone to find numerous articles each day for them to refer to on their sites.

By: BooBoo

BooBoo — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:02:21 +0000

Re: Llumina Press

I did a few proofing jobs for this company. They do not pay well! For example, my last job was a 52,000 word proofread for $205. They’re also slow to pay. Expect to wait around two months for a check.

By: Robin Noelle

Robin Noelle — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:01:27 +0000

Did I read the SexyFutures ad right? They want 18 articles per day, 3-5 days per week and will only compensate the top writers for 5 hours of time?

Uh, I think I’ll pass on that one!