Comments on: Freelance Writing Jobs for Wednesday, September 3, 2008

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:39:53 +0000

Erin — I’m a freelance writer/paralegal too, so just thought I’d say hi. I do love that Jodee collects the legal leads for us. However, I didn’t apply for this one Erin, so it’s all yours. (Thanks Jodee!!)

By: Jodee

Jodee — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:51:07 +0000

You guys are most welcome for the leads.

@ Ruby: You can write articles dealing with your niche and post them on sites like ezine articles with a link back to your own web site or blog. Potential clients can see your work in a specific subject area and taking this step will help to establish you as an expert within that niche.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:30:34 +0000

Hi, as a paralegal and freelance writer, I was excited to see a position for a legal freelance writer and applied for that. Thanks for the great job leads!

By: Kecia

Kecia — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:27:49 +0000

@Jen-I completely agree!!! I have applied to this “position” like 6 times in the past month, and I never can remember which one of them is his. Regardless of whether you pay for the “list,” you should still be getting it every week. I just wonder if it has an legitimate projects on it. I have emailed 3 of them, and never heard anything back…

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:21:14 +0000

@Ruby–I would discuss your issues with him. Did you sign any kind of rights agreement? If so, review to find out what ground that you stand on in terms of credit. If not, discuss receiving authorship credit with your employer. Couldn’t hurt to discuss your issues openly.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:58:25 +0000

Jodee,
Thanks so much for clearing that up for me. I have to admit I’m still a little miffed that he not only A. did not give me author credit and B. did not tell me he was going to do this, but I understand a little better now.

It sounds like you are familiar with ezine – is this any kind of legitimate forum for freelancers?

Thanks,
Miss Ruby

By: jen

jen — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:55:58 +0000

Geez…I wish Quinten Cougher would go away. I am not sure exactly WHICH of the leads from today returned yet another email from him wanting respondents to pay for his list, but I am so tired of wasting my time comprising intelligent email responses to ligit-sounding gigs only to get that email!! Knock it off “Quinten” – if you have a ligit job offer, post it. If you have a pay list of “potential” writing jobs, say that’s what you have to offer and run the ad accordingly.

By: Jodee

Jodee — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:28:08 +0000

@ Rose: ezinearticles.com is a place where people can post content and link it back to their own web site. The articles on there are not for sale, although they may be able to be reused on another site as long at the poster is credited. (It’s been awhile since I’ve been on there.)

Your client is using the articles you wrote as a way to drive traffic to his main web site. It’s a legitimate IM strategy. The free content sites get crawled by search engines and linking to one may increase your client’s web site rankings, so that’s another reason why he did what he did.

I hope that helps.

By: Jennifer Gregory

Jennifer Gregory — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:40:19 +0000

Thanks Jodee for the list. I wanted to thank everyone for the encouragement to keep apply last week. I got two nibbles back this week, one from an online parenting magazine and one from the assessment writer position from last week and I made it to the second round. Even if I don’t get it, I feel encouraged, thank you.

Jennifer

By: Genesis

Genesis — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:54:22 +0000

Great list today, Jodee! Thanks. I applied for five of the jobs. Was interested to see that one was based on Bowen Island, which is right near where I used to live! Hoping that will give me a leg up on the competition.