Good morning FWJ Friends! It’s end end of the week already and I’ve got a variety of job leads for you today. There are gigs for editors, bloggers, script writers, and resume writers. There are ads for poker writers who can write in English as well as other languages. Jobs for translators, content writers, technical writers, and copy writers also made today’s list.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Leads…
- Freelance Editors for E-newsletters
- Bloggers/Reviewers/Feature Writers Wanted @ Celilo Group Media – Seattle, Portland, East Bay and Minneapolis St Paul
- Hiring Freelance Writers – Manhattan ($25-$75 per article)
- Resume Writer – Windsor, ON
- Law Writer/Researcher – Telecommute (GBP 40-160 per 1,000 words)
- Freelance CV Writer – Contract – Telecommute (GBP 40,000-80,000)
- Script Writer – Soccer AM – Full Time Freelance – Osterley, London, UK
- Bid Writer @ Training Enterprise Ltd. – Contract (GBP 10-25 per hour)
- Swedish Poker Writers Wanted - Telecommute
- German Poker Writers Wanted – Telecommute
- French Poker Writers Wanted – Telecommute
- Poker Writers Wanted – Telecommute
- Health and Beauty Blogger
- Science/Marketing Writer with SEO Experience – On Site to Start, Then Possible Telecommute – Carlsbad, CA
- Technical Writers Needed for Government Agency – One Year Contract – Washington, D.C.
- Technical Writer Wanted with Experience in Chromotography Systems – Contract – Vienna, VA or Philadelphia, PA
- Freelance Copywriter with Project Management Experience Needed – San Francisco Bay ($40 per hour)
- Tech and Gadget Blog Writer - Telecommute ($1,500 per month)
- PR/Writing Intern Needed for Eco Consultant – Encinitas (College Credit)
- Writer Needed to Create Online Course Materials – PT or Contract – San Diego
- Freelance Writers Wanted for Local Magazine – San Diego
- Translation of Technical Book (Russian to English)
- Sports Injury Report and Handicapping Assistance (College BBall/Fball) – Telecommute ($10-$15 per hour)
- Experienced Freelance Financial Writer Wanted – Telecommute
- Freelance Junior Legal Copywriters – Flatiron/New York
- Assignment Writers – Telecommute (this one is really vague)
- Copy Editor Needed for Young Adult Manuscript – North Miami
- Copywriter for TV and Radio Advertisement (for government account) – Los Angeles residents preferred
- Writers Needed – Toddlers, Teens and Healthy Families – Henderson/Las Vegas
- Looking for Editor/Proofreader for Resume - Austin
- Tech Writer for Software Company – Contract) – Austin ($30 per hour)
- Writing Assistant for Yelp.com – Ottawa
- Seeking Tech-Knowledge – E-Technology Writers for Publication – Sydney
Good Luck!
Quentin Cougher alert!
Third listing is a fake ad by Quentin Cougher. God I hate that guy.
Is Quentin notorious? Is there a story here?
Do a google search for him, and you’ll come up with a big forum discussion here in late July. He offers a list of freelance jobs that you have to pay a nominal fee for. The list just appears to be jobs that he’s pulled off of Craigslist and elsewhere, although he claims they’re exclusive. He’s full of bs and it’s just a scam to get your money.
Does anyone apply for the super-vague jobs that give no information whatsoever (no pay, no description of content, length, number of articles, publication, employer and so on)? I just can’t understand how these ads benefit anyone. Does the company want to get bombarded with nondescript emails requesting more information? Wouldn’t they want to actually have writers who are experienced/interested in writing the content that they need? At most, I’ll send an email requesting more info., but it just seems like a waste of everyone’s time. I just don’t get it.
He posts positions that sound real…like the third one on today’s list. Then, when you send your resume and some clips, you get an email from him asking for money to view a list of jobs. It’s not so much that he’s trying to charge for job lists that pi__es me off, it’s the fact that he creates these fake job ads to trick people into responding.
@Chris – As someone who has posted job ads on Craigslist, I can tell you that the flaggers are part of the problem. I had a heck of a time the last time I posted a job on Craigslist. I gave a great deal of detail, but it kept getting flagged. My best guess is that someone didn’t like my pay rate or what my job entailed. I tried posting it several times with a detailed description of the work and the pay, but it kept getting flagged. The only way I could get the flaggers to leave the posting alone was to post an ad that provided very little detail. Of course, that just wasted my time as well as the time of some of the people who responded to the ad.
Hi Chris,
I save my time on the posts that are super vague or appear to come from one of the fake email sites out there. They may not all be scams, but why take the chance? There is plenty of legit freelance work out there.
Lori
I use The Cougher lists and actually got a couple of decent jobs from them–I don’t feel it’s a scam but that’s just my two cents…
I need some advice on what the average pay scale is when submitting articles for a blog. The reason I ask is because I responded to a few jobs that were posted here and I received a reply back this morning. Only problem is, I have never tried to receive money for something I have written so I have no idea what to expect. The reply I received this morning also asked what I would charge for writing a 1000 word article.
I responded by saying that I had no idea what to charge since this would be my first attempt at receiving money for something I had submitted. Maybe that was a mistake on my part but I wanted to be honest. An hour later I received a reply from the person who had posted the ad and was offered $5 per 1000 words. Now, I’m no Ernest Hemingway but that seems very low to me. What do you guys think? Thanks for the advice.
I think I’m going to skip the vague post this time too.
Don’t you find that when you apply to those vague jobs IF you get a response, it’s always like “We need content articles and will pay you $1 per 500 words.” or something ridiculous. Even if it’s not a scam, I can almost guarantee it will be LOOOOWWWW paying.
Hey Deb or Jodi,
The last couple of posts that have a podcast in them seem to be messing up the rest of the page loading. I’ve seen it at home with IE7 and at work with IE6. I thought it might have just been the one post, but the second one is also doing it.
Anything after that post won’t load on the page, including the sidebar ads and links. It’s just something you might want to know.
Gah, and I spelled Jodee’s name wrong. Sorry about that! I know other people with the alternate spelling. Smack me around!
@ DeaconMike
Yikes! Way too low. From now on, don’t admit you’ve never been paid
Ask for at least $50, and that’s if little to no research is required. This is just my own personal opinion. Hopefully others will leave some suggestions also.
I may, on a whim, do a 100 word price for five dollars, but fro 1,000 word–this is an insult to writers everywhere! As Krista said, $50 at the lowest–and in the future, when people ask since you are starting out–you can quote five to ten cents a word at the lowest until you gain momentum (some writes get paid 60-to a dollar a word)–that would make the 1000 word piece $100 dollars, which is about right for a fledgling writer….
wow, great site you have here. i have yet to try out one of the links that would actually get me something, but this is very helpful. been looking for a site like this for a very long time now. too bad that nba gig is not valid anymore, would have loved to try that one out
@ DeaconMike–it really depends where you’re at. The others’ prices are definitely a good guideline, but there’s a good chance that that website won’t be paying you that much, if their offer is $5/1000 word piece. It’s really about how much you’re comfortable accepting based on the work you put it. I definitely think $5 for 1,000 words is way too low, and near-insulting. I think every site/publication/job varies as far as the pay offered and $50/per piece or .10/word may be too much for many. As a new writer you may want to keep an open mind and determine a price based upon the work and research involved. Is it a topic you can write about proficiently without any research? How many hours will it take? etc. I try to break down my wage by hour and aim to make a decent hourly rate (i.e. comparable or more than what I’d be making in an office). This means that the per-piece rate will vary based upon the aforementioned factors.
As Alicia N mentioned, once again, the jobs on my list are legit. It’s not a “scam” if you have to pay, just because you don’t like it. It would be a “scam” if there wasn’t real work.
My clients don’t even think to use craigslist or anything else to look for writers. They just go through me. A while back, people also said we didn’t have a website, and didn’t mention a company name. There is now a website, and it explains the company we’re part of!
Thanks,
Quentin
I do have to say that the lists I have gotten don’t display any ads that were on craigslist as far as I could tell. I also got a few bites from companies from the list that were legit, one of which the job would have been great 9 they went with another candidate)…I have run into scams before and I think Quentin may be getting a bad rap just because people pay for the list and have been burned in the past. The lists are legitimate–I wouldn’t say so f it wasn’t true. But as far as that does one should do what ones feels most comfortable with.
My two cents
The reason why I think Quentin Cougher is a scam artist is because he posts jobs that sound real. Then, when you apply to these jobs, he sends you this stupid email about signing up for his awesome list. Even if it was the greatest service in the world, I wouldn’t sign up because of the slimy way he goes about trying to recruit new customers. Also, Quentin, do you have a cap on the number of writers that you will allow to sign up for your service? If not, your almighty list will be the same as Craigslist – tons of people applying for a few positions.
I just visited Quentin’s “legitimate” website. It’s a bidding system! Can you say $1 articles?
I’ve been scammed at least once (ha) by a freelance writing posting on craigslist. Did end up paying a small fee for a “training manual” (which it was not). Responded to Q Cougher’s post and have received 3 detailed reponses from him about potential writing jobs. Yes, small sign-up fee. But something seems odd–all appear to be “50 200-300-word articles on the SAME topic for XYZ client. Nothing to indicate even an approximate fee–writers just “name their own!” Who are the clients that want 50 articles on the same topic? Good writers are good researchers but it’s a lot of work if we don’t know how much (upfront) we will be paid. It appears questionable…
I will admit that most of the jobs mentioned on the lists are from people who can barely pay five cents a word–I bidded a few clients and they said I was much too high. One of them even started trashing writers for being a bit uppity in regards to their perceived worth–however, you can get that attitude anywhere (craigslists, online freelance writers, etc.,).
To the Q lists credit I did get a line on a few high paying jobs through the list–one I really, really wanted and was almost picked for but the company ( a famous high price clothing manufacturer) went with another candidate–it is possible to find a few bad eggs on the list–but there are some gems. Like any list you have to wade through the muck to find them…
Another issue I’ve had with Cougher is that he *will not stop sending you email.* I got suckered into responding to one of his fake ads, once. He added me to a notification list.
I asked to unsubscribe. He ignored it. I asked him again. He said something about how I’d been removed – and then kept on sending me email.
Not only does he post job ads, but he’s a freakin’ spammer.