Comments on: Freelance Writing Jobs for Monday, October 27, 2008

By: Roxie

Roxie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:10:06 +0000

…but focus, think positive, and keep your head up in the search for freelance work! And I recommend customizing application/cover letters to each job. You’ll probably notice that, although you apply to fewer jobs, there’s a higher percentage of positive responses.

By: Roxie

Roxie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:03:40 +0000

@ Mmeetoilenoir: I think it’s much easier to make a living in print writing than it is in web writing. Just my two cents.

By: Alicia N

Alicia N — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:14:42 +0000

mmeetoilenoir

Hey you–

You can make real good money at this–some people make .60 – .70 cents a word. I did one for one article that is being published in nw but widely circulated mag

Like anything you start off small–eventually someone offers really good paying job and there you are.

And don’t look back.

I sometiems get tempted, when I am between jobs, to go back to some of the writign mills, but then I realize you kinda get stcuk there.

I currently have a job that pays pretty good and is not research intenisve—

they exists and you can make a living, but for some , not oall fo us, it takes a while to get there…

Hang in there!

Oh and here is a thing that lets you know it is a scam–people who seem tons of samples and stress it had to be original generally do so because they are looking for free content–

I even ran across a guy who didn’t remember me (I remembered him) who had requested content from that that he said he wanted for his sunglasses website.

He used the stuff I wrote –several pages worth of stuff — but I never got paid for it.

The name of the site is Impostor City–do NOT write for him–he will steal your work.

Anyhoo, just keep your antenna up–once you learn who the fakers and shakers are, you land genuine jobs a lot quicker and more often…

By: Alicia N

Alicia N — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:55:31 +0000

LOL–Hey Chris, you’re right about being able to shift through the rubble and figure out what is good and what isn’t–I think we’ve all been burned in the past and in time develop gigantic BS sensors.

Michelle, some of the Craigslist stuff either bounces back or is flagged soon after being posted….

It gets frustrating — but with you being in IT you are in luck–some of the higher paid writing jobs are for people with IT knowledge–how I envy your dual brainedness…lol

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:14:50 +0000

@mmeetoilenoir–

Unfortunately scammers are a regular part of our workday. The key is to learn to spot them and work with your own suspicions. This gets easier with time after experiencing a few would-be scammers. While discussing it here with others definitely helps to confirm, having your own instincts is important. In general, if it sounds too good to be true, it just might be. In this case, $200 for a general interest, (400-800 words I think it was) seemed really high, the website in question doesn’t even exist yet (which further makes one wonder how they can afford to pay $200) and it just sounded all around suspect and phoney.

That being said, Roxie’s advice about sending a PDF is excellent. If I am suspicous of a job I also try to send an old sample that is outdated and unlikely to be used (i.e. a product release article from 3 years ago). As it’s been discussed by others–applying first is not always an issue and many times employers don’t review applications for several days anyway.

So that’s my advice, and I’m stickin to it.

By: Michelle L

Michelle L — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:36:56 +0000

I applied for Researcher Wanted for Documentary Film and it bounced back. Has anyone else had this problem? As for the frustration with getting started in this business, I have transitioned from IT into full-time writing. I’m not your typical IT Geek and would much rather write. However, how do I communicate that to future employers? I’m afraid they’ll look at my resume and figure I don’t have a personality! I’ve got personality plus! LOL!!

By: Alicia N

Alicia N — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:38:48 +0000

Yep–if you go to my site and click on rock you can hear some of my stuff…

I’d love to hear some of you work drop me a line girl!

By: Roxie

Roxie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:14:33 +0000

*my musical project.

By: Roxie

Roxie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:13:03 +0000

@ Alicia: No problem. We’re all here to help each other with suggestions. On another note, are you a songwriter? I’m always interested in hearing other peoples’ songwriting as I work on my project.

By: Alicia N

Alicia N — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:34:29 +0000

OMG–ROXIE–u r a genius! I so should have done that! Doh! Next time I will remember “PDF”. Well, at least I sent articles that I didn’t care about (well written but I probably wasn’t going to do anything with) so it won’t be a loss per se…just a worm to see what I reel in, if anything…

Dagnabit!

And I thought the same thing regarding the three week period too…I even doubt the website will be called “cool info” of whatever they said.

Sucks how these people try to get over…

But it will come back to bite them because the work, when published, will be stumbled upon by one of the many writers who contributed an they will be exposed…

Thanks again Roxie! MUAH!