by Jodee Redmond
Good morning FWJ Friends! Today’s list has opps for food writers, bloggers, journalists, and copywriters. Jobs for editors, translators, technical writers, and business writers also made the list.
I hope your dream job is listed here. Have a wonderful day!
Leads…
- Food/Restaurant Writers @ Village Voice Media – Los Angeles
- Voice Blogger @ Voice Bubble ($10 per three-minute post)
- Freelance Journalist – Russian B2B Magazine – Telecommute (up to GBP 200 per day)
- Windows/Computer Expert Blogger @ Bloggy Network
- Sr. Copywriter Needed for Social Networking Company – 3-4 Week Project – South Bay, CA
- Writer – Marketing, Branding and RFPs – New York
- Online Copy Editor – Chicago
- Part Time Assistant Editor @ Politics magazine – Telecommute ($15 per hour)
- Part Time E-mail Marketing Program Manager @ Common Sense Media – Contract – San Francisco
- Editorial Internship @ The VegNews – San Francisco (College Credit)
- Business Ethics Writer @ CBS Interactive – Telecommute
- Mid-Sr. Translator (French Canadian) – San Francisco ($20-$35 per hour freelance DOE)
- Witty Online Writer and Social Maven – San Francisco Bay Area
- Content Editor – Contract – Redmond
- Motivated Creative Content Writer Needed – San Diego ($20 per hour, 10-15 hours per week)
- Technical Writer for Building Inspection Company
- Writer Wanted for Dating Site About Me Paragraph
- Research Assistant – Part Time – Main Line Area – Philadelphia
- Outline Creation – Telecommute
- Junior Technical Writer and Support for Enterprise IT Software – Contract – Orange County
- Freelance Copywriter – Telecommute
- Marketing Copywriter – On or Off Site – New York
- Freelancer for Product Email HTML Letters
- Business Writer – Minneapolis
- English-German, English-French Translations Needed – Telecommute
- Auto Magazine Seeks Article Writers – Miami
- How To Guide for PNN.com ($500 flat rate)
- Technical Writer – 4 Weeks – San Fernando Valley
- Finance Article Writer Wanted – Telecommute ($50-$75 per article)
- Women’s Adventure Magazine Needs Writer/Editor – Contract ($250 per issue)
- German Translator Needed ASAP – Adult Content Sites ($2000+)
- Copy Writer for Environmental Non-Profit – Atlanta
- Editor - Contract – Downtown Toronto
- Blogger/Writer on Holistic Health
- Korean-English Translator Wanted
Good Luck!
Just an FYI on two of the ads here – I believe the “Finance Article Writer Wanted” is from a company that e-mails you and asks you to sign up for one or more sites. The PNN guide one asks you to sign up for an account with them, too. I could see doing that once you got the job, but is there any legit reason you should do it BEFORE applying?
You’d have to sign up to do the PNN one because their software is different than WordPress. If you’re unfamiliar with what they use to blog, then you wouldn’t be able to write the how-to guide.
Thanks for today’s leads. Found one interesting lead.
I think PNN is legit. The “finance article writer” is not.
Thanks. There were several jobs I was able to apply. Now back to writing — have a great day everyone!
Good news: I landed a job at Mahalo that was listed here a couple of weeks ago! Yaaaaaay!
OK news: I’m realizing what a special and professional bunch post here at FWG. There’s a discussion forum at one of my other jobs (DS), and I wrote a post about the slow and disorganized editing on the site. Now, I was certain to mention in my post that I really like the company, and like the work, but that things that you love sometimes need to be changed for the better in some ways.
Well, there is now a flood of writers who are pretty much cheerleading for the company. The only other place I’ve read that sort of cheerleading is from the Publish America boards, lol (my source for that stuff is Absolute Write). I noticed, though, that most of these writers think that a freelance writing career consists of signing up for ad revenue sites like Suite 101 and Triond. They’re happy with $5 or $7 an article, if that. They don’t question things, ever.
I’ve learned, though being on here, that a writing career should pay, and that your time and work are valuable! I learned that writing can be something that makes good money. FWG has taught me so much. Now, I feel like I’m on the right path, whereas before I would have been floundering in ad rev land, pathetically grateful for whatever I get tossed.
So, thank you so, so much. This is a community of awesome people
mmeetoilenoir,
$5-$7 per article? I am still at the point I am happy with $3-$4! Granted I have only dedicated myself to freelance writing fulltime for less than a month now, and I already have more work than I know what to do with!! I am a 32 year old female with a degree in technical writing, and I thought that making a living from freelance writing was simply a pipe-dream. I have quickly learned that I WAS WRONG!! I am still amazed at some of the low quality work out there that I see that gets paid the same as I do. I am hoping in the very near future to be able to demand closer to what I feel my writing is actually worth. Thanks to all on this site for your leads and advice. Happy writing!
Scarlett
mmeetoilenoir,
That is great news about getting hired! Good for you!
I think there is enough room in the freelancing world to include people who are interested in writing for $5-$7 as well as those who set their sights higher and want to make it into a career. (I did some of the $5-$7 articles when I was starting out and eventually they did lead to better-paying work.)
I have to agree, the people who visit here are pretty special.
Just wanted to share something for those who can’t seem to write until inspiration strikes.
From the Paulo Coelho blog (no, I’m not affiliated with them in any way):
“You may have great skill with the instrument you choose for your livelihood, but it us useless, if you cannot command the mind which uses that instrument.”
Just something to think about.
Hi Scarlett, Jodee, and all,
This blog is an interesting one–and it provides hope for those of us freelancers who are trying to make a living. I’d strongly advise all here to read up on the art of freelance writing.
Bob Bly’s books–”Secrets of a Freelance Writer”, “Copywriter’s Handbook”, “Selling Your Services”, and “Elements of Technical Writing”.
Peter Bowerman’s books–”The Well-Fed Writer”, and “The Well-Fed Writer: Back for Seconds”
John McCollister’s –”Writing for Dollars”
Robert G. Allen’s –”Multiple Streams of Income”
There are other great books out there as well. (Robert Kiyosaki’s book series: “Rich-Dad/Poor-Dad” and Charles Given’s “Financial Self-Defense” to name two more sources of great information for writers.)
Let’s get out of the mentality (incorrect myth, by the way) of the “starving writer”. Yes, there are folks out there who don’t mind writing articles for *free* (is it because they are academics and only need to publish or they perish?) and there are folks who live in economies in other areas of the world such that they can write an article a day for $5 and make a respectable living for this effort.
I stumbled onto freelance writing by accident when I was a high-school kid. It was a *free* article. But it had my byline on it. When I managed to get my next article published, the magazine sent a check. A big check. A check big enough to cover my rent. I’ve been writing freelance articles and also as a staff/contract technical writer ever since. Yes, I’ve had rejections. Yes, I’ve gone through the “college of hard knocks”. My starting wage as a new tech writer was about the same pay as I had been getting as a starting school teacher. However, my pay as a tech writer soon exceeded what teachers who had been teaching for 30 years had been making.
If you want to be a scientific or technical writer, check out membership in the Society for Technical Communication (and investigate their salary surveys!). Check out the Editorial Freelancers Association–and take a look at their “standard rates”:
( http://www.the-efa.org/res/rates.php ) Or, the International Association of Business Communicators ( http://www.iabc.com/ )
I think you can tell that “writing”, “editing”, and the other editorial tasks do not necessarily cater to the “starving artist”/”starving writer” mentality.
I hope these references have been helpful to the group.
Best regards (and sorry for the rambling),
Dave Gardner, CCNA