April 10th
Freelance Writing Jobs for Thursday, April 10, 2008
Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday (already) and I’ve got lots of leads for you this morning: blogging, translating, editing, and writing gigs. There are several internship opportunities (paid and unpaid as well). I hope you find something interesting here.
Leads…
- Health Care Industry Blogger @ b5 media
- eBay/Online Sale Blogger @ b5 media
- Blogger @ PC World ($15 per 150-200 word entry)
- Online Mag d/visible Seeks Freelance Writers ($40-$45 per article)
- Gadgets Blogger Wanted
- American Federation of Government Employees - Internship - Washington, D.C.
- Freelance Indexers @ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company - Telecommute
- Freelance Proofreaders @ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company Trade Division - Telecommute
- Freelance Copy Editor @ Globe/Examiner - Boca Raton, FL
- Travel Writing Opportunity (Canadian Destinations)
- Hebrew to English Translator - Montreal
- English/Spanish/Arabic to French Translators Needed - Telecommute ($0.08 per word to start)
- Spanish-English Translator - Toronto
- Editing Internship - Telecommute
- Creative Writing Tutor Wanted - Coquitlam, British Columbia
- Freelance Writer @ A Dog’s Care Magazine - Telecommute
- Writers Wanted for Internship - Audio Books - Austin
- Internship - Journalism, Marketing, PR, Communications - Austin - Paid
- Blogger for Dating/Relationships Site ($50)
- Business Book Publisher Seeks Freelance Writer/Editor - On Site - Boston ($15 per hour)
- Blogger for Tech Website ($15 per post)
- Experienced Government/Public-Affairs Beat Reporter - Chicago ($0.20 per word)
- Internships for Sports Writers @ The Chicago Sports Review - Unpaid
- Business SEO Writers Needed @ Writers Research Group ($15 per article)
- Real Estate Investor System Writer Wanted - Telecommute
- Proposal Writer Needed - Houston
- Detail Oriented Content Editors - Contract - On Site - Marina Del Ray ($20-$25 per hour DOE + Bonuses)
- Freelance Technical Writing Consultant - True Religion Brand Jeans - Vernon, CA
- Fashion Media Group Looking for Writers - Miami-Altanta-New York-Los Angeles - Telecommute
- Writers Needed with International Travel Experience - Telecommute
- Freelance Copywriter Wanted - Telecommute
- E-Commerce Site Content Writer - Part Time - Telecommute ($10 per hour)
- Intern @ Haute Living Editorial Department - SoHo - Unpaid
- Experienced Freelance Writers @ TransportFitness.com (Compensation is negotiable, starting at $0.21 per word)
- Copywriter for Legal Web Site
- “How To” SEO Writers Needed @ Writers Research Group
- Freelance Direct Response Copywriter - On Site - Seattle
- Freelance Writers Wanted for IT Policy Journalism - Telecommute ($0.10 per word)
- Summer Technical Writer Internship @ Zimbra - San Francisco
- Internship Available @ The California Report and KQED-FM Radio News - Unpaid
Good Luck!
Jodee
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 5:29 pm under
I see from time to time sites that require you to post articles in their forums for review at their leisure and they then choose whether or not to contact the authors and offer more, paid work. Is this an “acceptable” method of screening for writers these days? The offering at A Dog’s Care Magazine listed above is like this
April 10th, 2008 at 5:53 pmWriter’s Research is supposed to be an excellent employer, but they are the ones who would only pay through direct deposit and needed my banking acct. numbers, SS number and a copy of a voided check per their paperwork, so I bowed out. I’m still waiting for acct. access to one account following the Hannaford fiasco and am not that willing to part with acct. numbers with a company, no matter how respected they are.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:58 pmJust a note about A Dog’s Care magazine: I had tried to apply over a year ago. You have to register with their writer’s site (a forum) and post to the forum. If he likes your posts I guess he asks you to write. A little different, in my opinion.
The problem (for me) is that I was never able to log on to the forum after I registered. Recently I received an email about a new forum that they have and wasn’t able to access it.
Has anyone else had success with them? Maybe it’s just me.
April 10th, 2008 at 6:12 pmWow - a true cornucopia of leads!
April 10th, 2008 at 6:16 pmRe: The Dogs Care magazine. I’d be interested in writing for them but posting my samples in the forum seems to feel like giving my work away for free, or is that just me?
April 10th, 2008 at 7:15 pmLooks like the PC World ad is in there twice. (Different ads, same company.)
Blogger @ PC World ($15 per 150-200 word entry)
Blogger for Tech Website ($15 per post)
April 10th, 2008 at 7:29 pm[…] Jobs from Freelancing Jobs […]
April 10th, 2008 at 7:53 pmFiona: That was my concern. In searching not only here, but in other places for gigs, I’ve run across several of these situations in the last few days. That is why I wanted to see what everyone else thought.
April 10th, 2008 at 7:57 pm@ Matt: That could be….sometimes I forget that I’ve already seen an ad if it appears in multiple locations.
April 10th, 2008 at 7:59 pmThe Dating/Relationships Blogger ad kicked back a message saying the address is undeliverable.
April 10th, 2008 at 8:00 pmOn a slightly different topic - have any of you had any experience with Guru.com? Usually I don’t agree with paying for sites to find projects but I’ve recently found one great repeat client there through a free membership, and I’m wondering whether I should upgrade and buy a membership.
April 10th, 2008 at 8:09 pmRe Guru: I’ve only had a free membership to Guru and even then it never shows up as having any projects I can actually bid on, so I gave up trying.
April 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pmDoes b5 media have an established base pay, or does it depend on the site? I’ve never been able to find out an estimate of what monthly pay might be for them, and I’m really curious.
April 10th, 2008 at 9:15 pm@ Ann G
I’ve done the whole “cumbersome form” thing with Guru, too. I’ve even emailed them about when new projects are coming available and their reply was that “new projects are coming in all the time.”
For a while last year, I did see a few come in per month. Now when I look, it’s the same stuff that was there last fall. What’s up with that?
April 10th, 2008 at 9:46 pmThese are great leads, except I have a hard time getting considered because I am just starting out as a freelance writer. Aside from my own personal site, I haven’t been able to find any writing positions that allow me to get some writing experience. If possible, could some leads be for new writers trying to break into the business?
April 10th, 2008 at 10:55 pmI had a free membership to Guru for a while and saw plenty of things available, but not a lot I wanted to bid on. I used the money from one gig to pay for a year’s membership, figuring that it’s a biz expense anyway. There’s a lot of SEO work, but it’s not great pay. It’s a lot of work to scroll through, look for stuff, write a proposal and bid. It could be worth it, but not a lot of it has worked out for me. The jury’s still out.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:11 pmI’m a paid member of Guru, for writers there are over 600 jobs available. I tried it since I was just starting out freelancing last fall. Before I signed up, I did find the free membership useless. You could look at all the jobs but I never found anything I could apply for.
I’ve had enough success that I’ve more than paid for the yearly membership; and have gotten a handleful of repeat customers. Of course since it is global you’ll see the weekly add from Thailand, write web content for $2 crap, but some good customers still show up.
I don’t know if I’ll sign up again as I’m finding other things here and there, but I’d consider it since it does pay for itself.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:01 amI just wanted to mention about Writers Research Group, it’s true they ask for bank information, but they’re totally legit. They’re a nice bunch of gals to work for.
The problem I had with payment (at least on the project I worked on) was that I had to wait close to 60 days to get paid (it was in the contract). Since there was a break in the work flow, that happened twice! That may not be true for the projects they’re advertising now, but I don’t think this is standard practice so I wanted to point that out.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:56 amAbout the d/visible job. They pay $40 per article ONLY if they accept more than 2 articles from you within 30 days. If they only accept one or if there’s more than 30 days between the acceptance of the articles, you don’t get pay anything.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:21 am@AW- Thanks for the info. I still opted out. I’m not willing to send that much personal information to a company I don’t personally know. I’m still trying to get a new debit card following the Hannaford deal. Our credit card was affected and won’t be here for another three weeks we’ve been told. The bank we use for debit cards is saying it will be another 4 weeks, and I’m going on vacation in one, so we’re going to have to carry more cash than I’m normally comfortable carrying in this case.
@Erika K - I even emailed Guru about the lack of jobs. What I was told is that if you have a free account, you only qualify to take jobs in your “region” and in VT there are no writing jobs to be had, so there is no way I can take work without becoming a paying member. I don’t think that practice is fair!
April 11th, 2008 at 6:02 pmAnn - that’s odd because I have the free Guru account and get emails about jobs all over the world. The regular client I’ve gained is in Canada.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:04 pmI’ve never run across such a stipulation as the one posted in d/visibile’s ad. It states that you must write a second article for them within 30 days of the first or not be paid for the first - if I’m reading it right. Can anyone think of a valid business reason why a publication might have such a policy?
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May 9th, 2008 at 9:50 pmErika