May 8th
Freelance Writing Jobs for Thursday, May 8, 2008
Good morning FWJ Friends! I’ve got a few gigs for bloggers this morning, along with some content jobs. There is one opportunity for people who want to contribute to a community newspaper, along with some copywriting and technical writing work. There are two listings for high school course writers. Hope you find something interesting here!
Leads…
- Freelance Copywriter @ Netflix - 6 Weeks On Site -Beverly Hills
- TV and Online Video Tech Blogger @ FOS Commerce
- Witty, Sharp & Entertaining Industry Blogger Required
- iPhone and iPod Bloggers
- Summer Marketing Intern @ Reclycline Inc.
- Blogger for mobiletopsoft.com @ Mobile Network Ltd.
- Advertising Blogger @ Mediabistro.com
- DM Copywriter - New York
- About.com Seeks Business/Money Writers
- Japanese Writers Needed - Tokyo Area
- Blog Commenter Needed
- Mortgage Blogger Needed ($15 per post)
- Editors for Medical/Engineering Research Papers - Australian, New Zealand, and UK Applicants Preferred
- Copywriter - Quebec City ($26 per hour)
- Content/Article Biz Seeks Content Writers - Canada/US
- Poker Writer - Canadian Applicants Only
- Checking Japanese and English Documents
- Freelance Copywriter for Keyword Intensive Web Writing - Telecommute
- Content Writer/SEO - Atlanta - On Site
- DiningOut Magazine Needs Writers
- Technical Writer - Contract - Austin ($25-$50 per hour)
- Online Copywriter - Contract - Boston - On Site
- Writers Needed for Community Newspaper - Richardson/Dallas ($10 per story)
- Business Concept and Press Release Writer
- Assistant/Intern for Internet Marketing Company - Telecommute
- Giftventure.com Seeks Writers to Correspond with Children
- College Looking for Course Curriculum Writer - Telecommute ($1,000 flat rate)
- Content Writers Needed ($20-$45 per article)
- Part-time Business Writer
- Freelance Copy Editors - Manhattan
- Summer Intern, Movie/Entertainment Content Strategy @ Spill.com - New York
- Copywriter/Editor for Web Site - New York
- Fashion Copy Writer Needed - New York - Part Telecommute
- Medical Writer @ TheDoctorWillSeeYouNow.com
- Part Time Beauty Magazine Editor - Telecommute
- Blog Writer for Gadget Related Topic ($100 per week + revenue share)
- Summer Intern for Health Publishing Site - SOMA/South Beach ($12 per hour)
- Pre-Algebra Writer for Online High School Course - Telecommute ($35-50 per hour)
- Fine Arts Writer for Online High School Course - Telecommute ($35-50 per hour)
- Scientific Proofreader - Contract - Rockville, MD - On Site ($18 per hour)
Good Luck!
Jodee
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 9:29 am under
Great list, Jodee. Thank you so much for your hard work.
- Deb
May 8th, 2008 at 9:39 amJust to save people time… the Content/Article Biz looking for writers job… the craigslist email address is invalid and bounces back.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:41 am@ Deb: You are most welcome!
May 8th, 2008 at 9:41 amThis really is an amazing list. Kudos!
May 8th, 2008 at 9:57 amGood Morning everyone.
This site is just wonderful. I look forward every morning to see what gems were found. I noticed that there is a lot of positions at about.com. Has anyone had written for them?
May 8th, 2008 at 10:03 amAlso what is a good rate of pay for blogging? I am very new to freelance work but I have been a Technical Writer for many many years.
does anyone hear back from craig’s list…i keep writing and they never respond back
i just wrote fifty articles for a web content websiste and they didn’t accept it in the end. groan.
anyone know any good web content websites that pay 5 dollars and up?
May 8th, 2008 at 10:35 amAny one contact that content writer’s number. It says its from a Minneapolis craiglist location, but the phone number is not a Minneapolis number.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:45 amGreat list Jodee. Thanks for the education leads!
May 8th, 2008 at 11:09 am@Maryam,
Be careful about writing on spec! Maybe one article if it looks like a really good gig but 50? Oh dear! Too many scammers out there and that’s too much time for something not guaranteed.
If you are in the US, try applying with Demand Studios as a good starter / filler gig. $10-$15+up
May 8th, 2008 at 11:16 amYou know there are times I wish I’d kept up my Japanese. I used to live there and then taught it over here at the local university but since then it’s slipped because I never use it. Now I see these jobs requiring Japanese speakers and almost kick myself.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:18 am@Paul - I didn’t but with Vonage, you can get a phone number from wherever you want. I’m in Vermont, but if I wanted I could have a California area code.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:20 amMaryam,
First, I would never have written that many articles without payment. That is, sorry to say this, insane. Why weren’t they accepted? Did they give you an explanation or ask for edits? I wouldn’t have let that go. Most likely they still used your content. At the very least, they should have told you that things weren’t working out before you wrote 50! articles.
Craigslist is tough. I have published hundreds of articles, and it’s still a hit or miss whether I hear back from prospective employers. The best thing I can tell you is to keep applying to everything. In the beginning, I was sending out ten or more emails a day. And a lot of the gigs I actually ended up getting were ones I thought I had no chance at.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:24 amBooBoo, we basically have the same experience with craigslist. I used to send out cover letters by the dozen too. Guess the lesson is to never give up (while keeping constant vigilance for shady dealings).
May 8th, 2008 at 11:52 amSometimes craig’s list e-mails bounce back if your message is more than 150k.
@fiona. I studied Russian in the service and at one time was on my way to becoming fluent. now, i’m very rusty. I feel your pain.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:27 pmI did call the content writer’s number. It was fairly early here on the east coast so it was even earlier in Minneapolis, and I got a machine. I left my cell phone number (not my personal home phone). Haven’t heard yet.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:21 pmThe blog commenting thing looks like they want a spammer.
Looking for someone in India (so they don’t have to pay anything), to go around to people’s blogs and post this guy’s link in the comments sections.
I had someone show up at my blog a month or so ago and say something to the effect of “I really enjoy your blog. Please add a link to my perfume blog that is entirely in Portuguese.”
I understand these people are trying to get exposure, but does this type of spamming actually ever work for anyone? Just makes me not want to deal with them.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:32 pmI’m adding my thanks to the chorus. I check out the job list here every day. Sometimes there’s something for me, sometimes there isn’t. But it’s consistently been my best source of potential jobs for the past several months. Thank you, thank you, thank you! You save me a lot of time.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:44 pmThis is a great list of jobs! You can also apply for positions with Writers Research Group. I’m a new freelance writer there and I write how-to articles for $10 each (minimum 250 words). Their website is www.writersresearchgroup.com.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:56 pm@ Maryam: you might want to try googling some of your more unique phrases from those 50 articles. I wouldn’t be surprised if what you wrote shows up somewhere, under someone else’s name.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:26 pm@ Shery and Gwynita: You’re welcome!
May 8th, 2008 at 7:44 pmJodee,
Thanks for the posts about About.com. I didn’t see the right kind of topic from your list at first, but when I went to the available topics site, I saw (for the first time in nearly two years) a topic I could apply for with authority!
May 8th, 2008 at 7:46 pm@ Erika K: You’re welcome….Hope you get hired!
May 8th, 2008 at 7:48 pmthese tips have been helpful. I have not had much luck applying to many of these jobs, especially craigslist, although I am a published author (books and magazine articles), so if anyone can suggest some other websites/clients, I would be grateful. I am already registered on demand studios and have done a few articles for them. I keep returning to this list though in the hopes that I do land something!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:27 pmAdding to what Adam said: the service Copyscape takes text and searches the web for instances of plagiarism.
It’s useful for those who want to check out work they’ve contracted or see if their samples have been stolen. It provides a full report on stolen phrases and the percentage of copied material. It has a small fee for each search, but it is well worth it.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:19 amhmmm… I’m wondering if the 50 articles were for a company I know. They wanted me to write 50 articles based on an e-book they have. Is that it? I had a bad experience with them too, although I only wrote 5 pieces. Now I’m wondering if they’re the same people and they’re just going around gathering material.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pmthe reasoning behind it was that it was in bulk, as in i put ten articles in one file instead of ten separate ones….granted it was so boring work i put it off a long time ( 10 articles on restaurants and whatever else)
May 9th, 2008 at 9:43 pmYou might be right, those things don’t give a guaranteee… It isn’t that big a deal, it was 250 words each thing just rewording info about attractions and restaurants.
i learned that the hard way. i used to work for a marketing company for a fixed fee and working nine hours a day, which didn’t really work for me.
I am working for on demand, i like that each article is accepted or not and you see what is happening.
Eventually i want to have more higher paying jobs with more interesting content, web content writing is pretty mindless..
Everyone is right about trying to protect yourse