In Celebration and Appreciation: May is Guest Blogger Month at FWJ
As most of you know I started Freelance Writing Jobs in May 2005 as a way of helping other work at home moms find gigs paying more than a couple of bucks. To be honest, this was only supposed to be a way to share information with some friends. I never expected it to take off like it did. I’m thrilled at how my community has grown in these three years. Yesterday I chuckled when I remembered how exciting it was to have a day with 100 visitors. Today, we’re at more than a couple of thousand visitors each day and I can’t tell you how good it feels.
If there’s one thing I learned these past three years it’s that I’m no expert. Even more important, I learned the members of my community all have wonderful advice to share. Many of you have written or commented about topics you’d like to see covered and many of you pitch in with advice whenever a discussion opens. In that spirit, I’d like to give you all a chance to blog at FWJ. In celebration of our third anniversary and in appreciation of this community, May will be "Guest Blogger Month" here at Freelance Writing Jobs.
I’d like to invite all of the members of this community to submit a guest post for next month. You can write about anything you want as long as it has to do with freelance writing. At the end of the post, you’re welcome to mention your blogs, books, projects or anything needing promotion. You always have something to say, here’s your chance.
There will be more birthday festivities coming up. We’re going to have some awesome prizes and giveaways so please don’t be a stranger. If you wish to submit a post for Guest Blogger Month, send it to me at deborahng(at)gmail(dot)com with "Guest Blogger" in the subject line so I don’t spam you by mistake. I don’t care what stage you are at your career. You can be a seasoned novelist or problogger, or you can be a brand new writer. If you have advice to offer or a story to share, I’d like to showcase it for you.
Next month is all about you.
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I’m in.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:52 pmThank you Deb.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:14 pmThank you for offering this opportunity Deb!!
April 15th, 2008 at 8:27 pmoo, looking forward to reading the guest posts - seems like a fun event.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:39 pmWow Deb! Can I give it a shot?! This is exciting. Now I’m really nervous.
What a great opportunity for people. Thanks.
@Happiness - Hope you write one! E
April 15th, 2008 at 9:20 pmDeb,
Should we send a query first, or do you want the whole post from the get go?
April 15th, 2008 at 9:40 pm@Ellen - I’m not planning on it as of yet, but if I somehow come up with something epic, I might just have to reconsider…
April 15th, 2008 at 9:40 pmYou’re all welcome to submit a guest post as long as it has to do with any aspect of freelancing. No need for a query as I’ll post everything unless I feel it’s insulting or inappropriate. I had a chance to shine, thanks to all of you. I’d like you to have a little shine time too!
April 15th, 2008 at 10:17 pmCongratulations on your upcoming birthday!!! Thanks for always getting people involved.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:35 pmWhat an awesome idea! Thanks for the opportunity, Deb!!
April 15th, 2008 at 10:59 pmWow - how much fun will this be??
April 15th, 2008 at 11:02 pmWhat a great idea! Ok..now to try and think of a worthy topic…hmmmm…must go brainstorm
April 15th, 2008 at 11:13 pmI’m in, too. Will have you something shortly …
April 15th, 2008 at 11:47 pmHappy Birthday Deb. Blog Birthday, or real birthday?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:32 amHappy birthday, Deb! This is a wonderful idea!
April 16th, 2008 at 1:07 amThanks for the good wishes but it’s not my birthday - FWJ will be celebrating its birthday next month.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:14 am[…] April 15, 2008 in Writing Goals Tags: ‘, Deb Ng, Freelancewritingjobs.com, guest blogging opportunity Guest blogging can be a great way to meet new people and to promote your book/project/service/blog/website. How would you like the opportunity to guest blog on a freelance website that generates a couple of thousand hits a day? (I WOULD LOVE IT!!) For those of you who are interested, the wonderfully helpful and generous Deb Ng is giving all her readers the opportunity in the month of May to create a guest post for her website Freelance Writing Jobs. Here’s the details. […]
April 16th, 2008 at 2:15 amThis should be fun and a great opportunity for all of us.
Thanks Deb.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:17 amThank you Deb. How inspiring.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:03 amGreat idea, Deb! I had Guest Blogger Month back in February when I was on vacation, and I got a ton of great guest bloggers. I’m sure you will, too.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:27 amLove to try it, but regular clients are hitting on all cylinders this month (definitely a good thing). Hopefully, you’ll do this again sometime.
April 16th, 2008 at 5:53 amHey Deb,
I saw this ad on craigslist today:
Startup blog network looking for bloggers with unique perspectives or lifestyles to create and maintain blogs about those lifestyles.
We will set you up with a blog, email address, advertising, search engine indexing, exposure ability to build samples and pay.
You will be expected to provide
-Postings 3-5 days per week (100 words+) with correct spelling and grammar.
-Real world knowledge
-Minimum 1 image with each posting
-Willingness to follow style guide
-Interaction with visitors/Commentators to sites in order to build community
-Promotion of your blog via links
-Text free of Plagarism
-Prompt response to emails
Payment will be 50% of Ad revenue.
Experience is nice, but samples and reliability are mandatory. Please send letters of interest to: “expressionsblognetwork@gmail.com”. Please include your proposed blogs title, scope and audience in the message.
Is it normal to only get paid based on ad revenue only? I just wanted to know?
April 16th, 2008 at 7:15 amHi Kate - Writing for revenue is just a fancy term for writing for free. Unless you have a guarantee - expect nothing for your efforts. Not recommended.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:56 pmWow, i can’t even wait until May…
Thanks for the event, deb is truly awesome
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April 17th, 2008 at 12:57 amHey Deb, I sent you a guest post, and I do hope that you received it; my ISP is sometimes blocked by US email accounts because my messages come from Italy, so I always like to let people I don’t normally email know that something is coming. Thanks for the opportunity btw
Best regards,
April 18th, 2008 at 12:51 pmMichelle
Wow! A very generous offer that I’ll take you up on.
Thanks,
April 20th, 2008 at 8:50 amDebbi