When applying for a blogging job, you need to treat it like any other job you might apply for. This means that during the application process: You send the client what the client wants to see. Be it a resume, or short introduction letter. You don’t apply for jobs you’re not qualified for – if you can’t cook, you wouldn’t apply for a chef gig, so if you know nothing about Microsoft, don’t apply to write for a Microsoft blog. You don’t tell the client that they suck. When I worked with human resource departments in offline jobs related to [Read more…]
Troublesome Client Alert!
April 23, 2008. 4 Comments
Here’s a quick tip. If you’d like to hold onto your blogging sanity, don’t attempt to work for someone who says… “$10 a blog, I need 5-10 Blogs. Please respond with samples. Serious only Thanks.” It’s a serious pet peeve of mine when clients call blog posts, “Blogs” – right away you know they’re going to be trouble. Why? Because obviously if they don’t know the difference between a blog and a blog post, you’re going to have to walk them through just what a blog is; every tiny aspect. As the client they should already know this stuff. This [Read more…]
