Good morning, everyone! It’s Friday, and it sure feels like it’s going to be a great weekend. Enjoy the last weekend of August, but do check out the job leads below first! New Around the Freelance Writing Jobs Network When Good Article Writing Goes Bad Call for Submissions and Writing Contests from Creative Nonfiction Journal Create Content with Timeless Appeal Freelance Writing Jobs Content Writing Jobs Education Writer Article Writer Financial Writer (New York) Writer for TicketKick (San Diego) Website Content Writer (North Vancouver) Website Content Writer (London, UK) Norwegian Web Writer Writers – Foreign Affairs (Sausalito, CA) Blogging Jobs [Read more…]
40 Lessons Learned Over Five Years of Blogging

2010 is a year of milestones. It marks my tenth year as a freelance writer and professional blogger, and the 5th anniversary of Freelance Writing Jobs: the blog. Unlike other jobs, blogging and this network are where my passion lies. As much as I love what I do, I also learn something new every day. I’d love to share some of those lessons with you today. Most of these apply to bloggers with their own blogs. However, you can also apply many of these lessons to blogs you write for others. 40 Lessons Learned Over Five Years of Blogging If [Read more…]

















Are You (Ab)Using Your Online Friends?
Does this sound familiar? You’re an aspiring blogger looking to make yourself known in a popular niche. All the blogging books and blogs tell you in order to do this you have to network heavily including commenting at other top blogs to bring in traffic. You do. You don’t just comment you become THE top commenter. You add your opinion to every single post and even drop some links if you can get away with it. As soon as your blog starts picking up momentum you forget that other blog. You don’t come by and comment or participate in community [Read more…]