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Where I Hunt for Freelance Writing Job Leads – and You Should Too!

By on April 11, 2010. 14 Comments
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My list of places to find freelance writing jobs for our daily job lists changes on a regular basis. As I learn of new resources or remove resources that aren’t working for us anymore, I make adjustments to my list. I also like to make these lists available to you from time to time so you can do your own thorough searches for freelance writing jobs. Plus, I think it’s fair to link to those people who make gigs available to us all. Some of these places require a subscription fee, but many are free. I hope you find this [Read more…]

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FAQs Answering Your Questions About the Gigs Posted at Freelance Writing Jobs

By on February 4, 2010. 3 Comments
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We receive questions every day about the jobs we post at Freelance Writing Jobs. Since many of them are the same,  I thought I might put together some FAQ’s for you. I think I covered most of the usual questions but if you would like to know anything else regarding the jobs posted here, please feel free to ask in the comments. Enough with the small talk: The FAQs Where do you search for the jobs at Freelance Writing jobs? Jobs come from a variety of sources. Please see 43 Places to Find Freelance Writing Jobs for the places we [Read more…]

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The Rates are Going Up and Other Freelance Writing Job Board Trends

By on January 20, 2010. 16 Comments
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I’ve been trolling the freelance writing job boards practically every day for the past five years. All of them. I read Craigslist, use the Indeed search engine, and visit a variety of other job boards and networks including Journalism Jobs and Media Bistro. As noted in another post, even if I wasn’t looking to place leads here, I still like to check the job boards because it indicates the nature of freelance writing. I can see trends in who is hiring and who is paying. I’d love to share some of those trends with you here. Rates are going up [Read more…]

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5 Reasons Why Freelance Writing Job Ads are Flagged on Craigslist

By on November 16, 2009. 15 Comments
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Craigslist has a reputation for being a haven for scammy types. The truth is, it’s no less scammy than other job boards. In fact, with its flagging system many of the scams are dealt with in a swift and efficient manner. There’s a problem, though. Because of the same flagging system, a lot of the good opportunities disappear too. In fact,  many of the jobs flagged on Craigslist aren’t even scams at all. Some are terrific opportunities but are flagged for a variety of different reasons. Many of the freelance writers who use this blog network to find work each [Read more…]

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Craigslist Ad of the Day: The Irresponsible Student

By on November 11, 2008. 4 Comments

by Deb Ng It’s bad enough kids are paying others to do their homework for them: 12 Page Paper Due Tuesday (Anywhere) Reply to: Date: 2008-11-09, 6:10PM EST 12 pages, double spaced, with an outline. Due Tuesday by 10 AM EST. Location: Anywhere it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests Compensation: 200 Someone didn’t do his homework. He was too busy partying or hanging out or playing PS2 until 3:00 a.m. to write his 12 page paper. When does he realize it’s not going to get done? Sunday evening at 6:10 p.m. and when [Read more…]

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Craigslist Ad of the Day: The No ByLine, No Pay… No Dice Ad

By on November 5, 2008. 5 Comments

by Deborah Ng I’m not sure where to begin here. The mind boggles. Big Magazine Looking for Male Weekly Writers (Midtown) Reply to: Date: 2008-11-05, 8:58AM EST An ongoing magazine project seeks writers of all ages to keep short seven-day diaries of their relationship lives. We love women, so please feel free to respond, but we’re particularly looking for men in their 30s, 40s and 50s to tell us what they’re really thinking about their love lives. It’s a great chance to get a clip. Normal-to-boring lives are great, as are active ones. Your name will not appear. We’ll happily [Read more…]

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Speaking of Craigslist…Craig Newmark on BlogTalkRadio

By on October 31, 2008. 2 Comments

I don’t pimp the day job here too much because I don’t always want to spam the community, but I thought this was relevant. Craig Newmark, the Craig behind Craigslist, will be on BlogTalkRadio this afternoon at 4:00 EST. Craig will talk about Craigslist, how the Internet is evolving and more. As of this writing I don’t know if the host is talking calls for Craig, but if you attend the live broadcast, maybe you can ask question in chat. Maybe Craig will answer some of the questions that are often asked here regarding flagging, scams, etc. Click here to [Read more…]

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Craigslist Ad of the Day: “The So What if I Don’t Pay, At Least I’m Honest” Ad

By on October 29, 2008. 16 Comments
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Honesty is the best policy, right? awkward blogger needed. Reply to: Date: 2008-10-23, 9:03AM PDT Okay. We can’t pay you. Not even a dollar. However, we can ensure you will get some good laughs and possibly get a break from the 9 to 5 grind every once in a while. Hey, you may even have the opportunity to live vicariously through one of us and feel better about where you are at this point in your life. Either way, we need someone with the following: – awkward / inappropriate sense of humor – basic knowledge of Photoshop – ichat If [Read more…]

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Craigslist Ad of the Day: The “Trolling for Chicks…I Mean Writer” Ad

By on October 23, 2008. 24 Comments
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by Deborah Ng Thanks to Pete who sent this ad to me.  In his email he said words escape him. Me too. Seinfeld Television Show Transcriber (Brooklyn) Hello, I am a deaf 28 year old male on disability. Everyone keeps telling me that Seinfeld is a very funny show but due to my hearing loss I cannot watch the episodes and fully understand what is going on. This position is a full-time position to type out a written transcript of these shows for me so I can read along while I watch the show on TV. Once we are done [Read more…]

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Craigslist Ad of the Day: The We Flatter Ourselves Ad

By on October 20, 2008. 25 Comments
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by Deborah Ng Last time we did this, we showed a good example of a vague ad, one that expected interested writers to respond after giving out no information. Today, I’d like to share with you the “We Flatter Ourselves” ad.  The kind of ad where the clients hopes you’ll be happy to work for this website at no charge because it’ll getcha noticed. Never mind that this startup doesn’t yet exist. Never mind that we all know you probably won’t become a house hold name blogging for free for some brand new startup. Nevermind that these people are not [Read more…]

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