by Amanda on April 26, 2009
Twitter is so great. I use Tweetdeck and I have a freelance writing job search set up too. It gives me 100 of the latest jobs posted and updates every couple of minutes. I thought I would just let you know of a couple of jobs that looked promising.
Ok the first one is a writing competition but I said I would include it because it sounds promising.
Next is a job titled Writers Wanted Great Pay
Looking To Hire Writers with a compensation of $50 per hour
Female Writers For Publication. This is for a Men’s lifestyle publication and again sounds promising.
All these jobs are listed on Craigslist. If you have a Twitter account and use tweetdeck it might be worth setting up the job search feature. You can do this by clicking on the Twitter search icon on the top of the screen.
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by Amanda on February 16, 2009
Last week I mentioned to you that a new e-book called Content Writing Riches was due out today. Well it’s here and it’s live. This e-book is a must have for anyone looking to break into website content writing and it explains where to find jobs (two great resources here) and how to apply for these jobs too. The author, a freelancer himself, tells you exactly what not to do when applying for a freelance writing job. This is information that you don’t want to miss and believe me, I have seen people everywhere making this mistake and once you read the e-book I bet you’ll be able to say that you’ve seen it done too. If you are someone who makes this mistake then your eyes are about to be opened.
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by Amanda on November 25, 2008
EU Freelance is the latest innovation from GetAFreelancer. Using the same layout and functionality of GetAFreelancer, EU Freelance allows invididuals to bid and secure freelance jobs in the Euro currency. For those of us living in Europe and having Euro as our currency this is great especially when you consider that the dollar is not worth as much as it used to be.
If I secure a freelance writing job that pays me $300, all I am really getting is Euro236. This is what makes EU Freelance so appealing to me. I love the fact that when I bid on the jobs I am not trying to convert Euro to Dollars to see what to bid. Besides this however, what is EU Freelance and how does it compare to all the other bidding websites out there.
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by Amanda on November 19, 2008
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Do you want to save some time when it comes to looking for freelance writing jobs?
I have just received information about a new freelance writing resource portal where you can find all the latest freelance writing jobs. Freelance Writing Scene looks set to be a great resource and I know I will be checking here each morning for the latest jobs. This is going to be such a time saver. How long do you spend looking for new freelance writing jobs each day? I know I spend at least an hour each morning searching through the various websites that I use.
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by Amanda on November 15, 2008
Have you ever wondered what you should do if you have a client who either refuses to pay you for your work or is just really slow at paying you. This is something that can happen quite frequently and there are ways and means of avoiding it.
I have just posted a brand new article on the topic of freelance writing and non-paying clients over on Helium and it covers a great deal of information including some great tips on how to make sure that non-payment doesn’t happen and of course the action that you can take when a client is late with their payments.
There are also some other really great articles posted on this topic too if you want to check them all out.
If you have any other methods of dealing with non-paying clients, or late payments that work for you please do share them. Afterall we are all here to help each other.
Until next time,
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by Amanda on October 8, 2008
We all know the phrase “to be or not to be, that is the question” and so today I want to suggest a new phrase “to bid or not to bid, on freelance writing jobs”.
In a recent discussion on the powerful intentions forum someone suggested that bidding on jobs was a waste of time. This person has posted saying that she was interested in earning money writing but didn’t get the whole bidding thing and thought it was a waste of time. A few of us that replied suggested websites such as Elance and Guru as we use them and find them a very good way of attracting new clients to our business. Another person suggested that this person look for magazine work but this was again dismissed with a comment such as I don’t want to have to write query letters all the time. It got me to wondering what it was that this person really wanted. She said she wanted to earn money from her writing but no matter what the suggestion was, it wasn’t something that she wanted to do.
Anyway I’m getting a little off topic here, what I was really wondering, was, how many of us freelance writers actually do bid on jobs as a means of making a living from out writing. In short what is you answer to the question “to bid or not to bid, on freelance writing jobs”.
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by Amanda on September 23, 2008
A while back I posted about a website called How To freelance that was supposed to give you access to freelance writing jobs without having to bid for them. You may recall that it was approximately $10 to sign up for this program. I signed up and discovered that it was a complete lie and what you actually got was just a lot of rehashed information on how to become a freelance writer.
Today I decided to log back into the website to see if things had improved and if there really was a jobs listing area to this website. You can imagine my surprise when I went to the website only to discover that it no longer exists and is just basically a page full of google ads. I really as so disgusted but what can I do. I have been conned and I’d say there are many more like me out there. I guess it just goes to show that there really are people out there who will do anything just to make money.
Well I’ve learned my lesson and from now on I’m going to stick with the websites I know. Has anyone else been scammed like this? If so please share your story so that we can all learn.
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