Bringing Community Back: FWJ is Giving Away $150
Once upon a time there was a blog. This blog had several thousand visitors each day. They shared. They chatted. They commiserated. It was all good. Soon some mean people came by and began scaring away the happy chatters. The vibe changed from warm and fuzzy to not so much fun anymore. The owner did her best to build up community, but she was so busy with her projects and her job it wasn’t happening. She put a comment policy into place but the damage was already done. She had a reputation for having a community that liked to bicker.
She wants to change that.
If you remember the days when FWJ was a huge, lively community of writers helping writers, you may miss the golden days as well. Let’s try and get it all back. Several years ago, we built this community with a contest – a comments contest. We offered a $25 gift certficate to the person with the most comments. People came and never left. It was good.
We’re doing it again, except we’re upping the ante.
Beginning today, October 1st, we’re giving away $150 to the people who help to bring back this wonderful community. We’re giving away three $50 prizes.
- The person with the most comments between now and October 31st, on the homepage Freelance Writing Jobs blog, will receive $50.
- The person with the most comments across the whole FWJ network by the end of the month, that’s all of the blogs, will receive $50.
- The FWJ blogger who does the most to build community and join the conversation will win $50 at the end of the month.
Just a few notes:
- Comments that only say ” I agree” or add nothing to the conversation won’t count.
- Comments not adhering to our comment policy will be deleted and won’t count.
- Spammy comments or comment dropping links – unless they’re truly offering something to the conversation – won’t count.
I know you’re here. I see the numbers. Thousand of people visit each day and even more subscribe. Come join the conversation. Let’s bring community back!
How’re We Doing? Please Take Our Survey
Hi friends of the Freelance Writing Jobs blog network. In order to make FWJ a more pleasant, user friendly and informative experience, we need to periodically gauge our readers’ opinions. I hope you don’t mind taking a couple of minutes out of your busy schedule and taking our brief survey.
It’s all anonymous, we’re not collecting names. By filling it out it will let us know a little about your habits and your thoughts about this network.
Thanks, once again, for your continued support.
Thank you so much for your time!
- Deb
Who Do You Work For?
As a freelance writer, this is usually the second question I get asked when I tell people what I do for a living. The first one is “What’s that?” (I kid you not.)
Here’s the thing. When you are a freelance anything, you are not working for your clients. You are working for yourself. You are the head of your own company – “Me, Inc.” for want of a better name.
Rules For Writers
I found this in my online travels on the WritersJokes web site and thought it was worth sharing. Enjoy!
- Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
- Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
- And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
- It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
- Avoid clichés like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
- Be more or less specific.
- Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
- Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
- No sentence fragments.
- Don’t use no double negatives.
- Proofread carefully to see if you any words out or mispeld something.
- Eschew obfuscation.
FWJ Contests … and a Discount Coupon
We have a couple of fun things going on here at the Freelance Writing Jobs network that I wanted to share with you.
If you love coffee (mmmm…coffee…..), check out the Win a Dunkin Donuts Coffee Gift Basket Contest at Deb’s Freelance Writing Jobs and Other Stuff blog.
The other contest is over at Network Blogging Tips. Two readers will win a set of 250 post cards to help them promote their business.
Please check them out and enter for your chance to win.
