Blogging & Online Writing Gigs for May 20, 2009

Our list today is still low on decent telecommute gigs, but there’s more than earlier this week.

Job tip o’ the day: Two words for you – BE NICE. Some people think nice is a boring word sure, but in the realm landing gigs it’s good to be nice. This is basic networking 101. When you’re nice, clients will recommend you to other clients, friends will share job leads with you, and people won’t talk smack about you online (well, not as much) and your online presence will stay healthy. Of course there is the flip side – read When Do You Stop Being Polite?

Anywhere gigs:

About.com is always looking for writers. Interesting topics available to apply for currently include things like; coffee/tea, teen advice, sugar free cooking, San Francisco, flea markets/garage sales, and more.

Environmental Website Writer (Telecommute)

Parenting Site Seeks Games/Tech Blogger

Real estate escrow company – escrow blogger

Bloggers Needed in the Online Financial Industry – ad looks oddly like some others around lately, can’t tell if it’s legit, so be careful.

Review Writers for Teen Entertainment

YourDictionary.com is seeking a freelance writer to create web articles on topics pertaining to grammar, words and ESL. YourDictionary is part of a team of sites which include LoveToKnow.

Location specific:

Director of Media Relations – Linfield College, Oregon

SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK/INTERNET SAVVY INTERN – MADISON, NJ – intern, but paid.

Food/Restaurant Blogger – Village Voice Media- NY

Food Blog Editor – Village Voice Media- L.A.

Content Partnership Director for New Blog Site – NYC

Writer for Web Content, SEO, Blogs etc. - (Ft. Lauderdale, I-95 & Cypress Crk. Rd.)

Seeking Writer with Education or Parenting Experience - (Redwood City, CA)

Fashion writer – Los Angeles, CA

Temp. FT Web Content Assistant with the National Wildlife Federation – Reston, VA

Web Managing Editor – Donald W Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism- Phoenix, AZ

Publishing Consultant - Brooklyn, NY

Web Site Programmmer/Builder Veggie Van Organization – Santa Monica, CA

Writing Gig with Blerp.com – (Chicago)

Nerve.com Seeks Editorial Interns - (SoHo) – small stipend, but it’s Nerve so perks apply.

Web-Savvy Social Media Manager – NY

How to Blog Nice – An Interview with Liz Strauss

So, I did say I’d talk about clients who don’t get blogs today, (and I will soon – promise), but yesterday I saw a question at a forum about people leaving rude comments at blogs. Mainly, this was about people being rude just because – with no rhyme or reason. This sort of situation – rude people at blogs always irks me. There’s really no point.

Blogger etiquette is a big deal when you blog for others because not only are you representing yourself as a blogger, but you’re representing your client or network. Blogging etiquette also matters because you will be dealing with comments, not all of them nice.

When I see bloggers acting rude, either in a post, or in comments, it does reflect on what I think of a network, channel at a network, or in some cases a company. It’s in your best interest to blog nice when possible. And I’m not talking about being a push over, I’m talking about being genuine, having manners (a seemingly lost art), and not pushing people’s buttons simply to stir up controversy. Disagreeing or debating topics is part of blogging in my opinion. Being rude well, I wish it wasn’t part of the blogosphere, but you see it a lot.

One blogger who is in no way rude is Liz Strauss. In fact, Liz is really nice. Ask anyone. A while back, I did ask around and Liz’s name kept popping up as “the nicest blogger” in town, so I knew she’d have some great tips on blogger etiquette.

As many of you likely know, Liz offers blogging wisdom and advice at Successful Blog, one of the few blogs about blogs at the b5media blog network. Nicely, (no pun intended), Liz answered some questions about blogging nice.
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