Blogging & Web Writing Gigs for June 22, 2009
June 22, 2009 by Jennifer
Filed under Blogging Jobs
I hope everyone had a nice weekend and Father’s Day. A semi-ok group of gigs today, although, I’m betting we’ll see more mid-week.
Job tip o’ the day: During the summer it seems like it’s harder to concentrate on work. Especially if you work at home, and can break whenever you like. Change up your routine so you stay on track. During the summer, it’s hot which zaps my concentration, so I tend to work more in the evenings. You might also try getting out; blogging at the park or coffee shop in the early morning.
Anywhere gigs:
Babybumpshops.com is looking for mommy bloggers and writers to create articles for their site. First of all, “Mommy bloggers” Egad (cringe). Secondly, only pays $15 per piece, so make sure they’re short.
Writers Needed for Health, Fitness, & Beauty Magazine – no mention of pay (???) ask.
Cheeky Writers Needed for Sexy Nightlife Publication
Hiring Writer / Editor to Write Blogs on Luxury Website
Senior Writer – freelance - (Portland area) – possible telecommute.
Location specific gigs:
Web Editor/Communications Associate – Brennan Center for Justice – NY
Communications Manager – San Francisco
Digital Editor, Martha Stewart Weddings – bling gig in NY
Web Copywriter Needed (Chicago ONLY)
Public Web Editor – Federal Reserve Board of Governors – DC
Website and Advertising Content Writer – (danville / san ramon, CA)
Seeking city/online editor – The Daily Sentinel – Nacogdoches, Texas
Communications Director – Products (AOL) – AOL – partially marketing, but also writing – Sterling, VA
Editor/Writer – Bongarde Media – Greenwich, CT
Content Director for B2B Marketing Agency - (Downtown Portland, OR)
Multimedia Journalist – LocalEdge Media – Buffalo, NY
Deputy Web Editor – The Daily Transcript – San Diego
Virgin Mobile USA’s thriving Corporate Communications department seeks a whip smart social media expert – Warren, NJ
Managing Editor, WebMD Newsletters – WebMD – Atlanta
Social Media Manager – Cincinnati, Ohio
Social Media Marketing Expert in Boca Raton, FL
Technical/Web Writer – Start-up company - (san jose downtown)
Wanted: Someone Who Gets It
December 14, 2008 by Deb
Filed under Community Building
by Deb Ng
Warning: Brief rant up ahead.
The other day I had a frustrating talk with someone about building community around a website. He’s going for celebrities and shock value rather than reach out to bloggers and social media, even though the bloggers and social media experts embraced the business early on. He called bloggers “amateur hour.” (Hint: Don’t wonder why no one is blogging about you, if you dismiss bloggers as amateurs.) I submit we can give you something the expensive, hot shot P. R. firms can’t.
Now that more businesses are looking to build up community and need to create a web presence, old school bloggers, especially those who are consulting or working outside the blogosphere, are going to run into more of this. I get that. But I wish more folks would at least try and understand what we do and why we do it.
Here’s the thing, if you’re going to hire me as someone to help you liase with bloggers, don’t ask me to hug them one minute and insult them the next. You can’t have it both ways. We’re not just here you need someone to write about you. Visit our blogs, talk with us on Twitter, seek us out at conferences…and you’ll find that we have a lot to offer. Bloggers create buzz around products, offer how-to’s and tools for making things work and foster community. Moreover, if we think a product, or the people behind a product suck, we’re the one’s who will write about it in a negative manner.
If you hire a blogger to help create a community, build up your brand, and give you a web presence, hear us out. Some of us know what we’re talking about or we wouldn’t have made it this far.
That is all…
