More Posts You Might Have Missed

Have you taken a ride around the Freelance Writing Jobs blog network lately? The best way to do it is to start at the home page and see what’s going on at all our blogs, not just this one. We have business tips, article writing tips, job hunting tips, blogging tips and more.

Here are some posts you might have missed:

• Embracing Social Media as a Job Search Tool
• Success Stories: Patrick O’Keefe
• What Does it Mean to Work Smarter Not Harder?
• When Editors Behave Badly
• Go Against Type & Type Up Creativity
• Let Go of Your Fear of Being Fired
• Rejection: A Fact of Freelance Writing Life
• Sharpen Your Listening Skills for Freelance Writing Success
• Redefining Your Blogging Goals
• Are You Too Distracted At Work
• On Not Judging a Social Media Gig By It’s Cover
• Do Your Blog Posts Gain Reader Attention
• Freelance Your Specialty…Or Diversity?
• What’s Your Specialty?

Hope you enjoy! Have a nice weekend…

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CALL FOR AUTHORS, CALL FOR WORK

The 4th Biennial &Now Festival of Innovative Writing & the Literary Arts will be held in Buffalo, NY from October 15-17, 2009.


The &Now Festival explores intersections between creative and critical praxes, examines innovative and experimental acts of writing, and advances a serious inquiry into theories of language.

PLEASE SUBMIT….
Critical papers, criti-fictional presentations, fiction readings, performance pieces (digital, sound, and otherwise), electronic and multimedia projects, and cross genre work of all kinds. Pieces that address linguistic transgressions, the limits of genre, or works that promote interdisciplinary explorations are particularly encouraged. Proposals can be for individual readings, critical panels, creative panels, and/or roundtable discussions.

Please send proposals by email in the following format:

*Title of Proposed Reading/Performance/Presentation
*Brief Description (no more than 500 words).
*Brief Bio (a few sentences) of all participants
*Tech needs (if any)

Submit all proposals to: andnow4@gmail.com

PROPOSAL DEADLINE: June 15, 2009.

Please note: Each session will be approximately 75 minutes. Individual presentations/readings should therefore be limited to 15-20 minutes so that grouped sessions that make thematic sense can be arranged.

For more information, visit:
http://www.english.buffalo.edu/andnow/

Or contact:
Dimitri Anastasopoulos at danastas@buffalo.edu or
Christina Milletti at milletti@buffalo.edu

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Posts You May Have Missed

Freelance Writing Jobs is a network of seven blogs, including this job leads blog. Since most folks come for the leads only, I like to turn them on to what else is going on in our network since our other bloggers all have great tips and advice. Here are some posts you may have missed.

From the home page at Freelance Writing Jobs by Deborah Ng:

• 10 Reasons You’re Not Receiving a Good Response to Your Freelance Writing Job Ad
• 15 People and Places to Follow on Twitter to Find Freelance Writing Jobs
• 5 Ways to Find Freelance Writing Jobs Using Twitter

From Article Writing Tips by Terreece Clarke

• Finishing Strong: How to Wrap Up an Article
• Are You Communicating with or Stalking an Editor
• How to Lose Control of an Interview
• The Art of Yes/No Questions in an Interview

From Job Hunting Tips by Jodee Redmond

• You Know More Than You Think You Do: How to Find a Niche
• 7 Tips to Turn a One Time Assignment into Repeat Business
• Do You Treat All Your Clients Equally?
• Don’t Judge a Job Ad by the Way it is Written

From Business Tips for Writers by James Chartrand:

• The Outsourcing Lifestyle for Writers: a Bad Thing?
• Are You Ready to Get into Freelancing?
• How to Answer Why You Want to Work
• Are You Scared of Spending Money?

Enjoy!

You might also have noticed some tweaks to this particular blog. Notice more tweaks and better navigation for all our blogs in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully FWJ is becoming a more user friendly experience for all!

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Around the Freelance Writing Jobs Network

I hope your weekend was as productive as mine! I did some blogging, some writing and cleaned and organized my entire kitchen. I find that when I get my family and household obligations out of the way, I don’t feel guilty when I want to spend my downtime doing things like finding leads for your next blog post, or writing my second ebook.

Here’s what’s going on around the Freelance Writing Jobs network of blogs: Read more

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Win a Signed Copy of “Kick-Ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps”

The other day, I reviewed a copy of “Kick-Ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps.” I recommend the book because I feel it will empower many writers to get out of the low paying freelance writing rut. In fact, we’re going to have a contest to help us do just that.

Author Susan Guenelius has generously offered a signed copy of her book to give to a lucky member of the FWJ community. Could that be you?

For the next week, I’d like you to discuss ways to get out of the low paying freelance writing rut. In fact, I want to know how YOU plan on doing so. Write a blog post, record a video, sing a song,  start a forum topic, offer a tweet… do something creative to discuss with me, and others, how you can change your current situation and find higher paying opportunities. Then come back and post the link here in the comments so we can all see it.

The contest ends a week from today, Wednesday April 8th, at 11:59 p.m. Good luck, and I can’t wait to see how you’re going to break out of the freelance writing rut.

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49 Places to Find Telecommuting Jobs

Today on the main blog: 49 Places to Find Telecommuting Jobs.

Enjoy!

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Want to Get Started as a Freelance Writer?

Check out the Writer’s Radio show on BlogTalkRadio. Here’s the blurb from today’s show:

How about a crash course on writing? That is what this session will be! Join author and speaker, Janice Campbell as she teaches her popular workshop, Kick Off Your Freelance Writing Career. You will be learning all about copywriting, articles, journalism, etc. Here are just a few things covered: ways to earn money by writing, how and why to choose a niche, how to structure your business, the entrepreneurial life (marketing, customer service, etc.), and basic tools and systems you need to succeed. Don’t miss this amazing workshop!

The Writer’s Radio show starts this morning at 11:00 EDT. Do check it out. If you miss the live broadcast, feel free to catch the archived segment on demand!

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Cellphones.org Blogger Appreciation Contest

Hey all…

Thanks to everyone who nominated me for the Cellphones.org blogger appreciation contest. I’m one of the finalists! It would help us out so much to win a year’s cell phone bills paid.

If you’re feeling the love, would you mind voting for me? Or at least, if your favorite blogger is there, please vote for that person and show your appreciation!

Thanks all!

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So…We Made Some Changes

As you can see, FWJ is looking a little different today. That’s because I wanted a format that’s much easier to navigate, especially on the Freelance Writing Jobs home page. If you visit our home page now, you have access to all the blogs in the Freelance Writing Jobs blog network. I do hope you’ll visit them all. Our bloggers have awesome tips and advice and are truly the best in the business.

As with all changes, this will probably take a little getting used to. I hope you’ll wait a few days to let it all sink in before you start sending me hate mail. You may also need to adjust your feeds.

We’ve been asked about the forum – that’s coming back but in a totally different format. The WordPress forum didn’t work well for us and we’re going to get something a little easier for everyone to work with.

Hope you enjoy what we’re doing here!

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Freelance Writing Jobs for Sunday, March 1, 2009

Here’s some interesting food for thought: My first paid blogging gig wasn’t for a blog network. It was for a major cable women’s network and I was paid $500 for 200 words a week. That’s $500 for 800 words a month. Nowadays, of course, most blog networks are struggling.

I’ll be doing a series at Network Blogging Tips on whether or not one can really earn a living as a blogger for hire, but in the mean time I’m always interested in your thoughts and experiences. Do you blog for a living? If so is it for a network or individual – and is the pay enough that the ends justify the means?

What many brand new bloggers don’t realize is that blogging requires a lot more than typing up the required amount of words. It also involves promotion, community management and more. So if you’re paid $1 per blog post, are you doing $1 worth of work?

Just something to think about.

Keep those success stories coming! And since it’s the first of the month and the mortgage is due, and since I was under the weather for much of last week, here is a nice long list of Sunday leads.

1. Of Greetings and Eco Stuff
2. Freelance PR Writer - Herndon VA
3. Press Release Writer – Carlsbad
4. Restaurant Reviewer - St. Louis
5. Freelance Travel Writers
6. Freelance Editorial Manager – NYC – $65K
7. Freelance Resume Writer
8. Writers for Celebrity Interest Magazine
9. FlyHub is Looking for Travel Bloggers – $10 per post
10. Real Estate Loft Blogger - $250/month Read more

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