Comments on: Freelance Writing Jobs for Monday, January 12, 2009

By: writing in a rut | Strictly Anything

writing in a rut | Strictly Anything — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:45:33 +0000

[...] Check some out here : Freelance Jobs [...]

By: Kristy

Kristy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:04:44 +0000

No worries, Jodee! Thanks for getting back to me!

By: Kenna

Kenna — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:27:28 +0000

Great list Jodee. I’ve been busy writing and took a break from the day to see your site. Have a great week!!

By: Michelle Kafka

Michelle Kafka — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:23:48 +0000

Thanks for the opps. Jodee.

By: mel

mel — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:09:28 +0000

I have got stop reading things too quickly… If anyone else wants to know, burbia media is looking for articles about living in the ‘burbs. They do not want on-going columns.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:00:14 +0000

A word to the wise on the “Mountain Bike Writers” ad–that site isn’t really too keen on paying. I contacted them back in the fall and was told that they don’t usually pay for articles. I told them I wasn’t comfortable and offered some rates and never heard back, except for an occasional random email for a “writing contest” to win bike gear. When I can pay bills in mountain bike pedals, maybe I’ll reconsider.

What really irritated me about this site was that it appears to be run by a marketing company advertising a bike retailing service. So basically they’re looking for writers to contribute to their forum for free and provide some legitimacy for an otherwise transparent piece of advertising so that they can sell bikes and the writer can make NO money.

By: mel

mel — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:57:38 +0000

Jodee mucho thanks for the great stuff and all the hard work!

Did anyone else look at the Barbie Media link? They ask for an email address and password to view content.

By: Anne G.

Anne G. — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:39:06 +0000

@S – The email address turned me off a bit – his name with BS after it. Then the fact that I’ve seen a very similar ad posted repeatedly for the past few months and it asks you to sign up for some auction site that never leads to a job.

I did apply just to see if it is the same scammer and I got an email back saying that the Gmail account had been closed.

By: Jodee

Jodee — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:59:28 +0000

@ Kristy: oops…I missed the part about dates. Saw the location and compensation and started thinking about how I wish I were there right now…..found that one toward the end of my online travels and I guess I wasn’t as sharp as usual. Sorry about that.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:52:48 +0000

Great list Jodee! One question, though. The Ottawa job for US Magazine needed a freelancer on Friday to work through today. Do you have other information indicating that they are still in need of a writer? Thanks!