subject: Places Where Content Writers Can Find Work Online [print this page] Content writers looking for work should be aware of the resources available to them online.
1) Elance: Elance is a place where freelancers and those wishing to employ them come together. Although Elance is a place for freelancers in all industries (photography, outsource office work, etc), it is a gold mine for prospective writers. Elance is not for the faint of heart; it can take a few days just to build your online profile. Once you have a good profile, however, you can bid on writing jobs. Content writers can find all sorts of work on Elance from SEO to writing memoirs. You must be patient and build up a good reputation (evidenced by feedback left by your clients) in order to be more successful in bidding on jobs. The service providers must also build a good reputation in order to get top talent bidding for their work. Employers that withhold funds, post jobs but do not hire, etc are easy to spot with Elances rating and comment systems. Elance has an escrow system you can use to ensure payment for your work.
2) Personals: Personal ads are not just for those seeking love. They are also for those seeking work. Newspapers, magazines and sites such as Kijiji (known as Ebay Classifieds in the States) are cost effective sometimes free ways to let prospective employers know you are looking for work. Likewise, many of these sites post jobs for content writers.
3) Vistaprint: Vistaprint creates marketing material at very affordable prices. Their business cards and other promotional materials are very high quality. Content writers looking to promote themselves can use Vistaprint to create affordable business cards, flyers, brochures and even websites. A unique feature of Vistaprint is their templates that work for several different marketing items. Your business cards can match your pens which match your custom-made T-shirt, which matches your website all created in minutes using their easy template systems. Having business cards and other quality promotional materials shows prospective clients that you are serious and professional about writing.
4) Online guidelines: Sometimes the best way for content writers to break into magazine writing or print publications is to submit an article and hope it gets selected for publication. You boost your chances of being the selected competitor exponentially if you read and follow the publications guidelines. These guidelines are usually posted on their website. Following their guidelines and being respectful and not submitting when the website says they are not looking for unsolicited articles at the moment, increase your chances of success. Even if what you wrote does not immediately get published, showing you can follow direction and abide by that publications standards can lead to a request for work at a later date.
Content writers have a wonderful job in that they get to be creative and do what they love. However, finding writing work can be a challenge. Using the available resources listed above will greatly increase your chances of finding quality content writing work.
by: Nick P.
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