Tuesday, December 28, 2010

What are some good ways to get started as a freelance writer

What are some good ways to get started as a freelance writer?
I have been interested in a while, and just want to do it for my own satisfaction (it will not be my sole or even a major source of income). I have only a few small publishing credits (poetry) and would like to get involved more in nonfiction/aricle writing. Can anyone recommend some good sites or other sources that list jobs/submission guidelines that are reputable and good for beginners? Again, I'm not in this for the money, to get a ton published or to be a famous big time writer...just looking to expand my writing hobby (and the training I've gotten through my writing minor) as it is something I enjoy and am fairly decent at. I will take your scenario into consideration, as our educaitonal system is in the same boat.
Books & Authors - 3 Answers
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Run, run like hell. Trust me on this. I am freelancing with seven years of experience under my belt and there is just nothing worth pursuing anymore. People don't care to pay writers what they rightfully deserve and amateurs with no clue what they're doing are all too willing to accept Wal-Mart greeter wages for their efforts. Believe me, it's an insult to those who have spent years honing their craft. If you are set on it though, browse Craigslist for small projects. I emphasize small because your lack of experience may be a detriment. Just please, please, PLEASE do not be one of those writers who will accept $5-10 for an article. At minimum you should be asking at least $50 an article and even that is low. I have been told Associated Content is decent but I am not completely sold. It's not easy out there for writers with clout and a decent portfolio these days. We're being overrun by hacks who have no business writing. And yes, I am a bit miffed and a bit bitter but for damn good reason.
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There are many different options for someone trying to break into the writing business. These websites could help. Oboulo.com is a publicly authored, publicly accessible database covering a wide array of topics. Each time you publish a paper, article, presentation etc. on the website, you will receive $15.00 in royalties. Create an account and enter ambassador # 9590ba to earn $15 per published article. After connecting to the site, you will be asked to enter an ambassador number. By entering ambassador# 9590ba you'll receive $15 per document published. This is a good place to start to get your name out there and some published articles under your belt. Next, go to the Associated Content website and sign up as a writer. Submit as many articles as you can. The payment varies, but they are generous. Good luck!
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hi The best site I have found for guidance on getting involved with freelance writing is: www.thewritingmercenary.com There are 100s of ways to make money from writing, and 100s of different approaches getting where you want to be. This site covers a lot of them. As a freelancer myself, I agree with the first answer in that writers don't get paid a whole lot.... but if a product is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, then it seems odd for the producer to decide on the market value. The trouble is that there are more writers than gigs, so the mean price drops. c'est la vie.... Go for it. If writing is your passion then be passionate about it..... all the bes

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Friday, December 24, 2010

how can i start selling scrap metal

how can i start selling scrap metal?
how can i start selling scrap metal, or junk that people would want to buy. i know of a guy that is in this business and does pretty well for himself. this is his job-freelance. but i dont know him well enough to talk to him about it, so if anyone knows exactly or is in this business or just simply is an expert please give me the complete steps and how to do it successfully as a part time on the side job to make extra money.
Small Business - 1 Answers
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if u have a vehicle you can drive around ur neighborhood look at peoples garbage, or look for job sites that have container on them most contractors will allow you to go through the debris and take the metal. once you have some metal look in the yellow pages for scrap metal yards in the area. go to the yards u get weighed w/ the material and get paid right their. same w/ junk look around for junk and you could sell it on ebay, craigslist or in the classified ads of newspapers. if you have room to store all of the things u find have a garage sale. the other thing about metal is when u get to the scrap yards u might want to separate the material some metals such as copper and aluminum are worth different prices than steel metal or Lead. also electrical wires are worth money, lawn mowers, bicycles,fencing,refrigerators,air conditioners, dish washers,dryers, ovens etc etc all are valuable. also check the pricing at different scrap yards some pay more than others for certain materials

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Monday, December 20, 2010

I need a new job. Anyone hiring a web or graphic designer

I need a new job. Anyone hiring a web or graphic designer?
I am a professional Grahic and Web Designer. I mostly freelance from home, but business has been very slow. If anyone is hiring in th okc area, or needs a website; please visit my website at www.webbasedsolutionz.net and shoot me an email. I'd love to hear from you.
Drawing & Illustration - 1 Answers
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hi, My my blog will help you to find more clients. http://www.freelancer-online.com/ Good luck

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Freelance writing for high schoolers

Freelance writing for high schoolers?
I am a soon-to-be Sophmore in high school, and I'm one of the many teenagers searching for a summer job. I have a hard time getting rides to places because of my parents' full time jobs, so I know that whatever I do it will have to be very close to home. I love to write, so what better to suit my circumstance than an online freelance writing job? The only problem with that is, I don't know where to look. I've tried Craigslist and all of the people advertising there need people with experience and college degrees. I am an established writer, especially for my age, and I want to be able to use that to my advantage. Any ideas?
Other - Arts & Humanities - 1 Answers
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IMHO the best way to earn money with your fiction is to write a boring, safe, generic novel (i.e. romance, murder mystery, true life experiences, biography, attack the catholic church, etc.) or to write short stories. Trying to write the next breakout novel is fine but novels usually take several months and often you'll find that no one is interested. Novel publishers are interested in what they know and what they know will sell and make them money so they often won't venture in to unknown territory. Poetry? Don't even think about it. It's hard to get it published and when you do manage to get it published you often get very little if anything at all. If you want to be a poet then do it because you love it. There's not really any other reason. Scriptwriting? Try it if you want... it'll certainly give you a new perspective on dialogue... but the world of scriptwriting is mired in money, connections and small time politics. Unlike other types of writing, with sciptwriting; your finished MS is NOT the finished product and that can restrict your creativity. So I'd recommend short stories. Write 5 or 6 and send them off to an agent who works with short fiction. Expect rejections - YOU WILL BE REJECTED at least several times! That's normal! If it goes well; try making a book of them. Even James Joyce used a book of short stories (Dubliners) to get his foot in the door! You won't be earning megabucks like you hear established novelists getting... but 99% of novelists don't get that either. 99% of novelists probably give up because they can't get published. By writing short stories you are more likely to earn a small sum of money. Try it... if you fail then at least you only wasted a few hours

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Freelance Writing Opportunities

Freelance Writing Opportunities?
Hey all, I am a sixteen year old and I wanted to know if there was a chance I could get any freelance writing jobs. I'm pointing out that I'm sixteen because I can't move anywhere, take on a full time job, I don't have any sort of degree (obviously), et cetera. So, my question is: Does anyone know of a good site informing people of opportunities for people in my position? Creative writing is best. Also: What about magazines or something that 'sponsor' freelance fiction? Is that an option? Right now I'm not interested in money (Well, not *really*), but rather getting some experience. Note: I tried a search but my search - fu is lacking. Thanks Mara; those are some great sites! Chris; thank you for the answer although I had already found that site. :/ It's more for adults looking for work.
Drawing & Illustration - 4 Answers
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You could try http://freelancewritinggigs.com There's a slew of other employment opportunity there too.
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1. http://liminaljournal.com/ Liminal Journal does "poetry, fiction, nonfiction, book and music reviews, photography, artwork and short film," according to the website homepage. I recently submitted a poem to be in the first edition, and it got in. It's both online and print. 2. http://www.fictionpress.com/ FictionPress is, um, a place to put your fiction. 3. http://www.polyphonyonline.org/ Polyphony is for literature and art. It's very cool.
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Try The Frugal Freelancer blog - http://frugalfreelancer-freelanceliving.blogspot.com/ - scroll down to the bottom of the page and take a look at the niche sites. Also, sites like Suite101, allow writers to choose their topics. Also, try to query magazines that target children and teens. The only problem you may have is getting paid, but maybe one of your parents can help out with that part. Many online writing outlets do not send checks, they pay through Paypal. Good luck.
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you will need to sign up for freelancing websites such as scriptlance etc and build a good profile and a good portfolio page start submitting proposals continue submitting proposals upto the win and win some jobs to win a job as a fresher is difficult but you can try more and more and finaly find some one who willing to give their work to freshers

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Are there any interesting things that I can do with programming

Are there any interesting things that I can do with programming?
I've looked at the freelance jobs out there but they do not appear to be interesting. I've had experience building several programs, automated data collection, games, artificial intelligence, cryptography, and some experience analyzing malware. Overall, I'm very dissatisfied with the industry... Is there anything interesting or creative that I can do? I'm think the games industry appears to be nice, but... I don't know.
Programming & Design - 5 Answers
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You could build some kind of security software with knowledge about security, cryptography. Besides that you also have some knowledge about AI and Games, which means you can also make games which are AI based... Its not dull industry as it looks. Work for something which is open source, get yourself site like Sourceforge or Codeplex and it will help you build your software as lot of opensource developers exists there and if you make something great, chances are you will land up as a good freelancer too :) All the best.
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Maybe you invent a better algorithm for some intractable problem, or for lossless compression or something. You could get your name on it. When I was in school I used to think, golly, wouldn't it be cool if there was a way to make an iterative function for any given file that would spit out that file as output as you solved the function over and over beginning with some trivial seed? Yeah that's about the kind of stupid idea I'm likely to come up with. Probably explains a lot.
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you can program software like repair it and see what went wrong :)
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yes. you can. can u tell me how to multiply 2 10000 digit number?? if you have any ideas, get back to me @ poramboku.me@gmail.com
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Depends on what you call interesting. I've written software that flies airplanes; I've worked on a team that wrote software to automate an oil refinery; I've developed websites; I've worked on teams that developed sales force automation software; and much more. You could develop software that could put man on Mars; develop the next generation of robots that could disappear into the human race and be indistinguishable from actual people; you could create the next marketing bonanza such as pixel ads did a few years ago; you could develop software to replace Facebook with something that worked so much better, faster, and less invading of privacy; you could develop software to that correctly models the climate.... there are hundreds of thousands of possibilities. But the real question is what do you LIKE to do? And how can you use technology to achieve your hopes and dreams? It seems that you're approaching the whole thing from the wrong perspective. If you start with a hammer and ask, what can I do with this hammer, then the answers you get aren't going to be meaningful or interesting. But if you start with a dilemma that is near and dear to your own heart, and ask how to you solve this dilemma? Then you're likely to get answers that will intrigue you and interest you. And you may discover that the solution may be software or it may be something else all together. The choice is yours

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

wht is Freelance jobs

wht is Freelance jobs?
how can i get good at this? were can i learn more about this? is this type of jobs available for everyone? what can i do to become good at this and get the most of it? Is their money involed in learning how to be one? how long will it take before i become successful? Do i need experience to be good at it?Is their a need for paper work to get a job for a free lancer?were can i find a free lancer to guide me with all my questions and to tutor and mentor me??
Technology - 2 Answers
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A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and isn't committed to an employer for too long. So it not an area of specialty, it can be in any subject. Almost anybody can be a freelancer in their own area of work.
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freelancing can be anything as long as your self employed. I am a freelancer with affiliate marketing and what i do is promote Global Domains International. It takes some time to figure out what you want to do as a freelancer , but once you do and start doing research on what you want to do then you have the potential to become rich. note that i said potential though, freelancing takes dedication and willpower. you have to create your job from the ground up in most cases. if your any interested in the program im in you can visit my website at getcashnow39.ws most people think affiliate marketing is a pyramid scheme but they are the same people tho were too lazy to actually put fourth effort in the program and just ended up losing their money. In actuallity it is spider-web-marketing and Multi-level-marketing put together to promote a business and provide you an excellent opportunity for extra income

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

I want to work from home. Can anyone suggest good freelancing jobs

I want to work from home. Can anyone suggest good freelancing jobs?

Technology - 4 Answers
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ebay!!! got to wholesale wherehouse and buy stuff for cheap an sell it on ebay for more haha
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There are a lot of Options chum web designing, Online stock trading, web auctioning web counselling... cheers
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Be careful because most of these jobs are scams. They actually ask YOU to pay them some bogus fee in some cases.
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Translation and transcription. But you need to find a legitimate company, so be careful. There is no such thing as easy money, don't be fooled

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