Comments on: Quick Tips http://adventuresinfreelancing.today.com/2008/09/30/quick-tips/ making newbie mistakes for you since 2008. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:39:25 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: yolander http://adventuresinfreelancing.today.com/2008/09/30/quick-tips/#comment-223 yolander Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:40:03 +0000 http://adventuresinfreelancing.today.com/2008/09/30/quick-tips/#comment-223 Hi Dan- thanks, I'll try! Hi yanjiaren, funny, I hadn't thought of that. To address that and Dan's second post, I'll say that I hav noticed buyers on GetAFreelancer asking for native English speakers, which could at least suggest that some folks from other Countries are bidding. I don't know anything more than that though. Hey again Lenin- AC does pay pretty low but I still write for them occasionally. I get about .01 per word through them and I mostly do it for variety. Through Demand, I get almost .04 per word- but it is very formulaic and can get tedious. AC lets me break it up. Today.com averages about 1.5 per word as does Textbroker. Also, I am concerned about keeping all my eggs in one basket so....again with the AC :) Hi Dan- thanks, I’ll try!
Hi yanjiaren, funny, I hadn’t thought of that. To address that and Dan’s second post, I’ll say that I hav noticed buyers on GetAFreelancer asking for native English speakers, which could at least suggest that some folks from other Countries are bidding. I don’t know anything more than that though.

Hey again Lenin- AC does pay pretty low but I still write for them occasionally. I get about .01 per word through them and I mostly do it for variety. Through Demand, I get almost .04 per word- but it is very formulaic and can get tedious. AC lets me break it up. Today.com averages about 1.5 per word as does Textbroker. Also, I am concerned about keeping all my eggs in one basket so….again with the AC :)

]]> By: dwrite http://adventuresinfreelancing.today.com/2008/09/30/quick-tips/#comment-222 dwrite Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:20:36 +0000 http://adventuresinfreelancing.today.com/2008/09/30/quick-tips/#comment-222 HI, All: Not to be a jerk, but I have to take exception to the second post here. I really can't believe that people in the United States are losing writing jobs to people from poorer countries. I've heard people complain about that before, but to me such a notion seems rather ridiculous. In fact, I challenge someone to find me some proof -- a statistic, an anecdote, anything -- that proves that writing jobs are "being lost" to writers from poor, developing countries. Dan http://indycomics.today.com http://workfromhomecouple.com HI, All:

Not to be a jerk, but I have to take exception to the second post here. I really can’t believe that people in the United States are losing writing jobs to people from poorer countries. I’ve heard people complain about that before, but to me such a notion seems rather ridiculous. In fact, I challenge someone to find me some proof — a statistic, an anecdote, anything — that proves that writing jobs are “being lost” to writers from poor, developing countries.

Dan
http://indycomics.today.com
http://workfromhomecouple.com

]]> By: yanjiaren http://adventuresinfreelancing.today.com/2008/09/30/quick-tips/#comment-218 yanjiaren Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:41:05 +0000 http://adventuresinfreelancing.today.com/2008/09/30/quick-tips/#comment-218 Yeah the problem is that people from poorer countries get a lot of the writing jobs because one buck for them is like ten bucks for us in these so called Industrialized nations. It is a lot of money for someone in the Developing World who can live on 50 bucks a month. Yeah the problem is that people from poorer countries get a lot of the writing jobs because one buck for them is like ten bucks for us in these so called Industrialized nations. It is a lot of money for someone in the Developing World who can live on 50 bucks a month.

]]> By: dwrite http://adventuresinfreelancing.today.com/2008/09/30/quick-tips/#comment-217 dwrite Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:55:12 +0000 http://adventuresinfreelancing.today.com/2008/09/30/quick-tips/#comment-217 Hi: This is great advice, especially the advice not to write for free. I never respond to an employer who requests sample stories or posts before making a decision. The employer should definitely be able to to gauge your writing style, and whether it's a good fit for the position, by your previously published writing. Keep up the good work. Dan http://indycomics.today.com Hi:

This is great advice, especially the advice not to write for free. I never respond to an employer who requests sample stories or posts before making a decision. The employer should definitely be able to to gauge your writing style, and whether it’s a good fit for the position, by your previously published writing.

Keep up the good work.

Dan
http://indycomics.today.com

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