Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Resume
Writing samples
Email address
Computer access
Step1
Check out freelancewriting.com they have listings of writing jobs, a magazine data base that hires freelance writers and freelance writing job feeds. To showcase your talent you can create a free online portfolio. Be sure to register for the morning coffee newsletter, they will send job leads to your email every Tuesday.
Step2
Here are a few free job boards that post freelance and copywriting jobs:
www.craigslist.org
www.indeed.com
www.sunoasis.com
www.about.com
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1489.asp
http://www.writersweekly.com/ (register for there weekly newsletter)
http://www.talentzoo.com
Step3
Research and register with your local temporary agencies, many of them have leads for freelance writing and copywriting jobs.
Step4
Join an online writing group for leads, ideas and support.
Comments
Kilogramm said
on 5/15/2008 great info
LODweed said
on 3/26/2008 Very good. One other great resource can be found by simply reading articles like this or checking out blogs on the subject of freelance writing. One particularly good source, which lists many different freelance opportunities, can be found at:
http://www.geoffreyweed.blogspot.com
writetruth said
on 3/19/2008 Great info~ Also try, www.genuinejobs.com. They have a variety of at home type jobs. A lot of them are for writing.
Yuwanda said
on 2/22/2008 Poewar.com is another good site for finding freelance writing gigs.
Beveronius said
on 2/17/2008 great - thanks - will try this one too