How to Find Paying Freelance Writing Jobs

Find Paying Freelance Writing Jobs

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The internet is an oasis for freelance writers to find work. If you are a writer looking for your next assignment, here are a few leads to help you on your quest.

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Instructions

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

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on 5/15/2008 great info

LODweed said

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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