What’s on the iPod: The Road to Home by Amy MacDonald (including Caledonia)
I don’t need a calendar to tell me September is almost here. The clients are starting to call, email, and send projects. It’s going to be a busy fall, and I’m happy for it.
I was looking for something else when the Craig’s List URL was auto-filled into my browser. What the heck — let’s look, I thought. The result: this week’s This Job, Not That Job contender.
Receive 6 letters in the mail, Make $100
Is your home or office address located near the center of Philadelphia?
Make $100 by receiving 6 letters in the mail.
Basically you receive 6 letters in the mail and then you get paid by just telling (or texting) me the information on them by phone.
Thank you for your time!
Freelance Writers to Write Listicles
Freelance writers needed to create “listicles” about cities in Buzzfeed style.
We’re looking for writers who:
-can write at least four articles a week
-can write about places they have never been from an insider/local perspective
-have experience sourcing Creative Commons images
-have been working as freelancers for at least one year
-have experience writing listicles and similar online content
Listicles. Love it. Makes the charticle I'm working on sound in-depth. (Although isn't a listicle basically an outline with pictures?)
Basically my limit is I need to get as much out of an assignment as the client does. That can be money, it can be getting into a big new market by writing a listicle. In the early days it meant I'd get a byline along with a little money. Sometimes it's simply that I really, really, really want to cover a subject.
A couple weeks ago I replied to an ad seeking a specialized type of writing. Yesterday I got an email from the contact at that company about how he was in a dilemma – there were several great candidates, but he couldn't afford to pay everyone for a sample, but he asked, "If you were in my position, what would you do?"
I replied: If I were you, I'd flip a coin to choose the writer and offer a 20% kill fee in case that writer doesn't work out. Better one person risk 20% than several writers risk wasting time writing something they might never be paid for.
And then I hit send.
Paula, I love it. That would give me the impression that you're not into solving his business dilemmas, but that you have business savvy. I love that you added "flip a coin" — keeps it light.
Listicles just sound wrong, don't they? And like you, I have to get something out of the job, too. I don't think I'll be doing many listicles. 😉
Great response, Paula… do let us know how/if he responds.
Lori, I have a BS detector after all these years that I honor.
Good for you, Anne! I'm a huge fan of the BS detector. 🙂
Boy, that first one has scam written all over it. Danger, Will Robinson!
P.S. I'm working on what the editor is calling a charticle. Oy.
I've done a bunch of charticles in the last year or two, Gabriella. I think of them as glorified lists.
Actually, I have one on the back burner right now.
I can't even repeat what Listicle and charticle sound like to me.
I'd like to put this one on the back burner, too, Paula! And Lori, your response made me laugh out loud.