Have You Tried Forums??
August 18th 2010 16:23
It's kind of funny that probably 85% of the writers I know will work exclusively doing one type of work for one type of site until that site goes under or they simply get sick of working there. Associated Content is the easiest example. People will write there for a while, be happy, then all of a sudden be plagued by something about that site that leads them to abandon it. It could be something like not getting their $10 page view bonus on time or fighting in the general forums over there.
Now that I think about that, it's not funny at all. It's sad.
Anyway, I'm here to share with you some of my favorite forums where you can find a few different resources. There's writing job forums that offer leads in print and online and there's forums to improve your skills. Both of these are very important as long as you use them fruitfully. It's tempting to become part of the "community" but over time it can become counterproductive as you can actually get hurt and even become depressed over your interactions on those boards.
My advice is to offer tips, advice and critiques if you feel like it but stay out of personal drama (every forum has it).
Here's my list of places to look for viable work:
Accentuate Forum
Digital Point
Warrior Forums
Writers Weekly
WAHM
Absolute Write
Another one you should check out if Facebook4Freelancers I think it's called? You must be logged in to find it and I'm too lazy to do that right now.
Will these forums provide you with a never ending supply of work? I don't know. I've found many private clients from forums and worked with them for 1-3 years so there's a good chance you'll find someone or some company and hit pay dirt.
If you're following my city article strategy, the PVs are going terribly and I still have 12 articles waiting to be reviewed. It's been more than 2 weeks and I'm getting frustrated so I'm taking a break until school starts for the kids on the 30th. Until then, I'm whipping out web templates and filling them with nonsense that I'll eventually get domains for but that's another story
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