I have been noticing for a time now that a lot of your leads on this posting are for low-paying jobs (for example, 16 cents a word). Also, many of the job leads require samples. I don't think these leads are helpful and they are not for educational writing professionals. I wish you'd leave them out. It's becoming a time-waster just to click on the leads and find out the clients are not professionals. For example, EBSCO who pays $900 for a 6,000 word nonfiction article. That is better pay than working as a cashier at a grocery store, but is that what this blog is supposed to do?
Yes, I hate to complain about a free service, but anyone who comes here could easily find leads of this quality on their own in about 2 minutes browsing on Craigslist.
The quality of leads varies from day to day. Some of the contributors are just phoning it in.
I find the best leads come from personal connections in the industry. Yes, these are leads that anyone could find on public sites, but we take the time to gather them in one place for the purpose of this blog. Each day differs, some days are great for educational writing opportunities and some are not.
I'm coming a little late to the party, but these comments really bother me. In response to the first one, are you kidding me? What are you hoping to get paid? Assuming 30 per hour, you have 30 hours to write 6,000 words. That means you'd need to average 200 words an hour. If you're not writing at that rate (or better), you're in the wrong business.
To the second comment, yes, you shouldn't complain about the free service. Spend your two minutes elsewhere. I like spending my two minutes here.
I've found several great leads! Thanks ladies for doing the work for me.
Thank you. The volunteers who are posting on this site for you right now are doing a wonderful job, in my opinion. If it weren't for them, there wouldn't be any posts. I am grateful.
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I have been noticing for a time now that a lot of your leads on this posting are for low-paying jobs (for example, 16 cents a word). Also, many of the job leads require samples. I don't think these leads are helpful and they are not for educational writing professionals. I wish you'd leave them out. It's becoming a time-waster just to click on the leads and find out the clients are not professionals. For example, EBSCO who pays $900 for a 6,000 word nonfiction article. That is better pay than working as a cashier at a grocery store, but is that what this blog is supposed to do?
Yes, I hate to complain about a free service, but anyone who comes here could easily find leads of this quality on their own in about 2 minutes browsing on Craigslist.
The quality of leads varies from day to day. Some of the contributors are just phoning it in.
I find the best leads come from personal connections in the industry. Yes, these are leads that anyone could find on public sites, but we take the time to gather them in one place for the purpose of this blog. Each day differs, some days are great for educational writing opportunities and some are not.
I'm coming a little late to the party, but these comments really bother me. In response to the first one, are you kidding me? What are you hoping to get paid? Assuming 30 per hour, you have 30 hours to write 6,000 words. That means you'd need to average 200 words an hour. If you're not writing at that rate (or better), you're in the wrong business.
To the second comment, yes, you shouldn't complain about the free service. Spend your two minutes elsewhere. I like spending my two minutes here.
I've found several great leads! Thanks ladies for doing the work for me.
Thank you. The volunteers who are posting on this site for you right now are doing a wonderful job, in my opinion. If it weren't for them, there wouldn't be any posts. I am grateful.
Laura
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