Category Archives: Freelance Writing Jobs

Last week I reached out to Demand Media Studios (DMS) writers who are upset about the announcement that there will be fewer writing gigs available from the company. Some of these writers are panicked because they aren’t sure where to go from here. As promised, we’re running a five-post series this week for those writers (and any freelance writers looking for a fresh start). To kick things off let’s talk about different freelance writing paths you might choose. More importantly, I want to share three types of freelance writing you can move into today — as in right now. Sometimes we get caught …

As some of you might know, Demand Media recently emailed their DMS writers about pending changes. Here’s what it comes down to. This business model was hit hard by Google recently — a big source of both traffic and income for content mills, farms, networks, or whatever we’re calling them this month. Demand realized they have to change things. For example, you can’t have repeat shallow content if you want to succeed in the search engine game anymore. Or at least you can’t when your company is public, eyes are on you, and Google’s playing Big Brother (which, for once, …

You may know that we offer writer profiles in our freelance writing marketplace. But as of today we’re finally accepting job ads from clients. To kick off the launch of the job board, we’re offering a limited time discount to job posters (not on writer profiles, as there was already a launch promotion for those). Normally it will cost $14.95 for a standard job ad or $24.95 for a featured job ad, for a 30 day placement. Using the below coupon code will cut $10 off your bill between now and August 1st. That means new users can get a …