The Ultimate Get-a-Clue Freelance Request for the Week of November 16, 2009
Project Description: Flexible Biz Dev Letter Writer Position Available (Telecomute)
Specific Project Request: We have an opportunity available for someone to write business development letters to executives in other industries for our search engine optimization company. Pay is $2 per letter and we think the letters will average 7 miinutes to write, but this is subject to change based on how long the letters actually take and their effectiveness. If you're interested please send a custom letter about yourself, your interests and why you think you would be good for this job. Please specifically include whether you know any specific industries (e.g. finance, law, whatever) and whether you have a writing specialty such as short story-telling, comedy writing, etc. Thanks!
There's nothing I hate more than a job posting that tells you how many minutes (or miinutes) it should take you to craft specific items. Seriously, what writer with expertise in finance, law or other area of specialization that requires advanced schooling is going to jump at the chance to write letters for $2 a pop? Even if it does take him or her 7 minutes to write said letters, that averages out to $17/hour with no benefits. And that's not to mention the HUGE assumption that you could sustain that level of cranking out. Yeah right. Screw you!
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posted by Irreverent Freelancer @ 8:35 AM
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9 Comments:
Two bucks! Now, I can get that health insurance. Here is one I saw--wonder why it's so urgent...
am looking for writers urgently. I will pay 2$ per 500 word article with the turn around being 10 articles in the next couple of hours. Serious bidders please do so asap.
Why don't they just say: Wanted, writer to reverse gravity, hurry.
And do they ever get responses from people who are serious about making $2? Oh, of course they do, which is why many writers are just as guilty as the job posters.
My verification code for this post was "bultrapp." Hmm, sounds a lot like bullcrap. How appropriate!
Wow. Thank God we're inches from government healthcare....
That's just. Wow. How stupid these people are. And yes, I mean writers who take these jobs, too.
Kathy,
I was going to tell you to apply, tell them that you’re specialty is comedy writing and that they’re job ad alone inspires a lot of comedy. But, you may be too busy laughing at the $2 a letter part that you’d get nothing done.
Seriously, what does comedy writing and short story-telling have to do with business development letters for executives? Am I missing something?
Query: Why would someone who knows anything at all about business and finance be stupid enough to take this job?
Just sayin' . . .
But someone DOES take these--and some in our profession say well, everyone has different needs, and they perpetuate this by passing along the ads to bring traffic to their sites. I am so sick of this--but I am not giving up commenting. The latest rationalization is that literary mags always paid little and THEY didn't depress fees...well today's situation bears no resemblance to that. I know writers taking this stuff is depressing fees--I have been told this, directly, this is not a rumor being spread to hurt the slace labor market.
I meant "slave." I need a nap.
Looks like you're not the only one Star. I can't spell worth a darn today either. "they're" for "their". I've been sick all weekend and thought was I feeling better today. Guess not.
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