This month, we’re talking about about editing here at Bizzia’s Freelance category. If you’re already great at this task, though, you might not need new tips on how to be a better self-editor. Instead, maybe it’s time to start charging for your services. Maybe writers switch their focus from writing to editing after a few years. Finding jobs is a topic for another day – today let’s talk about how much you should charge for your services.
I’m probably opening a can of worms here. Whenever any blogger mentions writer pay, people come out of the woodwork to fight about it. …read more

I’ve written before about how important it is to meet with people in real life, not just online. You can find a lot of local jobs if you know where to look. I call it “real life social networking.” We usually just think of social networking as something done online at sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, but when you put yourself out there to meet potential clients, it’s like creating a profile of yourself. You have so many words or minutes to introduce yourself to others, promoting yourself as a writer or promoting your website.
Personally, I think you should treat …read more

Although I primarily focus on writing here at Bizzia’s freelancing category, there are tons of other freelancing jobs as well. Heck, freelance photographers have been around almost since the camera existed. One fairly new field for freelancers, however, is social networking. Now, most online writers are social networkers as well to some extent, but some freelancers are now exclusively becoming professional social networkers.
How does This Job Work?

When you’re hired to be a professional social networker, you work to promote work using sites like MySpace, StumbleUpon, and more. There are three main ways this job can work:

You’re hired to promote a …read more

Most of us think we are underpaid for what we do. Indeed, many of us look at what we have to deal with, and sigh that it may not be worth it. I am lucky, in that I think that I am, for the most part, fairly compensated. I make living as a freelance writer working from home. It’s hard to complain about a job that provides me the essentials of life (and some wants) from the comfort of my home and (for the most part) on my own schedule.
But there are some people out there who are truly underpaid. …read more

August has been a month about fiction writing. Before the month is over in a few minutes, I wanted to leave you with one final note about fiction. It’s more of a warning.
As a freelance writer, don’t fictionalize your own life to get jobs.
We’re all guilty of this to a small extent, though “fictionalization” may be a very strong word for what the normal writer does. Basically, we show off our best assets when we want a job. For example, if I’m potentially being hired to write a bunch of articles about freelancing, I’ll promote the work I do …read more

These days, Craigslist is fill with more crap than good. Sure, the site might work well for selling those old baseball cards or finding a new apartment, but the jobs usually leave something to be desired, especially for freelancers. Yes, there are tons of telecommute jobs listed every day…but half of the people who list writing and other online jobs aren’t willing to pay, and the other half are largely made up of people who never reply, don’t know what they want, are extremely picky about every detail, or forward your email to some kind of spammy email list where …read more

As the unemployment rate continues to creep upward, many communities have become more and more desperate for job openings. Maiden, North Carolina, located in Catawba county, agreed today to raise its previous offer of incentives for Apple to open its East Coast data center near city limits, bringing much-needed jobs to a community with a 15 percent unemployment rate. 
 
Apple could save $46 million when compared to the state’s previous offer, as North Carolina rewrote its tax calculations to give Apple’s $1 billion data center such a break. Catawba County and the city of Maiden could also pay Apple about $21 …read more

Normally, I don’t post job ads here…there just aren’t enough hours in the day and other people do it better. That said, I did want to share with you a call for applicants that will be worth your while, should you be qualified. The job is writing right here, for Bizzia.com!
No, they aren’t looking for another person to cover freelancing…I’m not going anywhere! What they need is a blogger for their Corporate Finance category starting July 1. If you’re interested, you can email my manager, Kori, directly at kori.ellis@b5media.com with resume and/or samples. Make sure to mention that you’re a …read more

Stanley Bing wrote a delightful, tongue-in-cheek column yesterday for Fortune. It included 13 jobs for retirees . While some of us hope that our retirement accounts will support us without the need for a job during our sunset years, others worry that retirement without something to do will be…boring. Besides, what happens if you retire just before the stock market crashes ? Bing offers these intriguing options for retirees who aren’t quite ready to call it quits:

Treasure hunter
“Before” picture model
Miniature golf caddy
Plant person
Artisan cheese taster
iPhone app writer
Greeter
Airport chauffeur
Mall cop
Grass monitor
Early bird specialist
CEO of a bailed out, TARP or Chapter 11 …read more

Six-figure professions that may surprise you.