I feel, from opinion and personal experience, that working
for what I call
“job-board sites” is the beginner freelance writer’s
bread-and-butter. When I found and joined
my first job-board, I felt like I was
in heaven. Compared to bidding a hundred times a day on Freelancer, which I was
doing religiously at the time, I
was in heaven, freelance writing
heaven. However, the price per project on these sites is lower than what you
can expect through other, more time-consuming prospects. But the ease of
acceptance and ability to earn an income in a few days quickly makes up for any
shortcomings in pay. Even if you have a list of reliable clients and a
diversified revenue stream, it’ll pay literal dividends to be a member of a few
job-board sites when the inevitable dry-spell comes. The key to success on
these kinds of
freelance writing sites is to understand how to work the system
and get the most out of your time.
When I say job-board, I mean a freelance writing site that
lists projects by topic or category and allows writers to pick and choose. The
project will always have a word count and price listed. Some sites, like
MyAms,
pay by a set number of words - for example, five dollars for five-hundred words
- while sites such as
TextBroker pay a certain price per word, anywhere from 1
cent and up.
