Calling All Writers: Get Writing Jobs Emailed to You
Where Are the Writing Jobs?
When I first started freelance writing, I had no idea how easy it was to get writing jobs emailed directly to me. I spent so much time looking for writing jobs and I wasn’t getting paid for those hours and hours.
Little did I know, there was a much easier way.
Finding clients should be a regular part of your routine but it really doesn’t have to consume all of your free time.
It’s all about finding ways to work smarter not harder so you can save your time for writing quality content for clients.
Now, I spend about an hour a couple times per week with my breakfast and cup of coffee and I sift through the job listings in my email inbox.
If you know how to use rules in your inbox, you can even send these to their own folder when they arrive so they are easier to find when you are ready to check them.
So I thought I’d send out this short and sweet list in case any of you are where I was back then.
Sites That Email Writing Jobs to Your Inbox
- The daily and weekend freelance writing job listings and all the fantastic categorized writing markets for freelancers are over at www.paidwrite.com by Kristy Rice. Her lists are categorized not just by niche topic but in some cases by skill level. Beginners will love her list of 91 Markets for New Freelance Writers. She also offers emailed job listings.
2. Morning Coffee Newsletter from freelancewriting.com (subscribe for free weekly email on Tuesdays) or check anytime at Freelance Writing.
3. FWJ (Freelance writing jobs) daily email and job board. Includes online writing jobs, internships, and part-time on site jobs. Use filters to see only freelance, only internships, etc. Great archive section that includes writing prompts, writing contests, tools and tips for freelancers.
4. The twice weekly email listings of writing markets for freelancers from Jacob Jans at Freedom with Writing. Great listings for all types of writers with links to submission guidelines and categorized by genre or by pay range, etc.
5. The massive listings for content writing jobs, magazine writing jobs, and blogs accepting guest posts (paid and unpaid) by Bamidele Onibalusi at Writers in Charge are definitely worth checking out. Just one of his lists could provide you with clients to pitch for a week or more.
Now as you go through these writing jobs, you’ll find a lot that you’re interested in or that might be a good fit. But if you’re anything like me, trying to pitch each job as you find it will take hours and just may send you down the Internet rabbit hole. So I’ve got another work smarter not harder tip for you below.
Here’s How I Make Finding Writing Jobs Easier
Create folders on the bookmarks list of your browser.
Label the first one, “jobs to pitch” and the second one “pitch follow ups”.
As you go through job listings, don’t take time to pitch right then, simply save that job in the folder marked jobs to pitch. You don’t even have to decide for sure you want to pitch a job but if it’s interesting and might be a good fit, save it to the jobs to pitch folder.
If you don’t have it together already, create something that holds your writing clips, hopefully a website. If you don’t have a website yet, use a portfolio app or even a google docs folder with PDFs of your writing or clips that you can share with potential clients.
Once a week or every couple of days, go through and pitch the jobs in folder number one. This is the time to decide for sure if you want to pitch a job and write your pitch.
Once you send a pitch off, resave the bookmark for that gig in the pitch follow ups folder. Then make sure you follow up regularly.
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Now get out there and go get those paid writing jobs!
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