I signed up for a free Newsletter for work at home businesses. They send you emails a few times a day. I have answered several of these job posts - and they all seem strange. So, if your looking for legitimate work at home work, don't waste your time with this company.
One example:
Yesterday, I got approved as a writer. You have to show proof that you have submitted articles to ezine and have been approved. They said they would hire me, I could start work this weekend. The pay for each 500 word article is $1.50. All articles are new, original articles. No copying from other sources. No scraping. After you submit your article, the copy is no longer yours. You don't get name credit. It belongs to the company. The company does not even give you their name. The person who contaced me was a "recruiter" for writers.
I have checked out other jobs for writers, they pay $15.00 - $25.00 per article, I know someone who works for the company that creates EHOW articles, that is what he gets paid. But, they require a degree in Journalism to apply for a job.
This company that I applied to is probably trying to buy cheap articles, then turn around and sell them and make a lot of money while ripping people off!!!
Perhaps I am stupid? But, I don't believe anyone can write an "original" 500 word article in under 30 minutes. That would make your hourly wage $3.00. It takes me about an hour to write one article, more if I have to do tons of research. Wow! Minimum was is $8... Something right. But, if your an "independant contractor" employers can rip you off!
(next is the email i received from this woman!)
This is the copy of the name and email that I received from the "writing recruiter"
From: Susan Ahonen
Subject: Re: Writers, Proofreaders, Project Manager Assistants job #3002
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2:05 PM
We are seeking long term article writers/bloggers. This is a steady contract position and you can expect to receive between 30-90 articles to write per week. These positions can result in years of steady work provided that the quality of your work is consistent.
Our rates vary depending on the quality of your work with rates as low as $1/500 words. But there is opportunity to earn more as we occasionally have projects that pay up to $15 per article. The rate will be determined after you have provided several samples of your work prior. Once the rate is determined and is accepted by you the it is not subject to re-negotiation.
Guidelines
Our clients are mainly looking for SEO articles and product reviews. This will comprise 90% of the material that you write. The other 10% will be comprised of press releases, reports and eBooks. Most articles will be 400-600 words in length
The minimum number of articles you must be able to do per 24 hours is 5 500 word articles. You must also be available to write at least 5 days per week.
The articles should be well researched and interesting to read. Articles must be well written and free of any grammar and spelling errors.
The topic of the articles will vary however they will be on topics related to various niches such as weight loss, Internet marketing, business, health and fitness, home and garden, etc.
All work must be 100% original and pass Copyscape and Plagiarism Detect. We will own all copyrights to all work upon payment. Articles are not to be reused in any way for any reason (including resell, reuse, re-write or give away). Scraped content will not be accepted.
Any articles that are not submitted on time or do not meet the guidelines will not be paid for. Detailed instructions will be given for every project along with a folder of basic writing tips so as long as you follow the rules there should be no problem.in fact, it is rare that articles are rejected when writers follow the guidelines.
You must complete at minimum 10 articles in order to receive an initial payment. If you let us know that you are quitting working with us regardless of the circumstances or disappear from the job before 10 articles have been completed a fee of $10 will be deducted from any payment that you are owed. This fee is charged in order to recover the loss of paying for the services of the recruiter that located you to work for us.
Payments
Payment will be delivered weekly on Fridays via Paypal for the articles completed during that week.
This is an independent contractor position. You will invoice us for the services that you perform for us.
If you are still interested please complete the questionnaire below:
Writer interview questionnaire:
How many articles can you do per day maximum?
How many articles can you do per week?
How many days per week are you available to write articles?
How long will be you be able to commit to this project?
Would you be able to continue writing articles for us for up to one year or more?
How do you go about performing the research for a new article? Give me some details of the step by step process that you take.
Are you available regularly via email and/or chat for meetings to discuss project details? How often?
Have you submitted or had any of your articles submitted to EzineArticles before? If so can you provide the link to the author account/articles?
Do you have any article samples that you wish to provide? Please provide 3 samples.
When can you start?
What City, State or Country do you live in?
What recruiting resource did you find the ad?
I will look forward to your response.
Regards,
Susan A.
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