All the freelance writing gigs you want... Plus 4 secrets
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Good luck,
- Rick Duris
PS: One last thing. Most writers never follow up on a post. Too much work, lack of confidence, fear of rejection gets in the way. So just because there maybe an initial feeding frenzy, don't let that stop you from following up.
Just don't sell your soul for the job.
Look at it this way. In Laguna Beach, we have a day labor camp where you can pick-up immigrant labor for the hour or day. These guys hang out all day waiting for jobs to come in.
You can also find them in front of Uhaul and Home Depot.
But guess what? They have an informal union. No matter what the task, the minimum they will accept is $10/hour.
Seems they'll get the sh*t kicked out of them if others in camp find out they negotiated less.
So if they won't sell their souls, you don't have to sell yours. It's all about timing and positioning.
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2nd secret: What I've discovered in different markets is that USUALLY the first few to follow up will have better luck at scoring a project. Shows ambition. Plus the poster gets swamped with 50+ respondents in first couple of hours.
It's the nature of CraigsList. (Nice thing about CraigsList is you don't have to deal with inane rules of these other sites.)
So following up on yesterday's opportunities, unless you're a persistent SOB, will probably yield nothing.
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3rd secret: Whatever you do, differentiate yourself. You gotta stand out from 50+ other folks. Something as simple as adding a headshot could do it, but I'm sure you can be more creative. (Video?)
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4th secret:
You're better off responding to ads towards the end of the week. There will be less competition. Why?
I don't quite understand it, but the best time to get responses to work related ads is if the poster posts on Saturday afternoon. Seems people like to respond on Sundays. Probably has to do with the Sunday Job Guide mentality.
The good news is you stand a better chance on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
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