PayPal Offers Local Bank Withdrawal for PH Members | Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Posted in Finances, Earn Dollars
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This is great news for freelance writers who work with offshore clients: PayPal now offers the Local Bank Withdrawal feature for Philippine-based members. If you have a verified PayPal account, you can simply add your bank account details and start withdrawing funds from your local bank account.
Refer to this Info Page for […]
Get Paid to Blog at Creative Weblogging | Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Posted in Web Writing, Earn Dollars
If you’re good at blogging and can blog with gusto, apply as a pro blogger at Creative Weblogging. Qualified bloggers must have substantial blogging experience and must be able to make 3-5 posts per week.
Creative Weblogging writers can earn at least $84 and as much as $140 per month (paid via PayPal or Moneybookers)
Creative […]
Write for the Web via Constant Content | Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Posted in Web Writing, Get Published, Earn Dollars, Writers' Market
Constant Content is accepting original articles which can be used as text to complete website projects. Freelance, professional and technical writers can sign up for an account and submit original web content in the form of landing pages, articles, blog entries, advertisements, product descriptions, reviews and tutorials.
This is a paying market. Refer […]
Learn Basic Geek | Monday, January 28th, 2008
Posted in Resources & References, Web Writing
If you’re new to Web writing and about to go nuts over the steady stream of new words, phrases and terms, check out these online references and improve your knowledge of Basic Geek:
NetLingo - Go to this site if you wish to dig Internet terminology. The word definitions are easy to understand and contain links […]
TWIG: This Old House | Friday, January 25th, 2008
Posted in TWIG
This Weekend’s Idea Germ: This Old House
What is the one place you call home? What are your fondest/saddest memories of that place?
I grew up in a remodeled bungalow in Pandacan (Manila proper). I spent 15 years of my life in this house. I have more than a truckload of memories of it […]
Wireless Pen Based Digital Memo Pads | Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Posted in Tools of the Trade
Have you tried using DigiMemo? I haven’t, but I’m very curious about it. It’s a wireless pen based digital memo pad that can capture handwritten notes and drawings, and save them on flash disk. I didn’t think OCR (Optical Character Recognition) could be this awesome! My only brush with OCR […]
Smorty.com | Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Posted in Web Writing, Earn Dollars, Writers' Market
Oi, here’s another pay-per-post opportunity!
If you have a blog, you can earn dollars by writing your opinions on various campaigns provided by clients of Smorty.com.
To be an approved blogger:
* Your blog must be indexed by Google and Yahoo
* Your blog must be older than 3 months
* Your blog must not contain any violent, hate related […]
Freelancing Tips from Charlotte A. Cavatica | Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Posted in Tips & Techniques, This Writer's Life
Just in case you’re wondering who Charlotte A. Cavatica is: She is the loyal arachnid friend of Wilbur (the pig) in Charlotte’s Web.
The first time Wilbur met Charlotte, he witnessed how Charlotte captured a fly, wrapped it with her silk, and injected it with an anesthetic fluid. He learned that spiders sucked the blood […]
Become a TechnicalWriterPh Member | Monday, January 21st, 2008
Posted in Web Writing, Writers' Market
TechnicalWriterPh (TWPH), a pioneering organization of technical communicators based in Manila, is inviting technical writing professionals to join their roster. Some of TWPH’s projects include authoring and technical documentation of website content, training manuals, messaging and communications systems, web management procedures, etc.
I worked with TWPH on a knowledge base project about 2 years ago, and […]
The Idea Germ | Friday, January 18th, 2008
Posted in TWIG, Tips & Techniques, This Writer's Life
Jotting down ideas and thoughts is a good habit for most writers. Those ‘idea germs’ can later on develop into a feature article, a short story or a book.
Don’t let those colorful thought balloons drift away. Keep a notebook or any writing pad (paper or digital) wherever you go. Write down keywords or […]