Description

SUMMARY:
We are looking for a fun and enthusiastic freelance writer that can generate 1 to 3 quality posts a day (400-1000 words each) during every business day -- 5 days a week, with US national holidays off.

The subject matter is a blend of technical, online marketing, online writing and web business issues. Much of the content you will generate can be based on daily events and news. If you are capable of generating feature pieces, we strongly encourage this.

The location is flexible.


COMPENSATION:
You will be an independent contractor and paid on a per published post basis (ranges from US$ 12 to US$ 100). The basic compensation level will based on your experience and the type of content you generate (news vs. features). Feature articles will all be negotiated on a case by case basis.

We have an incentive/bonus program that rewards you based both upon the quantity and the popularity of the content you author.

You will start out as a "Staff Writer" for the first month. If things go well, then you can write under your own name.


REQUIRMENTS:
* Be enthusiastic and have a sense of humor!
* Be creative, critical, articulate and sometimes snarky in your English mother tongue.
* Have strong research/analysis skills. Detect and filter BS. Check facts well.
* Your location is flexible. We prefer someone who is operating around GMT business hours

WRITING TOPICS:
You should be comfortable talking about one or more of these topics:

* Web publishing systems, trends, current news, product releases, etc.
* Web Content Management Systems (technical and marketing topics)
* Web content - writing it, optimizing it, sharing it, doing it better
* Blogging and micro publishing (technical and marketing topics)
* Enterprise 2.0 - wikis, collaboration, online office, etc.
* Web development, CSS, Web Standards, etc.
* AJAX and related emerging "Web 2.0" and "Enterprise 2.0" technologies
* Enterprise Content Management and Document Management Systems
* Enterprise Compliance and Records Management topics, including legislation like e-Discovery and Sarbanes Oxley


ARTICLE REQUIREMENTS:
* A headline, a 1-2 sentence teaser for the front page, and then the body of the article.
* Intelligent linking of post content to related subject matter and/or to related posts in the same blog
* Assign one primary and a few sub-categories to each post
* Tag all posts
* Articles must follow our editorial style guide


PLEASE NOTE:
If you want to be considered for this opportunity, you MUST be an individual and you MUST provide the following:

1) A self description with your location and educational background
2) What time of day and timezone you would be working in
3) 2 example articles which you think fit well on www.cmswire.com

How to apply

Email resume and article examples to job1007@cmswire.com

Posted on: 03/03