Description

SUMMARY:
We are looking for fun and enthusiastic freelance writers/journalists that can generate a minimum of 2 articles per day (min. 500 words each) during every business day -- 5 days a week.

The subject matter is a blend of imports cars/performance parts OR gadgets and technology. (2 Bloggers wanted for each, http://RideYourPimp.com and http://Zedomax.com.)

Much of the content you will generate can be based on daily events and news over the blogsphere using social networking tools like RSS and Twitter.

This is really important, so we're repeating it: you must be able to commit to 2 articles per week day. If you cannot, please do not respond.

COMPENSATION:
You will be an independent contractor and you will be compensated on a monthly basis ($250 USD).
There will be 3-month trial period, after that, we can write a long-term contract plus bonus incentives.


REQUIRMENTS:
* Be able to commit to 2 articles per day
* Be enthusiastic and have a sense of humor!
* Be creative, critical, articulate and sometimes snarky in your English-speaking tongue.
* Have strong research/analysis skills. Detect and filter BS. Check facts well.
* Be familiar with writing for the web and for impatient online audiences.
* Your location is flexible.

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

*Import Cars/Tuning (http://RideYourPimp.com) - Performance Parts

or

*Gadgets (http://Zedomax.com) - Computer-savvy, geeky stuff

ARTICLE REQUIREMENTS:
* A headline, a 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 using automatic tagging system
* At least 2 images uploaded and pasted to the post.
* Articles must follow our editorial style guide

How to apply

Please be an individual and provide the following:

1) A self description with your location, experience 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 either http://RideYourPimp.com or http://Zedomax.com/blog. (depending which one you are applying to.)

Posted on: 05/04