Article Writer Opportunity of a Lifetime

This opportunity is for someone who can: • Quickly and efficiently research a topic pertaining to marketing, technology, and internet marketing • Digest and summarize the key information into an interesting and compelling article of 500 to 750 words. • Write in an engaging journalistic (not academic) and down to earth style. • Have the discipline and drive to do it over and over while maintaining excellent quality. We are a publisher who is looking for freelance writers to write on a wide range of topics as it pertains to online marketing as well as some offline marketing for small businesses. This small project could lead to other ongoing projects, if the candidate produces outstanding content, are reliable, and communicates well. What you are bidding on is a 5 pack of articles. Our longer term positions pay $12 per article (+ bonus), *bids should be along those lines*. You will be choosing from one of the topics below: o Email Marketing o Domain Names o Internet Marketing o Offline Marketing o Social Networking o Social Bookmarking o Video Marketing o SEO o SEM o Link Building o Website Promotion o Social Media o RSS o Podcasting o Web hosting o List Building Once you pick your theme, you must stick with it, and write all 5 articles on that theme. Here are a few guidelines. 1.) Original: *must* be unique and will be verified as such (copyscape, etc.), well researched and informative. No redundant words or sentences. Plagiarism will not be tolerated, and no article spinners. NOTE: Grammatical/punctuation errors will not be accepted, and revisions will be requested if that happens. 2.) Attention: Each article must get the readers attention by describing a common problem readers would have, and how the article will help address that issue. 3.) Structure: Formatted nicely into paragraphs, and bullets as needed. 4.) Audience: North Americans so you should write in American English in an informative, engaging, and easily understood style. 5.) Keywords: The main topic keywords must be present in the article 3 to 5 times, at least once in the introduction, and again in the conclusion. After picking your topic, you will also be given other keywords which should be used with each separate article...blended 2-3 times per article. 6.) Communication: Through the PMB and email, or instant message with quick responses. 7.) Payment: Since this is a small project, you will be paid in full upon submission of final copy articles. 8.) Ownership: Must be new and original, may not be sold or redistributed. As a "work for hire" project, I will hold full rights to the articles, and you will need to send an email with the titles of the articles with the articles attached indicating full rights of the articles have been transferred. **IMPORTANT** 9.) Name and Format: Articles should be saved in MS Word format, using the following naming convention 01-theme-article [login to view URL], 02-theme-article [login to view URL], 03-theme-article [login to view URL], etc. 10.) Articles of the same theme should *not share similar content*. IMPORTANT. 11.) For quality work, there may be an opportunity for even more article work. I will happily give quality written recommendations for great work. Please PMB me with 1 sample article of your work. Again, our longer term position pays $12 per article, so your bid for these 5 articles should be in that areas. Do not place a bid if you are unable to meet the above criteria. Thank you and good luck!