I am so glad the weekend is here. Today Kailyn and I get to have our one on one time! It’s the girls weekend to spend with their dad, but he thought the one on one time with each kid was a good idea so Kailyn and I are having our girls day today! This was one of my main goals for the month so I am very happy to be able to cross it off my list.
Good Posts From the Week
My favorite post from this week came from Money Saving Mom, Be Present In Your Children’s Lives, It’s One of the Best Presents You Can Give Them. This post sums up how I have been feeling lately. Life is short, don’t miss or undervalue the truly important things.
Other fabulous posts:
- Simple Ways YOU Can Get Rich Slowly @ Making Sense of Cents
- Cash Money: $7,230 in June Income, Blog Updates and Goals @ Club Thrifty (I love that Holly is now sharing her online income)
- Niche Website Update – Site Number 2 Launched @ My Money Design
- A Money Lesson for Me and My Niece @ Mom and Dad Money
- Compare the Best Credit Card Offers @ Modest Money
Freelance Jobs
I ended up getting two new freelance jobs this week and it looks like they will both be ongoing! Neither of them came from job boards. I had one person contact me directly through this blog and the other job I got from emailing a blog owner to see if they needed additional writers.
I also had a business owner who I emailed respond saying they were interested and would get back to me next week. Fingers crossed!
I still need to get several more jobs before I’ll be able to reach my $500/week freelance writing goal. I applied to quite a few jobs this week.
Here are the freelance jobs available for this week.
Freelance Writing Jobs
Business Writer * @ Craigslist Pay: TBD
SEO Blogger @ Craigslist Pay $35/per post
Ghostwriter for YA Book @ Craigslist
Article Writer @ Career Builder
Personal Finance & Investing Writers @ ProBlogger Pay: ?
Writer for LifeHack.org * @ ProBlogger Pay: ? ( The last time this was advertised I think the pay was $15/article)
Plus Size Fashion Blogger @ ProBlogger Pay: Negotiable
Ghostwriter/Blogger * @ ProBlogger Pay: TBD
Healthcare Expert Blogger @ ProBlogger Pay: ??
Fitness Blogger @ Blogging Pro
(What’s up with nobody listing pay per article this week?)
Freelance Editing Jobs
Dissertation Editor @ Craigslist Pay: $20/hr 15-20 hrs. worth of work
Misc. Freelance Jobs
Associates Communication Manager for Nutiva @ ProBlogger
Associate Director of Social Media @ ProBlogger
Thanks for the mention Alexa! Congrats on the freelance gigs. It looks like all that work is paying off, $500/mo would be crazy good!
Thank You!
Thanks for the mention! Have a great week!
Your welcome! 🙂
Good job on the new gigs!
Thanks,Michelle.
Ahh that’s awesome about the new jobs! Congrats! I love the one-on-one time with the little ones, too. It’s gotta be so hard to get it; I’m glad you were able to cross it off your list! Looks like you guys had a great time!!!
Thank, you we did have a great time! That picture was actually from our little vacation to Mammoth Cave.
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I’m out of league here. Too much brain power on display!
Awesome job with the new gigs. I really enjoy reading about your freelance opportunities!
Thanks,Tina!
Thanks for the shout out Alexa! I’m impressed with your freelance writing goal. $500 per week would be pretty awesome. Have fun with Kailyn! Love the name by the way.
Thank you, Matt!
I hope your girls day was excellent! Congratulations on the new gigs as well. I think $500 a week is a fantastic goal.
When you are applying for jobs doing freelance writing, how do you decide which opportunities are scams? I’m a bit paranoid, I guess, but I always assume the worst when I search for jobs online.
I look at job boards, like ProBlogger, where you have to pay to post a job. If they paid to post it’s less likely to be a scam. In Craigslist ads I usually like to see a website so I can check them out, but this isn’t always the case. I just send an email out if I am interested in a job. If they reply wanting free writing samples I never do it because it’s most likely a scam.
I also heard that about the free writing samples. Thanks for all your advice on this topic! 🙂
Congratulations on your freelance jobs! Hope you had a blast with your one on one time with your daughter.
Thanks, Jennifer. We had a lot of fun and I can’t wait to do it again.
Good for you.. I hope you reach your goal of $500 a week. Once you make $500 will you set further goals to make more?
I think if I can hit the $500 week I will be able to stop spending so much time looking for clients and start focusing on other projects. You never know!
Gratz on the $500 a week freelance writing goal!
Thanks, Britnee!
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