Lots of writers disdain Craigslist as a source of good freelance writing jobs. While I’ll agree there are lots of writing jobs there that are awful, there are enough gems to make a quick look regularly worth the effort.
You won’t find links to writing jobs here for every city that Craigslist lists – these are the ones that, over time, I found the most productive. You can find every city that the site covers at: http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites
Note: CraigsList defaults to no pay, so read the ad before you discard it – lots so labeled do pay after all. Finally, take time to make use of CraigsList’s reporting function (upper right of your screen) when you run into scams etc. It truly helps.
Let me know what works for you with Craigslist – contact me.
Write well and often,
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Thanks for making these available. I agree with you that CL sometimes has surprisingly good leads, as long as you know how to recognize the scams and the junk. I wonder if you could explain in an article (or maybe you have already and I haven’t seen it?) how to set up this kind of CL quick search for other categories of work? I am a consultant as well as a freelance writer and if there’s a shorter method than clicking from one CL city to another to another I’ve love to learn it.
Look in the Freelance Writing Jobs Category… let me know if you don’t find what you want – http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/category/freelance-writing-jobs-job-baord/
I agree, Anne, Craigslist can be such a great place to check out, provided you are savvy enough to not be taken for a ride. And not spend hours going through worthless ads. I always check my local site, doesn’t take me more than a few minutes every couple of days. I just scan through for anything that catches my eye. I actually found a semi-decent paying gig there earlier this year which has brought me repeat work from a nice client who appreciates my efforts. I like that.
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Hopefully people can find a few good gigs out there. After awhile you begin to spot the scam ads before you even read half way through.
Bill, add comment luv to your blog and it will display the last article which I happen to know is about spotting job scams.
Actually I do, it just didn’t show up on that reply. And I just did a post on how to flag ads on Craigslist should you find a scam.
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Commentluv is showing up now
And thanks for the info on flagging.
Thanks for the resource. The Dallas link isn’t working.
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Wonder what happened… the Dallas for pay link is now working, thanks Carol.
Incidentally, I can’t off hand remember the right login for your blog so I didn’t leave a comment.