Funny Application at Craigslist

I was looking at the resume section of Craigslist when I noticed that there are several funny application or ads.

Check this out:

I am looking for a home job as a data entry. I’ve been a data entry for almost 1 year.

Hope my work experiences is suitable for what you looking for.

Thanks,

Where did she/he list her work experiences? Also, I didn’t know data entry is now a profession? If I were the client I would have a lot of doubts to outsource the project to her if she types like this.

This is a funny compensation plan:

Compensation Requirements:

USD Full- time: $350- 450 per month (bi weekly) or $6/ hour (bi weekly)

PESO Fulltime: P16, 000 per month (bi weekly) or P200/hr

Nobody is going to pay $6.00/hr for outsourcing to home based workers. At $3.00/hr I am getting hard bargain already.

$6.00/hr is equivalent to P285.00/hr, provided the exchange rate is P47.50.

See the inconsistencies here?

I am impressed with this ad:

Content is King

In this multi-billion-dollar industry, content is king. Design is useless if content is lousy. Information is the most sought-after commodity on the planet today. Let me help you share what you know to the world. For quality, user-friendly optimized content, hire a quality freelance writer today!

WARNING: I don’t wish to work for exploiters or scammers. Be fair. Respond to this advert only when you have a project that needs to be done and you are clear about your offer. Let’s not waste time picking my brains for information.

Now I am confused with this ad, is it me or do you see it too?

I am the kind of guy who works independently and with less inputs.

After taking my needed info, I can work my way through and before you know it, it’s done.

This is such an exaggeration, truly it is. How can one be a veteran writer if you have only over one and a half year of writing experience? And you were able to write for hundreds of accounts? Maybe hundreds of articles or posting, but hundreds of accounts?

Veteran freelance writer from the Philippines offering professional writing services to webmasters, blog owners, SEO companies, etc. With over 1 1/2 years of experience, hundreds of accounts from individual clients handled.

The worst thing I have discovered in the resume section is that, there are some foreign companies posting their job vacancies in the resume section!

Does this mean that the English language is not only deteriorating in the Philippines but also in the US as well?

Scared of Data Entry Scams?

I have noticed that the most read about post in my blog is the one “Beware of Data Entry Scams”. This indicates that there are a lot of people looking to work online plus a lot of people looking to do data entry. Just on the side note, a lot of people I know have been asking me if I can share some of the data entry projects that I do cause they want to do that kind of work, and I tell them straight out that “you and a million others are looking to do data entry work”. You should read my post about the different types of data entry work because it can be more complicated than you think.

Anyway, I think that it is good that people now has the knowledge  about scams, because when I started my virtual career, I didn’t know about this as work scams were something new and I got scammed several times.

There is however one question I have been asked repeatedly and that is if I think the website is a scam.

Here is my answer, Never, Never work or apply for work with a company or website that ask you to pay. I don’t know about others, but based on my experience, the best companies I work for and work with didn’t ask me for payments.

Just as the same, for virtual clients, never engage the services of people or companies that ask you to pay first before showing you some work, unless the companies are the big legitimate companies. I have clients complained to me that they paid somebody in advance but didn’t get any work done.

So I hope everyone is clear on this. Take care and best of luck!

Data Entry Services Available

Just want  everyone to know that we are available to do data entry 40 hours per week starting next January 2009.

I have a team of three people to do your data entry and research task.

Just email me using the contact form anytime.

thank you and Happy yuletide this season!

Actual US rates for Writers

I don’t expect people who outsource writing tasks to pay the same price as that in their own country, but at least I expect a reasonable price. The problem is a lot of the prices they are offering are less than the actual writing rate here in our own country, which is really disgusting!!!

So thanks to Amber who informed me of the standard writing rate for professional writers.

Standard Market Writing Rates for Professional Writers.

For those of you who are unsure of what to offer a writer for pay … here is a current standard market writing rate schedule. Of course, all rates can be negotiable to a certain degree, but this should provide you with a strong point of reference. Good luck!

Advertising Material
Copy/Scripts/News Releases
$350 to $500 per page
$750 to $1,000 per project for brochures
$75 to $150 per hour

Articles
$0.40 to $2 per word
$100 to $3,000 per article
$40 to $100 per hour

Corporate/Business Writing
Reports/ Marketing Plans/ Technical Writing
$1 to $2 per word
$300 to $12,000 per project
$50 to $125 per hour

Editing
Varies according to publication/project
$30 to $60 per hour
$500 to $20,000 per project

Ghost Writing
Articles or Books (no credit to writer)
Generally 2-3 times the usual article rate

Books (credit to writer)
$10,000 to $50,000 flat fee
Entire advance + 50% of royalties

Press
News Releases/Studies/Reports
$1 to $3 per word
$500 to $100,000 per project
$50 to $125 per hour

Newsletters
Writing only; layout extra
$0.30 to $1.50 per word
$400 to $6,000 per issue
$50 to $80 per hour

Newspaper Writing
Large Daily Newspapers
$0.30 to $1.00 per word
$250 to $2,500 per article
$330 to $1,250 per column

Smaller Community Newspapers
$0.10 to $0.50 per word
$75 to $1,000 per article
$75 to $500 per column

Online/Web Site Writing
Varies widely; “business” sites pay higher
$1 to $3 per word
$60 to $100 per hour

Periodical Writing
General Interest/Consumer Magazines
$1.00 to $2 per word
$500 to $10,000 per article
$400 to $1,500 per column

Trade/Special Interest Magazines
$0.30 to $2 per word
$500 to $4,000 per article
$300 to $1,000 per column

Scripts
Radio (highly variable)
$40 to $80 per minute of script

Television (highly variable)
$60 to $130 per minute of script

Speech Writing
$500 to $8,000 per speech
$60 to $130 per hour

Teaching/Instruction
$25 to $80 per hour
$200 to $800 per day

Translation/Adaptation
Literary
$0.10 to $0.20 per word

Other
$0.25 to $0.60 per word
$40 to $80 per hour

Location: Massachusetts
This comes from a reputable writer’s group in Massachusetts.

New S.O.P. for New Clients

After working online for almost five years, one would have thought I got it made. Unfortunately, everyone is wrong. True, I got several staff working for me, true I have clients and true I got projects, but every once in a while I still get scammed!

Well, the returning client who scammed me is still promising to pay me, though I still have yet to see any sign of green bucks. But this is worse, another client hasn’t paid me for like two months!!….I don’t know what happened to him, my staff working for him is still continuing with the task. But there are no words from him or his assistant. The last thing he said to me was, my staff knows the work already so just continue with that. Just make sure she sends in a daily report, there is no need to baby-sit her as they have lots of things to do.

But it is getting weird, it has been two weeks or more and no communication from them. Of course, the worse part is, we haven’t received any payment yet for work done in May and June. I recalled all our conversation and he doesn’t seem to be the kind of guy that would scam me. He was honest and down to earth and was even planning to visit us here in the Phils. But then, what do we know? Like I always said, working virtual is still a high risk. Trust is a hard thing to trust.

So I am making a new S.O.P for new clients, there will be a half month non-refundable deposit for those who wish to avail of our services. Why half month and why non-refundable? Obviously half month because I don’t want to be scammed again and again, makes me look like a fool. Another thing is, some employers are so inconsiderate, they will tell you to stop working right away because they have no budget already. Well hey, a little notice helps, like a two week notice? I mean who do you suppose will have to pay for the two weeks salary huh? I am running a business here not a charity case!!!

Anyway, I would also like to use this opportunity to call out to ANDREW…..you know who you are, hey man, if you don’t pay me within this month, I am really going to expose you for the scammer you are! Not just you but your mom as well and the website that I worked for.

Trust me everyone, it doesn’t pay to be soft hearted and kind in this virtual working place we are in.