NOTE: The advertiser has taken down the ad due to overwhelming response. It shows how you CAN find viable WAH opportunities if you keep looking!
Have you always wanted to write articles for a living?
This oppotunity paying $10 per article is indeed higher than some I’ve seen.
They must be looking for real content instead of just keyword salad to pacify search engines…
Imagine that… an article written with people in mind!
What will they think of next?
As seen on Craigslist
It’s subject to be expire, so here’s the ad.
Can You Write Articles Fast?
Date: 2006-05-23, 11:06AM CDT
Looking for someone to work from home on an as-needed basis to handle overflow work, beginning ASAP! We write SEO content for websites and need help when we get bombarded with projects (which happens a lot!)
You will be writing original articles of 300-350 words in length on a variety of topics, including anything and everything. We assign the topic, teach you how to write for SEO (search engine optimization – it helps websites rank higher with Google, Yahoo, etc.) and tell you what keywords to use and how often to use them. You do the research (should be super-fast) and email the copy back to us.
Must be good quality, and FAST – most turnarounds are 3 working days. DEADLINES ARE ABSOLUTE.
We pay $10 per article via PayPal. We are a verified vendor with PayPal. Look around – most sites are paying $3 to $8 per article. We pay more because we expect a higher quality.
Our best copywriters can complete 5 pages per hour (which equates to $50 an hour) and on average, our writers can complete at least 2 pages per hour. (We don’t care how fast you write as long as you meet the deadlines – this information is provided to simply give you an idea of how much you would be able to make doing this.)
Interested parties should send us your name with a SAMPLE of your original work (published or unpublished), 300-350 words in length to the reply-to message listed here.
We have work you can begin right away, and we pay as soon as your work is edited and approved by client (usually within one week).
Job location is USA
- Compensation: $10 per article of 300-350 words
- Telecommuting is ok.
- This is a part-time job.
- This is a contract job.
- no — Principals only. Recruiters, please don’t contact this job poster.
- no — Please, no phone calls about this job!
- no — Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
- yes — Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
- yes — OK to repost to Job Developers for Persons with Disabilities.











Bob Bilson on May 24th, 2006 at 8:44 am
Went to the Craigslist site and found
“Date: 2006-05-23, 11:06AM CDT
This posting has been deleted by its author.
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Don’t know if he got overwhelmed with response after Chuck’s posting or it was some sort of scam.
Chuck on May 24th, 2006 at 8:47 am
The company deleted it I’ve learned… too many responses.
I believe it was thoroughly legitimate but they got more response than anticipated!
Paramjeet on November 3rd, 2006 at 11:52 am
Respected sir below is a one of the article i have written for SEO.
There is a great debate in SEO today. It’s about the nature of SEO – what it is, and what it is supposed to do.
At its basic level, SEO is simply about getting website pages listed on search engines.
At a commercial level, SEO is about hitting a specific consumer base, through the targeted use of keyword placement on search engines to promote selected pages.
There is a surprising gulf between these two – and it’s polarising the industry.
The distinction is not simply one of aim, but of method.
On the one hand is something known as “Content SEO”. This is a broad tool. Good content invites people to link to it. More than that, good content can catch a whole net of low traffic terms, that in number can create very significant traffic.
On the other hand, there is “Link-building” SEO. Used properly this is a precision tool, because you can use anchor text to spectacular effect to hit competitive keywords, so that the traffic from the search engines to the site is very targeted.
Hopefully, you can already see the difference. If not, here’s an analogy:
Two fishermen both go to sea, both aiming to catch tuna. One of them has a big net, and simply trawls a big net around the ocean. The other fisherman has a smaller fishing net, but sails straight to the tuna fishing grounds. Which of them is most likely to be most successful in their aims?
The trouble is, sometimes the fisherman with the big net has gotten luckly. And sail back to port and reveal their triumph to all the other fishermen. So all the other fishermen go out to sea in their little boats and large nets, aimlessly trawling the oceans, figuring that they’re doing good tuna fishing.
The fisherman with the smaller net might not even tell anyone about his success if he can help it. After all, why tell everyone else where the best tuna fishing can be had?
Funnily enough, when the fisherman mentions that he knows where the fishing grounds are, and that you can’t catch the really big tuna without going to these places, some of the other fishermen laugh and scoff, because there’s another fisherman around with a really big net who says that trawling the oceasn worked for him.
The position of those fishermen should be obvious by analogy, but – surprisingly – is still seriously contested within the industry by people who became successful over the years by have trawling their big aimless nets.
Another problem is that many webmasters will rate the success of their website by their traffic numbers. That’s all well and good in a non-commercial environment, but as soon as you are looking to make sales, you have to start worrying about conversion rates. And that means you aim for targeted traffic. There’s little point in boasting about having one thousand unique visitors a day if your conversion rate is 0.05%, when another webmaster selling the same product has only 100 unique visitors a day but a conversion rate of 1.5%.
“Content SEO” can play a very great and significant role in an overall SEO strategy. In fact, used properly it’s like sailing to the tuna grounds with an even bigger net. By itself, though, “Content SEO” is of only very limited use in a commercial environment.
In marketing terms, its sitting back and waiting for sales to happen, rather than going out directly to your customer base with an offer.
I would love to write more article for you,Please send me details to start writing article for you.
okechukwu on April 23rd, 2007 at 5:23 am
i will really love to write with you because i think i am good writer and i can beat deadline
david irvine on September 6th, 2007 at 9:28 am
i would be very interested in working for you based on the above information.
purvi shah on February 13th, 2008 at 11:20 am
hello sir,
i am an experienced web content writer with very good command over english and am doing very good work in this field. I am good at writing product reviews and also writings on health and lifestyle. So, please consider me for the above job..thanks.
Shushawna Johnson on March 11th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Hello. my name is Shushawna Johnson. The reason why I am writing you is simply to put my work and skill to good use. I love writing and have always loved writing. I believe that I will be an asset to you and whomever you have working with you. I like to write about entertainment, sports, and real life issues that affect us everyday. So if you feel like this is what you are looking for, then by all means you have found it in me. I am looking forward to your invite and I know that I won’t disappoint you in any way. Just to let you know, I keep the heat going on for weeks.
Dennis on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
Hello Job Poster,
I’m very interested in the above position advertised. I am a published poet and writer. I have received an award for my poetry and received “letter of the month” rights for my articles. I am a freelance writer. I write about subjects pertaining to music, life, movies,food, etc. Please consider me for the following position. I hope to hear back from you soon. Thanks.
-Dennis
neha on May 5th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Hi, i would like to write for your website. Do mail me all the details about freelance writing to my mail id. thanks..
MEGHANA on June 18th, 2008 at 1:46 am
Hi, I would like to write.Please do mail me the details about what you want to be written as early as possible.
Sarah Hoffman on June 18th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Too bad they got all of the writers they needed. They were paying reasonable well, too, especially for new writers. I’ve written 250 word articles for $10 and 450 word articles for $15. There is work to be had for those who want to work at home!
Arthur Levine on August 19th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Hi this is Arthur Levine. I am a prolific writer on a variety of topics and am looking for work.
Thanks,
Arthur Levine
alevine513@aol.com
Umair Afzal on August 29th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Hi, I am willing to write articles. They expect quality and they will surely get that from me.
I can write on different topics, specially on Food science and Technology.
Thanks
Olaleye on August 29th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Hello Job Poster,
I am a freelance writer and I am very much interested in the above position advertised, I would like to write. I am a published poet and writer, I would like to write for your website.
I have received an award for my articles and received “letter of the month” rights for my written jobs.
I write about subjects pertaining to music, science and technology, life, movies, food, etc. Please consider me for the following position.
Do mail me the details about what you would want to be written as early as possible, I hope to hear back from you soon.
Bhavya on October 3rd, 2008 at 3:01 am
Dear Sir,
I am a good writer and i am interested in writing. I also have knowledge of SEO.
Blair Moray-Cook on October 12th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Hi, I am very interested in writting for your website. I have just completed two years of travelling and can write about places I have visited and things I have seen. Please send me more details and I will send you some of my work.
Look foward to your reply.
Erin Stuyvenberg on October 25th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Hi, i am very interested in writing for your website. I was just wondering if you could e-mail me some more information.
Look forward to hearing from you
R Anuradha Raghuram on November 18th, 2008 at 4:05 am
Hi
I am also very much interested in writing articles for your website. Please let me know further details about this programme. Some of my articles were published in my local magazines also.
Anxiously waiting for your reply.
Anuradha
MD A WAKIL on January 11th, 2009 at 6:12 am
SIR, I WANT TO JOIN YOUR SITE FOR THE WORK, LET ME KNOW MORE ABOUT THE TYPE OF WRITINGS,JOINING PROCEDURE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Praveen on February 13th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Hi There,
I just went through this post and saw most of them without the artice. If you could let me know what exactly is to be done to start off.
Thanks
Olga on March 6th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I’m interested in writing articles. I would like more information on this.
Thank you.
alok on March 30th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Hello,
I would like to work with you.
I can provide you my sample personally.
kindly contact me via E-mail.
Thank you,
ALOK
Patrick Carpen on April 7th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am interested in writing articles for you.
I have published many articles and children’s books.
Please reply and I will send you samples.
Patrick
Andrea on April 7th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Since this ad is dated 2006 I think it’s probably safe to say that this is grossly outdated, no?
Cathryn Callaway on July 1st, 2009 at 12:00 am
Hello,
I am very interested in the above listed offer if it is still available. I have a passion for writing and believe I do better when tight deadlines are in place. Please mail me information if positions are still in need of being filled.
Successfully,
Cathryn
Jill Rae on July 4th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Hello,
Please forward information to me regarding writing articles for profit. I have 20 years training and experience in maketing a successful franshised business to a targeted customer base that are of a high income and educated background. My style of writing is very detailed, informatvie and colorful with an expressive, fun to read informative style.
Thank you!
Zane' Veronique Wayne on August 7th, 2009 at 7:46 am
I have never written for anyone and have never been published.
Though that’s because I’ve never tried.
I’m the one…
Prem on October 29th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Hi,
I am a professional Web writer. I am interested in writing for SEO. Please contact me at my e-mail ID.
Many Thanks,
Prem.
Prem on October 29th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Oops! Forgot to post my e-mail ID: prem_joshua@yahoo.com