I am working hard at starting a career as a freelance writer. Today I swallowed my fear and sent out my first email regarding a freelance job I read about through a blog. The reply came back, and although they did not specifically mention the company name, I have found out by looking at the email and googling that it is Adonico, a Russian web content company.
They are paying $2 per article, which, naturally for web content, needs to be chock full of the keywords that are the topic. They specify that the keywords must be the provided order, even if not gramatically correct. That part rubs me the wrong way. I have to write two sample articles, with a minimum character count, rather than word count.
Has anyone dealt with this company? Am I agreeing to a sweat shop for hopeful writers in the forlorne hope of collecting my first clips? I am just not sure about this whole thing, especially the lack of detail about the company.
Emma
They are paying $2 per article, which, naturally for web content, needs to be chock full of the keywords that are the topic. They specify that the keywords must be the provided order, even if not gramatically correct. That part rubs me the wrong way. I have to write two sample articles, with a minimum character count, rather than word count.
Has anyone dealt with this company? Am I agreeing to a sweat shop for hopeful writers in the forlorne hope of collecting my first clips? I am just not sure about this whole thing, especially the lack of detail about the company.
Emma