6/28 ATFW Jobs Newsletter

✏️New Freelance Gigs from Meta, LADbible, Best Lawyers, and more!

June 28, 2024

Hey !

I hope you had a good June and are enjoying the summer.

This week, we have:

  • 23 new freelance writing gigs

  • Q&A on clients ghosting after messaging you

  • Personal branding advice from publicist Lydia Bagarozza

23 freelance writing gigs

  1. Medialicious Ltd is looking for a freelance casino ad copywriter

  2. Studio McGee is looking for a freelance interior design copywriter

  3. Essential Content is looking for a freelance B2B copywriter

  4. Paragon is looking for a UK-based freelance branding copywriter (commercial real estate industry)

  5. BONDR is looking for Dutch freelance LinkedIn content ghostwriters

  6. Meta is looking for a native English-speaking freelance B2C copywriter

  7. StyleCaster is looking for freelance writers to cover popular TikTok romance books

  8. LADbible Group is looking for freelance journalists

  9. Aeropay is looking for freelance fintech/payments content writers

  10. Consumer Electronics Test & Development Magazine is looking for a freelance writer to cover photonics

  11. Aloware is looking for experienced freelance B2B SaaS content writers

  12. Afar Media is looking for freelance travel writers who know Albania — $400

  13. Business Insider is looking for freelance writers for 4 specific stories — From $220

  14. The Washingtonian’s deputy editor is looking for a UK-based freelance writer

  15. Frost Talent is looking for a freelance Dutch copywriter (jewelry niche)

  16. The Community Agency is looking for a bilingual (Spanish/English) senior freelance social media copywriter

  17. Best Lawyers is looking for freelance legal article writers

  18. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is looking for experienced freelance writers

  19. Purpose Studios is looking for freelance copywriters

  20. Rolling Stone is looking for pitches for its gaming section

  21. The North American Guild of Beer Writers is now accepting applications for its 2024 Diversity in Beer Writing Grant — $0.50 per word up to $1,000

  22. EX Research is accepting freelance pitches on tech and culture — $200 for 800 words

  23. Hello, US is looking for freelance copywriters

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Q & A From ATFW Subscribers

Q: Ever have a client reach out, seem interested, and then disappear? Is that common?

A: It does happen — and for a variety of reasons. For example:

  • They may be thinking about hiring but are still getting their stuff together.

  • They could’ve had a personal emergency that pulled them away from the project.

  • The project could’ve fallen through for another reason.

  • They might’ve run into something they aren't sure is a fit (e.g. pricing, niche, communication style, etc.)

Sometimes they pop up back, sometimes not. Would it be nice if all clients communicated exactly what was going on? Yes. But that doesn’t always happen.

My approach is to just keep planting seeds and not get too hung up on any single one. Eventually, the right ones will start to come to harvest regularly. This year, I had someone request a quote in February, disappear after I sent pricing, and then come back ready for business in June. You just never know!

You can send a follow-up message to see if they’re still interested/try to close the loop. But I don’t recommend spending too much time or energy trying to hunt down any one person and force it.

Have you had a client message you out of nowhere interested and then disappear?

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Expert spotlight: Publicist Lydia Bagarozza on Personal Branding

Lydia Bagarozza is a publicist and one of the co-founders of Visibility on Purpose — a media training school that helps authors and business owners gain media attention through TV, podcasts, and top-tier digital magazines.

Jessica: For those who aren’t sure where to start with personal branding, what do you recommend?

Lydia: When you’re creating a personal brand, you want to make sure that you have all of your brand assets in place. This means having:

  • A professional website

  • Professional social accounts

  • Headshots or brand pictures (yes, go get those done and thank me later!)

From there, write down a list of topics that you want to talk about on a larger scale. If you love beauty, for example, think about what exactly you like about beauty. Is it that you like sustainable beauty products and want to share the latest eco-conscious beauty trends? Do you also want to talk about carbon emissions and the environment? Write down a healthy list of 5 – 10 topics.

That’s a wrap for this week!

Thanks for reading, good luck applying, and I’ll see ya next Friday,

Jessica at ATFW

P.S. Have a question about freelance writing? Respond and I’ll answer it in a future email! (You can be anonymous if you’d like.)

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