Textbroker - Writing for money (not vouchers)

niftythrifty33

Uh Oh! 1st lesson learnt, only accept assignments that you understand!!!!! HELP!!!

alvesjs

Hi..am thinking about joining Textbroker, but before I do, can someone please advise if I can decide what to offer as my joining assessment, or do Textbroker ask for a document on a specific subject? Reason I ask is that I have something at hand I recently produced. Many thanks

CWSmith

alvesjs wrote: »

Hi..am thinking about joining Textbroker, but before I do, can someone please advise if I can decide what to offer as my joining assessment, or do Textbroker ask for a document on a specific subject? Reason I ask is that I have something at hand I recently produced. Many thanks

I seem to recall there was a choice of subjects. You could use the piece you already have on your profile, provided it hasn't been published anywhere else. In other words, you aren't allowed to plagarise yourself!

CWSmith

niftythrifty33 wrote: »

Uh Oh! 1st lesson learnt, only accept assignments that you understand!!!!! HELP!!!

You can change your mind once you have chosen an assignment. Alternatively, you could message the client and ask for clarification.

AppleSue

alvesjs wrote: »

Hi..am thinking about joining Textbroker, but before I do, can someone please advise if I can decide what to offer as my joining assessment, or do Textbroker ask for a document on a specific subject? Reason I ask is that I have something at hand I recently produced. Many thanks

Hi Alvesjs,
From what I can remember they give you a choice of subjects. When I signed up last year I selected sightseeing in 'your favourite city', but there were a couple of other options.
I have seen people on this forum mention that they wrote about favourite games - it could be they change the options regularly.
As someone mentioned recently, make sure you keep a copy of the article, as it doesn't appear anywhere on Textbroker once you have submitted it.
Good luck!

Sommer43

I have now combined TB with other platforms. Odesk and Elance are working out for me. Textbroker gave me the platform, but I needed much bigger projects. I will hang around on TB as a couple of clients who I have built up a good relationship with. I have some excellent contracts on the go at the moment, all long term work.

Textbroker is a great introduction for online earnings, but the market is tough and once confidence has built up then using other work stations is a good idea. There is much more flexibility and I am finding a more client driven environment and there is little risk of being downgraded as a writer.

CWSmith

Congratulations Sommer! Good for you.

I'm branching out too, though not quite in the same direction! Just getting round to setting up a little Etsy shop, and have had a couple of art commissions over the past month (which is probably my first love), but I wouldn't have gone for either if I hadn't gained so much self-confidence through TB.

Annie021063

been away from TB for a while but would like to do more work, site has changed a bit and I cant find current jobs, can anyone point me in right direction? Thanks

Natu

Sommer43 wrote: »

I have now combined TB with other platforms. Odesk and Elance are working out for me. Textbroker gave me the platform, but I needed much bigger projects. I will hang around on TB as a couple of clients who I have built up a good relationship with. I have some excellent contracts on the go at the moment, all long term work.

Textbroker is a great introduction for online earnings, but the market is tough and once confidence has built up then using other work stations is a good idea. There is much more flexibility and I am finding a more client driven environment and there is little risk of being downgraded as a writer.

If you don't mind me asking, how are Odesk and Elance in comparison to TB? I feel confident writing about some subjects more than others, but I find with TB I can pretty much do a little bit of research on the majority of topics and write up an article with ease. Do Odesk and Elance require more in-depth knowledge?

TB has been slow lately and my TeamOrders have dried up in recent weeks, so I'm kind of eager to branch out a little bit. I don't think I want to write it off completely because it really is easy to make a little stash of money each week and cash out, but some other projects here and there would be interesting.

MrsB0906

Hi everyone,

I've just joined the forum (after browsing for years!) and signed up for Textbroker. I have a journalism degree and worked in journalism for 5 years so it would be fairly embarrassing if I didn't score too well Although I'm not so sure I have met their brief. We shall see!

My worry is I won't get many jobs as I am at work most of the day so can't constantly keep tabs. Looking forward to giving it all a go though!