When I decided to get back into writing, I spent a lot of time on the web.  I set up Stumble to hit writing sites among other things and I ravaged and bookmarked dozens of writing resource and job sites.

I know this can’t be news to anyone but there is an awful lot of hoo-ey on the web.  I know, its sounds crazy, but it’s true.

One of the gems I found though, is Textbroker .  What a perfect opportunity to work on writing web content.  Client assignments range from 100 – 5000 words and most involve using key words for SEO.  After sending an initial writing sample, I heard back and received my initial rating of 4 out of 5 stars.  I immediately went to work.  I wrote 100 word snippets, 400 word informational articles and everything in between.

Then one day I hit it big.  While looking through client orders, I found a client looking for someone to put together a list of web site descriptions, 100 words each and about twenty of them.  These larger assignments seem pretty rare so I snagged it and got to work.  Many of the clients at Textbroker are from the UK, so the articles need to be written in UK English – not American.  So I set up Firefox for English-UK, downloaded an add-on for the £ symbol and went to work.

The client loved it, rated it excellent and two days later a received a direct order from the same client for a 5000 word article doing the same type of directory work.

I love Textbroker.  I can write as much or as little as I like.  I’m not going to get rich, but I am able to make possible connections for future freelancing projects, and I get to hone my SEO skills.