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Junior Bloggers at Families.com

This series started last week with me talking about how to apply to Families.com to become a blogger for them. This week I have been covering what happens once you actually get hired. And today, I wanted to talk about being a Junior Blogger. When you’re a junior blogger, it’s all rather nerve-wracking. You are reading the Handbook every day, trying to find the answers to your questions, you are pestering Lisa for the answers you can’t find, and you’re feeling just a little bit stupid. Don’t worry, this too will pass. Not the stupid part if you’re anything like … Continue reading →

The Job/Employment Blog Week in Review for Feb 3 – 9

Hello, and welcome to the Week in Review for February 3 – 9. This is our way of catching you up on any blogs you may have missed in the past week! You’ll see that I spent this week showing you how to do exactly what I do: Blog! I hope these articles were informative and helpful. If you have any feedback or comments, feel free to either leave a comment below or get in touch with me! Thanks for reading! Saturday, February 3 Open Office: Your New Best Friend covers an alternative to the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, … Continue reading →

The Positives to Blogging for Families.com: Flexibility and Freedom!

Yesterday, I wrote a blog where I discussed some of the items to watch out for if you decide to blog for Families (the monthly quota, the fact you can’t be a plagiarist, etc.) Today, I wanted to cover some of the best reasons to becoming a Families.com blogger: Flexibility and freedom! Flexibility. Let’s say you’re on a writing streak, and you have a million ideas piled up inside. You write and write, churning out 20 blogs in one afternoon. You can take those blogs, go to the blog posting site, upload them all, and post date them so they … Continue reading →

The Big Five: The Five Things That Will Get You Fired from Families.com

Yesterday was the first day in our mini-series on how to become a Families.com blogger. If you missed that all-important first post, check it out here. Otherwise, read on! Today we are going to cover the five mistakes that if you make them, you will almost certainly get fired for doing so. I wanted to make it clear just what you could and couldn’t do, so you can decide right now if this job is right for you. All of this info is covered in the handbook you receive when you get hired at Families.com, of course. * Not reaching … Continue reading →

Think You Have What it Takes to Become a Families.com Blogger?

I have been receiving a lot of e-mails and PMs lately, asking me for more info on how to become a blogger. Since I am just about the laziest person you’ll ever meet, I thought that I would write all the info once, and then just refer everyone to this series when they had questions. Yes, I should try to work on my laziness streak, but let’s focus on something I may actually accomplish, like this blog. To start off, if you want to work from Families, you have to choose which topic you will cover. Mine, obviously, is Jobs … Continue reading →