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

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06 Feb 2007 12:00 PM

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 show up over the coming month. Do you want three blogs posted per day? You have almost a week covered. Two a day? You have ten days taken care of. One a day? You have just covered 20 days, and in essence the entire month, since you are only required to write 20 blogs per month. It's fun to think that you can do an entire month's worth of work in one afternoon, but it's actually true with Families.com.

If you have a job that requires a lot of your time part of the year, but gives you time off the rest of the year, blogging for Families may be the perfect fit for you. If you were a teacher, for example, you could spend your summer writing blogs and postdating them all, and never have to write during the school year. You get paid when your blogs post, so you will receive a paycheck every month for the blogs posting that month, even if you haven't written or posted a blog in months. Every stay-at-home mom or dad out there who desperately needs flexibility in their work schedule (I hear people say all the time, "I can only work when my baby is sleeping!") will absolutely love the flexibility that comes with blogging for Families. Not only do they allow you to post blogs in advance, they highly encourage you to do just that, so that in the case of a family emergency, your blog is still covered and fresh info is still being posted every day. Lisa loves for people to postdate their blogs!

Freedom. Okay, so you have the fantastic job of posting job ideas on the Job blog, and things are going along great, except you have a fresh and interesting idea for scrapbooking and would just love to write a post or two about that instead. Not a problem. Once you have posted your 20 blogs for the month in your topic, you can write up to 55 guest blogs in whatever other topic strikes your fancy. You do have to clear your ideas with the main bloggers for that topic before posting the blogs, but usually it isn't a problem at all. So if you write your 20 blogs for the month in your topic, you have free reign to write about anything else that you want.

Tomorrow, I will cover the most important question of all: How much would you get paid for all this, anyhow?

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Hello, my name is Hava or Havs (depending on my mood and yours!) I am a freelance writer who writes for several blogs, both paid ones such as this one, and personal blogs.

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Mary Ann Romans (26791) 06 Feb 2007 04:09 PM

As a blogger here, I agree that blogging is very flexible...a good thing when you have kids underfoot. Today I had a deadline for a print magazine, and trying to make normal deadlines are tough with kids. Usually, someone needs changing, someone needs breakfast and someone else needs shoes tied all at the same time. :)

Traci Anderson (970) 06 Feb 2007 07:27 PM

Atta girl, Hava! I couldn't agree more. I am so thankful to finally find a home business that is flexible and fun! (Off to read your post from yesterday....) =)

Hava Lyon (1545) 06 Feb 2007 08:03 PM

Thanks for the feedback, you guys. I have written an entire series on blogging for Families so the next time Lisa has openings and people are asking me about how to become a blogger for Families, I can just direct them to this thread. I hope I am covering everything I need to. If y'all see I am leaving something out, just tell me--I would be more than happy to write another blog/edit my blogs, whatever.

And it's too true how wonderful the flexibility is here at Families. It is only the sixth of February, and I have already written almost all of the blogs required for the month--if I actually started working tonight instead of playing around on the Internet :-P I could have the blogs for the month done by tonight. What a great feeling!

Have a good one, all!

Havs

JennBUT (232) 07 Feb 2007 11:59 AM

I have a question (you are probably covering this later, but ....) Once you have applied to be a "blogger", how long does it take to hear if you were hired or not?

Hava Lyon (1545) 07 Feb 2007 04:33 PM

I *do* cover that later on! ;-) I think it will be in the blog set to post on Sunday, although I am not ready to swear to that. It might be Saturday. Anyway, the answer is, Lisa tries to read each application and respond to them within a week of applying. If you haven't heard from her within two weeks, I would send a follow-up e-mail to find out what's going on. The end of the month and the beginning of the next month is a very crazy time, and she will be slower to respond during that time.

HTH!

Havs

JennBUT (232) 07 Feb 2007 05:14 PM

Thanks! I will wait a week or so before I "bug" her. Meanwhile, I will sit back, relax, and continue enjoying your blogs! Thanks for the entertainment! Jenn

Hava Lyon (1545) 08 Feb 2007 10:58 AM

Hey, I'm glad you enjoy my blogs! It's sure a lot of fun to write them. Good luck in getting the job!!!!

Havs