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    RealWritingJobs.com

    I wasn't sure where to post this question.

    Has anyone heard of this company? Does anyone work for them?

    They claim to be overflowing with freelance jobs. Access costs : 4.95 3 day trial and then 47 one-time fee.

    Any information on this would be helpful.

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    There are a bunch of other blogs and places that post jobs for free, like Freelance Writing Gigs, All Freelance Writing, etc. Use those instead.
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    Thanks for that info.

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    now it's $2.95 for a 10-day trial, then $47/MONTH! Sounds like a scam to me. But I haven't gotten any writing gigs off of elance or odesk lately...getting desperate.
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    I recently signed up for their email and it was scammy stuff in their newsletter. I put it in my spam folder.
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    I would not sign up for any service that charges you for freelance writing jobs. It's nothing you can't find yourself with some networking skills, diligence and plain ole Web surfing.

    I do have a listing at www.writeraccess.com and while I haven't gotten any gigs from it (I never really updated my profile since I get most of my work through existing clients/word-of-mouth/networking relationships) I did get a few people very interested. I turned down the jobs because they weren't what I was looking for.

    DEFINITELY read the job listings at www.freelancewritinggigs.com (I assume the site is still high quality under the new owners... anyone still using it regularly and finding gigs?)

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    Real Writing Jobs

    I've twice been approached on Twitter with a referral to these people: http://www.realwritingjobs.com/cb/?hop=rebfox

    Does anyone know anything about them? Thousands of people making thousands of dollars per month seems a bit...unlikely.

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    i registered with a dummy name/email address and it just redirects to a "join now!" spiel page.

    i'd say it's just a pyramid scheme.
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    Found this in the Terms of Service:

    Membership includes a 7 DAY $4.95 risk free trial. During this time, you have the opportunity to cancel your membership with REALWRITINGJOBS.COM to avoid the one time fee of $77. You will be billed the $77 on the (8th) day after you sign up. If you would like to cancel your service, you can do so by accessing your receipt you received when you ordered.
    Looks like they're also making money paying affiliates to get people to sign up.

    Also a little Googling suggests that some people are paying $47 a month.

    Yog's Law, folks. Money flows TO the writer.

    Oh, and look: AW already has a thread on them.
    Last edited by CaoPaux; 10-18-2010 at 10:36 PM. Reason: threads merged, thanks!

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    I did not sign up for them, but they got my email address when I went to their site, and now I get email DAILY telling me their jobs are going fast. I'm going to have to block them.

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    *raises paw*

    Thanks everyone for the info. I didn't realise there was a fee.

    And I looked to see if there was already a thread. Honest!

    ^_^

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    These folks have been spamming Twitter the last few days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by victoriastrauss View Post
    Thanks for the link Victoria. I'm glad I never actually paid anything for their services.
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    realwritingjobs.com

    Here's what seems to be the latest scam. Realwritingjobs.com purports to be a place where writers can get freelance gigs from, but they charge $47 per month. However, you can try it out for 10 days if you pay $2.95 by credit card. They don't mention that they keep charging your card thereafter, except in the fine print.

    There's more about it here: hhttp://accrispin.blogspot.com/2010/11/fake-writing-jobs-realwritingjobscom.html

    The constructive lesson from all this: There's no replacement for writing good manuscripts and querying them to appropriate publishers in a professional, conscientious way. If somebody is offering you a "magic bullet" alternative to this, then your "BS detector" should be sounding alarm bells.

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    Question Digital Writers / RealWritingJobs.com

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    They sent me a message asking if I wanted a "writing opportunity"...I've been googling them since, trying to find out a little more, but I can't seem to find anything really...

    has anyone ever heard of them? Done any writing for them?

    Thanks!

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    It's just a seed for "Real Writing Jobs".

    More here:
    http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner...obs&gsc.page=1
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    Quote Originally Posted by WillSauger View Post
    It's just a seed for "Real Writing Jobs".

    More here:
    http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner...obs&gsc.page=1
    thank you! they were guaranteeing me money for every "job" I would take, but it sounded weird...

    thanks again!

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