I wrote an article on 30 websites that pay writers a few months ago, and the response to that article has surprised me.
The article not only became one of the most popular articles on this blog instantly, but it also gave me great insight into what you really want from this blog; it made me realize that you want solutions, not just tips.
As a result, I’ve been making a lot of changes to this blog lately, and one of those changes is to be giving you the exact resources you need to take your online writing career to the next level.
This article will be sharing with you 12 quality freelance job boards you should check out today if you want to grow your freelance writing business.
I’ve also indicated below the websites to let you know what to expect.
Here’s what each indication mean:
Job Quality
Quality: Good-paying offers and must check out; pays more than industry average.
Medium: Not as attractive as a “quality” offer, but still worth checking out.
Unsophisticated: Offers aren’t that attractive, or little about the pricing is revealed on the site.
Update Frequency
Regular: Updated at least 3 – 5 times a week, on average.
Once in a While: Updated less than 3 times in a week.
Job Quality: Medium
Update Frequency: Regular
The Problogger jobs board is one of the best job boards online for blogger, and the thing I like about it most is how often it is updated. With the Problogger jobs board, you should expect an average of a job a day.
Most of the jobs are blogging-related, but jobs for other writing markets are also posted every once in a while.
The average pay for most jobs isn’t bad, but you’ll occasionally see offers from people who want you to work for little to nothing.
Job Quality: Medium
Update Frequency: Regular
Similar to the Problogger jobs board, the BloggingPro jobs board is also often populated with jobs for bloggers and writers, and the pay isn’t usually bad depending on your skills.
Job Quality: Medium
Update Frequency: Regular
FreelanceWritingGigs.com is one of the top websites online for freelance writers, with guides and writing resources added almost every day.
The “writing gigs” category regularly features jobs from various job boards on a regular basis.
Most of the gigs listed are well-paying gigs, but you should also note that a lot of the jobs come directly from Craigslist.
Job Quality: Quality
Update Frequency: Regular
In my opinion, this is the best among them all, but it comes with a price; after all, you can only get so much for free.
The Freelance Writer’s Den is a freelance writer membership site created by Carol Tice. Membership costs $25 a month, and one of the advantages of joining is the “junk-free job board”.
Carol is a proponent of the idea that writer’s shouldn’t be underpaid, and she even emphasizes the fact that no writer should be paid less than $50 per article; this is also reflected in the job board; plus you get tips and advice on how to pitch in a way that you get accepted.
I’m a member myself, and it curates the best writing jobs when compared to all the other sites above.
Before checking it out, you should know that I’m an affiliate, but that doesn’t affect my opinion of it.
Job Quality: Quality
Update Frequency: Once in a While
FreelanceSwitch.com is the most popular freelance website online, and they’re also very popular for their jobs board.
The FreelanceSwitch jobs board is a general jobs board for programmers, designers, and writers, but you can subscribe to the RSS feed for the “Writing Category” if you only want writing offers.
The job board is used by a lot of big brands that you’re probably aware of; you can see the latest job listings by visiting the jobs page, but you have to pay a $7 membership fee to apply to any of the available jobs.
The main job board is updated frequently, but the writing category is only updated every once in a while.
Job Quality: Quality
Update Frequency: Once in a While
Krop is a jobs board for designers and programmers, but writing jobs can also be found on it.
You can locate writing jobs by searching for any of these keywords or related ones using the search box provided; “freelance writer”, “writer”, “writing”, “copywriting”, “technical writing” etc.
Most of the jobs are quality jobs, but writing jobs aren’t added that often due to the fact that it is a jobs board for programmers and designers.
Krop also allows you to subscribe via email so that you can get jobs related to a certain keyword as soon as they are available.
Job Quality: Medium
Update Frequency: Regular
Sologig is a jobs board for professionals, but it is linked above to the “writer”-related jobs category.
The offers aren’t that bad, and you can benefit from the fact that they have a lot of offers.
You can also search for related keywords to find more targeted offers that you can try.
Job Quality: Unsophisticated
Update Frequency: Regular
The offers here aren’t consistent in terms of price, but you should find a few quality jobs if you dig deeper.
Jobs are added to WritingCareer.com consistently from some of the top freelance bidding sites.
Job Quality: Quality
Update Frequency: Once in a While
Quality writing job offers are being added to Simply Hired every once in a while, and I have linked to the “writer” search for direct writing-related jobs.
You can modify the results you get by searching for any writing related keywords you might be interested in.
Simply Hired has an option for you to be notified whenever new jobs are available in a new category, so make sure to scroll down to check that out.
Most of the jobs are directly from other reputable organizations, but I believe the pay is fair for most freelance writers.
Job Quality: Quality
Update Frequency: Regular
Flex jobs is a popular professional job board, and there are lots of great offers available for you depending on what you have to offer.
Flex jobs is a premium job board, though, and you will be asked to pay a monthly fee of around $5 to be able to apply to jobs.
The link above goes directly to their “writer” section, and you can get a different result by searching for new keywords.
Job Quality: Quality
Update Frequency: Regular
This is the FreelanceWriting.com jobs category, with new freelance writing offers added every Tuesday.
You can subscribe to the newsletter to get offers directly to your inbox when they’re available, or you can visit the site every Tuesday for a list of available jobs.
Almost every offer available in the “morning coffee” section of FreelanceWriting.com is well-paying, so you just need to apply to the job that suits you best.
Job Quality: Medium
Update Frequency: Regular
Most of the job offers available on Whisperjobs aren’t that bad, but you should make sure you understand which job you’re applying to so that you are not underpaid.
Since you’ve gotten this fair, I think it is only fair to reward you for it. Here are 4 more resources for getting this far.
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This isn’t as sophisticated as all the other job boards listed above, but it contains a lot of offers, and you should get a good offer if you dig enough.
This is another freelance job board you should check out; it isn’t as sophisticated as the original 12 job boards in this article, but it contains a few quality offers you might be interested in.
The jobs aren’t listed on the main page, so you have to get to them by searching for related keywords like “writer”, “freelance writer”, “copywriter” etc.
Most Hired is another jobs board you might be interested in.
It is used mostly by designers and programmers, but you can get a few good offers by searching for writing-related keywords.
Before applying for jobs on any of the above listed sites, you should understand one thing; applying is no guarantee of acceptance.
You will probably be reading this post alongside thousands of other people, and some of the jobs board above are already popular, so you have to apply to as much jobs as you think you’re qualified for to get a good offer.
Most of these jobs board are awesome, but you need to put in effort to get results.
If you have any other job board you might want to add, or if you have any comment about any of the above-listed job boards, feel free to comment below.
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