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In a recent Finding The Right Words post, Deborah Ng compares paid market listing services to free services like her own.
As Deborah pointed out, paid writers’ market listing services often do list jobs that can be found in free services. . . which can be frustrating.
In my experience, however, I’ve found that paid market services are more likely to be motivated to spend time doing research, keeping job listings updated, and having the funds to add useful tools to make it easier for writers to find the information they’re looking for. When I maintained my Telecommuting Jobs For Writers blog, my paid work always had to come first.
Not all paid job/market listing services are equal, of course. As Deborah advises in her post, try out the service for a trial period first to make sure that it does offer more than what a free service could give you.
For those interested, I interviewed Deborah Ng for Will Write For Chocolate a while back.
I’d be interested in hearing opinions from those of you who have used both paid and free services, and promise to keep your name confidential unless you say otherwise. Please e-mail me.
