Comments on: Look At This http://greggluhring.com/good_to_see_you/51 The ultimate ignorance is the rejection of something you know nothing about and refuse to investigate. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:19:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gregg http://greggluhring.com/good_to_see_you/51/comment-page-1#comment-35 Gregg Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:55:38 +0000 http://greggluhring.com/?p=51#comment-35 What? Nice dog. I wish my Bichon had ears like that! Haha. Like in the cartoons where their eyes bug out and their ears stand straight up. Is there a bot to get around captchas? I have no captchas. What? Nice dog. I wish my Bichon had ears like that! Haha. Like in the cartoons where their eyes bug out and their ears stand straight up.

Is there a bot to get around captchas? I have no captchas.

]]> By: Logan http://greggluhring.com/good_to_see_you/51/comment-page-1#comment-33 Logan Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:57:26 +0000 http://greggluhring.com/?p=51#comment-33 maybe someone has a bot to get around the captchas? maybe someone has a bot to get around the captchas?

]]> By: Sean http://greggluhring.com/good_to_see_you/51/comment-page-1#comment-16 Sean Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:01:14 +0000 http://greggluhring.com/?p=51#comment-16 I can't help but laugh good and hard. I've seen a lot of similar ads on various "freelancing" sites. Most have become glutted with overseas workers and oversees companies seeking workers who will work for next to nothing. I see all kinds of projects asking for insane things like someone writing 5-20 articles a day 500-1000 words in length on a variety of topics for $100 or maybe $5 each. You know, you can't but help how someone would write anything of worth on topics they probably know nothing about or how much research they can put into something and write, edit, submit a half dozen articles on more than one topic. I sometimes spend days or weeks researching for a single blog post. I have turned out three or four or five in a day, but only one or two were more than odd thoughts on a topic. I have seen jobs looking for people to post--let's call it what it is, spamming--Craigslist and other sites or forums. It's almost hard to believe how many jobs there are for so-called eMarketers, web designers and other gurus of some sort who are looking for others to write/create content for them that they don't have the skill to create on their own. Of course, where do you draw the line? There are companies using social media marketing that hire PR consultants/firms to blog or tweet for them as well. I consider those companies to be traditionalists faking something. If a PR consultant is going to do that, they ought to be hired as an employee by the company so that they have a stake in it and in their performance and so that their resume and performance and reputation are held more accountable. Do you know anyone who would willingly hire a company who can't create any of the content on their own website, and that hires non-native speakers of their language to write 30 articles they pass off as their own for $5 a pop? It's almost pointless to use many of the freelance sites unless you are able and willing to use it as ancillary income--that is, you don't need to depend on it, but if it finds you the odd extra job (even once in a year) that you're going, "Bonus!" Otherwise, you'll work yourself to death, get lots of gray hair and stress, and deal with people who really shouldn't be running a business in any case. Anyone can call me what they like--crazy, or whatever--but I think ethics still matter in business. Most freelancing sites start with good intentions, but most soon turn into schlock markets. Great post! I can’t help but laugh good and hard. I’ve seen a lot of similar ads on various “freelancing” sites. Most have become glutted with overseas workers and oversees companies seeking workers who will work for next to nothing. I see all kinds of projects asking for insane things like someone writing 5-20 articles a day 500-1000 words in length on a variety of topics for $100 or maybe $5 each. You know, you can’t but help how someone would write anything of worth on topics they probably know nothing about or how much research they can put into something and write, edit, submit a half dozen articles on more than one topic. I sometimes spend days or weeks researching for a single blog post. I have turned out three or four or five in a day, but only one or two were more than odd thoughts on a topic.

I have seen jobs looking for people to post–let’s call it what it is, spamming–Craigslist and other sites or forums. It’s almost hard to believe how many jobs there are for so-called eMarketers, web designers and other gurus of some sort who are looking for others to write/create content for them that they don’t have the skill to create on their own. Of course, where do you draw the line? There are companies using social media marketing that hire PR consultants/firms to blog or tweet for them as well. I consider those companies to be traditionalists faking something. If a PR consultant is going to do that, they ought to be hired as an employee by the company so that they have a stake in it and in their performance and so that their resume and performance and reputation are held more accountable.

Do you know anyone who would willingly hire a company who can’t create any of the content on their own website, and that hires non-native speakers of their language to write 30 articles they pass off as their own for $5 a pop? It’s almost pointless to use many of the freelance sites unless you are able and willing to use it as ancillary income–that is, you don’t need to depend on it, but if it finds you the odd extra job (even once in a year) that you’re going, “Bonus!” Otherwise, you’ll work yourself to death, get lots of gray hair and stress, and deal with people who really shouldn’t be running a business in any case. Anyone can call me what they like–crazy, or whatever–but I think ethics still matter in business. Most freelancing sites start with good intentions, but most soon turn into schlock markets.

Great post!

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