A Hairy Topic

I have a bad hair life. I've constantly written about this in newspapers and magazines. It's practically impossible to style it since it's too thick, too frizzy, and, well, just too-too. I usually deal with it by tying it or braiding it. If I let it loose for more than an hour, the thing will expand to about 10 inches around my head. Yes, hair is definitely a delicate matter to take up with me.

What's the Buzz on Memorial Day?

So I was watching the Today Show the other day and they had two guests answering all sorts of trivia questions about Memorial Day. I didn't know it was called Decoration Day before. That little bit might come in useful in my next round of Trivial Pursuit.

Turning Down a Part-time WOH Opp

I received a call from the school I considered working for last year. They need another part-time Spanish teacher. While a regular income would definitely make things much more comfortable for us at this point, I think I'll have to beg off again as our setup will not allow it. My experience with nannies certainly left me helper-shy. I don't think I can leave my daughter with such regularity in anybody's care other than her grandmothers'. My MIL works full-time while my mom has her hands full being my sister's caregiver. Anyway, it shouldn't be their problem and since I'm not ready to entrust the care of my daughter to anybody else, I have no choice but to stay home. It's not that I don't want to. I want to, but the money thing is an important factor to consider. We can still manage anyway, so it's not really an issue.

Wanted Fulltime, Work-At-Home Content Editor

Got this from one of my writing egroups. Can't do full-time so I'm not even bothering to apply. :)

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We are looking for an experienced editor who will work full-time but on an online, work-at-home basis.

This is not a employment arrangement. This is a service arrangement.

This is an urgent requirement.

You must able to provide or have ALL of the items listed below. Seriously, please DO NOT apply if you do not have at least ONE of the following:
1. you must allocate at least 8 hours of work a day
2. you have a landline-based DSL at home. Wireless DSLs at home or working at internet cafes are not applicable
3. you do NOT have a full-time work
4. you must have writing and editing experience.
5. you must provide us with previous articles you wrote
6. you can attend physical/in- person meetings and travel to Ortigas Center on short notice
7. you are currently living in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces
8. you are very proficient in MS Word and Powerpoint
9. immediately available for work

You have an advantage if you have:
1. CorelDraw experience
2. Management experience

The hired editor will:
1. be provided with training
2. be assigned with a high-end workstation to be used at his/her home
3. 14,000 to 20,000 pesos a month NET compensation
4. in 6 months time, possible additional income from revenue share of company sales which is normally 10 - 30% of the monthly salary.

You scope of work includes:
1. Source books for content from bookstores, publishers and authors. You will be communicating with authors who are mostly U.S. based
2. Edit the output from the in-office content-production and ­management staff.
3. Liaise with book authors and publishers to source books and have content approved by them for further use as necessary.
4. Transform edited and approved output of content into the various formats (or supervise staff handling the creation of these formats).
5. Broadcast final output to subscribers on a weekly basis.
6. Oversee the operations of the in-office content-production and ­management staff.
7. Coordinate and liaise with non-fulltime staff regarding their output and remuneration.
8. Manage the company blogs and social media accounts as assigned.
9. Assist in social marketing efforts as required.
10. Liaise with subscribers to deal with their content-related issues.

If you think you are qualified, please email the following to jojy at bizsum dot com:
1. answer 'Yes' to all 9 requirements
2. attach sample work
3. resume

If you have any questions, please do not post in the thread. Just email me straight.

Interviews will begin immediately as we receive the emails. Thanks
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Here's another one:

Looking for writers.

Must be Internet-savvy. SEO knowledge a plus pero kung hindi okay lang.

E-mail your resumes to admin (at) jonasdiego (dot) com.

A Career in Blogging

I started another blog. It's over at Momcenter. I'm not certain it was such a hot move since I can't monetize it. I do enjoy writing the posts, but with my limited time online (self-imposed since I obviously have other, more important things to do), maybe it's not very smart time (and writing effort) investment. I have included hyperlinks to my personal blog, so hopefully, it would at least generate hits. Anyway, it's not like I update it everyday, so I guess it's basically okay. I'm thinking of starting two more blogs (monetized ones, of course). I've had the idea knocking about in my head for months now, but procrastination is a hard habit to break. I'm thinking about trying out wordpress, but I'm not sure if I have the energy to learn features and stuff. Not that I already understand all of Blogger's.

Let's Talk Some More About Celebrities

I didn't realize I disliked so many celebrities. I don't even really like Oprah (nor do I dislike her... all the time), but I was forced to answer her in some of the questions below. They're certainly turning me off tweeting just because they're so into it.

The Fusion of Twitter and YouTube

Tweeting is all the rage and clearly not one of the few I've succumbed to. I'm wondering if I should join in though, if it should bring more hits to my blogs. Hmm, to tweet or not to tweet...

Online Opps

So I was thrilled to land a $10-paid post gig from PayPerPost this morning. I really feel grateful for that. PayPerPost usually doles out $5 ones for blogs of my pagerank (but lately, most of the opps average at $2. I take the opp if it's not too demanding, like 25 words and 1 link wouldn't bad for that amount.) Blogvertise pays higher, but opps come sporadically. I've also been taking advantage of tasks from myLot. Tasks are easy to do and instructions are pretty straightforward, so I grab as many tasks as I can. That's all I can share about online earning for now. :)

Marguerite Is True to Form

Trust Marguerite to be awake for my scheduled business call. One of my contacts in my WAH world got in touch with me about a company he's starting. We scheduled to talk over Skype at 7:30am (my time) so he could explain the concept to me. It sounded like a good idea and something I'd be interested in being involved in. I would have understood it better though if a certain cutie-patootie had not woken up at 4am, waking me up as well in the process, and/or if I had opted to eat something before the call, lol. Anyway, I may be turning over a new leaf in my WAH life. Hope this works out.