in these tough economic times, i have decided to see how i can earn some extra money. i came up with some options:
1 - i can present scrapbooking workshops in places other than my own shop. i am prepared to fly economy class. if i have to. i do especially well in exotic, far-away places.
2 - i can help you start or improve your blog. i do know a little about blogging by now.
3 - i can edit your photos. in these digital days, you can just email them to me, and i will make you look beautiful! see here and here.
4 - i can do some freelance writing. it is this point i want to talk about today.
to get some freelance writing jobs, i have to prove my worth. i have to show my skills. and so this is kind of a cv.
- i passed grade 12 english with a distinction. i just missed a distinction in afrikaans. i can even write in dutch! and i know how to spell realize and apologize and color in american.
- during my one year at university, i studied BA Communications. i was going to major in journalism and marketing.
- i can spell. really well. i have a spell-checker, and i'm not afraid to use it. i also remember that 'i comes before e, except after c'.
- i can write about nothing.
- i realise that my lack of capitalization skills are suspect. i assure you that that is an illusion. when i type in microsoft word, capital letters are automatically inserted, and the spell-checker picks up the rest.
- besides, capital letters are so last season.
- i do, however, know the correct use of apostrophe's apostrophes the apostrophe. i can even spell it...
- i can report breaking news about current events, as you can see here. and here.
- and i am aware that one should not start one's sentence with 'and' or 'but'. but i choose to. it's my style.
- i have an abundant supply of !!!!, commas and points.... they come at no extra cost.
- i can write tutorials. especially about photoshop. this one alone gets hundreds of hits every month from google and from many other sites, like this one! and this one gets lots of hits too.
- i know the difference between .pdf, .jpeg, .psd, .doc, and how to create and convert them.
- i can write reviews about technical stuff, as you can see here.
- i know how to change fonts, and have lots to choose from.
- i can write a guest post for your blog. like i did here and here.
- i work well with a deadline. in fact, it is the only way i ever achieve anything!
- i am 2-for-the-price-of-one. i can write an article and provide the photos. you can see my brilliant action photography skills here.
- i can write and photograph recipes, as you can see here.
going through all these skills, i am convinced that the writing jobs will be flooding in soon. now, please excuse me while i go to sit next to my inbox...
love, jacki
jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES scrapbooking shop, benoni, gauteng, south africa
