But there are also many jobs out there just blogging for a company or network, where they have a group of people working on the same blog.

Look for job posting boards that list freelance writing jobs, you will find blogging jobs there. Or you can set up a Google alert for “ghost writer” or “ghost blogger”, though that will lead you to many stories, like this one, that discuss the concept without offering a job. That’s how I ended up here. It’s interesting to read the post and comments, even if I didn’t find a job opportunity.

My thought is that the successful ghost blogger is able to blog using a “voice” that is not their own, but also that they must be knowledgeable and passionate about the subject matter. I wouldn’t be any good writing a blog on business and stock market news, for instance.

I have a list of recommendation sources on my About page.

Thanks for the information

Michele

I’m sorry, but am I missing something? There is no “job” here being requested. It’s an article about the issue of blogging for hire.

And if you are looking for feedback, a rambling, poorly written comment is not a way to solicit a blogging job. Leaving a comment on an unrelated blog post is an indication that you haven’t read the blog post and you lack attention to details.

You asked.

Here is a professional blogger job description I developed last year, which is being used by various organizations

In 25 years of being in the information technology arena, I have never wasted time playing with any technology that wasn’t profitable. As Ms. VanFossen mentioned, any skill is developed by “learn, study, and do, fall down, get up”. Blogging combined with RSS technology is worth the time in honing your skills. Blogging can and will be more profitable in 2008.

Blogging has the potential of being extremely profitable. There are many success stories that confirm this fact. Last year Walmart hired 130 bloggers to do nothing but write nice things about the company their products. Check the 2006 New York Magazine article “Blogs to Riches” this stories may seem like exceptions in 2006 (AOL paid $25Mil for Engadget.com), but there will be more in 2008.

More companies are slowly hired more bloggers in 2007. 2008 will bring on many more opportunities for bloggers.

Any person who wants to be successful as a professional blogger, must think like a business owner, not an employee or freelance worker bee. Be prepared to educate each potential client on the benefits of blogging and how it compliments a webs site. Now is the time to hone your skills. Be prepared to provide a blogging “value proposition” to a potential client. Be prepared to provide clients with blog analytics. This helps justify a continued business relationship from month to month.

Clients are interested in how a blog is going to exponentially bring more visitors to their web site, which dramatically improves sales for their bottom line. Writing skills are a blogger’s capital, but business savvy is what closes the initial deal for the blogging contract.

Those who currently blog, learn to use all the blogging syndication tools available to continuously get your name around the world. Syndication tools bring blogging requests to me on a pretty regular basis, although I have regular blogging clients. Of course there is a plethora of affiliate marketing programs to assist with creating passive income for a dedicated blogger.

Weblogs, Inc. is one of those networks mentioned in a previous comment above that is looking for paid bloggers. They have many topics for a professional blogger to choose from.