Unjob No. 3 – Graphic Designer

I was recently alerted by a friend about this year’s Uniqlo Grand Prix where fans of the Japanese clothing brand get to upload their own designs much like community driven shirt sites like Threadless.com Read more

Unjob No.2 – Virtual Personal Assistant

Tired of having to wake up at 6 in the morning after a night of heavy drinking just to make it to work on time even though your boss arrives 2 hours later? Losing your hair because of stress brought about by the struggle of cueing behind an endless MRT/LRT line? With the price of oil going through the roof and the cost of everything surging along proportionately, consumer spending is predicted to decrease due to budgetary constraints and people bracing themselves for the economic repercussions of an impending US recession wrought by the recent sub-prime mortgage crisis. Read more

Unjob No.1 – SEO content writer

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The internet has radically transformed the way freelancing and working from home are done today. With computers having the capacity to transfer large amounts of data almost instantaneously anywhere around the world, more and more offices are offering telecommuting opportunities to its employees which is understandable given the unending rise in oil and transportation costs the world over. For enterprising freelancers, part-timers and even office moonlighters, the ability to accomplish any form of work that pays from wherever you are (granted that you have an internet connection and a computer at hand) gives them an extra line of income doing something that, in some way or other, also allows for a quick escape from the mundane tasks presented by the daily grind.

SEO content writing is a process wherein the writer provides content for a firm or agency that presents them with keywords to be used a specified number of times in their works. An example would be writing about ‘Garden Gnomes’ in a 450-word essay that pays you per word (usually at a low, yet reasonable premium. The prime requirement for any SEO content is to use the given keyword/s liberally within the article in a gramatically correct way. Though it pays very little per word, the idea is to start cashing in on your writing hobby by taking in a great volume of keywords to write (try 25-30 450-word articles)!

The beauty of SEO content writing is its potential to be a great source of by the way income which you can take on anytime you get into a financial pinch (splurging on alcohol, crazy shopping, income withheld by employer for your naughtiness, etc). It’s a fantastic unjob for hobby writers/casual bloggers to journalists/professional bloggers, especially since the only tools you’ll be needing aside from a fairly decent command of the English language are the ones you’re using right now: an internet connection and your computer!

If you want to get started, send mail to Black Ink Projects, Inc. at b l a c k i n k p r o d @ g m a i l . c o m

Now get to writing!