Job Offer - Article Directory Moderator

February 13th, 2007 · 7 Comments · 1,680 views

I have an article directory that is doing alright - right now there are almost 500 registered authors. But the problem is that I don’t have time to moderate all the new articles that are coming in.

So I’ve decided to hire a moderator. At first I was going to check out some of the freelance sites but then I thought - why not see if my subscribers and blog readers would be interested in this?

Could you use some extra money? Do you think this is something for you?

Required skills

Good English skills (if English is your first language that’s a plus)
Attention to detail
Be able to follow directions (I will give you videos with instructions)
Be able to work independently (although I will be happy to guide you at first)

Responsibilities

Log in as needed and moderate any new articles (approve/decline them)
Report any repeated violations
Report regularly to me
Anything else I can think of ;)

You will be paid an hourly rate - qualified applicants will get the details.

This is a part-time job. Actually, the work required isn’t that much right now so it’s just a little extra spending money. Right now you would need to spend maybe 1-2 hours a week moderating new articles - but this will increase over time. However, the backlog of new articles is pretty big right now so you would need to spend some extra time initially to clear that out - which means quick bucks for you :)

Also, not sure if I need to mention this - but this will be an “off site” job meaning you can work from your home - no need to move to Iceland ;)

You will be paid through PayPal - so, if you don’t have a PayPal account and you can’t get one please don’t apply.

Update: The position has been filled. Thanks to all those that applied.

To apply use the contact form to tell me a little bit about yourself (name, age, where you live, etc.) and why you think you would be a good fit for this job. If you’ve done sometime similar to moderating articles I would be interested in knowing about that.

Who knows, if everything works out alright I might have some other assignments for you on my other websites.

If you need more details please let me know, either through the comments or the contact form.

Update: The position has been filled. Thanks to all those that applied.

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7 responses so far ↓

Allen.H // Feb 13, 2007 at 10:53 pm

Hey Hannes,

Good to see you starting th leverage in your business and start hiring people to do the small tasks for you, I’ve been also trying to do so with hiring bloggers per post, so far with a decent success.

Keep us posted with this!

Allen.H
Hannes Johnson // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:52 am

Allen - yeah, you’re always hearing that you should outsource as much as you can but I just hadn’t been able to find anything that I would be comfortable with outsourcing. If this goes well I’m probably going to outsource more things.

It looks like this little experiment worked out alright - I’ve already received several job applications and many of them are very promising. I think the only problem will be to choose one to go with because right now I only have work for 1.
michael // Feb 14, 2007 at 12:58 am

sorry i forgot to say english is my first language. also i will have a picture of my self up in a day have to get my cam to work. meanwhile hope u like the bongo frankenstein.
LaJuan Porch // Feb 16, 2007 at 5:56 pm

yes, I’d read your email and i do want to work for but if i have to pay money for anything to start count me out.
Hannes Johnson // Feb 16, 2007 at 9:22 pm

LaJuan - the moderator doesn’t have to pay anything - I pay him/her ;)
HMTKSteve // Feb 17, 2007 at 4:28 pm

Did you fill this position yet?
Hannes Johnson // Feb 17, 2007 at 7:14 pm

HMTKSteve - No, not yet… but I’m reviewing all the applications right now and will probably pick one today or tomorrow.

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