Review: Staff Blogging Course by Ali Hale [Unit II]
Posted by Samar | Posted in Blogging | Posted on 17-06-2009
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If you’re still running around like a headless chicken wondering why your blog isn’t making you money, let me clue you in: It’s because you’re going about it the wrong way!
Not your fault really, seeing how you’re headless 
As a former headless chicken, I would advise you to sit in one place and read this review to find out how you can change your luck and go from earning zero to paying your bills in less than a year. (Not my story. Ali’s. Mine will come after I’ve completed the course.)
Unit II of the staff blogging course deals with finding your first staff blogging job.
In this unit, Ali explains:
- Different methods of finding staff blogging jobs,
- Tips on increasing your chances of landing the jobs and
- Lists job boards where you can search for blogging jobs.
Exercises
As with the previous unit, there are exercises included that guarantee success if done properly. What stood out for me was that there is a very realistic time frame included for each exercise.
You can of course, take longer but the time limit provided in the exercises is more than enough if you’re focusing on the course alone.
Handouts
Not only does the “Finding your first staff blogging job” come with a separate handout listing the reputable job boards with well paying staff blogging jobs, but it also has another hand out in which Ali has included emails as samples that she sent to blog editors herself when applying for a job.
Each email is explained, with every important aspect of it highlighted so that the reader understands why something was written in a certain way and what effect it would have on your application.
Included in the handout are a few more personal messages that give you a clear idea of how to approach a blog a job. It’s not all about success in the handout though. Ali also list things that did not work for her.
My view and experience
I’ve started checking the listed job boards daily and applying to jobs that I feel I’m a fit for. I used Ali’s sample email to modify my own application email before applying. While my first few applications were rejection, there are a couple worth mentioning.
My very first application for a travelling blog was rejected because my geographical location was not what they were looking for. Since they had not specified a location in the job ad, they apologized, and mentioned that they were impressed by my samples and would keep me in mind if something came up. Much better than a ‘Thanks but no thanks.’ don’t you think?
Another application replied with a ‘We’d love to have you blog for us. Please tell us your rates.” I sent them my rates and never heard back from them. Keeping an eye on their blog revealed that they had hired someone else. Before you ask? No, my rates were not high.
A follow up email elicited no response.
Success!
All right, so not in getting a staff blogging job – though I’m hopeful that might change soon – but in getting work offer through one of the methods Ali suggests and explains in the unit. Keep your mind open for not just staff blogging jobs, you can apply for other jobs with the help of the things you learn.
The fact that following Ali’s advice is eliciting response is success in itself. With every application, I’m getting more confident and realizing that I have more experience that I give myself credit for. All those years of blogging have given me mad skills!
You already know what I’ll say, but I’ll say it anyway. Do yourselves a favour and buy the staff blogging course. You’ll be making money from blogging within three months. If you don’t (provided you’ve done every exercise in the course) there’s a 90 day money back guarantee.
What are you waiting for? It’s $19! Or less if you have a discount code.
Image credit: Andyp UK
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