Blogger Job Openings in Malaysia

As usual, many in the West are now doing something us Malaysians fail to show value. One magazine thinks bloggers will be the force which could turnover the Malaysia elections. But I’m not interested in this political stuff right now. I’m more concerned if bloggers will have a job space in future.

I’m more interested to observe when our job classifieds will list; Blogger Wanted. There are a few in Malaysia who are currently hiring bloggers to blog for them. And clients I’m working with repeatedly ask, “who will be responsible to blog?”. While I would always say, “You will need to appoint someone in the company” I believe we have a qualified amount of people in Malaysia.

I’ve been pondering to compile a list of Malaysia bloggers who want to blog part-time or freelance. Like trying to apply a position with Simpleet, my expectations are set moderately high. Though if I set the requirements too high, the payroll also increases and the client wouldn’t have the required budget.

Nonetheless, below would be a rough example of my requirements looking for bloggers:

1. Minimum blogging experience: 6 months or more
2. Minimum owned blogs: 1
3. Minimum article length: 500 words
4. Must know how to optimize content for search engine.
5. Must publish on the schedule given.
6. Must know how to camwhore.
7. Must know how to draw comics.
8. Must own a camera.
9. Must be a Malaysia blogger.

Okay. Those look like pretty realistic requirements to me. After all, it’s what most Malaysia bloggers do on their blogs. And if you’re concentrating too deeply, I wasn’t serious after number 5 onwards.

These are only the requirements. In other words, the final decision before I would consider you is obviously the content you’ve written. But not to worry, I’m not looking for flawless English. It has to be English sentences me and the client would understand if we read it.

So, how does RM25-50 per article sound to you?

p.s: I’m doing research on bloggers who are interested and the price trend.

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20 Responses to “Blogger Job Openings in Malaysia”

1. Response #1 by Sashi on January 25th, 2008

   The requirements sound ok, except for numbers 6 and 7, which instantly rule me out.

2. Response #2 by ShaolinTiger on January 25th, 2008

   25-50 per article is way to low, magazines pay RM100-250 for 500 words and expect similar quality as a reasonable blog post.

   There was a job opening with Lenovo for blog ambassador/online monitor/blogger etc.

3. Response #3 by Danny Foo on January 25th, 2008

   Sashi:
   Camwhoring easy what…I think. LOL!

   Shaolin:
   What’s the benchmark of similar quality? Proficient English with little grammatical errors?

   Anyway, these are publishing agencies who quote clients probably RM2000 per month for these bloggers who they pay RM100-250 per article then pocket the rest. I’m on the other hand pocketing nothing to a mere RM10-50. And I’ve no fear to bluntly say that cause I’m honest dealing with whoever I work with.

   As for the Lenovo deal, corporations have a different expectation for a blogger. And if the corporation is located in Malaysia, do you think you’ll just get away being just a blogger who blogs?

4. Response #4 by Kitkat on January 25th, 2008

   Interesting… I believe some writers look at the frequency of posts needed too.

5. Response #5 by Kitkat on January 25th, 2008

   I wonder how much the bloggers/contributors/authors are paid on Techcrunch?

6. Response #6 by Danny Foo on January 25th, 2008

   Kitkat:
   My guess, more than RM100-250. But of course, it’s because that’s in US Dollars.

7. Response #7 by WTJ on January 25th, 2008

   Must know how to draw comics. << i’m bad at this.

8. Response #8 by tulipspeaks on January 25th, 2008

   That would be cool. Glad you were not serious about the comic thingy!
   But RM25-50 per article with min 500 words is a bit low.

   ammu.

9. Response #9 by Danny Foo on January 25th, 2008

   ammu:
   Then what would you recommend too? Shaolin, shared his opinion in the publishing industry they are paying RM100-250 per article to bloggers. So are you basing on the same rates as him?

10. Response #10 by zona marie on January 25th, 2008

    i won’t compare blogging articles to magazine article rates as they’re far different in terms of revenue making. magazines have benefits of giving you a better market rate because of circulation numbers and advertising revenues. i won’t compare blogging standards to professional writing standards either, it’s appalling (as you’ve said so in your previous entry).

    i’d reckon a company’s corp communications manager/dept should be in-charge of updating the blog because this is the company’s media image they’re dealing with. it falls under Public Relations. so, how can they think of hiring a non-professional at whim and fancy? =( well, i guess it’s their image to decide.

    in australia, they’re called “digital writers” not bloggers.

11. Response #11 by zona marie on January 25th, 2008

    my recommendation is a retainer of at least RM250-RM500 per month for regular updates of the said company’s website. because if the blog has regular updates that may not be the consistent 500 words (more or less), there is still a responsibility tied to both sides.

12. Response #12 by Sharon on January 25th, 2008

    yea, i’d have to agree RM25-50 is pretty low for a min of 500 article length. perhaps for part time then maybe can survive but not full time.

13. Response #13 by Danny Foo on January 25th, 2008

    Well, I did write this as part-time in mind. Not full-time. If it was full time, the requirements may be much higher than the above.

14. Response #14 by Razlan on January 26th, 2008

    Is there a job board set up just for blogger jobs in Malaysia, similar to what Darren Rowse has on problogger.net?

15. Response #15 by Danny Foo on January 28th, 2008

    Long time no see, Raz.

    I’ve not seen a job board like Darren around here. Most people are now still focusing on websites to host jobs. And I think it’s only beneficial to have a job board if your traffic is high enough which attracts employers to come and post up the jobs.

16. Response #16 by Razlan on January 28th, 2008

    Hey Danny,

    Actually, since there are demands for bloggers in Malaysia, why not start one? It can be positioned to be a community project instead being commercialised. There is even a job board built around WordPress.

17. Response #17 by Danny Foo on January 29th, 2008

    I’m going to put the idea on hold at the moment, Razlan. But a big thank you for the show of support.

18. Response #18 by princess Rin on February 1st, 2008

    Guys, I am thinking to become a Real blogger too waha~

    Danny, hire me please =D

19. Response #19 by Danny Foo on February 1st, 2008

    Rin, your blog looks really focused on fashion.

    Though I’m wondering why disable people from commenting on it.

20. Response #20 by rockstar on June 28th, 2008

    hmm…RM25-50, that’d keep our inflation rate in check..

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