The content writing has become popular as the world of Internet has evolved and more people have adapted to modern day technology. This only means one thing, more demand to search information online the content there needs to be created and more job opportunities for content writers are available to make a great career from.

Here are the simple steps you need to take to get a job as a content writer:

Develop all skills writer must have Create an online reputation Create a resume Find a job through Indeed Apply for the job Attend the job interview

What skills do you need to become a content writer?

Successful writers are able to write about almost anything and I don’t mean just being able to write words but to be able to truly engage the reader with your content. In a nutshell you have to have the ability to market, you have to develop a mindset of a marketer.

You have to be able to fully focus on the content you are writing. Let’s say you are writing about DUI for an attorney client. You have to be able to not only communicate that article with an average reader but also keep the tonality industry related. Be able to do a extensive research, put the facts together and meet the newest algorithm standards for search users who are searching for the keywords your article will target to rank for.

Content writers who are successful have the ability to understand their audience. Perform keyword research to see what keywords search users are searching for so they can rank the article on popular search engines for those targeted keywords and really soak up the relevant traffic. Strong content writers also have the skill to analyze the competitions, dissect everything about them, good, the bad and opportunity analysis to really analyze what competition has missed to make their content better and lastly good content writers are original with their content and have good understand in social media platforms and their culture of content.

How to create a online reputation?

Having a great online presence is more important then ever. It is a way to tell people about yourself, showing them what you have done and giving them perspective about if you are a right fit connection for whatever reason you are getting connected with x person.

In order to successfully create a good online presence to increase the odds of getting the dream job you must follow the following tips.

Create The Following Social Media Platforms:

Facebook – This platform will allow you to create a dedicates page about yourself and to really build fan page around you. You can join online writer groups and connect with other writers, you can message brands and make suggestions and ultimately people can share your content which will be visible to their friends and family members.

This platform will allow you to create a dedicates page about yourself and to really build fan page around you. You can join online writer groups and connect with other writers, you can message brands and make suggestions and ultimately people can share your content which will be visible to their friends and family members. LinkedIn – Will allow you to not only show your to very large professional network but also be able to get job offers right from it’s platform.

Will allow you to not only show your to very large professional network but also be able to get job offers right from it’s platform. Twitter – Here you can post your work, make tweets related to the industries you are trying to write for to really send a message across that can gain some attention.

Here you can post your work, make tweets related to the industries you are trying to write for to really send a message across that can gain some attention. Pinterest – Whatever content you create whether it is for your client or from the work you need to make the infographic version of that content and get it posted on Pinterest.

Whatever content you create whether it is for your client or from the work you need to make the infographic version of that content and get it posted on Pinterest. Quora – This is a great pletform to answer a lot of writer oriented questions to really stand out as an expert who knows what his talking about.

This is a great pletform to answer a lot of writer oriented questions to really stand out as an expert who knows what his talking about. Personal Blog – Build a simple WordPress website or Blogger website so you can write blogs about industry you are after so you can show your writing portfolion on your next job interview.

How to create a professional resume?

Having developed a professional resume will put you ahead of those who are trying to fight to earn same position as you. It is valuable and it is your key to present yourself, experience and your skills in one interview.

Another great benefit of well-written resume is that it demonstrates your level of education and communicates exactly how your qualification meets the role you are trying to apply for.

Employers select the content writers only if their resume is tailored to the job position. This shows that you are able to perform the duties that is required by your employer.

There are 5 key elements that make the strong characteristics of professional resume:

Implementing Power words Relevant skills Confidence Clarity and quantitative stats Correct Formatting

Pro tips to write a good resume

I am going to provide you with additional tips to help you write a good resume so you can really stand out when applying for jobs.

Keep your words short: Instead of writing a novel, keep things short and make every talked about experience read as a statement, do not make them sound like a full sentence. Remember the best resumes are composed as statement.

Instead of writing a novel, keep things short and make every talked about experience read as a statement, do not make them sound like a full sentence. Remember the best resumes are composed as statement. Proofread Your Work: Before you click that SAVE button you need to proofread your resume out loud. My favorite trick is, wait 3 days and read it. You can really perfect it then. This way you will make your resume flawless and will increase it’s quality. You can also have your friends and family members to read it and get a solid feedback from the 3rd party to really get it on point.

Before you click that SAVE button you need to proofread your resume out loud. My favorite trick is, wait 3 days and read it. You can really perfect it then. This way you will make your resume flawless and will increase it’s quality. You can also have your friends and family members to read it and get a solid feedback from the 3rd party to really get it on point. Use the white space: The blank regions on your resume are known as the white space, which contains no text or imagery. You should eliminate skills or any work experience that is not related to the job posting. Replace the white spaces with graphics design that stands out or images that are appealing to the eye.

How to find a job using Indeed?

One of the fastest ways to get a job is to go through reputable and trusted platform indeed.

Here are the steps:

Visit www.indeed.com Sign-Up Upload Your Resume Enter Job Title, Keyword or Company Select Your Location Click Search

Once you find job opening that catches your eyes, read the requirements, once you are convinced that you have what it takes to move forward and you are happy with the compensation. Click apply.

Now just because you applied doesn’t mean that you are going to get the job. You have to do further research and actually get the contact information of the person who is responsible for hosting the job application on indeed.

You can do that by simply calling the company and asking them who is in charge of recruiting a qualified person for the content writer position. 98% at a time you will be pointed out to this person and you can tell him that you have applied and you are interested in this opportunity. This will increase your chances to stand out from the crowd.

How to past a job interview?

Before you think about what you are going to wear the next day, there is something important you have to address immediately. The pre-interview preparation. What I mean by that, become familiar with the company and the person conducting the interview with you. This will do one thing, no lull in the conversation.

Don’t overdress when you show up to the interview. Try to identify companies dress code, go on their social media and see the type of shirts their employees wear. Once have an idea, find something that looks similar so the interviewer can feel that you are already part of the team. If you can’t find anything matching with the company colors than just dress casual.

Make sure you shut your phone down completely. First of all, it is rude and annoying but putting ir on vibration is also not good, silent.

During The Interview

Once you arrive at the scene walk with your head up, shoulders back to really demonstrate your confidence. Once you sit down with the interview man, maintain eye contact, present a strong handshake and smile.

When they ask you tell me about yourself? Here you have to plan out your focus and emphasize on relevant skills that you have.

When you are in a situation where interviewer asks a negative question. Try to stay positive and portray yourself as the positive light.

In the conversation focus on your skills, what you can implement immediately. Employers have one objective to know what you bring to the table and how fast can you implement everything.

Sell them your story, tell it in a way where you take them on the journey. Support all your claims of being the best candidate for the content writing position.

After The Interview

Make no mistake, after any job interview you always want to send a thank you note. The format of the note may depend on the type of company interview with but handwritten is always the best. It’s physical, its something you can feel and it’s personal.

Do not go on social media platforms talking about this. No matter how badly you want to go tweet or facebook status it, do not share any details of the interview on the Internet. The interviewer might be spying on you through the social media.

Example of how I got the content writer job

My background is in digital marketing and for while I was selling social media marketing services. I mean I’ve worked for many different digital marketing agencies in my career as a content writer so there is something there. A lot of credibility, I think I’ve written over 3k blogs a year. So I saw a job opening through indeed about content writer needed. I was curious and wanted to find out more information. I clicked on it, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was a job offer from Gary Vaynerchuk team for Veynermedia. They were looking for a content writer. I didn’t even hesitate and applied right away.

It was a online interview but this is how it went:

Top-notch written and oral communication skills

In my current position as director of communications, I create dozens of monthly blogs, internal communications, and run our weekly staff meetings. I’ve ghostwritten four articles which have made it onto Forbes, as well as for articles for London real, managed my own freelance writing side hustle, and published two books.

Good interview and copy editing skills

As a former newspaper reporter, I’ve conducted, transcribed, written and edited for a daily publication for two years. I had to cut my teeth on crime stories, out of town features, and local government pieces pretty early on, and have developed my skills as a reporter to where I’m confident, efficient and pretty intuitive, one-on-one.

Have a strong grasp of AP style and grammar

I use AP almost exclusively. It’s what I was taught, so it’s what I use as a standard.

Comfortable working under and meeting deadlines

I have and continue to work to tight deadlines. I like working under pressure and in a fast-paced work environment. It keeps me alert and on point every time.

Can demonstrate strong knowledge of all major social media platforms

As a writer, I’ve created ad campaigns, blogs, editorials, and daily content for Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter. I also work pretty extensively with Google My Business profiles, and have scripted several TikTok shorts, although I feel it’s important to stay authentic and organic on this platform. By way of an example, I’d say Pinterest is one of the most underrated social media platforms out there to date.

In my position, I’ve worked on creating infographics that drive massive amounts of targeted traffic. With these infographics, we’ve been able to build relevant links that help increase organic rankings. Another platform, my personal favorite, on Reddit we had a client we were working with who had an eCommerce store selling organic vitamins and sleep aids. While the team was focused on launching ads on other saturated platforms. I focused on launching ads on targeted Reddit communities. We spent about $80k and revenued $1.8 million. There are so many examples I can provide but the main idea here is that, every platform is different, every platform has its own vibe and it’s important to understand that you can’t make content for Facebook and copy the same thing over to LinkedIn or Pinterest.

You have to create content that’s remarkable for your audience but at the same time fits in with the culture and vibe of different social media platforms.

Experience with Google Analytics

Data is the single most important thing in the digital industry. I believe it’s important to know how to analyze data to really see if you’re targeting the right demographic. Otherwise you’re just wasting your time. Do we need to tweak something about our content to get the audience we need? What improvements do we need to make to really hit the target? I know there are all of these other tools to track website performance but 80 of the % time, I end up dealing with Google Analytics as this is the most accurate data collection tool out there. I love how easily you can integrate it with other tools and platforms, so it’s a perfect solution.

I’ve used analytics to create reports for clients, helped run split test campaigns to determine how search users are searching for and using the website, which pages they’re visiting and their overall behaviour. I have a strong feeling for why high bounce rates occur and how to systematically go through a website to decrease bounce rates.

Familiar with SEO performance metrics

The purpose of SEO is to rank a website organically in search engines for keywords, organically. Plain and simple. And it’s important to know how to effectively track your organic traffic to improve that SEO strategy. Bounce rate, organic conversion rate, the top existing pages for organic traffic, the breakdown of organic traffic from Bing, Yahoo and Google.



Click Through Rate is important as well, as well as how many pages are indexed through Search Console and how many are indexed through Bing search console. How many pages are crawled per day?



I can say that I have a pretty strong understanding of SEO performance metrics and can really dive deep into data to analyze performance, which makes my job more effective.

Can write for different audiences and platforms

In my time working for digital marketing agencies, I have written content for industries ranging from Attorneys and Medical offices to Auto Dealerships, eCommerce clients, construction, blockchain and new and emerging cryptocurrencies.

Broad, deep knowledge of Gary Vaynerchuk’s content

Around 2017 is when I first saw my first video from Gary. This lady came up to Gary in a car and she asked him to give her three words to inspire her. You probably know this, but Gary said, “You’re gonna die.” I found that really inspiring and started following him on social media right away. I had a twisted idea once I saw how much content Garvey was producing about motivation. I started making some series of silly content about demotivational posters, it was a parody but that really comes from a place where I was just watching SO MANY GV videos that it was all I was thinking about.

Tell me about yourself

I am a creative content creator. I bring adaptability and strong research skills to the table for my job. I always say I could work for an attorney tomorrow and probably beat out their entire research team. I have a solid understanding of SEO and where modern day technology is headed. I am organized and I can get laser focused on all my objectives. I work well under pressure and a fast paced work environment. I can meet all my deadlines and effectively communicate with those who are creating my objectives. I can edit, I can deliver quality and I stay up to date with the latest trends.

I worked with a few digital marketing agencies as a senior copywriter over the last ten years, creating all sorts of content. I worked with Marketing 180 in Washington as a managing editor for their content and The Hoth In Tampa Florida. Then, two years ago, I moved to Orlando, Florida. I currently work as the director of communications for a Orlando-based digital marketing agency.



Before all this, I got my start in content writing with an in-house position in Cape Town South Africa, before shifting over to agency work pretty early on. I also did investigative journalism and reporting for a daily newspaper.

Now I am looking for opportunities to grow. I want to be part of a company that has a bigger mission than itself. And I am willing to hussle, to do the work to prove myself for the position. I don’t believe things should be given, I think things should be earned and I carry that work with me into every job as part of my goal to achieve success.

Experience and how it would apply to Vaynermedia

My content writing experience has been for digital marketers, first and foremost, since 2010. With hundreds of blogs under my belt across WordPress, LinkedIn, and custom CRMs, I’ve developed a quick, thorough research technique and the writing acumen to create something with it quickly and painlessly. With so much content being generated at Vaynermedia, daily, this alone makes me a perfect fit.

I recently hemmed a project for a customer who needed 78 product pages done and written up in a week. I currently have one assistant, and we hired a freelancer, and we got it done. When I am invested in a project, I do my best work, and Vaynermedia? Well that seems like an easy place to invest in. I can really take your content production to the next level.

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Tell me about a time when you and your boss disagreed on something

As the creative director, my boss and I disagree a lot. Never clash. But often disagree. The best solution is always communication. I’m not obnoxious, but I also force myself to speak up when the heart of a project is at stake. There have also been times when I’ve had my eyes opened to something I wasn’t considering. So long as, in the moment, you make the effort to speak, you’ll have done your part.

I’ll give you an example of when I got into a disagreement with my boss. One of our clients who was a gym, came to us and said we are targeting the age demographic of 21 to 30 year olds to join our gym. The gym membership was $100 a month and they were trying to target rich people’s neighborhoods.

My boss said we are going to launch ads on Facebook to achieve this. I disagreed, two months later the client was about to cancel with us. My boss said we are going to try Instagram ads, I also disagreed. I thought we could either use LinkedIn or Snapchat to achieve this. Because these are the two platforms that allow you to target people by the Zip Code they live in. We could target rich neighborhoods using the rich zip codes. I got the hot girl to say, I’ll give you an example of how my message went, “Hey Orlando, Cool Gym is offering a free class today at 4, you can bring up to 5 friends, swipe up to sign up”.

It was a simple message but let me tell you man, we had 200+ new people show up at the gym every week and sales guys would sell them once they worked out. My boss gave me a raise after that but, before I try to bring up anything to anyone I have done extensive research and looked at case studies, learned everything about it and suggested it. But yeah that was one of the examples of many others.

What are your biggest strengths?

Communication, writing, editing, research and consistency. I prefer to get through a problem with as little left over as possible, and I work twice as hard in the moment to make sure that happens in the long run. I am also a fast learner, so I can adapt to new situations, overcome challenges and really solve problems.

What are your biggest weaknesses?

I can have trouble asking for help.

Conclusion

The interview went pretty good, these are some examples of answer I provided my qualifier with. I followed up with the thank you letter and week later he called me and told me that I was in.

My suggestion to you will be if you don’t get the job don’t give up. Apply for another. Use more resources than just Indeed, you can go to craigslist. You have so many more websites where you can find fresh jobs. In the meanwhile you hunt the job, work as a freelancer on Fiverr, Upwork, freelencer or digital marketing forum.

So follow these steps, stay focused and you will be one step ahead of everyone.

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