About.com, a part of The New York Times Company

You want to be a Guide?

You’re a recognized expert in your field, and you have the credentials and experience to back you up. You have professional writing experience in your area of expertise, are familiar with HTML, and love to help educate others about your topic.

If so, perhaps you have what it takes to be an About Guide!

About.com is the Web’s leading provider of trusted information on every topic and offer information and tutorials on hundreds of topics / category.

As a Guide you’ll build and maintain a GuideSite, a topical section that contains:

• Original content (articles, reviews, FAQs, tutorials) written by you
• A blog featuring your unique voice and personality
• A directory of the best content on your topic, whether it is work created by you or links to other sites
• A discussion forum where you serve as community leader

You will be a freelancers Guide, You will work online at home and set their own schedules, flexibility to log on from anywhere in the world and work at a time that is best for You. With no timesheets to fill out and no timecards to punch, About.com gives you the flexibility to write when you want and determine for yourself how successful you want to be.

You have to own a Guide written by Your self before submit as About.com Guide.

At a minimum, About Guides must publish two full-length articles every 14 days and update their blog one to three times per week. However, the potential for your GuideSite is really up to you. The more high-quality, relevant content you produce, the more you can earn.

How Do You Get Compensated?

The basis of Guide compensation is year-over-year page view growth. As of 1/1/07, if your page views grow you will never make less than $725 per month and it’s likely you’ll make much more than that over time (in some cases we have Guides who earn in excess of $100,000 per year).

A Special Guarantee for New Guides (less than two year):

New Guides - Guides in the first two years of their contract - are guaranteed to make at least $725 per month, and it’s likely that they will make much more than that over time.

The Legalese:

All Guides are independent contractors and shall not be subject to the direction, control, or supervision of About.com regarding time spent or procedures followed in performing services hereunder. However, About.com is the final decision maker in regard to the produced product and reserves the right to request modification and/or modify the product to ensure, among other things, that it complies with quality standards. All Guides are responsible for all tax liabilities emanating from their payments. Guides are not eligible for any benefits from About.com and waive any right to them.


Please note: compensation earned by other Guides is not a guarantee of any kind that any other Guide who meets the minimum expectations will earn that much, or any specific amount. About.com offers this information as a means of sharing with applicants the potential compensation that they may earn. About.com reserves the right to terminate a Guide’s engagement and/or change the Guide compensation model at any time for any reason, notwithstanding any information contained in the engagement materials.

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