mediabistro.com Announces Launch of Freelance Marketplace: A New Way for Freelancers to Find Work

mediabistro.com Announces Launch of Freelance Marketplace: A New Way for Freelancers to Find Work

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- mediabistro.com today announced the official launch of its Freelance Marketplace (http://www.mediabistro.com/fm), a portfolio database that allows freelance media professionals to showcase their work and connect with potential employers and hiring managers to find highly qualified freelance media professionals quickly and efficiently.

mediabistro.com is an industry leader in the market for fulltime media job listings, and the Freelance Marketplace is an exciting expansion into services that help the fastest growing segment of the workforce today: freelance professionals.

"For years I've been contacted by editors asking me to recommend 'someone great' for numerous freelance assignments," says Laurel Touby, Founder and CEO of mediabistro.com. "I used to manually go through my database and connect talent on a case by case basis. But when my list of names grew too large, it was obvious that I had to find a better way. The Freelance Marketplace is the solution."

Employers can find a wide variety of media professionals via the Freelance Marketplace, including:

- writers
- photographers
- graphic designers
- producers
- publicity, marketing and advertising professionals



The Freelance Marketplace allows editors to search for free, while freelancers pay a small annual or monthly fee to post a listing. Listings include searchable overviews of the freelancer's work and areas of expertise, as well as sample pieces, allowing editors to fully assess a freelancer's suitability for a project before making contact.

To date, more than 500 professionals have joined the Freelance Marketplace, and the results have been career-changing. Many users have reported finding jobs within a day or two of posting. "The Freelance Marketplace is the fastest I've ever had any business investment pay for itself," says Debra Gordon, a medical writer and Freelance Marketplace user who landed a $15,000.00 project within two days of creating her Freelance Marketplace profile.

Freelancers who are interested in signing up for the Freelance Marketplace should visit http://www.mediabistro.com/fm to register. A one-year subscription to the Freelance Marketplace costs $149.00 for members of AvantGuild, mediabistro's paid membership association, and $175.00 for non- members. Monthly Freelance Marketplace memberships are also available for $14.00 per month for AvantGuild members and $19.00 per month for non-members.

About mediabistro.com

Since 1999, mediabistro.com has been connecting media professionals to new opportunities and to each other.

Both an on- and off-line resource for media professionals, mediabistro.com provides job listings and professional training, organizes exclusive gatherings for media professionals nationwide, and publishes original, must- read daily content about developments in the media business. There are more than 300,000 registered mediabistro.com users, and the site currently welcomes nearly a million visitors a month.


Source: mediabistro.com

CONTACT: Laura Galloway, Galloway Media Group, +1-646-674-2712, or cell,
+1-213-948-3100, lagalloway@aol.com, for mediabistro.com

Web site: http://www.mediabistro.com/


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