THE MONSTER.COM TALENT MARKET NEWSLETTER

THIS WEEK: How to Market Your Business Online (For Cheap)

Monster's Talent Market is your online career home, whether you want
to start a new business, test out a new industry or strike out on
your own. What's up in Talent Market this week?

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IN THIS ISSUE: Week of February 14, 2000

-- FREE AGENT GUIDE: How to Market Your Business Online
-- WEB FREEBIES AND FINDS: Stop Singing the Single-Phone-Line Blues
-- HEARD ON THE BOARD: Proofreading Without the Sleeve Guards
-- MONSTER TALENT MARKET: 10,000 Companies Want Your Talent

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FREE AGENT GUIDE: How to Market Your Business Online

Online marketing: It sounds so technical, and who knows what it
costs? The good news is, lots of Web-based services have made it
pretty simple to set up a Web site, start up a promotional
e-newsletter, even advertise your business on other sites. And
there's more good news: Many of these services are free. The bad
news: Your competition has already taken the online plunge! So get
cracking with John Rossheim's practical guide to marketing
your business online.
http://content.talentmarket.monster.com/weeklyarticle/

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WEB FREEBIES AND FINDS: Stop Singing the Single-Phone-Line Blues

Don't you hate it when you miss an important call from a client
because you were online (and on the phone line) helping another
customer? Don't you also hate the idea of paying $20 or $30 per month
for an additional phone line? A new breed of Internet call-waiting
and phone-answering services may have the answer, for free or cheap.
BuzMe.com, Call Wave and InfoInteractive offer various combinations
of services that can notify you of an incoming call and provide
Caller ID, offer to route the call to voicemail, even let you pick up
the phone while you're online. You guessed the catch: These services
all play games to try to get you to upgrade from the free service to
a paid subscription. Still, you might save a couple of hundred
dollars per year. Check out the Web sites and just hope you don't
lose another sale while you're online!
http://Buzme.com

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HEARD ON THE BOARD: Proofreading Without the Sleeve Guards

Monster member Susan recently asked: "I have used proofreading skills
in various job and volunteer situations -- with grant-writing, legal
documents, short publications, newspaper articles, student work, etc.
I am employed part-time and am interested in consulting as a
proofreader. What is a reasonable hourly wage? Any marketing
suggestions?"

The Free Agent Advisor answers:  "Scan these Monster Talent Market
listings for proofreaders and you'll see rates ranging from $15 to
$20 per hour:
http://talentmarket.monster.com/auctionsearch.asp?q=proofread To get
the best rate, try to get work in upscale markets like New York,
Boston, etc. There's no reason you can't get work in these markets
and do it remotely. Here are some marketing tips: -- Project yourself
as a high-end proofreader; i.e., in your resume and on the phone,
don't mention the volunteering or correcting student work. Play up
the legal work, etc. -- Consider hooking up with an existing
Web-based proofing service or starting your own..."

Got your own question? Post it to one of our two Talent Market
experts:

Ask the Free Agent Advisor
http://boards.talentmarket.monster.com/forum.asp?forum=800

Ask the Work-from-Home Coach
http://boards.talentmarket.monster.com/forum.asp?forum=801

Or chat live with the Free Agent Advisor Thursdays at 9 p.m. EST or
with the Work-from-Home Coach Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST. For either
chat, log in to Monster.com Chats and join us in the
#Events room.

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MONSTER TALENT MARKET: 10,000 Companies Want Your Talent

Here are three of the more than 40,000 auctions bringing together
over 10,000 employers and 143,000 contractors in the Monster Talent
Market this week:

** MAITRE D'HOTEL**
The talent: "Dynamic Hospitality Trainer"
The target project: "Hotel and hospitality training, customer service
training, sales training, personal development coaching."
The desired rate: $200 per hour

** SIGN ON THE DOTCOM LINE**
The talent: "Intellectual Property Attorney"
The target project: "Contract drafting, review and negotiation. Major
emphasis on intellectual property, Internet development and content."
The desired rate: $125 per hour

** YOU AUTOCAD, YOU! **
The talent: "Architecture Drafter"
The target project: "Architecture drafting: section, elevation,
detail drawings, floor plans. Commercial or residential."
The desired rate: $14 per hour

Check out the Talent Market and build your own project or profile:
http://talentmarket.monster.com

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