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http://beaguide.about.com/compensation.htm

Earn at least $725 a month (your first two years) as a guide on About.com. About Guides must publish a full-length article every 14 days and update their blog one to three times per week.

Detail

There are a number of great reasons to become an About.com Guide:

• Create Your Own Hours

  About.com Guides are freelancers, working out of their homes or home offices, giving them the flexibility to work when they have the time. Most Guides work their magic at night and on the weekends, allowing them to keep their day jobs or other freelance gigs.

• Work From Anywhere

  Even though About.com's offices are located in New York City, our Guides live all over the world. Our Guide hiring and training process occurs online so you don't need to travel in order to become a Guide.

• Advice and Support from a Highly-Trained Editorial Team.

  Although About.com's publish-first model means you'll be able to produce content on your time, you'll have guidance from About.com's team of editors, who will work with you to help generate story ideas, improve the user experience, and build a large audience for your work.

• Good Compensation

  All Guides are paid based on the number of page views their topic generates each month. While it's impossible to predict the exact amount you'll make, we guarantee a minimum of $725 per month for all Guides in their first 2 years of service. Please see the compensation section of this site for more details.

• The Opportunity to Become a Recognized Expert in your Field.

  Guides write books, are interviewed by the press, serve on panels at trade events and establish a variety of professional contacts because of their work at About.com.

• Press Access

  About.com is owned by the New York Times Company and many of our Guides have found this association with the New York Times to be helpful in opening doors for interviews, product reviews, and other media-only access events.

• Extensive Promotional Support Through our PR and Marketing Departments.

  Guides are a big part of About.com's brand and we engage in a number of efforts that promote both About and the Guides as experts, including press releases for new GuideSites, working with About.com editors and executives at trade shows, and mentions in marketing materials of Guide successes (ex: book deals, television and radio appearances, etc.).