Blog Publisher Needed for a Growing Outdoor Sports Blog

Experienced Blog Publisher Wanted for a Growing, Outdoor Sports E-Commerce Company

Thank you for your interest in joining the team!

A bit about my agency and myself - My name is Jay Regan & I own an e-commerce product business in the paddle board space called GILI Sports. We have over 1000 positive product reviews, and we strive make the most killer SUPs and accessories out there.

We are looking for a blog publisher - taking articles written and edited by members of our team, and turning them into live posts on our website. Experience with CMS like Wordpress and/or Shopify is required.

To give you some context, the articles you you publish be posted on an e-commerce site & sent to our email subscribers as content. The goal is to keep subscribers engaged and interested with content in the paddle board space. We strive to create the best content out there, and create content that Google likes (ex: content that ranks!).

The articles will already be edited and written. All you need to do is turn the article in a well-formatted, SEO ready blog post. We’d also like your help to find and insert images.

The articles can range from complex and long (2500+ words) to shorter articles in the 1000 word range.

For this job posting, I will be screening 3-5 candidates by having them write publish one article. I will choose one candidate for 3-8 articles per week. I’m looking to hire someone within one week of this job post.

We’re really looking for writers who take pride in their work and want to work with us on a consistent, on-going basis.

We're looking for candidates who:
1. Never misses deadlines
2. Listens to direction
3. Have excellent writing skills
4. Are very familiar with how to use & operate Google Drive
5. Can communicate ideas effectively
6. Graciously accepts constructive feedback
7. Possesses the ability to deal with changes in procedures frequently
8. Has the capability to take on more hours
9. Is reasonably responsive to messaging
10. Who knows on-page SEO optimization.
11. Have a very high attention to detail
12. Are familiar with Wordpress and/or Shopify CMS platforms
13. Proven experience as content publisher

Please also answer these questions in this order:

1. What is a hyperlink?
2. What is the code to make an image clickable?
3. Do you have experience with SurferSEO?
4. If you have any blog posts you’ve published in the past, please include a link as your answer. If you have not or can not provide a link, please answer with "I can not provide an example of my work."
5. What is "anchor text" and why is it important?
6. What is internal linking, and why is it important?
7. Is bolding, underlining, and italicizing important in writing blog articles? Why?
8. How do you code a “no follow” link?
9. What is image alt text, and what makes it important??
10. Have you ever received negative feedback on a piece of writing that you have signed off? What was your response?
11. How do you plan and prioritize your work?
12. Explain in detail your knowledge of on-page SEO optimization. If you don’t have any, are you willing to learn?
13. What is your best email address?