Complete Guide to Blogging Jobs for Employers and Bloggers

Lorelle VanFossen has written a fantastic series of articles on Blog Herald about the professional blogging industry. The series is helpful for both employers looking to hire bloggers and writers looking for a paid blogging job.

The paid blogging industry has exploded over the last few years as companies get on the blogging bandwagon. It's still a nascent profession, so a lot of the rules and conventions are still being written. Lorelle's series goes a long way towards establishing practices we'll be using for years to come.

• What is Your Ideal Dream Blog Job?
• Blogger Jobs: What Are They Looking For?
• Blogger Jobs: How to Apply For a Blogger Job?
• Blogging Jobs: How Much Are Bloggers Paid to Blog?
• Blogging Jobs: How Much is Blogging Worth?

After the BlogWorld Expo '08 conference in September, Lorelle added to the series by writing up three awesome summaries based on the talk I gave with Darren Rowse, Jim Turner, and Will Chen on Hiring a Professional Blogger for Your Business.

• What You Ned to Know About Hiring a Professional Blogger and Being Hired
• Hiring Bloggers: Let Your Blog Speak Well of You
• Hiring Bloggers: Know Your Performance Numbers - This one is a summary of my part of the talk. I also wrote it up as an article that complements Lorelle's excellent summary.

So if you're looking to launch your own business blog, read these articles first to get an idea of what you should expect and what you should be paying your bloggers. Good luck!