Paintball Guide Job at About.com Open

[AGD-OfficeGal]

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

QUALIFICATIONS:

Experienced paintball player who has ideally instructed and/or written on the sport

PRIMARY AUDIENCE:

Paintball players of various levels (beginner, intermediate, expert)

TOPICS TO COVER:

The goal of the paintball site is to help beginning, intermediate and advanced paintball players learn to play, improve their game, and find the right equipment. Content should be divided between instructional content (step by steps, how to, quick tips) and product pages (reviews, top picks, before you buy) using only the official product templates / tools.

SUGGESTED CONTENT TO COVER:
1.) How to Play
- Common rules
- Different ways to play (woodsball, speedball, etc)
2.) Basic Beginner Tips
- What to expect
- What to wear
- Which gun to buy
3.) Paintball Techniques
- Improving your game
- Strategies
- Shooting tips
- Hiding tips
- Cammoflauge tips
4.) Safety
5.) Where to Play
- Where can you play paintball?
- Profiles of the best places to play
- Tournaments
6.) Product Reviews
- Paintball equipment (guns, goggles, etc.)
- Magazines and videos

[MoeMag]

Just read this...
How Much Content Does a Guide Need to Create?
At a minimum, About Guides must publish a full-length article every 14 days and update their blog three times per week. However, the potential for the GuideSite is really up to you. The more high-quality, relevant content you produce, the more you can earn.

Too much, I thought it was a one shot deal.

But this looks tempting...
The basis of Guide compensation is year-over-year page view growth. If your page views grow you will never make less than $500 per month and it's likely you'll make much more than that over time (in some cases we have Guides who earn in excess of $100,000 per year).

I am too narrow minded about automags anyway. Hey someone from AO could really push automags with this

[Dayspring]

The writing requirements/time requirements are rather hefty. Just an FYI.

But it's something I know I'm going to look into.

[Miscue]

/me thinks TK should apply...

Them: "What are your qualifications?"
TK: "I have the most recognized moustache in paintball."
Them: "You're in!"

[JRingold]

And I was hoping that it would go un-noticed so the competition would be slim.

The "Self-Guided Prep Program" begins 03-31 for me.

If Tyger were still in paintball, it would be a pretty good way for him to get paid for his web-dog stuff. I don't know how many hits he got annually, but dang...

I'm looking at it as a way to write-off some of these paintball expenses on the taxes...

And yes, I'm a Mag pusher...

[Vex]

And I was hoping that it would go un-noticed so the competition would be slim.

As was I...Thanks Marcia...

[ThePixelGuru]

Hey, the more people that read this, the more 'maggers have a chance of becoming the paintball.about.com dude.

Hmm, maybe that was the thinking behind posting this in the first place... You AGD folks are crafty.

[Vex]

You know, how much work would running the site actually entail? All of the information is already there! All that would need to be done is to update frequently with info about new products, rule changes, etc. It seems to me like it wouldn't/couldn't/shouldn't be too difficult.

[AGD-OfficeGal]

Originally Posted by JRingold
And I was hoping that it would go un-noticed so the competition would be slim.
As was I...Thanks Marcia...

Ack! Sorry, guys ... and good luck to you both.

Marcia

[Vex]

Ack! Sorry, guys ... and good luck to you both.

Marcia

Thanks!