Ozio Media logoIf you have hit upon this blog entry, perhaps you have been wondering, "Should I write for Ozio Media?" I have recent experience in this area and will share with you my venture writing for Ozio Media. Please note: It wasn't pretty.
As you may know, Ozio Media serves as a subcontractor of sorts for businesses that need someone to do what is primarily Internet-based writing. I was a writer looking to make a few bucks and decided to give Ozio Media a shot.
After submitting a writing sample, a representative for Ozio Media had me fill out employment forms, claiming I was now a contract employee.
For my first writing project with Ozio Media, I was given 6 titles of diabetic wound cleaning products and told to write informative copy for the products, such as you might find on a website selling such items.
Each write-up was to contain approximately 150 words and it was necessary to spend quite a bit of time doing research about the products in order to write intelligently about them. THIS is where writing projects for Ozio Media can go bad due to spending too much time doing research. I earned $6 for that first job.
After my first 6 write-ups were approved, I was given more writing jobs. The entire time I wrote for Ozio Media (2 months), I was contacted on their behalf via email by someone named "Marissa." "Marissa" gave the impression that she was not a native English-speaking person (not that there's anything wrong with that, to quote Seinfeld) but understanding her emailed explanations of writing projects was quite a challenge.
Marissa ended up getting bitter and snippy with me when I misunderstood one of her poorly worded missives which resulting in me researching and writing more articles than she apparently intended me to write. After 2 days of back-and-forth emails between us, as I tried to clarify what Marissa wanted, I was abruptly locked out of accessing the Ozio Media contractor portal. And she did not even say goodbye. I ended up $34 richer for the 25 projects I completed.
Synopsis: In regard to financial gain, it was not worth my time writing for Ozio Media. Additionally, you may noticed that this blog is about middle-aged women, a tribe to which I belong. Middle-aged women simply do not put up with bad attitudes from people and, as a result, my relationship with Ozio Media was doomed from the moment "Marissa" contacted me. It really is for the best.
