Wellington, New Zealand Sept 7, 2007

Virtual employment is a growing trend, and business owners everywhere are beginning to recognise the cost-cutting benefits that come from hiring freelancers over hiring permanent employeees.

Writerfind.com , a New Zealand based marketplace for freelance writers and editors, is attracting a growing amount of such virtual work from editors, publishers and recruiters around the world. The work ranges from commissioned features on New Zealand agricultural practices, tourism and trade for US trade magazines; to web content writing for web development companies in India; to requests for editors and ghostwriters to improve the quality and marketability of written work.

New Zealand is a small, remote country -- but being small is no disadvantage for the virtual workforce who use Writerfind.com to connect them with a global clientele.

In the words of one Writerfind.com member, "I have four magazines that I write for on a regular basis—subject matter: renewable energy, fashion, business topics, marketing. This is all good bread and butter income. I have done a number of guest spots on ABC radio around Australia— one of those led to a request to run an all day in-house workshop for an international company on writing to make an impact. That, in turn, has led to other workshops. Further afield, I have a client in New York—that's copywriting and editing I have also had slots on CKNW radio in Vancouver (largest radio station in Canada). And I have had a couple of non-fiction editing jobs and am also currently ghosting a book for a Canadian publisher. All the above has come directly from the [Writerfind membership]"

According to Nicole Bishop, who developed the strategy and concept of the site in 1998, "The web is a perfect medium for linking buyers and sellers of both goods and services. The early success of the auction site, E-Bay.com and the online consultancy service brokers, ExpertMarketPlace.com, are excellent examples of this. A big problem on the web is information overload, and there is a demand for services that reduce and focus these large quantities of information. Because of this, smaller, more industry-specific employment-related sites, such as Writerfind.com, will be more valuable for both jobseekers and employers than the larger, more diffuse ones."

The Writerfind.com web-site lists experienced freelance writers and editors from around the world - including authors, business writers, technical writers, freelance journalists, researchers and editors - who pay an annual fee to be listed and to receive assignment leads regularly via email. There is also an on-line form where employers can post assignments to a mailing list of freelancers.

The Writerfind.com web-site is located at: http://www.writerfind.com

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