Sacramento Area Writing Groups for non-journalists

International Association of Business Communicators
Public Relations Society of America
Sacramento Public Relations Association
Sacramento Ad Club
American Marketing Association Sacramento Valley 
California State Information Officers Conference
InfoPros
Sacramento Suburban Writers
Northern California Publishers & Authors
California Writers Club

Information About Freelance Contracts:

www.asja.org has a contract watch: http://www.asja.org/pubtips/pubtips.php

www.proofpositive.com/index/htm has some good links, including one on scams.

www.thefreelancewriter.com is where I found the sample contract I used as a template.

Free Magazines:

FreeBizMag.com

FreeStuffPage/Magazines

DealCatcher/Magazines

TradePub.com (Free trade publications)

Magazine Market Databases:

Writer's Market $29/year

Avant Guild $49/year

Wooden Horse Publishing ($1.99/day to $149/year)

Freelance Writing job boards (Check these daily or so):

All Freelance jobs independent professional freelancers freelance independent contractors

Content-Exchange.com - Employment

Craigslist writing-editing jobs in sacramento

Craigslist writing-editing jobs in los angeles

Craigslist writing-editing jobs in new york city

Craigslist writing-editing jobs in San Francisco Bay area

PAYING - Freelance Writing Opportunities

WRC Employment Center

America's Job Bank - Job Search Engine - Jobs

PoeWar.com Writing Employment

Freelance writing job boards (check these weekly or so):

UC Berkeley Journalism - Jobs

Power To Persuade

Job Sleuth Homepage

OJR Jobs Board

Pinacus

Aquent - Graphic Design, Web Design, Production Art, Presentation Graphics, Writing, Illustration

Jobvertise Power Search

The Write Jobs(TM) - Job Listings

Secondrights.com - second rights clearinghouse for tech articles

Sunoasis - Jobs for Writers, Editors, and Copywriters

iuniverse.com - The Web's Best Place for Writers Who Have Been or Want to Be Published

About iAgora Jobs

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TechWriters.com - Your Technical Writing Resource

FlipDog.com - Job search find employment careers @ FlipDog.com free!

jobtruth.org - The Ultimate in work-from-home, telecommute, freelance information!

ASBPE - Job Listings

FreelanceWriting.com - Freelance Job Bank & Creative Outsourcing

Writelink - Jobs

AJR NewsLink

WriterExchange

ICplanet

Freelance Writers Markets Page

Copy Editor Job Submission

Inscriptions - The weekly e-zine for professional writers

TECHWR-L Employment Central

Craigslist Los Angeles online community

Craigslist New York City online community

Craigslist San Francisco Bay area online community

HotJobs.com - Online recruiting solutions, find real Jobs from real Companies.

Content Counts Writing Job Board

Work At Home Jobs and Home Businesses

Job Listings for Artists and Writers - Artist Resource

Hollywood Creative Directory - HCD JOB BOARD

Job Banks & Recruiting Sites The Riley Guide

Tjobs.com - Telecommuting Jobs. Employment Brought Home.

Job Haven Get Writing Jobs Delivered to Your Inbox

JobSearchEngine.com - A true JOB SEARCH ENGINE checks multiple job boards at once for free

Freelancers Network - freelance work uk and worldwide

Writerfind.com - Freelance and telecommuting jobs for writers

Magazine.org - Fact Sheet

Techies.com - your technology career control center

Monster.com - Search Jobs

iTravelSyndicate - An Online Marketplace for Travel Content

AllFreelance.com - All Freelance jobs independent professional freelancers freelance independent contractors

Travelwriters.com - A Resource for travel writers and photographers

Wooden Horse Publishing

mediabistro Job Listings

Women in the Arts Network - freelancing in journalism - Women in the Arts Network

Authorlink.com - Jobs, Assignments Available

FreelanceResearch.com - Freelance jobs and freelance employment opportunities

Classified copy ads

Freetelecommutingjobs.com

Freelance bbs gromco

Freetimejobs.com

The Silicon Alley Job Board

Staff Writers

WorldJournalist.com - site where writers, journalists and editors meet - writers eMarket

Writing Employment Center

Put It In Writing - Newsletter Writing and Design

Editors.ca

Finding Experts

TIP: The fastest way to find an expert is to find them in previous articles. Go to news.google.com and then in type in the topic of your article and Google will pull articles from 5000 news sources. You can find your experts in those articles. Below are some resources I find useful:

Profnet

Google Topic: Finding Experts

Business Wire - Expertsource Media

CSU Sac Experts

Expert Sources - American Press Institute

Guide to California Policy Experts

Hudson Institute Find an Expert

Yearbook.com

Finding Insurance for Freelancers

http://ct.monster.com/articles/insuringyourbusiness/

http://www.the-efa.org/services/insurance.html

http://www.asja.org/benefits/health.php

http://w-care.com/s.cgi?index-googleSED

http://www.aect.org/Membership/Benefits.htm

http://www.seaburychicago.com/cwp.asp?assn=MLA

http://www.nbea.org/memberfben.html

http://www.pma-online.org/benefits/liability.cfm

http://www.pma-online.org/benefits/insurance.cfm

http://assurantaffinity.com/span/

http://workingtoday.org/productsservices/products.php