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  • The New York Times Discovers Assignmint: Start-Up Hopes to Help Freelance Writers Get Paid

    The New York Times Discovers Assignmint: Start-Up Hopes to Help Freelance Writers Get Paid

    By Jeff Koyen

    Huge thanks to our friends at the New York Times who had nothing but nice things to say about Assignmint:

    "It looks as if the futurists from the early days of the Internet got quite a bit wrong when it comes to business online... So many freelance writers are being paid for their work that a start-up firm, Assignmint, has found a place as a middleman, helping put the way writers bill clients and are paid for their freelance jobs into the cloud."[READ MORE]


What They’re Saying

“I’m loving Assignmint thus far and have been using it exclusively for the past three weeks.”

The New York Times
The New York Times
So many freelance writers are being paid for their work that a start-up firm, Assignmint, has found a place as a middleman, helping put the way writers bill clients and are paid for their freelance jobs into the cloud.

[read more]

Galleycat
Galleycat
If you are a working freelance writer, you should explore the free service — they already have resources for keeping track of stories, creating invoices or adding up expenses.

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PandoDaily
PandoDaily
Journalists are notorious for not having their shit together when it comes to anything that requires the exertion of non-reporting-related neurological pathways. For many, the handling of finances, deadlines, and scheduling is exactly what they need help with.

Short of paying for an assistant they can’t afford, a management system that introduces some level of automation into their lives is the best they can hope for.

[Jeff] Koyen is hoping Assignmint will be that tool.

[read more]

Editor & Publisher
Editor & Publisher
Imagine a digital location where freelance writers can pitch story ideas and editors can manage invoices with just a click of a button.

Startup company Assignmint has made this possible.

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LA Tech Rise
LA Tech Rise
Assignmint could have chosen to provide solutions for writers or editors, but instead decided to stay in the middle…. Central to that solution is fixing the disorganized and outdated methods of hiring and paying freelance writers – or pitching and getting paid, from the writer’s perspective.

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FishbowlLA
FishbowlLA
Any of you freelancers out there ever get screwed out of a payment? We know we have. A new site, Assignmint.com, is promising to “fix freelancing.”…

If it can get us paid without having to send 17 invoices, we’re in.

[read more]

Tech Tidbits
Tech Tidbits
The functionality Assignmint offers to creatives is a no-brainer: why would you not utilize this tool in your freelance writing business?

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Fast Company
Fast Company
New startup Assignmint has an ambitious goal: To change freelance journalism as we know it.

The company…helps digitally manage work assignments, editorial calendars, invoices, pitches, expenses, contract information, and payment.

Freelance journalists, meanwhile, will be able to have access to all their outstanding invoice and payment information in one place.

[read more]

Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
DEAR JOYCE: After the new school term begins, I want to try writing freelance articles. Any special tips? — G.F.

Look into a time-saving new digital service called Assignmint, which, at this writing, has public beta status. Assignmint tracks freelance work from pitch to paycheck — story proposals, logging assignments and filing invoices…

[read more]


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