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Handshake 2.0 is a business news, public relations, and business development site showcasing those in the know, those known, and those who want to be known. It features the latest developments in entrepreneurship, business models, business leadership and innovation. We cover company leaders from founders to moguls, and companies from start-ups to global corporations. We love high-tech.

Handshake 2.0's audience is those who lead companies - through position or initiative, from founders and CEOs, to agents, assistants, partners, vendors, evangelists and investors. Our content assists decision-makers.

Please read more about Handshake 2.0.

Handshake 2.0 is an enterprise of Handshake Media, Incorporated, a technology company specializing in digital media public relations.

We have openings for freelance Content Creators - freelance writers, graphic artists, cartoonists, illustrators, videographers (or a medium we haven't yet seen) - who creatively and authoritatively convey business information and ideas.

What we’ve found best engages Handshake 2.0's audience:

Business stories, articles, and essays - not press releases, pitches or "you should" advice - written in fewer than 300 words or told in an image or video.
Content that both interests the mind and relates to human emotion.
Specific details rather than generalizations or abstractions.
Links to 3 to 5 sources that support, corroborate and expand upon points the writer makes.
An image that illustrates or symbolizes the content.

If you would like to create content for Handshake 2.0, please read our Writer's Guidelines, our Agreement with Content Creators, our Definition of a Handshake 2.0 Blog Post, our vision, our requirements for images, about Handshake 2.0, and about Handshake Media, Incorporated. Then we welcome you to apply for a position as a Content Creator for Handshake 2.0.

Here's how to get your application started. (In a tough economy, employers receive many, many applications for jobs. Following the directions impeccably will differentiate you from your competition.)

Send a 3-sentence story idea to us in an email to contact@handshake20.com. Put CONTENT CREATOR in the subject line. In your email, include the URL to your LinkedIn Public Profile. Use the Google Search feature on Handshake 2.0 and Inside VT KnowledgeWorks (another Handshake Media enterprise) to make sure we haven't already covered the topic.
If we're interested in the story, we'll send you an invitation to complete the story according to our Definition of a Handshake 2.0 Blog Post and post it in TypePad. (We'll send you a link on how to use TypePad for Handshake 2.0. If you don't use TypePad now, but can learn how to do so quickly, you and Handshake 2.0 may be a good fit. If you don't use TypePad now, and are reluctant to learn, you and Handshake 2.0 are not a good fit.)
If we'd like to buy the story, we'll ask you to email us an image or a link to a video to accompany your post. Please do not add the image to the post yourself. If we do not buy the story, you are welcome to use it elsewhere.
When your post appears on Handshake 2.0, we will send you the link to the post.
Here's how we compensate Content Creators.

If you are a videographer, we seek New River Valley, Virginia-based experts on video production for our social media video publicity services.

Job Context

You 1) are internally motivated and can self-supervise, i.e. generate work products through your own initiative, 2) complete required work products on time and as specified, 3) follow directions impeccably, 4) can generate and execute new ideas.

You have read the Writer's Guidelines and our Definition of a Handshake 2.0 Blog Post. If you're new to including images with your writing, you're willing to begin now. If you haven't followed similar guidelines in the past, you sense that your expressive skills and creativity can be expanded and deepened from following our standards, definitions, and policies.

You are skilled at working online, you are Internet savvy, and learn online applications easily. You have your own Internet connection, can work at your own location on your own schedule, and can still meet deadlines.

You operate as an independent contractor, not as an employee, track your publications, and invoice Handshake 2.0 at the end of each month to receive payment by check. You are open to submitting your address and Social Security Number, SSN, or Employer Identification Number, EIN, to us or directly to our accounting firm, Hodges, Jones and Mabry. (Once a contractor is paid over $600, a tax statement is issued and a report made to the IRS of your earnings. Hodges, Jones and Mabry would send you that form at the beginning of 2011 for your 2010 tax return.) We will also pay monthly invoices by PayPal if you prefer.

You have a complete LinkedIn profile. This is one of the ways businesses and professionals establish credible identity online. We highly prefer that your public profile includes a photo. Here's an example from Handshake 2.0's founder Anne Giles Clelland and here are directions on how to create a personal LinkedIn URL for your Public Profile.