On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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Hi everyone,

I love giving teens the opportunity to get some work experience and learning opportunities and I would love to mentor someone in the blogosphere! Please forward this around to anyone you know, they do not have to live in Los Angeles, as I have a virtual office I want to open the position up to every location!

Qualifications:

-Age 15-18

-Great writer

-Interested in being a writer, blogger, marketer

-Very good on the computer (Microsoft Office)

-Very good online: Social networks, google documents, YouTube….

-Good at Online Research

-Would love a second Los Angeles, CA based intern to attend special events with me!

Perks:

-Great resume value as writer/marketer/pro-blogger, I plan on giving great recommendations to my intern and helping them get a job or with their college resume once they are ready

-I will be teaching my intern all about Search Engine marketing, how to run and manage a blog, how to publish a book (working on mine), how to market virally as well as other online marketing techniques.

-Flexible Hours, able to work from home

-Perks for swag I get sent, Beta invites to websites

-Able to publish their own articles on my blog. Once I get an intern I will be creating a column that the Intern gets to write to feature their articles!

-Because I am unable to pay my intern, I will be offering them free mentoring and coaching as we work together on their own career and personal development, I want to build a great relationship!

Activities:

-Writing a weekly post

-Proofing some of my articles

-Online Research for articles and my book

-Posting videos and articles on Social networks

-Taking and making phone calls

-Following current news

-Reviewing books

-Emailing contacts

-Basic Office work and website updates

-Online marketing efforts

-Booking Events

Misc.

-Very flexible hours, would like to work with them anywhere between 2-20 hours a week, ideally the same time everyday (for example, working with me online from 2-4pm every weekday this summer).

-Would love them to have a webcam or work in Los Angeles, CA but this is not necessary.

-I might be taking on multiple interns if you or your child wants to just do a few hours a week!

-A few weeks off for a family vacation is no problem at all.

-I cannot wait to meet you and help get you set-up in the blogosphere, I have been waiting to teach all of what I have learned to someone who also wants to go into this business!

-More than happy to sign work letters, volunteer forms, recommendation letters etc from my company.

Apply:

-Send me an email at vvanpetten@rrules.com with your name, contact info, available working hours and a short paragraph on why you want to be my intern!