Broken freelance payment systems plague the publishing industry, costing publishers time, money, and reputation. We have a better way. It’s called OutVoice. It’s the only freelance management and payment tool built specifically for publishing, and the only one to integrate directly into Content Management Systems to automate away invoicing headaches…. Read More…
I’ve been a freelancer, editor, and publisher. Each role had its stressors and pain points, but I never felt busier, more mentally exhausted, and swamped by my responsibilities than when I was an editor. The reason? There’s not just too much to do (although there definitely is). There’s also too… Read More…
OutVoice now empowers any publication to have automatic AB5 Compliance. California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) takes effect on Jan. 1, 2020. The law restricts the number of submissions a freelance writer or photographer can publish at a single outlet to 35 a year before they are considered an employee. Many… Read More…
OutVoice, the only freelance management system that integrates directly into Content Management Systems, won FUSE Media Summit’s 2019 Startup Derby. After watching each startup pitch onstage over the course of two days, publishing executives who attend the summit to find new technology vendors, voted OutVoice the winner. OutVoice is the… Read More…
An iconic magazine tapped me to write a story. I was honored and thrilled to do the job. I met my deadline and then my editor ghosted me. After several emails and phone calls, another editor stepped in and we went back and forth with edits for another month and… Read More…
Suppressing my economic insecurities is part of my daily routine as a full-time freelance journalist. It can be a profession with more caveats than tangible benefits, but the most brutal part of earning a living by writing articles is the actual process of getting paid. I sell a variety of… Read More…
OutVoice (outvoice.com) today announced it has partnered with Fanbyte Media (corp.fanbyte.com) to pay its freelance writers and photographers. OutVoice is the first freelance payment solution for publishers that integrates directly into Content Management Systems. By replacing the “publish” button with a “publish and pay” button, OutVoice saves publishers time and… Read More…
I’ll always remember the first time I experienced the current, nightmarish state of invoicing in the publishing industry. I was an intern at an alt-weekly and pitched the music editor a blog post idea over lunch. He liked it. And because it was technically a different section than the one… Read More…
OutVoice co-founders, Matt Saincome and Issa Diao, chat with TechCrunch reporter Anthony Ha in OutVoice makes it dead simple for editors to pay freelancers. Read the full story on TechCrunch.