Are you an avid Facebook user and a diehard fan of the Yankees, Cardinals, Red Sox, Cubs, or Braves? Then MLBTR might have a job for you.
For many years, MLBTR has run a Facebook page for each of the 30 MLB teams. For example, here’s our Yankees page. From inception, these pages have been entirely automated, and thus, nothing special. We can do better. That’s why we’re launching an experiment in which actual human fans will curate our five most popular team Facebook pages.
You may notice that for these five teams, the names have been changed. For example, the Facebook page is now New York Yankees News & Rumors. We feel that MLBTR has the rumors, hot stove, and transaction information pretty well-covered for each club, and the team Facebook pages will continue to link to MLBTR for that. But there’s ample team-related news that would be of interest to fans, but would not fit on MLBTradeRumors.com. In this experiment, our curators will be posting news on those topics as well. For example, each game will have a game thread, postgame post, and links to highlight videos, for the purpose of discussion with fellow fans. Other types of news, like a lineup change, breakout performance by a top prospect, schedule and promotional information, interviews with current and former players, and All-Star voting updates will also be covered on these team Facebook pages. This will also be a space for the curator to share links to opinion and analysis articles from high-quality outlets. If you’re interested in applying to be one of our five curators for this experiment, read on…
- The Yankees, Cardinals, Red Sox, Cubs, and Braves are the teams in our initial experiment, simply because their MLBTR Facebook pages are our most popular. If the experiment is a success, we’ll add more teams. So, we’re looking for superfans of these five teams only right now. Please mention which team you support in the subject line of your email application.
- The pay for this is a flat $50 per month.
- This position requires prompt posting of MLBTR articles related to your team, as well as a minimum of five additional posts per day (whether an image, video, link, gif, meme, discussion thread, or poll). We also hope you’ll engage with your fellow fans in the comment section on the Facebook posts.
- These pages will be more laid-back than MLBTR itself, so humor is encouraged. Still, the pages will remain family friendly.
- You’ll need to know your way around Facebook, to ensure you are posting in the proper format. The position will require usage of our Trade Rumors app for notifications. We’re seeking strong writers, to ensure proper spelling and grammar. And of course, the gig requires deep knowledge of your team and a good understanding of hot stove concepts.
- If you’re interested in managing and curating MLBTR’s Facebook page for the Yankees, Cardinals, Red Sox, Cubs, or Braves, please email mlbtrhelp@gmail.com explaining your qualifications and why you’re the right person for the job.
My mid-market Braves are one of the 5 teams….whoa. Hopefully this is MLBTR’s effort in spreading some knowledge to our “Julio Teheran-for-4 of your top prospects” fan base.
Yeah, I was also pleasantly surprised to see the Braves as the 5th most popular team on MLBTradeRumors. Then again, the Braves have been winning more on the trade front (thank you Dave Stewart) than on the field in recent years.
But when we lose on the trade front, we lose big — Hector Olivera. Alex Wood, Jose Peraza would look really nice. And yes, we could have acquired Kemp with cash only. not including Hector Olivera, so that trade really didn’t benefit us in any way. But, that’s hindsight…
Haha
I was surprised as well.
Wish I had the time.
This is a really good idea I like this concept a lot
$50/month is that the league minimum?
Agreed. Pretty sure that’s below minimum wage
Like, 99.99999% of people who write on the internet don’t get paid. As I’m sure you’ve noticed, you don’t pay anything for this website. It’s a lousy system (I write for three websites and have never seen a dime from any of them). But this is how it works to provide free content for people. Paying anything at all is a huge step forward.
Yes, back in the tobacco card era. It’s definitely a labor of love, but if you’ve got the time and ambition, who knows where it may lead.
I’ll happily do this for the dodgers!!
I volunteer as padres if you do it. Love to post the padres on deck stuff the official website has good reads. Also love to post san diego union tribune stuff.
I can piggy back and help with the Padres page as well, I don’t mind helping with content and providing coverage on days you might not be able too.
Assuming minimum an hour today, maybe more to interact with commenters, $50 seems pretty low, right? That’s like $1.70/hour. Even half an hour a day would be $3.40. Is that 50 a typo?
Well, it’s more than just the salary… you have to factor in the health, dental, and vision plan.
I assume you are being facetious, but I doubt they get benefits for a $50/m job.
If anything this is an opportunity for exposure, it looks good on a resume that you worked for one of the largest rumors sites around, and it opens up channels in the business of sports reporting, getting used to obtaining trustful sources, and helping one ease themselves into the market.
So you’re saying I shouldn’t put in for it if I want matched retirement contributions?
I understand where you’re coming from. I wouldn’t expect someone to apply for this with money as the motivation. For what it’s worth, I don’t expect it to be profitable for us even at $50/month per team.
I hear what you are saying, but $50.00/month…….when you consider the fact that there will be a 1099 issued for the $600.00 earned in a year, and the writer will be responsible for “self-employment taxes”, plus other tax implications……the financial picture is even more Bleak than the others have commented.
The very strange thing for me is……..I LOVE BASEBALL…..and I am born-and-raised Red Sox Fan, but have followed Theo to the Cubs….so I’ve been a fan there since he arrived……….and I now live in PBG, Fl……and I’ve been a Season Ticket Holder for the St Louis Cardinals for over 10 years…….
I could probably write for ANY of those 3 teams…….and would do it for the $50.00, but the posting requirements (and the responses to those posts) would take up WAY too much Time……for $1.66/day.
Are you guys seriously complaining about the pay for managing a Facebook page? If you don’t like the compensation, then don’t apply for it. I’m sure you guys spend more time then this position will require on your own Facebook pages for free.
It’s a cool little side thing for people to do… I don’t quite get why people think $50 to post on Facebook is unfair.
“This position requires prompt posting of MLBTR articles related to your team, as well as a minimum of five additional posts per day (whether an image, video, link, gif, meme, discussion thread, or poll). We also hope you’ll engage with your fellow fans in the comment section on the Facebook posts.”
If the “requirements” were less stringent…..it wouldn’t be an issue at all. Most guys who are passionate about their team, and articulate enough to write intelligently about what they’re doing (and with somewhat guarded emotion), would love to do this. Maybe it does lead to something bigger…..that’s great for those who want to write full-time.
For anyone who thinks the $50 is not good enough, ok, don’t apply and let those of us who would be more then happy to do this have a better chance at it. If it expands to include my team you better believe I’ll be throwing my name in for it. The $50 is just a bonus on top of being able to be a part of something like this.
$50 month at 3 hours per day comes out to .55 cents an hour. There are companies that pay social media managers upwards of $50000. kinda cheap considering this site has advertising on it.
I’m sorry, citizen, how much do you pay to access this website?
3 hours per day??!!! Each FB post will probably require one sentence. I don’t know how much time this will require, but it’s definitely nowhere near three hours per day.
No one said three hours per day. And if you are that concerned about how much you are getting paid for it, DO NOT APPLY! That way you don’t have to be concerned about “not getting paid enough” to manage a Facebook page, and someone who wants to do this regardless of the pay rate can have the position. That way everyone is happy.
“citizen” did say ………..”$50 month at 3 hours per day comes out to .55 cents an hour”
…..which of course is ridiculous.
Fact is, after further consideration….those of us who love Baseball, probably spend 2 hours a day looking at & commenting on articles anyway (I’m doing it right now…LOL…).
Tim pointed out that a posting only has to be a single sentence……and that takes about 30 seconds…..maybe. If you’re a young writer looking for exposure, this is an excellent opportunity. If you’re an older who guy who really loves Baseball, it would be Fun to Share your thoughts.
I just wouldn’t want to get a 1099 for the income ($600.00 or more /year)……..although good businessmen find a way to offset that income with expenses……(…”I bought season tickets because I wanted to be completely accurate in whatever I write about!”……..LOL….)
Tim, when will the applicants be decided ?
Just curious.
As for the wage, I believe it to be perfectly fine for an opportunity such as this.
Hopefully by next week.
When you guys expand this idea to the rest of the league, I’ll be putting in for the Orioles page. This sounds like a great opportunity and a lot of fun. I’d love the chance.
Stop complaining guys. It’s not a full time job.
It’s more than pretty much any website pays for content, which is almost always nothing.
I would do this for the Nationals for free. Forget the $50 a month. I spend way too much time as it is trying to read everything Nationals. Managing a Facebook page would be so much fun.
I would love to do this for the Cardinals if I had more time. I think it’s a great idea. I do think that there should be more than one person contributing though. Have the one being paid be the page administrator and then have other contributors that are unpaid. Have the page administrator ensure that the guidelines mentioned above are followed. I would think it would be difficult for someone to commit to ensuring there is a minimum of five posts a day per team. I could be wrong though. To me, I think it would take time to think of what to write, Allowing multiple contributors to a single page would allow someone to do it in their free time and relieve a little stress. My personal opinion that doesn’t matter though, just a thought.
If you guys expand this to Phillies I would definitely be interested
Tim, is there a certain age targeted for this job? Also would you like a formal resume?
Sent the application in for the Cardinals role this morning!
I hope this experiment goes well. I’d love to eventually see one for the Astros.
Also, something not mentioned in the comments: whoever gets to run these pages will earn a small amount of prestige/credibility. This will give them a foothold into the MLB world.
If I lived in Houston, I’d fight hard to cover my team. It’s pretty feasible that I’d get credentials and would be able to interview my favorite players. That would be cool.
$50 would just be a bonus.
Let me know when you need a Phillies page I attend regular Reading, Lehigh and Philadelphia games!
50 bucks a month? Does that come with a daily tug n rub?