Are you ready to become an online leader of a community of people who share your interests? Are you ready to get paid for what you love to do?

Apply to become an About Guide!

About Guides are fully empowered to do all of these things. Each Guide's mission is to create an easy, intuitive and gratifying experience for people interested in their topic.

Each Guide is carefully screened and trained by About. All Guides must successfully complete the About training program and maintain our high standards in user services and community leadership. Guides write original informative articles, create lively newsletters and provide the Web's best links for their topics. This relationship between Guides and users makes About a dynamic service that truly responds to the needs of anyone who visits.

We look to you to build a well-rounded site with the best, most relevant information -- and to stay close to the needs of your community and the news that affects it. It's this personalized, responsive relationship between Guides and users that makes About a dynamic network that truly responds to the needs of anyone who visits.

Our Guides are real people - just like you. Our Guides live in over 48 states and 20 countries. They include professionals, educators, students and stay-at-home moms. Our Guides are as diverse as the sites we offer. We believe that one of the key components of our success is the fact that each Guide is a person, as well as an online expert. See for yourself -- every site has a photo of the Guide and a bio.

As diverse as they are, Guides do share a few characteristics:

• A true knowledge of and a passion for their topic
• Commitment to creating informative features
• A dedication to building and updating a comprehensive links directory
• The ability to bring their site to life
• The skills to build a strong community using chats, newsletters & bulletin boards
• Strong writing and editing skills
• A desire to ensure that About remains the best network on the Internet