Thinking Of Outsourcing Your Articles?
Outsourcing your article writing can be a great way to get a number of great articles written cheaply and quickly. It is a technique used by many of the top Internet marketers to get their websites seen and quality traffic flowing. It works!
For all the benefits this technique offers, there are still a few pitfalls one must be aware of. Avoiding them can mean all the difference between a good batch of articles and mediocre rehashed work.
When looking for a freelance (or ghost) writer, I always use a freelance site like Scriptlance.com and GetAFreeLancer.com.. You can find lots of qualified people who do quality work at reasonable rates.
The main advantage here is that I can check out any bidders of my projects by checking out their feedback scores and comments. Occasionally, other users will warn me if a particular bidder is not telling the truth or being misleading. This alone has saved me time and money. For those who do not have high marks or develop a reputation that is less than desirable, I can bar them from any bidding on my projects.
Here are a few tips that may also help:
When listing your project, always be very specific about what you want. It is always a good idea to state the purpose of the project. For example: “I want 25 articles on article marketing” is way too general a description whereas “I want 25 articles on article marketing designed to encourage visits and sign ups to my new article marketing and submissions service” is much better and lets your potential writers know exactly what the articles are intended for.
When listing your project, always ask for samples of each bidder’s work. This alone can tell you if the writer is up to the task. State clearly in your project description that no bidder will be considered without a sample.
Another tip is to try to stay within a fixed budget. Sometimes you can make your budget clear and negotiate from that point. Sometimes you can negotiate with a particular writer and still stay within your budget. Other times you will need to bid under your actual budget to allow some flexibility in your negotiations. The latter is the best position to take. It allows you some room for negotiations with revealing your budget limits.
A good point to remember is that experienced writers are, of course, going to be more expensive, while the newbies are going to be less expensive andless experienced. The trade off can itself be offset by deciding for yourself how much you are willing to spend and the quality you arewillingto sacrifice to get the job done. I have used lesser experienced writers in past projects and have been happy with their work. It is all up to the individual article marketer.
BEFORE selecting the winning bid, make sure that he or she (I.E. your prospective writer) understands the project. This will save alot of time and effort as well as money. A recent experience of mine really bore that out as I had to get over half of the articles rewritten. The damage wasn’t bad, but it did take time to reexplain what I wanted.
Above all, read their work before accepting it. This is absolutely crucial! Once the articles are published, it’s too late to do anything about it. Read them and make sure they (the articles) convey the message you want them to say and how you want it said. Also In this way, you can insure that your articles are the original content you need to make your article marketing campaigns a success.
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