Comments on: The Risks of Outsourcing Your Articles

By: Blessie

Blessie — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:15:30 +0000

I began outsourcing writers in September 2010, and I’ve found that in a writer’s first week, the editing is bound to be heavy, but as soon as the writer figures out what I want, then eventually, copy editing is all that’s necessary.

Of course, in that first week, I make sure I always send the work back for the necessary revisions, putting all the changes that need to be made in comments boxes (lest they simply Accept All Changes), because if I make the changes myself, the writer will not get trained.

It’s a tedious process, but it gives long-term rewards. Now, I have the luxury of lying down when I’m sick and sleeping 7 hours a day, knowing that somebody else is doing the research and writing, and I only have to fact check and edit in the morning!

By: pfincome

pfincome — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:23:08 +0000

@Ruth – To be honest, I am still writing the majority of my articles. At some point I hope to find a couple quality writers who I can bring on to my staff.

By: Ruth - Web Career Girl

Ruth - Web Career Girl — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:38:31 +0000

Very true about these risks. I use certain websites and sometimes they are good, sometimes they are just junk to fill up space, as you described. I really feel like the writers just have not *point* to the article, and I just don’t like publishing those kinds of articles. So true that you get what you pay for, I wish more people would realise this. When I was writing more, clients wanted so much for nothing – it’s just the mindset of many marketers. I really hope I can earn enough income to pay for good writers, get good content and make sure both parties are happy. Unfortunately I’m not in that position at the moment and doing most of the writing myself!

By: pfincome

pfincome — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:48:36 +0000

@Jade – How do you like Constant Content? I will check out some of your articles. While I enjoy writing, after awhile it can get old for me. Thanks for the tip!

By: pfincome

pfincome — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:47:15 +0000

@Moon – I would estimate most of the lower quality articles run about $0.02 per word and the better articles have been running $0.05 per word. One thing I have found to be helpful is to find writers looking to build their references on sites like Elance and oDesk. They tend to bid lower to get some good feedback on those sites.

One other thing is that if you use Elance, the minimum a writer can bid on a job is $50, so you want to make sure you post the job for several articles.