100 gigs experiement
I went on five errors and ordered 100 gigs from people who had on their profile page.
"Will write 500 words for one gig."
I sent them each the message.
"I am willing to employ your services. Question, are you willing to write 500 words on any topic for a blog, no research necessary? All I ask is that the content be free of profanity as in no vulgarity, sexism, racism etc. This is to test how good of a writer you are. If you do a good job I will give you a $5 tip and I will give you five stars unless your work is very poor. If you are interested - message me."
All the people I chose were novices. Yeah, as in less than a level one. They were starting out and badly needed the work or so they say.
Well, here is what did occur my fine ones.
OK, so all 100 people did message me. They are interested and want to start right away.
I sent them all one gig. Then the next day 71 did cancel on me. They had all kind of
excuses
.
Here are some of my favorites.
- I had to rush to the hospital to see my cousin.
- The computer at my work is not working anymore.
- My dog is dying of cancer.
Actually, the excuses were max sour. I wrote back. Please put your gig on pause. OK so they are all up.
The next day 17 people asked to cancel and two women ask for more money.
First one said she needed four more gigs. Second said she needed six more gigs. A total of seven.
I paid both the extra gigs. The next day both women cancelled on me.
Both used the - my dog is dying of cancer - excuse.
Glad I am not a dog as they are all dying of cancer now.
Then one senior guy... He calls me up. Don't know how he got my number, but that is fine with me. He says it is a family emergency... sorry, cannot do the gig.
What about the remaining nine?
OK so one person does zero. They let the gig expire.
Eight demand more gigs. I pay em.
After all, due to refunds, I have a lot of remaining gigs to use up.
Sadly, six come up with more excuses. Oh yes, they cancel on me.
Only one person does the job and they get a $5 tip on top of five gigs.
My favorite message is from a girl that heard about me from an elderly senior woman. She wanted $300 for 500 words and a few days later she wrote back that she was willing to do the work for $150 - half price.
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