Starting a 'warrior for hire' thread. What do I need?

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lately, i have been thinking of starting and listing my own article writing service in here. what are the requirements and procedure for getting started? Any other helpful tip and advice will be appreciated
#hire #starting #thread #warrior
  • Profile picture of the author jaggyjay
    Well... to post a thread, you'll need to create your thread first and wait for approval. Once approved, you pay $20 to have your thread go live.

    As far as your business is concerned, you'll want to have some real article samples so prospects can evaluate your writing skills. You also may want to have some references from previous clients.

    Hope this helps
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  • Profile picture of the author contentwriting360
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    Hello dayus444,

    Everything that you need to prepare are on the two sticky notes on top of the 'Warriors For Hire' section.

    Payment For Threads And Bumps
    Required Format For All Posts In This Forum

    War Room Membership is not a pre-requisite to have a thread in the WFH section.

    I hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Originally Posted by dayus444 View Post

    Lately, I have been thinking of starting and listing my own article writing service on the forum. What are the requirements for getting started? Any other helpful tips and advice would be appreciated
    Prerequisite: Write like a pro would, everywhere. That includes here on the forum. Look at your quoted post. I bolded the immediate corrections that need to be made. Remember, if you want to sell your services to Warriors, one of the first things they are going to see (or check) is how you write on the forum. Look like you actually know what you are doing. Same holds true for when you branch away from the forum.

    Build a portfolio: Very few (if any) Warriors can convince someone to buy solely on the strength of their forum reputation. Heck, I don't feel brave enough to try it (unless I was still doing $.01 per word writing). Rather than having to acquiesce to sample writing that might result in absolutely nothing, you need a selection of sample work for potential customers to look at. Good sales copy will get you noticed, a great portfolio gets you hired. Speaking of sales copy...

    Have amazing sales copy: Go take a look at the Warriors for Hire section. Read the copy, and figure out which type is attracting attention and which type is garnering snickers and click-aways. Your sales copy is your "face to face" interaction, your chance to show a client what you can do for them. You cannot fudge this up. The best thing you can put in your copy? How about a...

    Unique Selling Proposition: Everyone these days seems to think that they can throw down $20 and become a writer. It's not true, plain and simple. Potential clients know that, and only want to see someone who can set themselves apart from the crowd. What can you do that nobody else can copy, even if they tried? Figure out what that is (or learn something if you have nothing) and build up your reputation around that skill. Otherwise, you are just white noise who will have to resort to working for peanuts just to get the random sale.

    $20 and a reputation: The $20 is necessary. The reputation is ideal but won't kill you if you don't have it. If you're the guy that everyone knows, the guy who's writing everyone already likes, pulling in the money is easy.

    It's as simple as that, really. Keep in mind that I didn't say easy. This will take work, practice, and just a little bit of luck. I hope you can do it though, us writers are always happy to see someone talented make it.
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    • Profile picture of the author chykee
      Joe gave you everything you really need to get started.
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      Read the forum rules! And STOP posting nonsense one-liners, before you lose your account.

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  • Profile picture of the author williamk
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    Make sure that you are able to provide the posts. Because if you cannot then it will be bad for your reputation.
    You will also need to pay 20$ listing fee as stated above.
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    • Profile picture of the author Formal Shorts
      Look no further than Joe Robinson's post. That's it in a nutshell.

      (A unique selling proposition does not refer to price. Personality would go a long way)
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      • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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        Originally Posted by Formal Shorts View Post

        (A unique selling proposition does not refer to price. Personality would go a long way)
        Thanks for pointing that out FS, I should have made that clear within the post. If your USP is your price, then you don't have a USP. You're just playing the same game that every other wannabe "writer" is playing: the "I'll only charge you $.0000000000000000000000000000X per word" game. You lose that game, every time.

        Have personality! Flair! Or just be incredibly awesome .
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    The biggest requirement for offering writing services in WFH is that you write well and can write what others want you to write. You need samples to show, $20, prices and a sales letter.
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  • Just write good articles.
    I ordered 5 articles with some "content is king" and I just feel sorry for the guy and his flight. He had some people saying about his quality writing but obviously he must be registering as a different person

    Sample one- photography
    As we have a tendency to all aware that it's terribly simple to require footage, however, the most plan is a way to build it the most effective of your work. Here are a few suggestions and plans that may build your work look not simply sensible however glorious and helps you showcase and market your artistic work through a custom style portfolio website which plays a vital port of your on-line entity.

    Sample two-Myths and facts about lottery.

    Enjoying the sweepstakes is fun and lots of people do it. However, many of us even have limited concepts regarding lotteries that are merely not real. During this article, I analyze a variety of the major extensive sweepstakes misguided beliefs and debunk these concepts with real sweepstakes information.
    Here are a variety of the major extensive sweepstakes misguided beliefs and therefore the information that debunk them:
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    Myth #1: The sweepstakes are installed.
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    Fact: Many of us may believe that the sweepstakes is installed. Perhaps it's because of their need been experiencing it for years and haven't won or because of they identify a multitude of individuals that perform and haven't won it either. Beyond question, unless they individually identify many people, they're unlikely to individually identify a sweepstakes champion. Lotteries, by design, are difficult to win. If you do not win it in your lifetime, that is completely conventional.

    I've got three more but you know what I mean. He said he fired the writer and this is the corrected one.

    Didn't ask for refund as he made me laugh but be careful with "content is king" tycoon
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    That reads a lot like spun content, actually.
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  • I don't think he spin articles which could have been better. I ordered to the guy without reading his posts which had poor grammar in itself. Even his adds were poorly constructed but article was very cheap...but unusable
    This is actually the corrected copy with "completely no error".
    He was even offering to submit using Unique article wizard.

    He had guts though no insight.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by UKlotterysyndicate View Post

      I don't think he spin articles which could have been better.
      Lol.

      Originally Posted by UKlotterysyndicate View Post

      I ordered to the guy without reading his posts which had poor grammar in itself.
      Why hire a writer when you don't know if they can actually write?!

      Originally Posted by UKlotterysyndicate View Post

      Even his adds were poorly constructed but article was very cheap...
      Oh, because he was cheap. We don't throw around "you get what you pay for" because it is easy to remember and sounds like a cool buzzword. It's true.

      Originally Posted by UKlotterysyndicate View Post

      This is actually the corrected copy with "completely no error".
      Poor guy doesn't know any better, it seems.
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  • At least his articles will no doubt pass copyscape with flying colours lol.
    Original and one in a million
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