Seos: how much are you paying for your content?

It really depends what niche, if you're in health or legal and you're paying 10$ per 500 words, I doubt that will do you any good at all. To be clear about this: content that is posted to media sites costs a lot more then that, they have inhouse writers getting 70k+ a year who write a handful of articles a month.


I love to do the pomodoro time management technique, so one 25 minute round per rough to "fix it", sometimes a round before hand for research, then another for editing, and possibly an additional round or two for image creation (or fiverr.) Sometimes I pay editors, sometimes I don't. I try get 20 research keywords in a round and 20 ideas for articles in a round (tough.)

Once I'm familiar with the niche I just figure out what I feel a new post is worth, typically between 50-150$ and I just source it to a decent writer on freelancer/upwork, or wait for a top tier writer on one of the writing services.

I really do love the pomodoro technique, it gives you some balance in life and it's very easy for me to get motivated to work hard for 25 minutes and then go stare at youtube for 5 minutes (or post here.) To get motivated to work on starting a new 100 page site that I know is going to take 250-500+ hours, well that's hard, I usually procrastinate badly and can't get moving with it until I break it up. It really works well if you have multiple sites, since I could technically do 20+ rounds each on a different site. Also another tip: you can have a round be dedicated to analytics/conversions. This prevents you from staring at your conversions for 2-3 hours, which I think everybody has done. If I have a problem editing CSS or working with a theme, if I get to the end of the round and realize I have accomplished nothing, the very next round I spend finding somebody to source it to. I can't spend 6 hours getting a theme to "look right."

Keep Focused - an enhanced tool for Time Management using Pomodoro Technique - Home

That's the tool I use, I sit down, fill the box out, take a deep breath, clear my head, press go, and then go insane for 25 min. I was very surprised how much more I was getting done, it's like riding an exercise bike, sure after 15-20 min it gets hard, but the end is in site so just keep pushing. If you hype yourself up a bit, you can get into that zone where you just go. I feel like it's how I used to write papers in high school/college, "oh crap, I have a paper due tomorrow and it's 1am and I have not started yet."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique

If you are a procrastinator, this technique is amazing. Let's be realistic, the main reason you procrastinate is because you don't want to do it, but 25 minutes of work isn't much. It becomes like a little game, where you can keep pushing yourself.