Outsourcing Copywriter help

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I'm interested to make my product and I have decided to outsource copywriter. This product should be eBook. Now I need help with this. If I outsource copywriter do I need to provide any kind of text related to that specific area to copywriter or is he/she writing that kind of text that I'm asking for?

How outsourcing usually work? I know some websites to outsource and I know that you place bids and so on but I don't know that what things I need to provide and what is required from me?
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  • Copywriter = write compelling sales letter for you. Expect to spend between $500-$50K depending on the experience and track record of the copywriter.

    Ebook writer = write an ebook for you. Charges by the number of pages typically. Probably run you about $300.

    Big difference in skill set and price.

    Hope that helps,

    Mike
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    • Oh so Ebook writer is different than copywriter . Thank you Mike very much for clarifying that.
    • Hey Mike

      I found this somewhat funny

      In a way, you're absolutely right... but it's just how we copywriters seem to value ourselves much more than people who create content.

      $500 - $50k VERSUS $300

      Personally, I would suggest it's this...

      $500 - $50K VERSUS $300 - $50K

      In other words, I'd pay much, much more than $300 for a truly kick-ass ebook.

      I guess content writers just need to sell themselves better.

      Yes, you can get "an ebook" written for $300, but I also bet it won't be *spectacular* at that price.

      I just found it interesting what we value (or don't value).

      I'm just sayin'
  • Speaking of ebook writers, anybody here ever outsourced to a really good one for around $500 or less?
  • I'm looking also for ebook writer. Please post any website where can be found good ebook writers.
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    Hi, Feel free to visit our site. We might be able to help.
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  • Hi,

    When outsourcing a project, you need to state the following information to your service provider: your project objectives like what results you expect from that ebook; your intended market- this includes the keywords which should be included in the ebook; time frame for project completion.

    A sales page is a one page marketing campaign to sell you products. The ebook serves as an add-on information to get your prospects credibility and trust, and once you earned that, that's the time you recommend your products and lead them to your sales page.

    If anyone interested in my services, please PM me and I will send you a copy of my ebook with sales page.

    My works are great in quality and I have done various ebook project at $3 per page.
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  • Those keywords serve as a guide for the writer to focus on that subject matter. A highly focused ebook is more informative than a generalized one.
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    • Hey There,

      Depends on your needs....Copy writer for a sales page? ebook? Press release? etc...

      Essentially, no matter what the project, you should have a decent outline for the 'outsourcer' to work from, this will ensure you get what you are looking for.

      Here is a short synopsis of how the process should go for "outsourced help'


      1. Visit your favorite outsourcing site (getafreelancer.com, elance.com, odesk.com, etc...)
      2. Define topic w/brief description of job (What are you asking for?)
      3. Wait for responses
      4. Explain in 'detail' what you are looking for to the 'responders'
      5. Ask for samples & review a handful of folks you would deem 'workable' (check work history, actual work done, and also gauge communications sent to you to ensure portfolio is not 'scraped'.
      6. Then pick one....

      Hope this helps. This is of course an 'off-the-top-of-my-head' response, but I feel it will help you wrap your had around it all....

      P.S. I am always up for helping, just shoot me a PM or email, and who knows, my rates might just be affordable WAIT A MINUTE, MY PROFILE ISN'T PIMPING ANYTHING....SHAME ON ME!!!
  • Thanks for information
  • Remember you're going to need to sell that ebook. That's how you make the monies.

    So have a little leftover (at leas 20 times what you paid the content writer) for your sales copy.

    Of course you want a good ebook. Not only for value to customers, but for retention too. But you'll still need some awesome copy to sell it.

    Colm
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    • Sure, Colm... as a copywriter, I definitely appreciate the importance of awesome copy.

      I'm simply saying that awesome copy plus an awesome book can sell much more than awesome copy plus an average book, because of the word-of-mouth effect.

      I think another thread pointed out that the product can easily trump the sales copy, when word of mouth is involved. So I'm not undervaluing copywriting, but I am suggesting that often the actual content itself seems to be undervalued.
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  • Outsourcing is really hard these days as a lot of peoples english tends to be really bad
  • Yeah I think it was Rosser Reeves who talked about the product being mightier than the pen.

    Naturally you need a good product if you want to write good copy too.

    And I agree that content is undervalued, certainly by the lesser marketer anyway.

    So I guess what I'm saying is, it's harder to be an awesome copywriter than it is to be a awesome ebook writer...

    At least that's what supply and demand in the market implies anyway.

    Of course copywriters might have an influential had in market price... If that's the case then you'll be banished to a life of writing $10 articles for the betraying the insider price inflating secret code of the copywriting brotherhood.

    Or whatever.

    Colm
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    • Tread very carefully, Colm.

      This is NOT a secure line. I repeat, this is NOT a secure line.

      <Squelch>
  • A thousand apologies grand master McLeod, my tongue shan't slip again. (except from just now)

    Hail Caples!

    Colm
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    Outsourcing Copywriter help

    Hi I'm interested to make my product and I have decided to outsource copywriter. This product should be eBook. Now I need help with this. If I outsource copywriter do I need to provide any kind of text related to that specific area to copywriter or is he/she writing that kind of text that I'm asking for?