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Would you pay this much for an article?

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500 word article with included title, summary and resource box. Well researched content, well written body, etc. -- Would you pay $13 for this? $15?

Content I've written for just $11 I've been told I should be charging well over $100 for. So all of this considered, what do you think?

It's a fine line to walk since the offline world is used to paying a mint for good content, while online there's definitely somewhat of a cut off limit. All feedback encouraged, thank you!


I'm not trying to sell you a darn thing, and I never will in this forum, but I'm trying to do some market research for some reasons that go way beyond increasing my profit margins--so an unbiased opinion would be truly appreciated!
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  • I would say post a bit of it so we can see the quality, $100 sounds a lot, IMHO.
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      I agree, an article, no mattter how solid, should not exceed $20 in price, especially if it is just 500 words long.
  • Assuming it's built around profitable keyword(s), I'd easily pay 20-30 bucks for one. If it's from some long tail keyword that'll only net me about 20 bucks/month, probably not, but if it's gonna make me a solid 100 bucks/month after a bit of SEO in the long term, I see no reason not to invest a little extra in it.
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    • Ok. Well this depends completely on the client and what their needs are, so that's something to note also, but good info. When you say a profitable keyword do you mean high volume, high competition and something you would try pushing up in the SERPs? Just wondering.
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  • I dunno if I would pay it to a stranger, but if any of my writer girls, told me they had to raise their price to that... for the premium content, I would pay it in a heartbeat!

    Good content isn't hard to come by, but excellent content that is going to turn bigger profits is

    Peace

    Jay
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    • Jay, what about a stranger with a reputation?

      edit: a GOOD reputation
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    • Then you are not part of his target market anyway since his rates are already more than double what you are willing to pay. You are lucky if you find top notch work at that price. I've tried a lot of cheap writers and have yet to come across high quality at that price point.

      Tina
    • I suspect that your definition of top notch is a bit different to mine. However, for most IM purposes you do not need top notch (my definition) articles.

      I have in the past written magazine articles (on quite a technical subject) that paid almost $1,000 for a double page article (interupted by graphics provided by someone else).
  • No doubts that many non-im industries would pay higher rates for quality content. In this market place its a different temperament, people are constantly being bombarded with free ebooks reports, plr etc etc.

    Therefore the targeting of clients needs to be high profile clients who need quality at any cost. Nobody wants a poor quality article or blog post on their website that gets hundreds of responses and exposure.

    The way language is used plays a pivotal role in the message being broadcast. Send out crap and the response will be likewise.
  • Hi Andrew,

    Kay and Bev, in another post, are correct in what they have to
    say on this matter. The offline and successful non-IM clients are a
    different world from what we're used to seeing.

    I don't write articles for others anymore. But I've been paid from
    30 to 85 per article for offline clients. An offline newsletter, from
    a different country, contracted me to write a series of 12 articles
    at 50 per article.

    That kind of work is out there. For me, once I started getting paid
    those kinds of fees it really changed the way I perceived my value.
    It does something different and good to your head.

    PS - Sorry Andrew, yes I would pay that much depending on the
    market and quality of the writing.
  • How long is a piece of string?

    Most OK article writers charge $2 for 100 words, making a 500 word article $10.
    If you want a badly written article, pay $1 per 100 words.
    If you want a really bad rehash of an exisitng article, pay $0.50 per 100 words.

    Now to charge more than $2 per 100, I think the writer would need to show specialist credentials.

    E.g. a lawyer with years of experience is going to charge a lot for their time in any instance, so a law article written by such a person will cost a lot. If the article was a niche technology area where there are only 100 experts in the world, I imagine the price would go up a lot too.

    However if the target is to post the article on Articles Base or EZA, I would not pay more than $2/100 words ever.

    If the target was an eBook, private area of a site, or for a wedding speech ... I would think of paying more.
  • It's tricky because the challenge is that a lot of people are going overseas to get that kind of work done so you got a lot of tough competition. I've gotten articles writen on mturk for dirt cheap, like 1 dollar often would easily get a 500 word article done up. The reason is in India that represents a full days wages in buying power at an entry level job. So maybe what you got to do is be the middle person. Get the word done for you on mturk for 1 buck, you just be the editor, and then you charge the 15, or whatever you're gonna charge, and make the spread.
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