Make Money Quickly... Not Writing Articles (Ethical or Unethical)

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Hello Warriors,

Not only do I hope that this post be very informative (especially for the ones that want to make money quickly), I also hope this will bring out a great discussion about ethics.

Ok.. there is a post that talks about how people are charging to write articles from $2.00 to even $7.00!

While reading it, I came up with a great idea to make money quickly... at least potentially quickly. it may actually be easier than quicker. The idea has been around, but the reason for my post is to emphasize how easy it can actually be to make money quickly online! I know a lot of you will say that there are no get rich quick schemes that are real, but I am not talking about getting rich. I am talking about making money. anyways, so here's thinking inside the box to make money... then, with this information, you can think outside the box and get rich! I haven't done it yet.. but you may be able to.. just dont forget me when you're rich

ok.. here's the idea...

There are people charging 2 - 10 dollars to write articles for people who want to pay.. well, find those people that are charging $2.00.. and then find the people that need their articles written and charge them 3 or even 10.00. It's like.. that's right.. affiliate marketing! But, instead, post up a service, maybe not here on warrior forum (or maybe ) but on craigslist or something, and see if there is anyone who wants to have articles written! If there are, you may be able to get their project specs, charge them accordingly (upfront payment), have your vendor (the person that writes articles) look over and deliver project, pay him, then send them to your customers and keep the profits... INSTANT BUSINESS! now expand and become rich.. the expanding.. you're on your own

Is this ethical or not?
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  • Profile picture of the author CurtisN
    If you are completely upfront about this and people still choose to buy from you, then it's fine.

    But if they think you're writing everything when in fact you're handing off the work to random outsourced workers, then it's not fine.
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    • Profile picture of the author AchievingDreams
      well... how about have one absolutely GREAT vendor?
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      • Profile picture of the author cindybidar
        Of course it's ethical. There are a lot of companies that do exactly what you're talking about. I write for some of them myself. Although for considerably more than $2 an article.
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    • Profile picture of the author David Jackson
      Originally Posted by CurtisN View Post

      If you are completely upfront about this and people still choose to buy from you, then it's fine.

      But if they think you're writing everything when in fact you're handing off the work to random outsourced workers, then it's not fine.
      I agree. You need to be upfront with people.

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      • Profile picture of the author FredJones
        Oh this is very well-known. In fact, you may build a team for yourself just like many companies do andd follow this exact model. As long as your customers know that your team is doing it (and you really build a team), there is nothing unethical about it.

        Think of it using a similar example from a slightly different domain - when a software company sells a program, the signature of the ToS or license may often be that of the CEO of the company. Do you think that the CEO developed the software? No way. And it need not necessarily be a "paid" model - the company might as well have outsourced its tasks to some other vendors from some other companies - the likes of Micro$oft and etc do it every single day.

        Nothing unethical about it.
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  • Profile picture of the author rickstooker
    It's 100% ethical -- and a widespread practice in various forms.

    When you contract to offer a service, it's quite common to subcontract parts
    of the work out to others. It's done in the construction field.

    Many people are paying big name copywriters $10,000 for a sales letter largely
    written by the copywriter's "cub."

    Your problem will be in finding an article writer who charges you only $2, but
    whose articles are high enough in quality for you to satisfy the $10 buyer.

    You are under no obligation to disclose to your buyer where you get the
    articles from. However, you should not lie and say you will write them if
    you won't. Your obligation is to provide the articles you agree to that are
    of high enough quality to satisfy the $10 article buyer.

    Whether you write them yourself or subcontract the work out to someone
    else is not your buyer's business (so long as you don't lie about it).

    In this particular case I doubt the money will be worth the effort ($2 article
    writers aren't known for either quality or reliability) -- but you're thinking
    smart . . . like a business person not a service provider.

    You'll probably be wealthy in a few years. Keep at it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joe Benjamin
      Originally Posted by AchievingDreams View Post

      Hello Warriors,

      Not only do I hope that this post be very informative (especially for the ones that want to make money quickly), I also hope this will bring out a great discussion about ethics.

      Ok.. there is a post that talks about how people are charging to write articles from $2.00 to even $7.00!

      While reading it, I came up with a great idea to make money quickly... at least potentially quickly. it may actually be easier than quicker. The idea has been around, but the reason for my post is to emphasize how easy it can actually be to make money quickly online! I know a lot of you will say that there are no get rich quick schemes that are real, but I am not talking about getting rich. I am talking about making money. anyways, so here's thinking inside the box to make money... then, with this information, you can think outside the box and get rich! I haven't done it yet.. but you may be able to.. just dont forget me when you're rich

      ok.. here's the idea...

      There are people charging 2 - 10 dollars to write articles for people who want to pay.. well, find those people that are charging $2.00.. and then find the people that need their articles written and charge them 3 or even 10.00. It's like.. that's right.. affiliate marketing! But, instead, post up a service, maybe not here on warrior forum (or maybe ) but on craigslist or something, and see if there is anyone who wants to have articles written! If there are, you may be able to get their project specs, charge them accordingly (upfront payment), have your vendor (the person that writes articles) look over and deliver project, pay him, then send them to your customers and keep the profits... INSTANT BUSINESS! now expand and become rich.. the expanding.. you're on your own

      Is this ethical or not?
      It CAN work. But that's the problem. Its' STILL work. For
      most, even this perception of a hands off approach is to
      much for avg. people to handle.

      It takes time to find reliable writers who are willing to churn
      out good, consistent quality work without you having to
      go behind them like children to make sure their $2 article
      LOOKS and feels like a $10 one.

      Chances are, anyone who KNOW'S they're articles are
      worth atleast $10...will not do it for anything less.

      Not impossible, but challenging nonetheless to pull off.

      Can you get rich from it? I wouldn't want to. There are
      easier ways to get wealthy...but different strokes for
      different folks.

      Originally Posted by CurtisN View Post

      If you are completely upfront about this and people still choose to buy from you, then it's fine.

      But if they think you're writing everything when in fact you're handing off the work to random outsourced workers, then it's not fine.
      Everyone should listen to this guy. He's a genius.

      Everything he says you should listen to because everything
      he says turns to gold. He know's the article writing business
      inside and out and, he never skips a beat. Never a fault or
      a mistake to be had...he know's what he's talking about.


      Originally Posted by rickstooker View Post

      It's 100% ethical -- and a widespread practice in various forms.

      When you contract to offer a service, it's quite common to subcontract parts
      of the work out to others. It's done in the construction field.

      Many people are paying big name copywriters $10,000 for a sales letter largely
      written by the copywriter's "cub."

      Your problem will be in finding an article writer who charges you only $2, but
      whose articles are high enough in quality for you to satisfy the $10 buyer.

      You are under no obligation to disclose to your buyer where you get the
      articles from. However, you should not lie and say you will write them if
      you won't. Your obligation is to provide the articles you agree to that are
      of high enough quality to satisfy the $10 article buyer.

      Whether you write them yourself or subcontract the work out to someone
      else is not your buyer's business (so long as you don't lie about it).

      In this particular case I doubt the money will be worth the effort ($2 article
      writers aren't known for either quality or reliability) -- but you're thinking
      smart . . . like a business person not a service provider.

      You'll probably be wealthy in a few years. Keep at it.
      A MUCH better, thought provoking response to this thread.
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  • Profile picture of the author Yoseph101
    Arbitrage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Its perfectly ethical. And if the customer is satisfied with the end product then you have done well.
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    • Profile picture of the author AchievingDreams
      I thought it would be because of the fact that businesses do actually do this. Such as what rickstooker said..

      So.. if you have seen my website, shall I put this thread on my site?? or just write another article?
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    • Profile picture of the author AchievingDreams
      Originally Posted by newmen View Post

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      hmm.. few ideas i got goin.. thanks..

      There is nothing wrong with being a middle-man I believe.
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  • Profile picture of the author Money on the Side
    This is called arbitrage...Being a middleman is great business. But playing middleman for a few bucks isn't worth it, especially when you can make $1000+ on websites or copywriting projects.
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    • Profile picture of the author AchievingDreams
      Originally Posted by killercopy View Post

      This is called arbitrage...Being a middleman is great business. But playing middleman for a few bucks isn't worth it, especially when you can make $1000+ on websites or copywriting projects.
      its not possible to get rich with being the middle-man? why??
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      • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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        Originally Posted by AchievingDreams View Post

        its not possible to get rich with being the middle-man? why??
        Well, you do have to pay the people who are doing the work and if you cut corners in that department, you're going to get junk product. Then you'll be in trouble with your customers.

        So if you're paying $2 per article and charging $5 per article, you're making $3 and have to sell 33 articles per day to make $100 bucks a day. If you charge less than $5, you have to sell even more.

        You're in charge of quality control and people will quickly move on if the quality is not there.
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  • Profile picture of the author glassextreme
    Originally Posted by Chris Baker View Post

    Hey,

    In addition to what I have said earlier. Isn't that a form of cheating? I mean, a person presented oneself as a writer and not a writing firm and yet outsourcing?
    It depends. If this person had shown the customer his or her portfolio, and claims that the writing is going to that, but the standard is far from the portfolio, then it's misinterpretation.
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  • Profile picture of the author RS3RS
    I think it all depends on how you do it.

    I did it once, but my website called my business a "Content Creation Company", and I never said that I would be writing the content, just that "my company" would.

    It's alright for a little bit of income, but at the end of the the day it's just too much hassle. I got out of it because it's just not scalable.
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  • Profile picture of the author cpa-money
    first it`s hard job. if you get only 3-4 dollar net per article than you will have to make hundreds of them to earn 300$. and also you need ot work with someone that you trust because if those articles will be rubish than you will not have costumers..
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Thayer
    About three months ago, I finished a large project that required the services of some offline writers. This group did a great job for me, so I got the notion to set up an "article arbitrage" business where I would dole out assignments to the individual writers are in turn offer the services online with a markup.

    I posted a thread here and basically told people what I was going to do. In order to "test the waters", I offered three free articles to several Warriors.

    I quickly realized that providing the service wasn't going to be worth my time. Handing out assignments and tracking progress was kind of a pain, and in order to automate it I figured I would have to send everything to an editor for a built-in level of quality checking (I'm very concerned about the quality of everything I offer). I could have made $1 or $2 a pop on each article -- which could really add up quickly -- but in the end, I decided it wasn't my cup of tea.

    That's my experience with this, but it may suit someone else perfectly. I just figured my time was best spent elsewhere.
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    • Profile picture of the author AchievingDreams
      Yes, I myself do believe it would be a hard way of making a lot of money in the long run.. but to make a quick 100 in a day just by checking someone's work,i don't think its a bad idea at all.. just gotta find the right vendor i think...
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Thayer
    What I did originally was post an ad on the "gigs" section of Craigslist and got TONS of responses from local writers. I chose the best of the bunch and was paying them $5 for a 500-word article, and I made it clear I expected first-rate content and not "spun" articles. My intent was to offer high-quality articles at a slight premium of about $7 each.

    Just remember that if your writers are producing garbage, it is going to reflect poorly on you and your business. I can't image what kind of work you would get for $2 an article.
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  • Profile picture of the author ConnorMcCreesh
    Well concerning the original point of the post i have come across a couple of ways to make money quickley.
    You can spend time creating a digital product and upload it to somewhere like clickbank.
    If you then send your targeted market from a focus group or forum relating to the product, you can raise the status of the product on clickbank for affiliates to notice it.
    After that your away!
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    • Profile picture of the author AchievingDreams
      I dont think thats a fast way to make money quickly unless you can create a product quickly???

      For those interested:

      1.) go to nearest garage sale
      2.) buy something you think u can sale for a profit
      3.) go on craigslist and sale it for profit

      all in one hour to a day!
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  • Profile picture of the author Andr3w
    I would suggest that keeping track of all your customers, their demands, their deadlines, their editing requests, your writers and their issues/questions/time constraints, financial transactions would be a full-time job itself. Keeping everyone happy would be no mean feat. Maybe some of this could be outsourced as well?

    I'm sure this is doable, however, with some smart planning and management. My advice would be start by trying to build a team by hiring as many people as possible for a variety of personal projects before you even think about hiring them for your customers. You don't want to start off by taking on projects and then suddenly having to scramble around for providers that you don't know if you can trust.
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  • Profile picture of the author TimG
    This form of article arbitrage has actually been around for several years. One marketer I know ran a very successful monthly business selling articles that were outsourced and it ran smoothly for several months.

    Unfortunately it becomes a very stressful situation when you have lots of folks waiting for articles to be delivered and your outsourced writers decide to flake on you and not deliver the articles on time or deliver sub-standard content.

    Incidently, you can also outsource articles for yourself and then post them on your own site followed by a quick rewrite of the article which could be submitted to a revenue sharing site.

    This allows you to have content for your own site which can be monetized along with content on other sites earning you income while simultanously linking back to your site.

    This is a standard article marketing methods/techniques to leverage the articles that are outsourced.

    Respectfully,
    Tim
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