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How long should it take for my writer to ...

by Chris Thompson
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I wrote this blog post for all of the people who ask what kind of delivery expectations (quantity per day) they should expect from their article writer.

Hint: My belief is you can't know the answer unless you do it yourself first.

Anyway, here is the post I wrote. I hope it helps some of you become better employers, better estimators, and more calm.

How long should it take for me writer to ...
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  • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
    It doesn't really matter how long it takes you to do the same thing. That has nothing to do with the speed at which your outsourced writer may work.

    I see people ask questions like this or give their own opinions, but I'm afraid that it just doesn't work that way.

    Give me a topic that I know really well and I can whip out 3-4 articles per hour. That doesn't mean that I should expect someone else to be able to do that.

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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Thompson
    Tina - with all due respect, you clearly did not read my post

    BTW I agree with you. And I think you'll agree with what I wrote based on your comments above.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrea Wilson
    Great post, yeah be realistic. It is not right to put up a price and give the amount of articles they want for a single day because the ability of writers varies from one individual to another,

    Anyway, I dont use Unique article Wizard although I hear good comments about them. I still do everything with my own hands and have not outsource before.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
      My belief is you can't know the answer unless you do it yourself first.
      No, I didn't click through and read the post on your blog. My response was to this statement in your post here. I assumed that this statement went along with your blog post, as that would seem reasonable, but perhaps it didn't.

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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        In the blog post, you talk about "employees". Not the same as outsourcing to a freelance writer unless you are the only customer.

        Some days I write quickly - some days it's a chore to get the words on the page. I may do work for three people in one day or work for one for a full week. I may take a day off and not write at all.

        If someone works only for you, I think your post is on point. You need to know what is realistically possible and what to expect. However, if you are working with freelance writers, it's not the same as they may be scheduling multiple jobs.

        I think that is where the disconnect is here.

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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
        Originally Posted by TMG Enterprises View Post

        No, I didn't click through and read the post on your blog. My response was to this statement in your post here. I assumed that this statement went along with your blog post, as that would seem reasonable, but perhaps it didn't.

        Tina
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        I actually make it a rule to not click through on article or blog links here. I figure you can either post the relevant information or promote your content somewhere else. That's not a slam against anyone, just what I choose to do.

        That being said, based on the OP, you can't know the answer for how long somebody else will take - REGARDLESS of whether you do it yourself first or note.

        I would also add that I don't care how long any of it takes the people I hire, as long as they meet the deadline. Whether it takes them 5 minutes or 5 hours doesn't matter to me.

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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Thompson
    Tina - you're just connecting dots, I understand.

    What I'm saying is that step 1 is doing it yourself. This gives you perspective (versus having NEVER done it yourself). The other steps involve thinking about it from the writer's perspective so you can get realistic about research involved, mental breaks (which we forget about too often), and speed of composing an article for us versus them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Thompson
    Everyone is making good points.

    To clarify a few things, when I talk about employees I'm talking about people who I hire in the Philippines who are independent contractors working full time (generally) for me. I consider them employees even though they are legally not my employees.

    In reply to Michael, I agree with you. Even doing something yourself doesn't give you an answer as to how long someone else will take. But it does give you perspective that you otherwise would not have. Some information is better than one.

    I wrote the post because a lot of warriors will hire a full time writer (outsourcer) and then wonder if they are getting enough work from the person.

    Obviously if you pay per article/deliverable you don't care. I understand that.
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