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I can't write

by Mark Zukerberg
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What kind of website doesn't require much writing work? I kinda suck in English as you can see, but keen on build new website..

any recommendation?
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  • Profile picture of the author successproducts
    I think internet marketing is the only place where being yourself is sometimes helpful to your career. I feel that you just write and then hire someone in Fiverr to help you with grammar and/or changing current PLR to suit your site and your personality.

    I guess if you are sux at writing, perhaps you don't want to sell your own products because then you are forced to write...

    sales copy is everything on the net but I prefer honest to goodness. Perhaps I am naive you know but I still believe in the goodness of people. I still believe that we sell what we think is best for others and not to hype up too much.

    Like anything we are here and here again and if we persistent we will win. All have to pay our dues such as buying junks and junks and junks only to realize that we have what it takes to succeed if we believe in ourselves.

    Just believe that you can write -- and just do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author wildirishtime
    I don't' think you need to write anything Mark - you're rich already. screw writing content!
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    • Profile picture of the author theemperor
      Originally Posted by wildirishtime View Post

      I don't' think you need to write anything Mark - you're rich already. screw writing content!
      He must get this kind of comment on every new thread he creates lol!
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    • Profile picture of the author Mark Zukerberg
      Originally Posted by joseph7384 View Post

      Mark, how where you able to manage facebook if you can't write.
      does Bill need to be great on writing so can he become no.1 richest guy on the planet? you shouldn't challenge him on marathon for example to prove he's nowhere better than u on that, to deny his greatness on something else :p
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      • Profile picture of the author yesacpow
        Mark I didn't know you hang out in internet marketing forums? I though you were busy thinking about when facebook will hit 1 billion members?
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        • Profile picture of the author jimmy19963
          I'm pretty sure he means Bill Gates...right?
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      • Profile picture of the author Shadowflux
        The wonderful thing about the web is that you don't have to be able to write well, or even at all, to run a blog or website.

        I write for a lot of clients. Some of them don't have the time to write, others aren't interested in doing it themselves and some of them aren't able to write very well in English but want to target a western audience.

        If you don't mind investing in your site a bit then you should just hire people to do what they're good at. This frees you up do what you're good at.

        I don't think there are many website where one person does everything.
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  • Profile picture of the author akmal
    My English is also sucks. But I keep writing and reading other people blog, sales letter etc to keep improve. Yes you can outsource your writing needs but somehow you still need this skill to be improve because a lot of communication online involve writing.

    Just make a routine to write something everyday and you will get better from day to day. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author lukedidit
    Why not write in your own language?

    Everyone is so dead set on writing in English, yet it's the world wide web.

    I don't know which country your from, but as an exampleI would give anything to be fluent in Cantonese and or Portuguese to target those audiences.
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  • Profile picture of the author dardar
    Hi Mark,
    Nice to see you on the forum.
    Outsource,would be your best bet,not sure about Fiverr,go ask the top guru's for advice,or get them to do it for you.
    Chris Farrell reveres you,he would give you all the advice you need,probably free
    All the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author xxxJamesxxx
    Make videos instead... Works for me.

    James Scholes
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  • Profile picture of the author YasirYar
    Mark, there are a lot of people who have less ability to write in English than you do who have started very successful websites. They just need a small budget to outsource website content to people on an outsourcing marketplace. Make an account on vWorker.com: How work gets done. Guaranteed! , post a project. People will bid on it, and you can hire a reasonably priced, very talented writer.

    If not vworker.com , there are other websites including Freelancer.com - Hire Freelancers & Find Freelance Jobs Online and www.elance.com as well. Don't let your writing skills stop you Good luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author dragica659
      I have just read some useful recommendation. My English is not good enough for writing too. Thanks.
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      • Profile picture of the author cashp0wer
        I love your username and when I read it my heart started racing. The real Mark from Facebook? lol - you can always outsource your writing. Most people are not good at writing and they outsource it to people that can write. You could also do videos instead of writing but every website has to have content on it.
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  • Profile picture of the author DanMurray
    Writing is the most valuable skill you can have IM.

    But that doesn't need you need to write like shakespear to be successful...you just need personality and something useful to say!

    Daniel
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  • Profile picture of the author BridgetSielicki
    You ask what kind of website doesn't require a lot of writing, and unfortunately the answer is that they all require a lot of writing. No matter what manner your IM business is, writing will be a big part of it.

    That said, there are many places you can go to outsource the majority of the writing so you can focus on other aspects of building your site. Alternatively, you could use PLR as the main source of much of your content. Just be sure that the PLR you are using is quality writing before placing it on your site (many Warriors here have very reputable PLR sites, just take a look around).
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    I agree with the above posters - you need to have content on your website, thats what the internet is about.

    … But wait…. Does it need to be written?

    What if you just did videos instead?
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    • Profile picture of the author oMaverick
      This pseudo Mark that created this post has a few options if English isn't his natural skill.

      There is vlogging, also known as video blogging. I wouldn't try that if you can't speak English this can get very annoying to your audience to decipher what is being said.

      There is hiring a writer from Iwriter.com to write an article for your website. Hire a writer with more than a 4.0 rating for okay work or hire a writer with more than a 4.6 for better than expected kind of work. Then use this for your website content or voice overs.

      Quality and paid voice overs will translate written text to voice in popular accents and professional voices. If you go with free voice over websites, then you will have the most crappiest recorded voices that sound like robots.
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  • Profile picture of the author aaaa33030
    Originally Posted by Mark Zukerberg View Post

    What kind of website doesn't require much writing work? I kinda suck in English as you can see, but keen on build new website..

    any recommendation?

    Sites like fiverr and flippa doesn't require much writing work as you can see on their homepage there is hardly any content at all.

    Also another recommendation -> maybe you should put up your real photo so that the users of this forum can know that you're not the owner of facebook but just has the same common name
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  • Profile picture of the author Brooke Milt
    How's facebook? Sorry I'm sure you've heard that quite a bit, if you're having a hard time writing perhaps finding a partner who can or outsource the work! Good Luck
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  • Profile picture of the author sackboy127
    You can always outsource the writing jobs, there are dozens of really talented writers here on WF, or you can also check out Odesk and Elance for writers.
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  • Profile picture of the author Caleb Spilchen
    Didn't realize Mark couldn't spell his own last name...
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  • Profile picture of the author WebPen
    I know! You can make a HUGE social networking website.

    You really don't need a lot of solid writing for that- just basic words like Name, Friends, We're changing our layout, etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author fin
      I think you should go with the article syndication model.

      Write an article and pay someone to edit it up to scratch.

      Now spend a week trying to syndicate it everywhere you can.

      Rinse and repeat.
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  • Profile picture of the author WriterWahm
    I really want to take this thread serious but Mark Zuckerberg on the WF...who woulda thunk it!
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  • Profile picture of the author Sarevok
    I would suggest programming new websites; this requires very little English fluency.

    What sites should you develop? Hmmm, maybe a social media network.
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  • Profile picture of the author PhilippaWrites
    If your writing isn't great, try using video content or making a podcast. you can even get someone to transcribe the audio so that you don't miss out on the long-tail keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Offline Oracle
    I'd suggest doing the article research as best you can, putting together the structure of the article and then outsource it to someone with English as their mother language.

    Chances are you'd get someone on Fiverr to rewrite your content for $5.
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  • Profile picture of the author Challendge
    hahaha I got a kick out of your username. Good luck, Mark!
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  • Profile picture of the author iennod
    We have the same problem. I hate writing. It seems the only way to make it to IM is to hire writers. Another problem I think is finding quality ones.
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  • Profile picture of the author simonjwarner
    Well you could create a site where other people generate the content, with there photos and what they are doing doing the day.

    Once you get a lot of people using it, you could sell adverts...

    However a lot people will just put up silly pictures of cats
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    I use dragon naturally speaking a lot to create content and just today i downloaded white smoke to improve that further....

    Both things help me create good quality unique interesting content


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  • Profile picture of the author AlenGeorgeson
    Who needs writing? Just make make some bullet points and talk through the slides and record it...That will convert better and it's easier and faster!
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Guzman
    This is an Interesting thread...
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  • Profile picture of the author Lightlysalted
    My not outsource the writing function to some of the the other warrior forum's members here. You can then focus on the ideas for websites.
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  • Profile picture of the author veheme
    If you don't want to write much then simply hire a writer for you OR you get a good video creation service so your leads will rely on how effective the videos are.
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  • Profile picture of the author Miguelito203
    Originally Posted by Mark Zukerberg View Post

    What kind of website doesn't require much writing work? I kinda suck in English as you can see, but keen on build new website..

    any recommendation?
    Writing, unfortunately, is a crucial part of every business model when it comes to making money online. With that said, writing for the internet isn't like writing for school. The average review is only about 450 words, and blog posts to be used more like articles for your site can be less than that. It's more like writing to a friend and telling them about a cool product you found or something. It's not about selling. That's what the sales page is for. You're just kind-of presenting information in such a way that it persuades the potential customer to buy whatever you're selling.

    Good luck,
    Joey
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  • Profile picture of the author HigherPrThanGod
    Originally Posted by Mark Zukerberg View Post

    What kind of website doesn't require much writing work? I kinda suck in English as you can see, but keen on build new website..

    any recommendation?

    Porn

    Porn

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  • Profile picture of the author IGP
    Banned
    if you are worried about your writing buy the software white smoke
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  • Profile picture of the author Usmile
    You can accept some project like developing a website, it doesn't required you to write.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    There's always ebay. You could make a $100 product sell with just one paragraph worth of sales copy.
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  • Profile picture of the author thedanbrown
    Had to check out the thread because of your username lol..

    I would suggest looking into PLR packages and hiring someone on fiverr to edit them to suit your needs.

    Good luck
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonParker
    He can write code but he can't write text.
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  • Profile picture of the author trialjenym
    Originally Posted by Mark Zukerberg View Post

    What kind of website doesn't require much writing work? I kinda suck in English as you can see, but keen on build new website..

    any recommendation?
    If you don't have the skills yet in writing then just have someone do it for you. Hire some professional writers out there, I'm sure there's tons of them. However, not being good in something should not hinder you from stopping there. You should always have the willingness to learn and not limit your self. I mean, if you really want to succeed, you won't let your weakness become the reason of your epic failure someday. Avoiding is a coward thing to do, if you can't do anything about your weaknesses then you will keep on rejecting good opportunities along your way. This is just a piece of advice, you can take it or just leave it be.

    I hope you'll discover the right path for your success! Good luck!
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