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11 years ago

Hi there,

It really depends on the topics and the length of the articles.

You can always shoot me an email if you'd like. ygourmelon@hotmail.com

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writeaway

11 years ago

How many words per article? Do you have a list of topics?

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datingworld

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dwight Anthony

I'm looking to get a bulk discount of around $3 per article for 100 as opposed to $5 and higher and still have decent quality.

I don't think so...............
Article for $3 and expecting decent quality in it won't be possible [my personal thoughts and experience though]

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ezinepoint

11 years ago

With today's Internet activity, it has become a necessity for many individuals to outsource their article writing tasks.

May be elance.com is the right place to outsource !

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11 years ago

The word length is going to be the biggest hurdle... if they're 150-200 word snippets, there's a chance someone may do you a bulk favor at that volume... otherwise, bump that dollar amount up a few bucks and you'll be better off.

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laurencewins

11 years ago

Yes, 500 word articles at $3 per article AND expecting good quality is a HUGE ask of anybody. I wonder what time frame you are thinking of too. I am guessing you want them all tomorrow.

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AnniePot

11 years ago

Maybe this WSO will be useful to you: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ml#post4621530

I've never used them, mass article publishing isn't how I work, so this isn't a recommendation. They just seem to be a fit for what you need.

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frank07

11 years ago

Originally Posted by AnniePot

Maybe this WSO will be useful to you: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ml#post4621530

I've never used them, mass article publishing isn't how I work, so this isn't a recommendation. They just seem to be a fit for what you need.

This service had this price, but with this price they just copy and rewrite a little bit with no meaningful. If you need the good article, you must try premium and the price should be $5.

You can also try at Odesk and look for some good guy to do it. You can give them with some article for testing first.

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Rose Anderson 11 years ago

You might consider buying a smaller amount of quality articles. If they bring in money, as they should, then you can buy more articles at higher rates.

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EvolBaby

11 years ago

You've got to be realistic and realize that cheap is going to get you cheap. You won't get the SE power nor the retention. Most qualified writers don't work in the third world where a bowl of rice is their only meal. Minimum $1 per 100 words is about the best way to go from a native English speaker.

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tpw

11 years ago

Your best bet will be outsourcing to India, and praying that the quality will be there.

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Randall Magwood 11 years ago

Originally Posted by tpw

Your best bet will be outsourcing to India, and praying that the quality will be there.

Or create the articles yourself and not worry about the quality of the content. Takes only about 15 minutes to write a 500 word article... not sure if i would pay anyone for this easy task.
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- MissTerraK 11 years ago
  
  It never ceases to amaze me when people want for top quality for pennies.
  
  Perhaps you could write those articles yourself, Dwight, and then pay to have them edited/rewritten. Maybe you could get lucky and get that $3 price tag that way.
  
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dean20653

11 years ago

I have a Question and I know its Not directly related but no point in new thread!

If you start off outsourcing Articles (Regardless of price) Wouldn't you have to continue as "The Voice" or "tone" would change if you all of a sudden decided to write a handful of Articles yourself? Or does this depend on what your gonna do with them? Is there a major Difference between an Article and a Post?

Ok so I had 3 Questions, sue me

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@OP Ive seen gigs on fiver that say something like 2 3-400 word articles for 5.00 ... Idk the quality but you could always spend a few min correcting and editing and adding to.. Just a thought!

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tpw

11 years ago

Originally Posted by dean20653

I have a Question and I know its Not directly related but no point in new thread!

If you start off outsourcing Articles (Regardless of price) Wouldn't you have to continue as "The Voice" or "tone" would change if you all of a sudden decided to write a handful of Articles yourself? Or does this depend on what your gonna do with them? Is there a major Difference between an Article and a Post?

Ok so I had 3 Questions, sue me

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@OP Ive seen gigs on fiver that say something like 2 3-400 word articles for 5.00 ... Idk the quality but you could always spend a few min correcting and editing and adding to.. Just a thought!

I write a lot of articles myself, and I outsource a lot more.

I do want to keep a particular voice with a particular pen name. Sometimes, I can use the same pen name with several writers, but other times, I have to set up a new pen name when I change writers.

You will get a feel for it.

For some websites, I have 5-6 pen names promoting those sites with articles. Other sites only have a single pen name promoting them.

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jbsmith

11 years ago

It does depend on what you are after. For my main money sites I write most of the articles myself - then link to them with my blog and related Youtube videos, social postings, etc... I get a great deal of return from my content on these sites so it pays me to spend 15-minutes to write a good quality article with personality

For other sites that I don't know the subject matter as much, just testing or developing different monetization techniques I use tools like Rapid Content Wizard to pull in content and then I juggle that around/re-write/append to it as necessary or have it re-written for less

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Richniche

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dwight Anthony

I'm looking to get a bulk discount of around $3 per article for 100 as opposed to $5 and higher and still have decent quality.

Anyone out there have experience with writing services with very decent price points and still retain quality through out their articles?

thanks.

I don't know what you meant by "decent quality" but I think $3 per article is pretty low if you want about quality.

If you really treat your articles are your lifetime investment, why not consider first the quality before the price?

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Chang47

11 years ago

I use Ranking Articles*|*Ranking Articles $3.50 per 500 word article. It's pretty close to your target price and their quality is pretty decent I'd say.

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Geri Richmond 11 years ago

Hi,
I want to thank you for your info on Ranking-Article. I went to check out the site. Right now they are having a sale. Don't know how long this is going on, but a 500 article is usually $5. It's now $2.50. I'm going to try it. I like the article to video choice, as well.
You say you have been happy with them.
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contentcreation7

11 years ago

i am interested. can provide good quality at affortable rates

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Taniwha 11 years ago

Originally Posted by contentcreation7

i am interested. can provide good quality at affortable rates

When you say you'll provide good quality articles, at least try to use a proper sentence structure, capital letters, and a full stop at the end. Jus say'n.
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laurencewins

11 years ago

I would be concerned at hiring contentcreation7 when there's a spelling error in one simple line.

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JasonBennet

11 years ago

You will get for what you paid for. I have a terrible experience outsourcing the writing to an Indian writer as the quality is not good and I still need to put in some time to edit the article. I will first start off by paying more but get 10 articles that is well written.

I personally think that 10 well written articles is always better than 100 mediocre written articles.

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DTGeorge

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dwight Anthony

I have around 100 custom articles i'm trying to outsouce and get written. The problem is, most of the good article writing services seem to have gone up in price. I'm looking to get a bulk discount of around $3 per article for 100 as opposed to $5 and higher and still have decent quality.

Anyone out there have experience with writing services with very decent price points and still retain quality through out their articles?

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If you can find me good condition BMW that has no major dents or mechanical problems and have it shipped to me for less than a total of $500, I'll write those damned articles myself.

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writeaway

11 years ago

Is this for your 'money' site or is this content intended for backlink purposes? How much research is involved? Do you have set keyword rules or other special parameters?

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Chris Silvey 11 years ago

I would love to outsource, but I have had some bad issues of articles provided didn't pass copyscape.

I write my own.
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- writeaway 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Chris Silvey
  
  I would love to outsource, but I have had some bad issues of articles provided didn't pass copyscape.
  
  I write my own.
  
  That just means one thing and one thing only: you outsourced to the wrong people. A real content writer would have a copyscape premium account and run everything through.
  
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  travelsoulja 11 years ago
  
  I would be worried about people who will just spin content.
  
  How do you prevent outsources from just spinning content?
  
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  lastreporter 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by travelsoulja
  
  I would be worried about people who will just spin content.
  
  How do you prevent outsources from just spinning content?
  
  Hire someone reputable and pay them what they're worth. Ask for credentials, clips, which are published articles, and ask them for references.
  
  But be prepared to pay more than $5 an article.
  
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  TheEye 11 years ago
  
  You need to take into account the total cost of getting articles not just the amount you pay the writer.
  
  The time you spend researching article topics, submitting the job, checking the articles with Copyscape, editing etc needs to be taken into account.
  
  If you want to earn $100,000 a year (8 hours a day by 5 days a week by 50 weeks a year) your hourly rate works out at $50.
  
  This is assuming that you can put in 8 productive hours a day which most people can't. As I am now doing, they get distracted by things like reading and commenting on forums.
  
  It is better to pay a trustworthy professional writer more per article than have your time chewed up trying to fix the problems poor writers will create for you.
  
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flovin

11 years ago

From my experience $3-$5 per article for DECENT quality is a reaonable price. Again it depends on quantity and relationship.

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Anthony J Namata

11 years ago

$3 is really low. Only the crappy non-English speaking so-called-article-writers would agree to that. And you WILL get what you pay for. Crap articles!

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usfemail

11 years ago

I outsource some articles for some of my projects. I pay $4.50 for a 500 word article. I get a discount because I order in bulk. Otherwise the prices would be $5.00 per article.

I have personally never found anyone who charges less than $5.00 per article. Well I have but the article sucked and did not pass Copyscape.

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11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dwight Anthony

I have around 100 custom articles i'm trying to outsouce and get written. The problem is, most of the good article writing services seem to have gone up in price. I'm looking to get a bulk discount of around $3 per article for 100 as opposed to $5 and higher and still have decent quality.

Anyone out there have experience with writing services with very decent price points and still retain quality through out their articles?

thanks.

At the $5-dollar rate you are going to get a lot of jumbled-up, non-native English-speakers' written articles that are unresearched with only the redemptive quality being their word count.

In order to get real articles that Google wants to index, you will probably have to pay a minimum of $20 per 500 words. That's because any talented writer in the United States, England or Australia won't be able to work for less.

If you are willing to pay $25 or $30 an article, you might get a few fully-researched, original, unspun articles that someone will actually read and Google will actually index.

That's my experience. Put another more colloquial way: You'll get a lot of sh-t that when you read it -- you'll wonder what the Hell they're talking about, and you'll cry bitter tears over how you wasted your hard-earned cash!

Bingo!

Good Luck.

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11 years ago

Originally Posted by GEFFERSON86

You can get someone to do it for you at oDesk for $3 but i can't promise quality.
It all depends on whom you will hire among the many contractors.
Good luck!

True.

But to be honest with you, as a former journalist, I can tell you most good writers have withdrawn from the market, leaving only the dregs. I pulled out several years ago. I was being asked to write hundreds of articles for $5 to $10 a pop. I would rather work flipping hamburgers. So, I started writing my own content for my own sites and Kindle ebooks. As a result, I was able to maintain my standard of living.

I'm not saying there aren't any good writers for low pay; there are exceptions to every rule. But good writers have moved on to other jobs or professions where they can earn a living.

I know one of my former colleagues, who was nominated for a Pulitzer, is working as a spokesman for a local politician. No good writer is going to work for $5 for a 500-word article, because he or she knows in order to do it at that rate, they have to crank out quick, stucco crap. And good writers didn't become good to crank out steaming sh-t. So, as I said, most of them have withdrawn from the marketplace like I did.

As a result, the overall quality of online content is falling like a ten-ton bull walking on a sugar ceiling. This translates into fewer articles getting indexed, fewer articles being read, fewer visitors to sites and lower sales overall.

Crap in = Crap out

That's just the way it is.

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Winlin

11 years ago

I'm with the school of thought that you'll need to pay at minimum $1.00 per 100 words for reasonably written articles that take little or no research... You may also need to work with many writers to get this rate, not all writers are willing to commit to a hundred articles on the same topic. Further you may not want to put all of your eggs in the same basket. It would be a shame to find out ten articles in and behind schedule that you have to find a new writer.

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11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dwight Anthony

I have around 100 custom articles i'm trying to outsouce and get written. The problem is, most of the good article writing services seem to have gone up in price. I'm looking to get a bulk discount of around $3 per article for 100 as opposed to $5 and higher and still have decent quality.

Anyone out there have experience with writing services with very decent price points and still retain quality through out their articles?

thanks.

Please define "decent price points" and "quality".

I don´t see any decency in a $3 article... and I don´t see how a person can deliver a high quality article for that money.

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zombiemich

11 years ago

Have you tired Fivver or Odesk. I know these are common places to outsource but some members do other work besides what they offer. Maybe sending a quick email would help

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TimothyTorrents

11 years ago

Last I checked, iwriter charges 3$ for 500 words.

I like how most of the people on this forum agree that 3-5$ for one article and expecting top-notch quality is a bit of a stretch. But head over to other forums or freelancing websites and you will find plenty of people who believe that paying 3-5$ per article is extremely generous. Its funny.

Never the less, check out Warriors For Hire last time I browsed through that section I spotted quite a few writers who charge 1$ for 100 words and their samples seem decent.

But let me give you a bit of advice...

If you do manage to find a good writer that you can afford; don't push him. Don't demand magazine quality writing and don't make the whole process difficult for him and yourself. You don't need to make a huge ordeal about tiny details that you can fix yourself in less than a minute. He will just stop working for you. I had a client who asked me to revise a article because it was not divided into paragraphs the way he wanted it to be. Really? you can do that in 10 seconds.

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isadoregregory

11 years ago

How long would each article be. If you want the best quality, a $5 rate per article would be the fairest price. But there are people who are willing to take the $3 price. try posting an ad in craigslist.

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AdAstra 11 years ago

2000-3000+ words articles work very well. For cheaper prices try to find freelance writers from Phillippines.
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dynamyt100

11 years ago

My suggestion would be to rather pay a good price and get good quality. Cut the number of articles down to suit your budget and once the funds start flowing then add more articles.

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11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dwight Anthony

I have around 100 custom articles i'm trying to outsouce and get written. The problem is, most of the good article writing services seem to have gone up in price. I'm looking to get a bulk discount of around $3 per article for 100 as opposed to $5 and higher and still have decent quality.

Anyone out there have experience with writing services with very decent price points and still retain quality through out their articles?

thanks.

You're looking to pay about $300 for 100 decent articles? Well, that's been very optimistic. You might get article writers on Fiverr who'll give you a bulk discount, but expecting them to be of any particular quality is another matter for the money on the table..........

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lorrainesmithills

11 years ago

Hi I've currently got a warrior for hire offer running. I'm offering up to 50 pages for $5 per page of original Copyscape passed content. Depending on the length of your articles, this could be just about on budget for you.

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11 years ago

Actually guys you may be in luck. I am English and having just finished an International business degree (as a mature student) at one of the UK's top red brick universities I have decided to relocate to Malaysia early 2014 and I will be freelancing as content writer, as well as building websites and the promotional videos that are all the rage now. My pricing for 100 words of quality text will be around £2.50 per 100 words. (My cost of living in Malaysia allows for this lower pricing)

I will not be taking on huge orders to maintain the quality and avoid letting people down.

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