I'm been a writer for a while and write on a array of topics that are unique at low prices yet I haven't seemed to get much response. What should I do? Thank You and I will respect all responses.
Just keep getting your name out there. Actively look for work every day. The right buyer(s) will come along when you least expect it.
There also seems to be a bit of a drought these days. A few months ago there were many more projects available... Rebecca
Well you must have a portofollio and can i recomand a freelance site (it's a good way to find projects) Good Luck
Hi Wolfgang, If you have something of substance then share it in your signature link. I have gotten work through people who have clicked on my links [as well as spammers who spam my forums!] all because of taking the time to set up my signature properly. I noticed that your signature links is not being utilized...why? Regards, MattK
1.) Advertise it in your signature. 2.) If you specialise in a few off beat, not so popular niches ( Among writers), then you will definitely get a few buyers. 3.)Post a sample in your thread. You could always say that you would PM it to interested buyers, but a visible good sample can turn a non buyer into a buyer on certain occasions. 4.) Have some patience. Another question, what are you exactly charging as ' low prices'???? If it is something greater than 2 cents a word ( which is still low IMO) then DP isn't the place for you.
I agree with all other strategies, but not with this statement. I have worked for quite a few webmasters here on DP and have NEVER been paid less than $0.04 per word - even on my first few assignments. My current rates (here on DP - higher elsewhere) are considerably closer to $0.10 per word. Of course I'm not getting orders of 200 articles at a time, but I'm not looking for that style of work. There are certainly individuals here on the forums that value and buy careful, high-quality work. They are definitely not the majority, but they do exist. Please, don't sell yourself short. If you need a bit of inspiration, check out our latest project www.sixfigurewriters.com. All five of the participants are from DP, and believe me - none charge anywhere near $0.02. There are many styles of writers and a place for all of them. The holidays seem to be a rather slow time for freelance writing as so many folks are saving up for Christmas. I imagine tax time will be the same way! LOL Rebecca
Do not delay in your delivery of articles if you have given promises , build good reputations. and reply promptly to Pms. These are my advices for you, Wolfgang.. whether you can finish the work or not, please dont waste other people's time waiting for your articles and replies. and....uniqute content please...
Rebecca, people who will play greater than 4 cents a word do exist at Digital Point. Its just that it can be quite hard to find them, especially if you are a beginner The volume of work isn't too much ON DP if you charge those kinds of rates.
I agree, they are certainly hard to find, and you must have the quality of work to snag them. I simply wanted to clarify that DP can be the place for writers charging more than $0.02 per word. Rebecca
I agree. DP has people trolling this site who are looking for quality, unique work and are willing to pay for it. You won't strike it rich, but if you are good you may be able to maintain a long term business relationship with select DP employers.
Keep in mind too though that you don't need to snag huge contracts for a ton of articles if you're earning closer to Rebecca's rates. A lot of people here work for $.01 a word and even less. At that rate, they have to find 10 times the work to earn the same income. So the quality of life issue comes into play. You can charge more, get fewer clients because of that, but have more freetime to devote to finding clients elsewhere or earning from your writing in other ways (your own websites, POD publishing, querying magazines, ebooks, working on a book proposal for a publisher, etc.). Or you can get into a trap a lot of writers get into, where they're working constantly on projects (even overloading themselves timewise), b/c of their very low rates, but they're not left with much, if any, time for them to try other outlets where they'll eventually get paid more. It's one reason why it's so hard to move up to higher rates if you start extremely low... it's a difficult transition for most people. So don't sell yourself short in the beginning, or you'll likely be doing that for a long time.
I hear 2 cents a word and I know we're not talking about my kind of copy. You're talking I assume about article writing. I've never been paid by the word. I write direct response copy. And while I'm new on this forum and have no idea if possible work will come out of it, I couldn't imagine counting words for pennies. No offense, but it just is out of the norm for what I do.
A lot of marketing professionals prepare marketing copy on a per word basis. There's nothing out of the norm on that (of course those per word rates are much higher than $.02 / word for most marketing professionals). Sometimes it's done per page or probably more often per project, and as Jason mentioned in our freelance writing forum yesterday, many go the route of an up front fee in addition to a percentage paid out on results. But yes, the OP was most likely referring to content writing. Jenn