Hi, I have a blog that is gaining in popularity and I will most likely need to hire a full time blogger (5-8 hours per day) from India by this October. My question is where is the best place to look for one? I would much rather not go through an agency and hire them direct since it is most likely cheaper and I can negotiate my own terms more easily. Also, if anybody has any experience with this, how much do they topically charge per hour? This is pretty much a fashion blog and all the research is already done for them, they will just need to write articles by putting the information together. Thanks.
India? Am I right? I figured it out like this: Need a blogger from India... brain stars brainstorming... where would people from India hang out? Hmmm India. And of course you can hire people from India for a nickle an hour because that is the Stereotypical Truth. Right stereotypes are always true. The cool thing about outsourcing to smart people is as soon as they figure out there is a profit opportunity they will be smart enough to leave. Kind of a catch 22.
There are Indian bloggers, and copywriters all over this forum. Head over to the 'Marketplace' section of the forum and post you offer. If it is attractive enough, someone will contact you. Just curious, why an "Indian" blogger ? Is the blog about Indian subjects, or does it target traffic from India ?
Why is everyone acting like an idiot around here? Yes I'm looking to outsource to India to save money just like thousands of other companies around the world are doing at this very moment. I realize that people in India will not work for free, but they certainly won't be charging at least $25/hour to blog like most bloggers in the United States do. This is a business, and just like any business I'm trying to minimize costs and maximize profits. If you want to get on somebody's ass for outsourcing to India and taking advantage of their employees then maybe you should write a letter to HP, ATT or any other big corportation.
^^^ rightly said, just head over to marketplace in DP and open a thread for "Indian Blogger Required" or something like that. Or even you can just open a thread saying you require a blogger and laid your payment terms. I hope people will read that you are not ready to pay more then "mentioned" amount and they will reply if they agree for the job, let them be from anywhere around the globe.
Hi guys thank you for the credit given to India. To be precious we are not just cheap labors. We deliver the same quality with better rates and making your pockets bigger.Jai ho
Dude, get off your soap box. Specifying Indians bloggers because you see them as cheap labor may be offensive to more than a few people. It would be the same as me posting for a Mexican Landscaper. The reality of the situation is there are economical ways of hiring writers to work for you, if your offer is good enough from writers from all over the world including the United States. Just remember that you get what you pay for. if you nickle and dime people, you will probably get crappy work. You can't compare your self to other companies that outsource because you are not offering the structure, or benefits that they offer, and I assume you are also looking for someone to use their own equipment as well. Honestly if you came to me (and I was Indian) solely because you heard that I would work cheap because I was Indian, I would tell you to go "F" yourself. But that's just me, and I'm not even Indian. You could have worded it with a little more respect and tact, is all I'm saying.
Perhaps you are the one that needs to get off your soap box. Why would I beat around the bush when I know for a fact (through research) that my best bet of getting the best quality for the price is from India and not any other country? I didn't just say India for shits and giggles, I've done my research and this is where I want my employees to be from, I honestly don't see a problem with this. I guess you could say that hospitals that target Indian surgeons are being irrational too because they're discriminating against other countries since they're basically assuming that surgeons from other countries are not as good. Or perhaps countless people that go straight to Indian web developers to develop their websites are assholes too, because according to you they're taking advantage of them, even though they're only going to them because of proven quality for less money. As far as nickel and diming. No I'm not nickel and diming anybody, this is a free market and anybody is free to charge whatever they want for their services. In a real world any smart businessman will go where he feels he will get the most for his money, which at this time happens to be India. If I felt that I would get the most for my money from somebody in Germany i would go to somebody in Germany, it's as simple as that.
Dude you have absolutely no tact what so ever. I didn't call you an asshole, and I didn't call you a racist. My point was that you are specifically targeting a group of people based on race and associating that race with cheap labor. That is insulting. I'm not talking about what other people do, that is never an intelligent defense, School children do that..... I'm talking about the way you presented your query. I am sure that all Indians are not cheap labor, just as all Mexicans are not landscapers. You will probably get a better response if you just present the offer based on the best person for the job, that fits your terms, rather than making it clear that you are looking for cheap Indian labor. Apparently you haven't done that much research on dealing with people. ..and just an FYI, medical Institutions recruit all over the world. India is for the most part a highly educated country with a ton of medical students, so it only makes sense to target your efforts where the most candidates are...they don't recruit India physicians and pay them less than any other, so that argument is a worthless comparison to your situation.
Well to be frank either of you are not wrong ! India is a great place to find economical solutions to your business. And it's not because Indians are cheap labors to hire nor it's so dipped in poverty that if you throw a dime they'll do anything on the internet. Think like a businessmen guys. Money value is the factor. 1$ = 50 Rupees ! 1:50 ratio is huge. And as long as the proportion stays like that you are bound to get some quality service right from the land of India. And yes, Indians are smart
Buy a copy of Times of India newspaper. There are many articles written it it followed by the email of the writer, contact one you like.
Its not that Indians are cheap workers...just that things dont cost as much as dey do in the US....But times are changing specially in Major Indian Tourist Areas wer the Countries Economy is rising and the standard and cost of goods is also rising hence rise in salaries Well in ur case as ur ROI increases increase the pay of the Indian Worker...coz sooner or later we realize we can be our own boss and make more money online...USING UR SYSTEM AND PERFECTED.......