Do you outsource your article writing?

If you do, what's the best/price quality combination that you've found and what site did you use to find your writers? I'm looking for someone to write about 8-16 articles per week, but I've got a SUPER tight budget. Can you recommend any sites in particular to find writers?

Mike

 

Hm.

Well I suppose I outsource my article writing...in the sense that I have a couple hundred PLR articles at my disposal, and after not being so lazy (and having a bad case of writer's block) I rewrite them to my own style, SEO them for a certain keyword phrase, etc. etc.

Cost: $0. My budget is nonexistent 'cept for hosting and some affiliate program memberships.

Of course if you really need a ghostwriter then perhaps www.ideamarketers.com? Just a suggestion.

 

There are plenty of writers offering article writing services in the marketplace here as well.

~ Sirius Lin

 

Well, I've got about 13 articles that I would like to have rewritten. What would be a good price to pay for this kind of a job?

Mike

 

I usuall expect to pay $5 for about 250 words, $10 for 500 words.

 

That's about right for a decent quality one that you can use to distribute to article directories. If you just want some to add on your site for SEO purpose, you can pay half of that.

 

I usually pay around $7 for 400 words of good quality writing.


Andrew

 

I have a top notch article writer and when I need a batch done I normally pay $80 for 10 articles of around 400 words.

James

 

Well i am ready to write articles and will charge 5-15 $ for the good articles, anybody intted can contact me..
Ah!! nice and cool way of Gettting the things..

 

$5 is a reasonable price for a good 400 word article.

I outsource my articles most of the time, as it is much quicker and more "profitable".

-Stanley Tang

 

I often write articles but there are some topics that I really outsource.

--Joe

 

Your estimate is generally correct.

Specific pricing usually depends on topic complexity and additional keyword research work. The format of the article (blog entry vs review vs product analysis vs "basic tips") also influences pricing.

 

i pay my writer $123 for a 500-word article, and she's terrific.

 

I used to outsource to a great freelancer (here in this forum). But I have found that you reach a point of diminishing returns for writing/distributing articles about the same topic - for the same client. For new clients, it's great.

 

Yes i outsource as i'm not a good writer i'm working with 2 writers now (one writes the articles for article directorys the other one writes the content for my site)

 

I do write my own articles and sometimes people have asked me to write for them too.

 

Depends. I've paid from $4 for a SEO keyword article 350-500 word articles, and for those you want to submit to the article directories (with unlimited rewrites if you are not satisfied) - up to $10 for the same word count.

Native english writers may cost even more.

 

I have paid between $0 and $15 for 500+ word article. $0 is because I write those articles Lately I write all my articles - I normally don't write KW stuffed - definitely KW rich. Ghost writers are only helpful if they are knowledgeable about your topic. And if they are - 500+ word article should normally be around $10.

 

I must be weird. I like writing all my own content, and writer's block has never been an issue. (However, it would help if I could type faster than I do ).