Hiring other people to write articles for you, is it worth it?

if you don't have time, but you have money --> it worth

If you can write, why don't you write by yourself??

 

To me, hiring other people for article is not bad, It is really worth it. Because now a days article marketing is rising. And to escalate you marketing business you need to do it faster. SO, in order to do that if you hire good content writer it will be really worth it. For an article the quality is matter, if it is not 100% unique or relevant then is it worth it for your business? Certainly not! It will surely have an adverse impact.

 

forget google and other search engines for the moment. if the articles have links built into the body (and not many article directories allow links in the body) and links in the author bio, then you have at least 2-3 links to your site. If the articles are of good quality and worth reading, you will get visitors just from the articles. Since articles are generally permanent, the more articles you post, the more chances for a visit from someone who clicked on one of those links.
Naturally, as with all backlinks, you hope to get juice so google will increase your SERP and overall PR but even if the search engines decide to ignore backlinks from articles, you still have the potential of visitors from the links contained in the article and author bio.
One last note, try to use only article directories that have Do Follow tags just in case the search engines do count the links and consider them for ranking.
Here is a great site that constantly updates the list of directories and social sites you can post to: http://www.vretoolbar.com/articles/directories.php

 

as the this society developpoing forward, work in close cooperation with a due division of labour, there are some profession in writing for others, some will buy articles in order to save time for doing other more important matters. Buy writer's article is a significant working style if you have enough money.

 

Outsourcing your written content needs is one of the wisest thing to do if you have the right budget...and of course connecting to right people is very critical.

 

here is my problem with outsourcing article writing. I have this serious problem with wanting the article to be grammatically correct. I also insist that the content be accurate as it relates to my products. Most professional writers spit out articles that are grossly inaccurate and many of the foreign authors do have a command of english that allows them to produce well written articles. I am certainly not trying to insult anyone, I stated this is my problem.
I am thinking that since I no longer operate websites that sell tangible products but have started in the affiliate/adsense craze, maybe now just posting an article with backlinks in it is good enough. I know one thing, without backlinks you are going to be the only one who visits your website. And articles are a terrific method of getting backlinks.

 

Just one more little thing to add,

I think it's important,
It's about education.

What passes as an article for use in article marketing today will not pass tomorrow.

What I mean is, many, many, many (did I already say many) articles are simply keywords and sentences strung together to form what could be described as "keyword stuffing once removed".

Throw a few backlinks into these articles, and wallah! Article marketing.

There's nothing wrong with that. Sure, it's an exploit of the search and rank system, but we're in a free market economy. And we're allowed to take every possible legal advantage available. I love it!

Like any market, our market has regulators. And, unlike typical government employees , these regulators are smart. Very, very, very (did I say very) smart. And, they own the system.

Those regulators have begun to "mount up". The fake backlink exploit and keyword stuffing disguised as articles exploit won't always be available.

So with an eye toward the future,
And this is absolute across the board for everyone
with an online business dependent on content for traffic,

You must do at least one of two things:

1. Learn to write. Doesn't have to be spectacular, but you should feel comfortable slapping your name on it and presenting it to you real Facebook account. (The one that your mom, dad and friends read.)
   
2. Plan for a bigger advertising budget. Penny per word content writers won't be around forever. Remember, true writing is a creative effort. The market (readers) and regulators won't support cookie cutter, factory spun articles forever.

Build a system, outsource and delegate. It's the only way to scale.

 

The quality of the article is very important!

 

Ken, you said, "In order to make money from articles (especially if your articles contain affiliate links), I reckon you will need hundreds, if not thousands of articles ranked on Google."
I saw a lot of great feedback to you here. But what I'm curious about is this sentence. It makes me think that you aren't grounded in the basics of website stuff. And I mean NO offense.

In general, anyone with a rich uncle can throw up a site with paid content, but like someone said, unless you have a solid SEO plan in mind along with a solid concept and niche, you will be your only reader. You need to get all that down before you lay down your first page.

And about the $5. I know you were just tossing that out, but it started me thinking. A man I used to work with once upon a time made a statement that stuck with me. He said, "You pays in peanuts, all you get is monkeys." Meaning, that you can find $5 wordsmiths, but consider that you are paying less than 1.5 cents a word. That was writer's wages back in the 40's.

The fact is that with a smartly SEO'd niche website, you can do a LOT of damage with just a few ACE articles. Judging by your post, you aren't such a bad writer yourself. So, what is it that you intend to be doing that you don't have time to pound out a few choice articles for a start?

The way it works is that the actual BIG BOYS who are making money, and lots of it, have a real good excuse to hire out their writing chores. But for the rest of us, we have to do it ourselves until we start making enough moolah to be able to farm it out.

On the other hand, if you have a no fail concept for a website, and deep pockets, you can farm out the whole gizmo. That's what Huffy Puffy Huffington did. She had a ton of writers working for her for FREE, and went on to sell her website to AOL for an embarrassing amount of money and she didn't share a nickel of that money with her contributors.

The entrancing thing about this gold mining expedition we all do called Internet Marketing is that everyone starts with the same thing. A blank page. What you put on that page, if it's good enough, will be the equal of the best and most expensive website going.

Norm

 

Don't take this in a condescending manner, but if people are doing it then it is working. I mean that as a rule of thumb. Yes some people have wasted money on articles that haven't paid off, but without success there wouldn't be a demand. So short answer would be yes it does, but you can't just buy articles, upload them, and expect the money to come back to you. You'll have to monetize it properly.