Hi, I think all the reputed article writers (who have been providing articles for a long time now, & with some good i-traders) should form a group here at DP. It will surely become a success. I'm pouring some of the ideas that are in my mind. Anyone may come up with new ideas regarding this topic. So, it's all about forming a group of article writers, and then working together (earnings would also be shared) First let's look into the benefits. After that, we can think about implementing such a system. Then we can discuss about demerits/disadvantages (if any) about such a system. Here goes the merits :- ---> We (as a group) would be able to provide high quality content than ever !!! That's because - since we are a group of writers, even if person A writes the article, before submitting them, it should be brought to the notice of every other writer as well. This way, the content would be checked by all the reputed writers before it is submitted to the client. This way, if any other writer thinks that it has got some mistakes or need some more content, then that's possible and this way the client gets a high quality content. ---> Rapid delivery. It takes too much time, when doing alone. But if we doing them in a group, then completing even 100 articles a day won't be a problem at all. ---> Clients would be more than happy to submit their orders to us since the group would be with just reputed writers!!! So we'd be getting more orders than ever this way. Implementation of such a group ---> This is the main thing to discuss over here. How to implement such a system? Well, who will take care of the earnings? Who will accept the works? Will all the writers be able to work daily? If so how much hours? Will every reputed member accept such a system? or would they be against this? I don't think we'd be needing all the reputed writers of DP. I think we'd be needing like 10-15 writers (who are reputed, and ready to work daily). (still, many things to discuss about implementation, before going into other things, let's see the reactions of other members over here). Okay, what you all think about this?
What you're talking about is essentially starting a company or partnership. Please do that in the main Buy / Sell / Trade section. Don't do any kind of recruiting in discussion areas. Just a few general thoughts though: 1. Most of the reputed writers here are doing fine on their own. They don't need to partner in this kind of arrangement, and doing so would involve giving up some of the freedom in their work. 2. To take part in a group like this, rates have to be standardized in some way (hard to market services at different rates under one group for the same type of work). That kind of situation would really only benefit newbies, and that's only if those rates are higher than what they're earning on their own. 3. One of the reasons writers come to DP is the instant nature of the business. You would be hard-pressed to get many of them to give up their instant payments in favor of someone else managing and distributing that money. 4. Why would any writer want to spend their time editing or reviewing every article they're not being paid to write? It doesn't make sense, and it would be inefficient. 5. Why would any writer choose to find ways to cram 100 articles into a week (or other period), when they could just as easily work smarter, not harder (as in do less work / fewer articles but charge more)? 6. "Reputed writers" is rather vague. Most buyers with big budgets know iTrader is far from perfect and doesn't speak to a writer's quality (given that many buyers here don't know enough about writing to notice half of the problems with the work they receive, so they leave positive feedback for work that may not be "reputable" in any way). Those with solid reputations have already built their name up in the market here, so why on earth would they choose to lend that to 10-15 other writers? Looks like you have a lot to think about if you're serious. Otherwise, you really won't have much more than yet another content mill, and you'll have a very difficult time finding those "reputed writers" willing to take part.
This looks like something that would interest people who are not doing well enough on their own, which begs the question--why would you want to be "in business" with them? As Jenn said, anyone who is doing well enough on their own is not going to want to a. check over the work of all writers b. complete 10 articles a day (using your, "we need 10 writers and we'd do 100 articles" comments) Also, thinking that a group of "reputable" writers will have less trouble getting orders than an individual "reputable" writer makes no sense. Again, sounds like some crappy writers or good writers who are unsuccessful and don't know how to run a business would really get the benefit here by riding on the coattails of "reputable" writers. So again, why would the "reputable" writers want to water down their value by partnering with them? Also, focusing on iTrader tells me that you don't really want good writers, you want writers who have written a lot from BST (and no, I'm not inferring that you are a bad writer if you have high iTrader)--which is fine, but sure limits your marketability outside of DP, which then leaves you with 10 writers working for .005 per word. At 100 500-word articles a day, that gives the 10 of you about $25 in earnings each per day. Following that train of thought, let's say you think you can get .02 per word (unheard of in BST, but this is for fun). 100 500-word articles @.02 is $100 a day per writer...you're talking peanuts here--how would anyone support their families or lifestyle with that (actually, maybe some people can, and if so, they should learn that they can easily do that outside of a group and retain their independence)? And 10 articles is a time consuming proposition. You're taking away their independence, the time to market themselves and build their own clientele and you're making them dependent on your group for income. IMO there is nothing good about your idea. My advice would be to form a group comprised of different niche writers and market yourself based on the fact that you can write expertly on any niche. At least then you'd have a hook to market...although I still don't see what the benefits would be to writers who are already successful.
the scenario which you suggested wherein all writers get to check or edit the works of the other members would be a total nightmare. letting a lot of people edit a single work is very inefficient and i doubt you'd be able to finish the 100-article-per-day target. and jenn got it right on the working smart bit. why would i be joining a group which will give me a quota of articles to write everyday when i can earn more by writing the same number of articles in a week or two?
You hit on an interesting point. Sure, it may give the overall group a hook, but at the same time it takes away the hook of each individual writer who is likely specializing in an area for a reason. Specialists usually earn more than generalists, and a "we can do anything" attitude is great for sucking in low-paying clientele, but it doesn't work the same way for the higher-budget gigs (and writers can already easily get the low-paying work on their own without the editing and other demands of a group).
It's the only way I can see a group working. Either way being involved in the group, in my opinion, reduces the value of the individual writers and restricts each writer's ability to grow and see what doors open up for them in their careers.