What happened to content writing job?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by Kristy_2013, Oct 22, 2012.

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  1. #1
    Hi Folks,

    I am Kristy. I have been writing articles and blogs for off-shore clients since 5-6 years. My business is/was going steady until March 2012. However, due to competition, now I have not been getting as many job as before. Also, I can see many writers have now popped up here offering their writing work at peanuts price. I am not really sure about the kind of quality they deliver (no offense), however the rates quoted are really bad.

    Also, are there options for me to find regular/consistent content writing business? Any good freelancing websites?

    Your advise would be highly appreciated.

    Thank you.

    Kristy
     
    Kristy_2013, Oct 22, 2012 IP
  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Maybe people have been put off by the fact that you pretend to be in the US when you are actually in India?
     
    sarahk, Oct 22, 2012 IP
  3. zubizubi

    zubizubi Active Member

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    You need to do high promotion for your services..
     
    zubizubi, Oct 24, 2012 IP
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    vevus vici Active Member

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    you said it correctly, competition. Chances are your competition has undercut you and took your business
     
    vevus vici, Oct 25, 2012 IP
  5. tom11011

    tom11011 Well-Known Member

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    Here is the thing. Website owners can be very creative.

    I have blog that anyone can submit an article too. The article may be accepted or rejected based on quality. If accepted, the author gets to place 2 adsense ads on the article for a 1 year period.

    The website owner pays nothing out of pocket. The author has the potential to be paid for his/her article many more times over than the cost of writing the article if the article gets a lot of views and clicks.
     
    tom11011, Oct 30, 2012 IP
  6. purpletentacle

    purpletentacle Peon

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    People don't want to pay for broken English any more.
    The search engines don't like it, the customers don't trust it and it makes a company look bad.

    I can only recommend that the OP brushes up on her English writing.
     
    purpletentacle, Oct 30, 2012 IP
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    kuszeras Active Member

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    Yes, I guess the quality matters more now. Only exceptional English gets accepted.
     
    kuszeras, Oct 31, 2012 IP
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    tom11011 Well-Known Member

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    Well, google has made changes in their algorithms, as a result webmasters are forced to change if they want to remain in the serps.
     
    tom11011, Oct 31, 2012 IP
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    kuszeras Active Member

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    Yes, perfect English is now a necessity. No auto-generated content. Even manual content with poor English is bad as well...
     
    kuszeras, Nov 1, 2012 IP
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    you can try elance. i see writer's being paid better than other sites at elance
     
    new2dp, Nov 1, 2012 IP
  11. jenyfarlopej

    jenyfarlopej Member

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    You can get many beautiful offers but you have to be conscious about payment.
    I think odesk will help you.
     
    jenyfarlopej, Nov 2, 2012 IP
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    TopNotchwrites Active Member

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    Because of the recent Panda changes, site owners are now weary of getting top-notch content and not just KW stuffed pieces. But, in your case, i believe you need to expand your client base and pitch as many as possible. I hope this helps. Thanks :)
     
    TopNotchwrites, Nov 3, 2012 IP