What's The Difference Between a $5 Article And A $50 Article

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Well first off anyone that is charging me $50 for a article is going to have previous work references that they have done .
Right there you will get a taste of the quality ...
On top of the fact if I am paying $50 for a article it better be sales copy and if so that is very cheap anyway...

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It was really an amazing post, Do not indulge into Price Competition, rather provide High Quality Content.
Make the client feel that He/She reaches to the perfect person even after finishing up with paying higher amount comparatively.

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After a slightly lengthy discussion this morning on Skype where this guy desperately wanted me to write for .75c per 100 words, he finally asked the question I wanted him to ask.

WARNING: This will be a long one, there is no (Too Long Didn't Read) version of this.

He stopped arguing and said this: (Copied word for word)
"who cares if i want a quality writer at my pricing whats different between a writer who takes writes fr 75 cnets and 50 dollars per article can you answer?"

Good Question!

So what exactly is the difference between an article that costs you $5 and an article that will cost you $50? Well, while I don't have a vast amount of experience writing for clients that are willing to pay those prices, I will fill in from my experience, my knowledge of SEO and marketing in general.

1) Ambition/Work Ethic
Some clients are under the impression that the $5 writers will have the hardest work ethic because they need the money the most, they're the ones constantly chasing after new clients and struggling to make ends meet off writing, so it only makes sense that they would have the highest work ethic right?

Wrong! You see, not everyone "enjoys" writing but I know there's many of us that do enjoy writing and we just happen to make a living off of it. When we're being guided by a slave driver to write for pennies, how much effort and energy can we honestly put into an article? How much ambition or motivation can we honestly put into an article that's basically going to allow us to buy a week's worth of Ramen Noodles or one meal for a night? Not only that, but the majority of people want "FRESH" "INNOVATIVE" and "UNIQUE" content, all for the price of $5.

Let's imagine that it takes someone 30 minutes to properly research a topic, so that they know exactly what they're talking about and not just writing in an Alien language. It's probably going to take them 15 to 30 minutes just to write the article, format it, proofread and make the necessary corrections to the article as well. Let's face it, some of us that are fast writers tend to miss a spot or two and proof reading is necessary.

However, who can honestly take the time to do all of that when you're being paid a lousy $5 and more like $4.50 after PayPal takes their shares? So while this may seem like a "golden" opportunity to recruit hungry/struggling writers at the end of their rope, you're more than likely going to find people who are taking your job out of necessity and more than likely aren't writing on topics they're familiar with.

Well, people who "NEED" these jobs should work harder right? You're right to an extent, but after a while, the mental exhaustion of being a slave labor for pennies builds up on you and the chase for jobs is extremely exhausting, especially when you're expected to perform miracles.

2) Google Will Hate/Love You
I've tried to explain this to so many different people that I've stopped trying to explain it in general.

One of the main differences will be through Google and some of these changes aren't as obvious as others.

First of all, if you didn't know, Google likes to look at a little something called the bounce rate. This means, if people are coming to your website, they don't like what they're reading, they hate the layout or for any other reason don't want to stay on your website very long, click off and never return... well... you just got a bounce. The higher the bounce rate is, the more Google knows that people obviously don't find your website very engaging or interesting. Yes, this does go into consideration when ranking your website.

When people stumble upon your website and the content looks like this:
"I has you make money today. First you has need website with ads! place ads on site and make moneys!"

I can't tell you how frustrated I become when something is unreadable in English. I personally click off of the site if it looks like it was obviously written by someone that doesn't speak English as their native language. I'm not going to try to translate what they're saying and there's plenty of websites out there on the subject that are constructed better. While that's just from my point of view, try to imagine the point of view of your visitors.

What will THEY see when they visit your website? Will they see an article that was scrambled together by a penny writer who obviously didn't give two craps about what they were writing? Will visitors on your website see an article that was well constructed and insightful with plenty of engaging information? The choice is up to you.

From an SEO stand point, here's my biggest issue with clients that focus on SEO so hard. STOP FOCUSING ON SEO SO HARD!

It amazes me that so many people still try to hit some magical "keyword density" or try to force their way onto the search engine. Was there a place and time that you could do this? Absolutely. Is that time now? No, no it's not.

What you SHOULD be focusing on is the content! Your SEO isn't going to keep the readers coming back for more, your content will!

Now, how willing do you think your $5 writer is going to be to construct a well written article compared to someone you're paying $50? Put yourself in the shoes of a writer and tell me how much time you'd honestly spend on an article that you're essentially being paid $4.50 for.

People who continuously buy these crap paid articles have search engine rankings that continue to drop and their first line of defense is that they like to blame Google. Google is working as intended, you're the one at fault and it's your fault your rankings are dropping. Sorry, there's no conspiracy here, if your rankings are dropping, you're doing something wrong or people just simply aren't interested in the content you're putting out.

3) Professional
With a $5 writer, you get someone who is desperate for work and probably really could care less about your order.

Why? From my experience, those $5 clients usually don't have the cash to purchase bulk work or future orders, so once they order one or two articles, they're usually gone. The best part, they usually give up internet marketing altogether once they find out their sites aren't building up an empire of cash flow like they thought they would be. Who knew that $10 worth of content a site didn't bring in $100,000 a year?

A $5 writer NEEDS your work and will more than likely say anything to get the job, even if they've never written something in your field before.

A $50 writer doesn't need you work, more than likely already has clients who use them today and will tell you straight up if your proposal fits their style or not. You get upfront and honest professionalism rather than a $5 writer telling you whatever you want to hear.

4) Samples
This one just absolutely baffles me, because so many people think "samples" really mean anything.

"Corey, samples determine that person's style of writing".

I hate hearing this... A "WRITER" can adapt to any style of writing you need them to. Especially since the majority of people want low budget writers who can churn something out in a matter of minutes, a low budget writer can adapt to any style of writing.

Samples from low budget writers who are willing to write for $5 an article are usually taken from a website, copied and have had words switched around or something of that particular nature.

Samples from professional writers who do charge $50 per article usually have testimonials via a portfolio on their website rather than "samples." However, a lot of writers don't have samples because some clients know that "samples" can be taken from anywhere. It's really hard to prove the legitimacy of samples because once an article is put online, scrapers and bots will distribute it to spam blogs across the internet.

FREE SAMPLES?!

The number of times I've had people ask me to write them samples with absolutely no compensation upfront is amazing.

While you might be able to con a low budget $5 writer into writing free samples for you with no hope of future work, you're going to be laughed at by a serious and professional writer who knows what their talent is worth.

The Bottom Line:
If you want an article that is loved by Google because the article is loved by your readers, then stop hiring cheap writers.
If you want writers who respond, don't go MIA, have the energy and motivation to actually complete your work, stop hiring cheap writers.
If you want content that's well formatted with images (if required), bullet points, sub-headings and is readable, stop hiring cheap writers.
If you want content that was actually researched, thought out, well constructed and content that wasn't just re-written from an existing article, stop hiring cheap writers.

but.. but... Corey.. I don't have the money to hire expensive writers!

Then write it yourself or suffer the consequences of those cheap writers and reek the results of low budget content down the road with no results to show for it.

Seriously, it's far better to have a $50 article written rather than 10 random articles about non-sense.

Even worse, you have people who want SALES PAGES for the price of an article. It's absolutely disgusting to see people who want slave writers to write them up a six-figure sales page for the price of $5-$10.

Copywriting is an entirely separate issue and if you can't afford decent content writers, you have no business even attempting to hire a Copywriter. Content writing and Copywriting are completely separate fields and you're looking at a hell of a more hefty bill than $50 if you're looking for a style that converts as well as Frank Kern or Bring The Fresh.

Some of the people out there in the content section make me sick man. It amazes me how many people want US Native English writers, want miracles performed but don't want to pay a minimum hourly wage for Christ's sake. You'd make more money as a waiter than writing for forum clients, so if you're one of those low end writers struggling to make it and struggling to find enough work to survive... here's my advice.

I recently took a break from the slave-grind, upped my prices and I advise you to do the same. I'm Native English, I know that I can deliver compelling content and I'm not going to be one of those slaves that are pushed around for pennies.

1) Get a website
2) Up your prices (yes, you'll end up telling a lot of people to screw off, but it's for the best)
3) Get a secondary job or write for other freelancing sites as supplemental income while you build up clients

I mean really, it's the only way to let these clients learn for themselves because they come here, they see that others are charging .50c to 1.00 per 100 words and they think, "HEY, I want an all-star writer for that price too!"

Trust me, there are people out there that realize what value is worth and they realize that Google's going to beat that ass for $5 content that no one can read.

Examples Of Winner Clients:

Let's just take a look at a couple examples shall we.

I actually replied to this one: It's called "Jailbreak Niche Writers". A client is seeking people to write 4 250 news pieces a day on brand spanking new news for $1.3 per news piece. Fantastic, this one requires research, well thought out construction and an immense amount of time devotion.
https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/jailbreak-niche-writers.2671403/

This client is seeking writers to write on "Facebook Smileys/Emoticons" and the articles will be 400/500 words. He seems to be paying $5 per article. Off the top of my head, I can't think of much when it comes to "Facebook Smileys" and this one would require a lot of brainstorming/research.
https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/need-writer-for-facebook-smiley-website-5-article-400-500-word.2671092/

DING DING DING! We have a winner!
https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/full-time-quality-content-writers-fast-tat-fix-monthly-pay.2668579/

This kind gentleman is looking for someone to write 5 articles a day for $300 a month fixed monthly pay. Of course, you won't be paid until the month is up and I remember actually talking to this person. Also, another poster in there claimed to write content (as they needed the work) and was never paid for the work done.

$10 a day for 5 articles? Dreams really do come true... *teary eyed*

These are just a few examples of what low budget writers put up with on a daily basis when we interact with clients. Expecting $5 writers to have any kind of passion, ambition or will to live after dealing with these people over the course of a lengthy period of time is just not going to happen.

Anyways, I know this is long and was typed out fast, but I just wanted to rant a little bit after getting that question on Skype (what's the difference).

So I will include a TOO LONG DIDN'T READ response after all.

What's the difference between a $5 and a $50 article?
The future and well being of your website.
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I didn't have time to read your entire post, it's obvious that you put a ton of time into! It's really well thought out and I'll be getting back to it very soon!

Damina, Nov 15, 2013 IP

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@Damina : yes, you must get back to it as and when It is possible for u to spend little bit time, It will definitely helpful to you in future.

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No I don't forget quality over price.. yes price matters but that doesn't mean compromise in quality.. What is the point purchasing a less quality article which can be rejected by clients or by Google any point of time.. it's better to put some extra effort to convince clients for paying a bit higher price to get proper reader which can fulfil the aim of posting and websites can get valuable traffic due to good content as well..

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goldieregalado said: ↑

No I don't forget quality over price.. yes price matters but that doesn't mean compromise in quality.. What is the point purchasing a less quality article which can be rejected by clients or by Google any point of time.. it's better to put some extra effort to convince clients for paying a bit higher price to get proper reader which can fulfil the aim of posting and websites can get valuable traffic due to good content as well..
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Did you mean:-

No, I don't ignore quality in favour of price. Yes, price matters but that doesn't mean compromising the quality. What is the point in purchasing a lesser-quality article which could be rejected by clients or by Google at any time? It's better to put some extra effort into convincing clients to pay slightly more in order to get[*SNIP]

sorry - don't understand this next bit at all.

proper reader which can fulfil the aim of posting and websites can get valuable traffic due to good content as well..

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By coincidence I happened upon this article Slaves of the Internet, Unite!

It was published October 26, 2013 in the NY Times. It reminded me of conversations I've read in this area of DP. I just wanted to share it with you. Have a nice day!

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Rebecca said: ↑

By coincidence I happened upon this article Slaves of the Internet, Unite!

It was published October 26, 2013 in the NY Times. It reminded me of conversations I've read in this area of DP. I just wanted to share it with you. Have a nice day!
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Great piece. Although his final plea is just sad:- writing isn't the sole preserve of middle class Jerseyites. If every writer in America said 'no', I'm guessing the other English-speaking nations would pick up the slack, just as they currently do with $1 articles.

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coreygeer said: ↑

After a slightly lengthy discussion this morning on Skype where this guy desperately wanted me to write for .75c per 100 words, he finally asked the question I wanted him to ask.

Wrong! You see, not everyone "enjoys" writing but I know there's many of us that do enjoy writing and we just happen to make a living off of it. When we're being guided by a slave driver to write for pennies, how much effort and energy can we honestly put into an article? How much ambition or motivation can we honestly put into an article that's basically going to allow us to buy a week's worth of Ramen Noodles or one meal for a night? Not only that, but the majority of people want "FRESH" "INNOVATIVE" and "UNIQUE" content, all for the price of $5.
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This part made me laugh. I've been there done that! Sometimes I intended to take on cheap work temporarily. However, the problem with that is I wasted too much time on the low-paying assignments that I didn't even have time to find any higher-paying work.

I'm not saying I would never do an article for only $5. However, it should only take me about 20 -- maybe 30 -- minutes max, not over an hour. Don't expect the moon at that price, people! I have been paid up to $50, though.

Julie Anne, Dec 13, 2013 IP

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