How much do you pay your copywriters?
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Hey friends. How much do you pay your copywriters? Is it be piece? I'm looking to do three different price points:
- Paying for just the copywriting
- Coming up with ideas and the copywriting
- Copywriting and finding a source to publish said blog post
Thanks for your help!
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You may want to check freelancer.com recently I got a bid of $250 from a reputed writing company for writing 25 articles with around 500 words each. This is the outsource rates. Its for sure that threads should be original and you may have to dig around a bit on your own to find what sells and what doesn't. If you want the posts SEO optimized then thats another ball game which I doubt these guys will be able to deliver for the price. Hope it helps!
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I have an excellent copywriter. He is studying English at one of the UK's best universities. He does quite a lot for me in his spare time to earn extra £ for his university lifestyle. The work he carries out for me is outstanding and without trying to sound smug... He only charges me £6 an hour!
The beauty about him is that he researches the subject in great detail before writing the article and they always sound like they are written by a guru of that specific field.
I think once you have found a good one, you will stick with him for most of your copywriting work.
I would be willing to pass you his contact details should you wish but please don't pass this about - I dont want him to become too busy for me! haha!
Matt
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I pay purely for copy at £150 for 1 4-500 word article. Obviously this is much less than what many charge.
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Copywriting can cost anywhere from less than $10/hour if outsourced to Asian countries such as Malaysia, India or the Philippines, to $160/hour for a very capable, local (Australian) copywriter.
As you seem to have already worked out, the difference in payment tends to revolve around the work done to research, edit, optimise, and even test and revise the copy, in addition to "merely" writing it.
At the lower end, I would expect reasonablly well-written copy, but I would need to provide a detailed brief, usually with my own research, and I have to edit, and test the copy myself. Often, this work means I'd prefer to just write it myself anyway. But if I want a piece of truly great copy, written by someone who is a genuine professional, especially if it is a formal piece of work such as a whitepaper, I have no hesitation paying higher rates.
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