Finding Good Content Writers
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I have a small but growing SEO company. I don't have in house content writers...where is a good place to find good content writers? Please help! Thanks.
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Thanks for the information. I will check out People per Hour. I have used guru.com and elance.com, but wanted other places to find good people.
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People per hour worked for me. Also, i have found them on twitter.
One piece of advice, quality check the work prior to publishing any of it. I recently had a few hundred articles written and discovered about 25% were duplicated as the guy sub contracted the work to another 'cheaper' writer.
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Agree with the uni students. We tested/hired a couple from journalism backgrounds. Great writers with a passion for their craft.
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You can try the following:
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Hire a student fresh out of uni.
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go to uni and say you are looking for an intern.
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hire and established writer.
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Look for niche blog in your sector and ask for content writers.
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Overall finding a good writer can be done in many places you just need to test them before you hire them with some basic content work too see the style.
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www.oDesk.com! Remember, you can find contractors there everywhere in the world. You can even find Americans! Make sure they can write good English. You can even track their hours and see their desktop so you know they aren't goofing off.
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I've used textbroker before with good results.
As with any service like this, you get your good and your bad - so start with a smaller project and if they are good, bookmark them and they are usually very keen for more work.
I've had a lot of on-site content written through this site.
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Twitter. You only need to find one decent copywriter as they tend to hang around in groups.
And depending on subject matter you can also try hiring bloggers.
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Hi Kollin,
I've tried a number of the big outsourcing sites for copywriters, and the best I've found have come from People Per Hour, by quite a distance. Be realistic with your budget, check for samples/portfolio & you should have no troubles finding some good quality reliable writers.
Hope that helps!
Greg
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