Writers and web content

[maxh]

I'm looking for a few new writers and need an idea on price.

1. ~200 word articles, experience not entirely necessary, work is straightforward

2. ~600 word articles, more news style, need to be solid writers

3. ~800 word articles, need to be great writers/journalists able to do own research

Any ideas on what I should be expecting to pay per-item for each?

 

[stephenmarsh]

Pricing is so difficult. I would, like most copywriters, have some flexibility built into my pricing depending on what exactly is required.

If there's lots of them, it might get a bit cheaper. If you are in a niche industry that needs extra research even for the small items to make sense, that will take time and add cost.

And of course, if it's just a bulk of content you are looking for, there are loads of people out there who barely speak English, but will churn out content for pennies :roll eyes:

I suppose my overall answer is contact some writers with a more detailed brief and get them to offer a quote and a work sample. You're never obliged to go with them, but it's the only way you can get an accurate quote.

 

[Baz Watkins]

I had originally written a nice long winded answer here, but I binned it because I can't give an accurate answer because there are too many variables involved.


So in short I'd say this:

• Basic writing £50 to a few hundred
• Targeted writing will be a few hundred up
• Research driven and technical writing = quality costs, so anything from £500+ an article

The key defining areas will be the obvious ones such as number of revisions + quality of writer + writers business rate which could be per word, per hour or value based.

Hope that helps, sorry if its a 'bit of string' answer.

I'm looking for a few new writers and need an idea on price.

1. ~200 word articles, experience not entirely necessary, work is straightforward

2. ~600 word articles, more news style, need to be solid writers

3. ~800 word articles, need to be great writers/journalists able to do own research

Any ideas on what I should be expecting to pay per-item for each?

 

[makeusvisible]

I agree with the above....VERY difficult to price. I was very lucky and found a family friend who used to do press releases for downing street.....she now does all my press release work. Had I looked to find someone with her skill-set and qualifications, I would have expected to be paying £200+ per release.

 

[123Simples]

I'm looking for a few new writers and need an idea on price.

1. ~200 word articles, experience not entirely necessary, work is straightforward

2. ~600 word articles, more news style, need to be solid writers

3. ~800 word articles, need to be great writers/journalists able to do own research

Any ideas on what I should be expecting to pay per-item for each?

As some have already answered above the pricing can be subjective. More importantly however would be the need to get writers who can write and not just copy text from other websites. It is also useful to find writers who are prepared to give you good decent finished work without you having to rewrite it for them!
If you pay peanuts then you can expect a monkey

 

[richtec.solution]

Hi Maxh,

i am representing an organisation and we charge as little as 5 pounds for 200 word articles, 8 pounds for 600 word articles and 12 pounds for 800 word article.

you can contact me at richtecsolution at gmail(.)com

 

[webgeek]

I'd have a look at textbroker.co.uk and look at the 5* prices.

3* is something you'd expect to find an SEO company publishing (before Penguin) with mediocre quality overall. (1.5 euro cents per word)

4* is often very good quality. It's something you'd consider posting on a review site or web 2.0, but possibly not on your primary domain. (1.9 euro cents per word)

5* is very good stuff. The requirements to get 5* are rigid and the editorial review stringent. I've used them for guest posts and even on client blogs. The quality I've received has been outstanding. (6.0 euro cents per word)

These prices are comparable to what you might expect to find on labor-hire sites (after having filtered through countless oxygen thieves who can't write 2* on a good day).

 

[Curious]

As above I've had good experience with Textbroker for various quality articles.

 

[maxh]

I'd have a look at textbroker.co.uk and look at the 5* prices.

3* is something you'd expect to find an SEO company publishing (before Penguin) with mediocre quality overall. (1.5 euro cents per word)

4* is often very good quality. It's something you'd consider posting on a review site or web 2.0, but possibly not on your primary domain. (1.9 euro cents per word)

5* is very good stuff. The requirements to get 5* are rigid and the editorial review stringent. I've used them for guest posts and even on client blogs. The quality I've received has been outstanding. (6.0 euro cents per word)

These prices are comparable to what you might expect to find on labor-hire sites (after having filtered through countless oxygen thieves who can't write 2* on a good day).

My initial reaction was bit of a crumy website, but I'll give them a chance as £36 an article is a pretty decent price (as long as quality is there)

 

[SamWiseUKB]

I am a writer for a wedding website, we get people often offering to write for free to get their name out there etc. It depends if your looking for someone to write regularly, and someone you dont have to then chase or read through to highly edit their work.