Apropos my previous post about my little site which scooted into a good PR 4 with just a little content-love.

I get lots of enquiries from folks wanting to outsource articles and other Web content, with these kinds of questions:

“How much for 200 articles on ____”

“I want ten articles about ___ and could you provide a keyword density of ___”

“I’m paying $5 for my articles, and …”

Now, please, understand this: writing is a PROCESS that takes work.

I’m a copywriter, a writer and an author. ** (definitions below)

My process starts with a goal for the piece of writing. Then I research. Then I pre-write a draft, then I write a real draft for the client or editor. Then I write a polished, final draft.

The process TAKES TIME and thinking.

So developing real content takes real time, real effort, and real work. If you’re paying peanuts for your content, please remember that you get what you’re willing to pay for.

If you want kingly content, you don’t need to pay a king’s ransom, but please take the value your content provides into account when you’re trying to hire a writer.

** Glossary: in my terms, a copywriter writes COPY, that is, sales material/ marketing communications. A writer writes articles and other material for online and print publications. (A “content writer” writes online content.) An author writes print books for traditional publishers. (If you’ve got quibbles with my definitions, please don’t tell me about them — refute my definitions on your own site. :-))

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