Comments on: low-budget content creation experiment

By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:19:41 +0000

Up until now I can’t imagine the idea of outsourcing articles. But when the time I understand, I will remember this observation you have shared. :-)

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:21:51 +0000

@ Brian – I noticed the same thing, the spelling was great but the grammar was bad. Interesting. Thanks for the comment! Good to see you around here, and your new product looks awesome, by the way. Well done.

@ Ash – Yes, complications are abundant! I would love to hire U.S. based writers, but it’s just out of my price range right now. Thanks! Hope everything is good with you.

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:20:27 +0000

Voice to type idea sounds like a good one.

In another life, I was once contacted by a guy who needed a writer to do just that…but I couldn’t justify taking so much time writing for the little amount that was being paid…esp not when I was in the states and the cost of living was so high. So it probably is often the case that those willing to write for lesser amts of money are probably in places where they can afford to do so. Ah, the complications! But awesome you’re experimenting and gaining more and more knowledge. Eventually it’ll all come together.

By: brian | No Debt World Travel

brian | No Debt World Travel — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:20:55 +0000

You definitely get what you pay for. I’ve had people write for me and you can tell that the person does not speak English as a first language. This person/group was in India. All the spelling was right but horrendous grammar.

After asking twice and then not getting much improvement, I just paid them off and learned my lesson. I try to read the feedback for that particular freelancer but I think sometimes they are faking that too!

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:56:01 +0000

@ ATravel – I agree that good content is key. Although these websites would not be blogs, I still do care. Thanks for the comment.

By: ATravelaroundtheWorld

ATravelaroundtheWorld — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:13:20 +0000

I think the contents of your articles are the hart of the blog, people follow you because they like what you have to say.
Buying a cheap articles will just ruin your reputation.
I like what you said about giving them tasks like submitting articles or answering clients emails with given template responses, that could be a cheap solution.

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:28:55 +0000

@ Diggy – It sounds like you have a good plan. I only paid $30 for 10 articles and they were not great, but maybe for $50 you could see better results. And I hate writing too, it just has to be done by me for the time being I guess. I’m thinking of getting a voice to type software so I can just speak the articles and increase the speed of the writing process. Who knows?! Good luck and keep working hard, it’s good to know other people out there are doing the same thing I am.

By: Diggy - Upgradereality.com

Diggy - Upgradereality.com — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:54:38 +0000

Hey Nate!
Interesting to read! Thanks for sharing your experience. I have an affiliate site I’m building up, and might indeed hire someone to write me 10 unique articles for $50 or so. I am trying to write a few articles a week for my site, and I get it done but it’s not one of my favorite things to do. My goal is to get at least 50 articles out there linking back to my affiliate site with the proper anchor text to get some rankings :)

Good luck and carry on working hard!

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:52:35 +0000

@ Nate – That’s what I’m thinking, who really cares right? Glad you got some useful info out of the post, that’s what I like to hear!

@ Andy – It really is amazing, I agree.

@ John – Thanks for sharing those great tips! I can definitely appreciate the part about eliminating lowest and highest bidders, seems like a great strategy.

@ Jonny – Thanks for the advice. Elance seems to be the way to go for all things web design. I will definitely keep that in mind.

Hope everything is well with all of you!

By: Jonny | thelifething.com

Jonny | thelifething.com — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:43:34 +0000

You gave it a go, thats what counts.

I highly recommend elance for web design as I had an entire custom built ecommence built for little money and it is awesome.