Comments on: Hire Writers Not Bloggers

By: David

David — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:02:27 +0000

I think its a good advice, however can you recommend any site to hire quality freelance writers?

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By: Kevin Muldoon

Kevin Muldoon — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:11:17 +0000

I have to agree with a lot of what you said. The bloggers who I have hired who dont have their own blogs (ie. they are contract writers) have produced very good posts.

I think many of the bloggers who are looking for writing gigs are just starting out. It’s hard to find an experienced blogger who works freelance.

By: Kiltak

Kiltak — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:08:15 +0000

Couldn’t agree more with you… I hired a few bloggers, and 2 pro writers in the past… and in almost all cases, the quality of work done by writers way exceeded what bloggers could offer me.

There’s a few bloggers in there that are / were an exception to this though

By: Alex Cristache

Alex Cristache — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:12:20 +0000

I agree with you. Even if I cannot compare, because I only once hired someone, that person was a freelance writer and I was very happy with the results.

By: Scott Fillmer

Scott Fillmer — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:00:42 +0000

I don’t think it is a problem with bloggers or not with writers but the individual… you said it, most over promised and under delivered. I always try to think the opposite… always always always put forth the effort to over deliver what you promised. I don’t really believe in under promising, but nothing will kill your rep faster than under delivering.

I just looked back and I have about 400 posts on my blog now. Some, not all that great, but there are a few that I wrote specifically with writing in mind. The problem: it takes time, effort, some grammar skills, and an ability to do research. Not many people want to take the time to do that much work, and that is what writing blogs posts is, work (IMO).