Freelance Writer Information

The Benefits of Being A Freelance Writer

The instant benefit of being a freelance writer is having the ability to choose the content that you are going to write about. You also pick the hours that you will write and you set your own deadlines.

Another thing that tends to make freelance writers happy is the ability to set their own prices. You don't have to answer to anyone else when you are putting pen to paper. You determine how much your words are worth, and you make the decision to take on as many jobs as you would like. This is ideal for anyone that is part of the freelance writing community. They like to have the ability to make their own rules.

There are a ton of people that are look for freelancers, and the freelance writer appreciates an opportunity to make some occasional money without any long term commitment. This may be the most rewarding part of the job.

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If you need content and don’t have a good budget, you might be tempted to hire a 2-star writer from any number of content mills. These guys typically make up to .01 cents per word. This means a 500-word article would pay the writer $5, maybe. If you’re going with Textbroker (TB), that writer gets… I think it’s .007 a word or $3.50 for a 500-word article. I’m not even sure that pays for a happy meal at McDonald's.

What Should You Expect for $3.50?

Hopefully an article you can edit to meet your needs and post on your website. In other words, you are going to get NOT A BLANK PAGE, and you will most likely have to adjust it to meet your needs.

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By Patrick Bailey

Honesty is the best policy, both in social media and in real life. There is real power in being honest about difficult topics in public settings. It is cathartic for the one sharing and quite often deeply inspirational for some members of the audience. Sunshine is a good disinfectant, as they say, and getting things out in the open is a fantastic way to look at them squarely and figure out the best way to fix them.

Almost anyone who has been through the process of alcohol and drug rehab will say that part of their healing process was to be honest and tell the truth about where they were and where they had been. However, sharing such information online can have serious negative side effects.

Personal disclosures can affect not only the person sharing but their family, friends, and community. While it’s okay to talk about personal issues on social media, people must do it with a modicum of caution. There is an art and a science to protecting one's identity while writing about sensitive subjects such as one’s health, personal fitness, psychological status, and medical history.

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As a professional freelancer, you’ll sometimes find yourself with a piece of content that your client refused to buy. When a client doesn't pay for their content, it remains the property of the freelancer, and the freelancer is free to do whatever he or she wants with that content.

Who Steals Content?

People that want fresh content for their websites and don't want to pay for that content often steal content from other popular websites. Some people even use scrapers to grab new content as it’s made available. Other individuals may post extremely low paying orders on content sites to get custom content, then tell the writer it needs extensive work or is, in fact, plagiarized. The client in this scenario knows that if they list enough problems with the content they received that the writer will drop it rather than continue working on it.

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Are you wondering how to price your content in order to pay your monthly bills and attract new clients? The truth is that freelancers can charge any rate they wish from less than $10 per article to more than $1,000. Your answer will probably depend on your experience level, your education and your experience as a freelancer.

Typical Custom Content Prices

When it comes to pricing your custom content articles, you can set your prices anywhere that’s comfortable for you or that you feel are fair to both yourself and your clients’ needs. With that being said, here are a few common price points.

No Research Needed or a Brand New Content Writer - .01 to .05 cents per word
Some Research Needed or a Freelancer with 1 to 3 Years Experience - .05 to .10 cents per word
Experienced Freelancer with 5 to 10 Years Experience - .10 to .20 cents per word
Experienced Freelancer with 10+ Years Experience - .20 - .50 cents per word
Lots of Research and/or Formatting Required - .50 cents per word to $1 per word
Extremely Experienced Freelancer or Niche Topic - $1 to $2 per word
Knowledge Requires a Degree in the Field - $2+ per word

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While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes you’ll have a client send you a message or an email stating that the topic they requested and you wrote isn’t the topic that their client wanted. This typically happens when your direct client is actually a middleman between the writer and the actual website owner or business.

Don’t Work for Free

The first thing you should know is that it’s not your fault the client didn’t like the topic the middleman or the website owner selected. You are not a mind reader. You can only work off the information that you received in order to write the topic. If the client changes the topic, you are not obligated to write it for free. The client paid for the first topic, and you wrote it, which means you fulfilled your obligation.

When a client changes a topic and essentially wants a second article, they must pay for that second article.

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Or at least make it less likely that you'll not go bankrupt and end up living on someone's couch.

Are you thinking about being a freelance writer or slowly making the switch from traditionally employed to self-employed? If you are, there are a few things you should do in order to ensure short and long-term financial viability.

1. Calculate Your Bills

The first step is to sit down and add up all your bills. These are things like rent or mortgage, car payment, electricity, gas, cable TV, Internet and any random subscription services.

For Example:

Rent or Mortgage: $1,200

Car Payment: $450

Electricity: $200

Gas for House: $100

Gas for Car: $200

Car Insurance: $150

Cable and Internet: $150

Credit Cards: $200

Gym Membership: $45

Misc (Covers fluctuations): $200

TOTAL: $2,895

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If you’ve been around the content block a time or two, you probably already know what a for-hire content article should contain. However, if you’re new, you may still be looking at content creation like those essays you wrote in high school and college – a title plus one or more paragraphs of text. Big blocks of text are not online friendly, and they don’t inspire website or blog visitors to read more. They look at that block content and move on to anywhere else that has skimmable content.

1. Accurate Information

The most important thing to put in an article is accurate information. This means you will have to pull up three or more sites with information on the topic you’ve been hired to write and skim them in order to determine what’s there and if it’s useful information that your client should have on his or her website. For example, if you’re writing about Common Problems with HVAC Units, you’ll need to look up websites that list those problems. Then, you’ll need to write about those problems in such a way that it isn’t plagiarism. If you’re worried about accidental plagiarism, I prefer Small SEO Tools, which is free.