Thanks for the kind words!

1. When I test writers, I pay full price. I just set a project for 5 articles and select 3 providers or so. Each writes 5 articles (on different topics) – so in case all are really good I can use them on my site. If some are not that good, I use them for article submissions.

2. I use mostly freelancer.com – but sometimes needanarticle.com for a quick article if I need it.

3. I outsource for both – but mainly for the articles for my site. Again, if the quality is not that good, I use that article for article submission.

Wonderful sites and articles sir, super helpful.

A couple of Qs if I may re: article outsourcing.

1. When you say you ‘test’ a writer with 10 articles. Do you mean it’s a paid trial (pay full price, with you just seeing what you think), or something else – lower price/free starter etc…

2. I’ve read you mention 3 outsourcing routes on here: http://www.needanarticle.com, Elance and getafreelancer.com

Did you end up sticking with one of these and do you different writers each time (or have faves)?

3. And thirdly, when you talk about outsourcing articles, are we discussing this in terms of link building ezine type articles, or pages for your site?

Thanks very much. I’m planning my 2nd site at present and it’s likely to be a product review type site, so I’m reading everything you’ve ever written if feels like

All the best and thanks for any further tips!

Matt

Yes, I got the same question / complaint from one of my friends when we were chatting recently. Let’s put it this way – if you were importing mango from Thailand to Europe, there would surely be some rotten mangos and the end of the trip.

Or some mangos that would get damaged during transportation. That’s a certain percentage of lost revenue.

I look at content writers in the same way. I test a writer (with 10 articles) and if it’s not good, I work on those articles to make them good enough for article submissions. And then I test another writer.

Eventually you get the right person but you need to accept some losses along the way. That’s the price of quality…

I had posted a Craigslist add for freelance writers and got some that seemed to be pricing alright. The problem was that I didn’t think any of the writers could write the content I wanted for my technology website techsack.com.

Have you had any trouble finding writers to write relevant content for your particular niche?

Andy

Thanks for more great information. In the Aug 4th post comments you said : “I have almost the same amount of impressions, Chitika has leveled again and one more thing which I’ll show in my next post” Curious about that one more thing Thanks!

Chris

I’ve tried Elance but getafreelancer seems to have the most writers bidding for content writing. So far I am sticking with GAF…

I’ve used getafreelancer a few times. Can you recommend any other sites that do copywriting or is getafreelancer the best? Have a great week!

Ryan