Comments on: Pay $10 a Month for Work? Not On Your Life!

By: Anup

Anup — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:04:33 +0000

I need Home Base work now

By: Web Content Writer Tips from JCM Enterprises » Blog Archive » What To Do When You Have A Strong Opinion

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:09:04 +0000

[...] recent claim in the comment section on a post at Freelance Writing Gigs got me started: “I’m probably doing ten of them an hour – meaning I’m working at 50 [...]

By: KY

KY — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:42:20 +0000

I see so many slamming not only the writers, but also those offering jobs for the content writers. My thoughts in a nutshell are these:

1. If the pay is lower than what you feel you need to survive – don’t take the job.

2. If you’re feeling like you are getting the bum end of the stick – quit – go back to a nine to five job.

3. Not all organizations that offer web content (written by writers for them) are scum. The few that I work for are fair, honest and have a lot of integrity. If you’re not smart enough to figure out who the good guys are – you have no business working in this market.

4. Pay an administrative fee – nope, not me. There are jobs out there where you can write and get paid without paying anyone for anything.

5. You rail against the $10.00 an article pay – but here’s reality – I work, maybe 4 hours a day, 5 days a week (20 hours total) taking jobs like this. Where has it got me? Well lets see, in the last year – a decent used car, a new laptop, diapers, formula and clothes for my grandson oh and money to blow on eBay. Not bad – couldn’t make that kind of money working part time in the brick and mortar world, for sure.

So my suggestion is this – if you don’t want to do content writing, fine – don’t do it. But don’t blast those that do – most of us are doing just fine, thank you.

By: How To Bring In More Money From Writing

How To Bring In More Money From Writing — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:04:28 +0000

[...] Freelance Writing Gigs, two posts caught my eye. The first was a post about paying for writing work (as if!), while the second gave advice on how to deal with clients who pay [...]

By: Julie F.

Julie F. — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:34:00 +0000

Erm, sorry for the typos, it’s pretty late. Must remember to not comment during sleep deprivation.

By: Julie F.

Julie F. — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:33:06 +0000

@ACsupporter- I only said ‘Holy Poopysnake’, stole a nice word from my daughter. I’m shocked, but I have done content writing and have a system for research as well. I can do 25-50 in one night and I have a client who can back me up on that. Most were 500 words. But, 10 an hour struck me as superhuman and caused the holy sheet exclamation. No insult meant.

@Everyone else- I mentioned trying out a bidding site just to see if I’ve been too predujiced in my views. I joined yesterday an with this experiment I’ve already landed two new clients who want me to take over long term assignments. Surprisingly, I was the lowest big on one and in a PM worked out a higher fee than my original quote. Both clients mentioned my style of writing compared with others as a selling point. Plus, this is where I asked for a deposit for good faith.

I will have to pay a small commision, but in the end, I may stick with this site to fill in those gaps in the month when I need cash. The good thing is I can just do an initial bid, accept payment through their escrow, then afterwards work more assignments from the same clients on MY terms without commission. For now, this is looking lucrative.

At least, until I get my name in lights.

By: James Chartrand - Web Content Writer Tips

James Chartrand - Web Content Writer Tips — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:01:54 +0000

@ Just Another – The average speed of a regular typer who is transcribing and not creatively authoring is about 60wpm (prepares for someone to check his stats) on a QWERTY keyboard. Anything over 90 is moving like absolute lightening. Possible? Certainly – not for the average person. For 10 hours straight? Torture.

Note that both of the typists that you mentioned were using a DVORAK keyboard and not a QWERTY layout. Big, BIG difference in typing speed.

But it’s still damned fast

By: Just Another

Just Another — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:57:27 +0000

Just wanted to point out about James’ note about WPM speed – the current record is 192 wpm, held by Natalie Lantos, from 1998 (from one source) and another lady with an average of 150wpm over 50 mins, steady at 170 and highest at 212wpm. 91.6 wpm is no that fast…I type faster than that, recorded. I average out at 100 wpm because I type differently than most. My fingers are always on the right keys, but I NEVER use the backspace button – I keep typing. I spell check, review and edit when I’m done getting out what I want to type. My brain works far faster than my fingers, but by ignoring spelling and or misplaced letters, I can type faster and fix it with spell check at the end. =)

By: James Chartrand - Web Content Writer Tips

James Chartrand - Web Content Writer Tips — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:51:22 +0000

My apologies. I could have perhaps worded my comment differently.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:29:33 +0000

Thank you Deb, you are right, if you want to discuss the fee, that is one thing, but for someone to insult the writers who they do not even know, or know how they work, is not an active discussion about the fee. It is insulting and it is what ruins a topic of discussion which normally lately leads to no good.