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I’ve worked primarily for small companies, i.e., individual entrepreneurs. Some of them have paid very well, but those are hard to find.
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P.S. Jones, You have hit on one of the prime advantages to working with a smaller company. With a smaller company you are much more likely to work directly with a key decision maker. If you can get along with that one person it is probable that you will do well with that company.
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Your detailed points are excellent. Thanks for this post.

I define business size more by revenue than number of employees. My clients tend to be mid-sized businesses with annual sales of $5-$50 Million.

These are marketers who have in-house staff and/or work regularly with consultants and professional copywriters. You don’t have to works as hard educating them about your value proposition. And they don’t experience sticker shock over fair pricing.

That said, you can’t rely entirely on revenue as an indicator of marketing readiness. I recently chatted with the CEO of a raw commodities’ company with annual sales over $50 million. He didn’t even staff a marketing department! “We don’t do business, that way, Ma’m,” said this polite southern magnate.

Laura, recently I’ve found it harder to make inroads with Fortune 500 and other big businesses. It helps to work your network and come up with some kind of connection. Barring that, many big co.’s make you email proposals through special vendor channels. Can’t help but feel these proposals disappear into the ether.

I went to bed and woke up to find… a conversation.

That’s great. That’s what blogging’s all about.

Hi Jessie–Actually, there are do-it-yourselfers in many industries. We made the mistake of buying our first house from such a person. It was only after we moved in that we realized how non-standard many of the “improvements” were. That being said, I think it’s important to acknowledge that some (not all) DIY folks are very talented.

Diar A., Thanks for stepping in and sharing your experience. I really don’t know for sure how writing is handled in other countries. I’m sure that each region has its own peculiarities. I do remember working with one individual from overseas who told me that in her country technical manuals were written by high school students for very low pay.

Hi Anne! Thanks for stopping by. The post is based on my own experience over the course of a little more than twenty years. In my experience, there have been many similarities, which I believe to be due to the size and financial stability of the company I was working at. Most of the large corporations hired in the same way too. However, as your rightly point out, it’s always true with generalizations that your mileage may vary. Who you work for is definitely important. The wrong people in a large company can certainly make your life difficult!
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I’ve also freelanced for tiny one person companies… one again was an SEO company back in the early days when I could get $25 or better for a 300 word article… guess I still can but it gets so boring!

Have ghostwritten books for people in single person companies, and for people who own mid-sized companies… all over the map aren’t I?

I don’t think there are advantages that can be categorized by size of company. Rather it’s by the assignment and the person you’re actually doing the work for.
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Although, I have to say that I’ve met with some non-corporate types who also think that they can write better than they actually can.

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Corporates will often look to squeeze writers, too. But I don’t know that they’re better or worse than anyone else when it comes to this.