An Interesting Site

While surfing online for some work a couple of days back, I came across an interesting site that I’d like to mention here. The site is called www.writingworld.org. I could actually relate to the concerns that were being voiced on the site about many freelance writers ready to work for as less as $5 for a 500-word article. She rightly went on to say that, it shows an amateur freelance writer, desperately looking to make quick bucks without even stopping to think what impression a buyer would get. You guys should check out the site. It even has some interesting polls that would definitely interest you all.

When a serious buyer is looking for someone to write quality articles, s/he will definitely research the market, check the various rates that a particular work is being done for, weigh all the pros and cons, and then finally decide from which person to get the work done. In his/her search, s/he must have definitely come across varying rates ranging from $3 for a 300-word article, $30 for a 200-word article to $50 for a 100-word article. A buyer who is relatively new to the freelance writing scenario would make the obvious choice of going in for the writer who charges the least for the maximum number of words.

However, buyers with real-time, ongoing projects and more experience on the World Wide Web would immediately be able to spot the difference between true professional writers from amateur ones. A professional writer knows his/her work’s worth and would never lower his/her rates to such an extent only to get a few hundred dollars. In fact, a professional writer would wait until a really good project that pays what its worth comes along. A professional writer would also never hike rates to such an extent that s/he does not end up getting any work. These are only a few things that would go on in the mind of the buyer. Based on this and maybe a couple of online/telephonic conversations with prospective writers, the buyer may make the decision of whom to award the project.

For those of you who feel that lower rates is a sure-shot of way of getting good projects, then think again. You may land a few hundred-dollar projects but you are definitely missing out on the biggies, which could keep you occupied for months on end with a good, steady, monthly income. Not to mention the fact that the time spent looking for a few hundred-dollar projects could be judiciously used to write quality content and deliver on time keeping your buyers contented.

Cheers!