I'm looking for someone to write high quality article/blog post (about NYC). There are tons of companies I could go with, but I'm completely unfamiliar with this whole area. Any recommendations? My budget is 100-300$ per article.
Ask HN: Where can I find high quality writing services?
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#2I have a close friend who is in your price range, depending on the length of the article. He's written for Business Insider, Cosmo, and Brooklyn Daily Eagle (from NYC).
Contact me at smt88hn@gmail.com and I'll forward his info.
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#5I dunno if it is within budget but checkout https://scripted.com/
I remember it was considered one of the highest quality services out there (never used it personally, though).
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#6You have to be kidding. And I mean full John McEnroe "You cannot be serious."
First of all $150 for a 750-word article would be a good payment. Assuming you aren't asking for more words than that ("blog post" suggests no), you can have your pick of people.
Second, evaluating writers is the simplest damned task in the world. Read their frigging code.
Third, average reading speed is 200 words a minute, so you could read an entire submission in less than five minutes. Practically speaking, you would probably need less.
Elance and Odesk merged and are now called Upwork. If you posted the job (number of articles, average length) and asked them to send you sample pieces and an online portfolio, you would be overwhelmed.
Even if you insisted that they have a verified business address within 50 miles of Manhattan, you'd still have a fire hose to drink from.
I wouldn't entirely recommend Craigslist, but you can find a lot of people there-- some of whom are very good and still struggling to make ends meet-- if you don't mind swatting away the 8-balls who will apply (CL gives you a custom email for replies, so you won't deal with them forever.)
Writers tend not to hang out there, but Behance or Dribble do have some.
Let me close by restating my opening. Some questions that get posted here are difficult to answer; others have expectations are ridiculous. But the thing every freelance writer wants most is a steady stream of assignments that lets them make a pretty good income per sale.
Four posts a week at $150 would be $600, which is $15 an hour-- enough to pay bills.
Your request is comparable to posting "I'm a supermodel who really enjoys having sex with men with small penises and no social skills. Can anyone on HN help me?" Your big problem would be people thinking you must be a scam, because your request sounds too good to be true.
UPDATE: There are, by and large, two broad types of writers: extroverts who promote themselves capably, but might or might not have equally good skills, and introverts who lock themselves away and aren't great at self-promotion.
The first group is pretty easy to find, but often not worth the price. The second group takes some hunting but can give you better results for less.
Re: Ask HN: Where can I find high quality writing services?
#7You have to be kidding. And I mean full John McEnroe "You cannot be serious." First of all $150 for a 750-word article would be a good payment. Assuming you aren't asking for more words than that ("blog post" suggests no), you can have your pick of people. Second, evaluating writers is the simplest damned task in the world. Read their frigging code. Third, average reading speed is 200 words a minute, so you could rea…
> UPDATE: There are, by and large, two broad types of writers: extroverts who promote themselves capably, but might or might not have equally good skills, and introverts who lock themselves away and aren't great at self-promotion.
That in itself is a broad swath of a statement, and not necessarily true.
Why does being an extrovert have to be correlated with being and impostor, and introvert just simply these poor humble victims whose talents are overlooked?
What I saying is, if you're looking for work - applying for jobs is never the time to be humble. And if you are already confident, being humble won't help you.
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#8I'm the founder of CoNorth.co (thanks for the recommendation, vigneshrams!). We work with many startups and our rates start from $150. We also offer a money back guarantee. If you have any questions or would like further info, you are more than welcome to email me directly: chris@conorth.co
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#9You have to be kidding. And I mean full John McEnroe "You cannot be serious." First of all $150 for a 750-word article would be a good payment. Assuming you aren't asking for more words than that ("blog post" suggests no), you can have your pick of people. Second, evaluating writers is the simplest damned task in the world. Read their frigging code. Third, average reading speed is 200 words a minute, so you could rea…
Well. I'm not kidding at all. I read a bunch of reviews as for the Elance/Odesk/Upwork/Etc. Most of what I heard is "stay away from them if you are looking for something really good". I also found a couple companies that do (as per reviews) a relatively good job. But the prices are crazy ($300-500 per article). Some other companies say "30$ for 1000 words article". So I was a bit confused about all of these costs.
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#10I'd recommend checking out https://scripted.com/ and https://www.textbroker.com/ - I've heard good things about both. We're also launching a content delivery service over at http://www.camayak.com/, but it's new so you'd be an early customer for a beta service.