Advice on creating a network of trustworthy clients to write for

I have been writing for an academic writing for an academic writing company for over 4 years and am now tired of having to work through them. I want to create a network of trustworthy clients. Any advice on how to get clients?

You could start by self-editing your first sentence.

I am tired of the companies since they pay writers less than 30% of what they charge the client.

Then it is probably a good idea to go to a company-owned forum and complain about these oppressive companies. Good strategy, especially if you are an ESL-writer.

I have been trying but they delete my posts or just ignore. It, I have been wondering how I can contact clients directly.

Alas, that is the holy grail of this business, or so it seems these days.

You'd be very lucky to get any help here; not with so many self-appointed 'arbiters' baying for (ESL) blood in this forum. It gets even harder when one's writing skills are evidently subpar.

I have been reading some of the comments on this forum especially by this WritersBeware. This level of negativity does not help us writers, neither will it help students access better writing services.

Given your mastery of subtlety, this level of negativity is necessary. Maybe you and Antarch should band together and beat up on Writers2Beware? I can't wait to see his/her response.

Well my main objective is to find person who could advise on how best I can get clients.

Dear Graphophobius, I have no problem with your sardonicism - as long as you leave me out of it. Thank you.

You have to do it the same way as everybody else here. Participate in the discussions, attack the scammers, advise the students, and have a good poke at Antarch. Another hint: This is a web-based enterprise. Re-invest your profits toward your goals. Use the skills that you should have as a writer, which is another way of saying "Do your research". There is a fountain of useful information here.


Sorry Antarch, I can't do that. It's just not in me to let you slide until you come clean and stop using those 25 cent words. Alas, that is the holy grail of this business... What does that even mean? To paraphrase a quote from a favorite film: I don't think that means what you think it means.

You must be a lonely maniac, with lots of free time on your hands to spend hounding poor old Antarch all over Essay Scam. If it makes you feel less miserable to spend every waking hour "having a good poke at Antarch", then be my guest.

By the way, for someone who claims to be an academic, it is bemusing that you consider every word outside your remarkably limited vocabulary a "25 cent word" (whatever that means to you). Could it be that most of your experience is in children's literature? Well, that's your damn business; just leave me out of that.


You're probably not as bright as you think, then.

I shouldn't waste my time replying your silly posts anyway. . . .and I really mean that this time.

You got it partly right. I am a maniac with lots of maniac friends. You should join us.

If you are an incompetent, ESL hack who can only get hired by foreign, ripoff outfits, you are correct.


OK, don't "reply his posts."

Thanks for putting your ESL mastery on record yet again.


Perhaps, you can start be sending out mass, indiscriminate emails offering a handsome percentage of your inheritance?

Writers2beware, I am really not interested in your shenanigans. If you do not have any meaningful contribution just keep off the forum. I have sampled several of your posts and its clear you are just an empty minded man. You represent the scum of the writing industry.


Academic writing companies offer the same compensation rates regardless of one's level of competence. I happen to have a high opinion of my competence and that's why I want a better deal.

This is not true. There are a couple of companies that pay me more on the basis of my qualifications and demonstrated quality of work.

Where are you from AG14 and what are your qualifications?

graphophobius , I would like to know those companies. I am from New York, I have a bachelor's in Computer Science and currently pursuing my masters at the New York University. Could you please recommend some good companies that pay well depending on qualification and quality of writing.

Like nearly everything else, this is a highly competitive sport. You are not going to be handed a list of well-paying companies or direct answers to any of your questions here.

As a rule, I am not going to directly name or discuss some companies/individuals here. They don't want me to and I do not want to rock that boat.

I suggest doing as I've done. Do a survey on the web and make a list of companies. List their pay rates to writers and desired qualifications. Research their backgrounds, etc. It really is no different than trying to find an employer in the outside world.

Um, no, that would be your daddy.


As I explained to graphophobius the other day, that's the main problem with your kind.

@AG14 since you know that you cannot insert your contact information in the papers that you write anymore because the QAD screens the papers and removes those references before the paper is released to the client, keeping the regular clients you made at the company is out of the question.

While those clients will most likely prefer to follow you as you work as an independent writer, the paper screening process has made that impossible already. However, nobody said that you cannot try to use other methods of creating a client base.

If you try your luck at the independent work sites such as UpWork (which is not recommended from my perspective), you can begin to build your regular client base there. Remember, any client whose work you get through the bidding process has the potential to become your regular client outside of the system.

So working at a more than competent level on the writing needs of the client could result in repeat business for you. From there, referrals may also help you to create a network of clients.

However, you are mistaken about your wish to create a trustworthy client list.

It is the other way around, you should hope to create a client base based upon the trust that they put into the work that you deliver. Win their trust and you will be set for years to come.

Creating a client base is not an easy thing to do. The market is so over saturated by both independent and company writers that the student population already has a specific writer or set of writers that they turn to for their writing needs. However, the pandemic may have changed all that for the students and writers alike. Starting over because of the new learning process means the students are once again up for grabs. All because the scam companies were not really able to weather to Covid-19 storm. Leaving the students with plenty of room to hire new writers. Writers that they now acquire through social media. So if you are writer with a strong social media presence, you should not have a problem developing a client network at this time.

How has the pandemic changed anything for writers already working from home and for students who still get just as many writing assignments but now attend classes virtually instead of in person?

The idea that a writer will be able to find a trustworthy client these days is almost null. The clients are really moving into the AI essay and research generated content field where humans find it difficult to participate. If I were you, I would focus on trying to find clients first, then worry about how to test their trustworthiness later. Get the client first. Everything else will fall into place after that.