Geeze Are There Any Legit Writers That Write For Corporate Blogs?

I'm not a college student, I am a business owner. We need help with solid content for our blog. We need a couple 'real' and intelligent writers to write two and three page essays for our blog and publications. We want native English speakers that we can actually talk to.

Great business! You know guys you cannot cut such great deals on this forum. It'd be better if you could have a look at what the policy of this forum states.

From what I read, you need to watch out for the UK sites. Maybe if any of these article/blog companies paid a decent wage they wouldn't have such a hard time finding decent writers....

Ya I agree with you !

Out of curiosity, what would you consider a decent wage for a native and educated English language speaker?

It doesn't sound like the OP was able to find a decent blog writer over here. I guess it was because their information lacked in details such as the Cost Per Page or Per Word for the blog. Any company that simply wants to hire someone they can speak to in English is casting a very wide net. However, I would discount blog writing as an alternative income method for the independent writers or academic outsourcing writers who are looking for a venue to earn during the slow academic seasons. It helps to keep the writer on his toes, expands his intellectual horizon, and increases his network. Not to mention, it helps the writer develop a new writing skill and style that is geared more towards a professional field. I wonder almost no writers from this forum signified an interest in being employed as a blog writer. It is not difficult at all and it really much easier to complete as a task when compared to the academic research and essay papers.

What these people are looking for are not bloggers. They are looking for Copywriters who can help to promote their business. I used to make the same mistake in identifying the two different writer classifications myself. A blogger writes a blog for a website using various content. These people, from what I can deduce their writing, rely on an SEO search and ranking so they will be using keywords in their articles, which makes it highly different from a regular blog.

Let's just say that anybody can write a blog, but not everyone can be a talented Copywriter. The latter being the more difficult piece of writing to complete. Both however, are less stressful to write than an academic paper and as such, comes across as the career of choice for mostly burned out academic writers or writers who want a more relaxed change of pace in their writing assignments.

I have to disagree.

I've completed many copy writing assignments for business clients and it's just as stressful, if not more so. With an academic paper, you have references (and instructions) to back up your work.

In copywriting, you are at the mercy of your client's perception of what you've written. If Bob's in a bad mood today, he may find your writing less compelling that he did yesterday. Or perhaps Bob loves the piece but the rest of his team doesn't. Whatever the reason, you can be hit with several revision or even full rewrite requests.

Copywriting is similar to designing an ad concept... you don't know 100% that your work will hit the mark until the client sees it and, at the end of the day, their approval is the defining point of a successful project. In copywriting, like in graphic ad campaigns, the client generally has the final say on whether the project is accepted (paid) or rejected (not paid/refunded).

Of course, there are a few ways to avoid endless revisions/rewrites by making sure the client understands and agree to your policies before the project begins, but still, that doesn't mean the client will accept the project.

@writer4life I guess we will have to agree to disagree then. We have differing experiences when it comes to copywriting. Maybe because when I do copywork, I insist on meeting with the client on a thrice a week basis in order to get his approval or disapproval of the current draft. By putting myself out there, ready to work on revisions in an instant, willing to meet the clients needs at every turn before the final paper is done, it appears that I please the client and his team on a higher level.

You may have guessed it by now, when I do copywork, I ask for a desk at the office of the client for the duration of the writing process. That way there is a chance for instance communication, instant suggestions, revisions, and discussions for the improvement of the copy. I refuse to work from home in those instances because that takes precious work time away from the project should revisions be required. That is why I find it is a lot easier to do than writing an academic paper where the revisions often come after I have completed the paper.

One of the few clients from whom I ever took work through Elance was a veterinarian who needed a series of blog-type pieces for his website.

Copy writing is an utterly technical field. I would suggest for anyone seeking copy writing services to never settle for cheaper services as landing pages and optimization certainly would come at a certain cost.

Corporate blogs are used for promotions. Mostly "testimonies" from satisfied clients. These can come in audio visual forms uploaded to YouTube or, through written "blogs" that discuss how successful the writer was at using a service or something. All I know if that when I read a blog that focuses on a product review, I know that it is a paid review and I do not take it seriously. That is why the "blogs" are now required to indicate if it is a paid advertisement or if they will earn something from mentioning a few products or if a reader clicks on a link. This client was probably looking for a writer to fill that part of their company promotion. Now I am left wondering if he ever found the writer he was looking for. I hate it when the OP's leave the discussion hanging. It's like a movie thriller without an ending.