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If you read my blog at least once or twice a month, then you know I'm a freelance writer, having done work for a variety of different people and businesses. I've written business letters for Catholic organizations; I've written medical articles for doctors; I've written book reviews for editors; and I've written a ton of marketing articles on products, services - such as London Escorts (not one of my finer moments, I admit) - and innumerable pages of website content aimed at making a sale.
Sometimes I get paid by the hour, and other times I receive a fixed price. Well, after receiving $25 to write five articles and five press releases (450 and 350 words a piece), I realized I was spending too much time writing stuff I didn't care about. That's not to say I wasn't motivated to do a good job, because I always am. I was just spending too much time doing something I did not enjoy. So when the same fella asked me to write some website content for him - well over 3,000 words - I increased the fixed rate a little bit. Rather than $25, I decided to charge $100; still an incredibly fair deal.
The buyer would have none of it. It was too far out of his budget, he claimed, and said he would only pay $50; I declined.
I'm working way too many hours cooking in a restaurant and writing dog-tired to even consider doing 3,000 words on an ungodly boring topic for a measly $50, with a required turn-around time of two days. Piss on that.
It just amazes me how cheap some people are. They want their businesses to succeed, yet they aren't willing to pay for someone who can write decent content. I may not be the best writer out there, or anything close, but I can write decent content. I've received nothing but perfect feedback ratings from every buyer I have worked for, and some of those buyers were in fact magazine editors. So when more than one editor gives you glowing feedback, you know you can't be too bad.
Anyway, I don't know what the point of this post is. I'm bored; it's early; I'm pissed; I'm thirsty; I'm going to drink some water; I'm tired; I'm going to bed.
Sometimes I get paid by the hour, and other times I receive a fixed price. Well, after receiving $25 to write five articles and five press releases (450 and 350 words a piece), I realized I was spending too much time writing stuff I didn't care about. That's not to say I wasn't motivated to do a good job, because I always am. I was just spending too much time doing something I did not enjoy. So when the same fella asked me to write some website content for him - well over 3,000 words - I increased the fixed rate a little bit. Rather than $25, I decided to charge $100; still an incredibly fair deal.
The buyer would have none of it. It was too far out of his budget, he claimed, and said he would only pay $50; I declined.
I'm working way too many hours cooking in a restaurant and writing dog-tired to even consider doing 3,000 words on an ungodly boring topic for a measly $50, with a required turn-around time of two days. Piss on that.
It just amazes me how cheap some people are. They want their businesses to succeed, yet they aren't willing to pay for someone who can write decent content. I may not be the best writer out there, or anything close, but I can write decent content. I've received nothing but perfect feedback ratings from every buyer I have worked for, and some of those buyers were in fact magazine editors. So when more than one editor gives you glowing feedback, you know you can't be too bad.
Anyway, I don't know what the point of this post is. I'm bored; it's early; I'm pissed; I'm thirsty; I'm going to drink some water; I'm tired; I'm going to bed.
March 18, 2013 at 11:34 PM
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