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Category:Writing/Translation > Web Content

ID:117024

Title:UK Content Writer for Blog Articles

Location:Anywhere

Job Description

Looking for an experienced content writer to write blog articles for our website on ongoing basis.

Job Details:-
Sector: Courier Comparison Website
Monthly volume: 5 Articles
Word Count: 300-350 words
Proposed Fee: £5/article

Requirements:-
- Must be UK based native English speaker
- The content must be original and must pass Copyscape
- SEO writing experience (Articles must contain our chosen keywords for the month)
- Good communication skills & availability of contact
- Working portfolio of accomplished works

We will provide a list of keywords for the month that you will be required to write articles on. You can use Google News to find source material but do not copy the content. Shortlisted candidates will be shown examples of our existing blog articles.

The proposed hourly fee for this job is based at the rate of £5 per article. You will bill for 1 hour upon submission of 1 article (For example: Upon completing 5 articles, you can bill for 5 hours at the rate of £5/hour which would equate to £25). There is no pricing option at PPH to select fee for 1 article alone.

Please feel free to contact should you require any clarification.

Thanks for your interest!

Job Budget

Type:Per Hour

Contract duration:Ongoing

Weekly commitment needed:Not Sure

Budget:£5 - £7 per hour (Approx $8 - $11)

Additional Information

Attached Files: None

Bidding ends:Bidding Closed

Job Posted:03/02/2012 11:26

Bidding activity on this Job

Bids:11

Who has Bid:

Clarification Board

D. B. on 03/02/2012 11:40
Why would you want to pay less than the minimum wage for an experienced person to fill what is obviously an important role?

Reply from Client

M. D. on 03/02/2012 11:47
We're not a blog, we're an e-commerce site and require articles to help us with SEO.

£5-£7 is a fair rate in our opinion and this is what we have been paying so far.

You are welcome to bid if this suits you.

D. B. on 03/02/2012 12:10
It's far from a fair rate in my opinion, but it seems to be par for the course from web site operators. You all want original work, a reasonable level of skills and a good track record to boost your businesses, but think those skills are worth less (especially after PPH has taken commission) than the national minimum wage - and probably much less than the profit on just one item for sale on your site.
Good luck in your search - I'm sure you'll get what you pay for.

J. B. on 03/02/2012 12:29
Echo DB,
I have had people contact me after bidding on PPH even asking me to drop my hourly fee.

D. W. on 03/02/2012 13:27
Would you work for five pounds an hour?

A. M. on 03/02/2012 13:36
Shame on you!

M. D. on 03/02/2012 13:50
Please guys, this is not a chat forum. If this job doesn't suit you, I'm sure you'd find loads more to suit your fee standards.

I'm looking for a freelancer who IS willing to work on the proposed fee. For those who're NOT happy with it, why bother clicking on the job? The proposed fee is clearly stated with the job title - I'm sure you can be more productive with your time that way.

K. L. on 03/02/2012 14:23
It's not idle chatter MD - it's all about benchmarking. Inexperienced freelancers can see what professionals are saying is a fair fee. But as mentioned before, you'll get what you pay for.

C. P. on 03/02/2012 15:56
Hear, hear, K.L.

To any inexperienced freelancers looking at this I say believe in yourselves and your valuable product. Do not be tempted to bid for jobs that ultimately devalue good writers.

This, sadly, is one.

S. G. on 03/02/2012 16:06
Experienced writer for £5 - sorry but this is unacceptable and seriously devalues the good work that professional writers can provide.
Furthermore this is way below the minimum wage - people could get a cleaning job for more money than that.

J. N. on 04/02/2012 01:01
Ehm, despite all the advice against it, I dont think the rate is that bad... OK so I dont come with a decade of experience, but I do want to earn my bread and butter (and also to find clients willing to review me on here and on LinkedIn) and to me £5 for 300 words is really OK!

When you're talking about generic articles for SEO I can easily write 1000 words an hour... OK so its not a well planned out super article which is going to get published in a glossy, but it is flowing text with the correct density of keywords which serves a purpose for both me and my client.

With that in mind, the hourly rate is around £12 - £15 an hour, which to me is a fair price to pay. I think far too many people on this site jump up and down on the people who arent looking for Shakespeare, just a competent writer who is willing to fill a niche for them.

With the greatest respect, if you spent as much time filling in PPH applications as you did moaning about the JD and rate, maybe you would be getting the £25 - £30 you are after. :)

D. W. on 04/02/2012 16:37
Peanuts, monkeys.

C. J. on 06/02/2012 18:50
As Norman Collins once said good work ain't cheap, cheap work ain't good.

V. K. on 08/02/2012 01:35

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