Thank you for a very kind response to a less than kind reaction.
I am hoping it was a benefit to your writer. Definitely good advice for people starting out.
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Originally Posted by Arnox
I agree that it's a much better investment for people to pay someone else to write. However, I do realize that many people in the industry don't just have $200 to drop into a website for search results in over a month's time. This blog post was primarily made as a result of one of my under writers being inefficient. He asked for some advice, so I thought - why not make it public? Draws attention, can be used as a reference and it's always a good idea to remind yourself of good steps to take toward business.
And hopefully it was transcendently clear that quality should not suffer as a result. In fact, I'd expect that proper execution of these tips would make the quality better, all while allowing it to be produced at a better rate. You're spot on with some jobs being very mundane - blog posts are a great example. I mean, you can be creative with them, but generally it means bugger all and you're much better just churning out as many as you can. As a result, I find myself having constant challenges to see how many I can produce in a set period - I get very competitive with myself, and generally keep a little sticky note tab opened with the time I started and where I began.
Other projects are actually quite fun, and I do tend to avoid going to overboard on the efficiently thing. If I'm quoting someone $150 to do the front page text of his website, you can bet I'll be as creative as possible and go through several revisions instead of pumping out the most baseline material in as shorter time as possible.
Thanks for the response.
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