Transcription Outsource Your Copywriting Efforts Or Not

If you need fifty articles written, begin with just five articles. If you need a 100 page eBook, maybe begin with a few articles on the topic first. You can use the articles to draw traffic to the book when everything is finished. One final tip is to ask other people which writers they've had a good experience with. If others are willing to give unsolicited testimonials about a writer then the writer is probably good. Other advice you should follow is to look for a writer in the right places, always review samples before hiring a writer, start small, and always set-up a fair payment schedule with benchmarks (if necessary). For larger projects, you should set-up benchmarks and pay as you go. For example, for a large eBook, the benchmarks could look something like: 10% to begin, 10% when an outline is accepted, 40% when half the book is finished, and the remainder of the payment when the project is completed. Also, the writer should be willing to show you the book anytime you ask. It doesn't have to be clean and perfect but they should be able to show you what they've done within a day or so of you asking to see it. Of course, this isn't quite as necessary if you set-up benchmarks. On a freelance site the writer is always able to put his/her best foot forward. But on the forums, you can (and should) scour the threads and read every post by the people your considering hiring. That will give you a feel for them and what they really are. You wouldn't buy a pair of pants without trying them on or at least seeing what they look like. So never hire a writer without first seeing samples. However, understand that these samples may not be a good example of the writer's work. In fact, they may not belong to the writer at all.