ErnieRomero wrote: ↑December 25th, 2019, 10:01 pm
Another question I now have is how much do others charge per word for writing? What is a good rate for someone with over 2 years experience?
Yeah, that’s another tough question Ernie. Again, there really is no one-size-fits-all answer.
It partly depends on the platform you’re selling from. If your work is primarily coming from a low end site like fiverr. com or freelancer. com, then a couple pennies per word is the going rate for a writer. And with all the low priced competition on those sites it’s difficult to charge much more than that.
Last week, another member of this forum, Mike (aka. @MikeyWrites) said textbroker. com paid him 3.7 cents per word for the last few articles he wrote for them. And that was for well though out articles with fairly strict guidelines.
So the price you can charge depends a lot on the platform you’re advertising on, plus your reputation for creating quality content.
The good news is that once you get a few steady clients, and a solid reputation, you can leave the low end platforms behind, and charge a bit more for your work.
I know a lady in Florida who stays pretty busy charging 10 cents a word for her writing. Of course she’s been writing for a lot of years and she gives her clients more than just a simple article.
She also asks questions about the tone and voice the client wants, and if she goes over the word count she doesn’t charge extra. (If someone pays for 1000 words and the article ends up being 1050 or 1100 they still only pay for 1000) And her work is top-notch.
So her clients are paying for the words, but they’re also paying for the security of knowing that they’ll get high quality content, and 1st class service.
Anyway, I think you’re off to a good start my friend. And raising your price to 4 cents seems like a reasonable thing to do.
And then you can continue to incrementally raise your rates over time, because ultimately the marketplace will tell you how much you can charge for your work.