Outsourcing on iWriter.com

[AndrewNC]

After spending quite a bit of money having articles written on iWriter.com, I figure I will share what I learned so far, and will share more through this thread when I learn more. I am by no means an expert, but I think the information I will share can help speed up the learning curve for others.

1. The $120 test - Fail cheaply - Not all writers are equally skilled. If you jump right in with a $790.00 - 35,000 page ebook, you may be disappointed with the quality you get. Fail cheap - When having articles written, hire writers in the 400-500 word range in the general areas that you want to write about. Also be sure to hire writers in the: basic, premium, and elite categories to test which ones produce the best results. I've found some winners in the middle category. After outsourcing to 20 different writers, I created a list of 4-5 that I am comfortable continuing to work with. Their work was high quality, and because I have 5 people that I can go to, I now am not reliant on one person who may disappear out of nowhere. At this point, I will begin to hire them for my larger, more expensive projects...only after I tested that they are good.
2. Keep the talent -When I find a really high quality article that was written for me, I give them a 5 star review, add them to my favorites list, and I give them a tip (value to them so they will continue to write for me). After 2-3 more articles that they write for me, I like to get them on a personal contact list (email, phone, Skype). Note - Freelance platforms have ways to prevent you sharing contact information... but there are ways around that . I still hire them inside of the system for payments. This way I can have deeper conversations about their strong areas and how we can work together in the future. A few people are actually members of this forum so I think they can help on the business side of things too.
3. Detailed instructions -The writers will have little clue what you are picturing in your mind. The more detailed instructions the better. If you are having a large amount of articles written, I have found the process to be a lot quicker when I type up a standardized template that can be used over and over again.
4. Rejections and Rewrites - You have the option to reject articles or request a rewrite. In your profile, it will show your approval rating of articles. So if you only approve 10% of articles written for you - not many people will pick up your next articles. If an article is borderline - I sometimes approve it and edit it myself. If it is terrible, I will flat out reject it.
5. If you work is really high quality, I have 10 other projects I can assign to you" -By putting a phrase like this in the instructions, I noticed it gives people a little bit better incentive to push their work a little further. Whether it be an extra amount of words, or it being obvious they proofread it another time.

As I said before, i'm not an expert, but I feel that information above can help out anybody getting into outsourcing work.

 

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