I am a freelancer who occasionally writes for other blogs and I generally get paid according to word count. I also think the pay scale definitely increases with the level of expertise of the guest blogger, so a standard pay scale doesn’t necessarily apply. Trying to figure a pre-determined amount to pay a freelance writer is in the same ball park as applying a standard rate of pay to any other specialist. Experience, length of time involved and specific background or education are all factors that need to be considered when hiring a freelance writer.

It is funny I thought you got us to make comments by asking questions and that was how to get free content on blogs.—I have never been involved in paying or being paid to blog so I am interested in the responses here.

Garry since you are experienced here what is the range you have been paying?

Rick

Here’s how I figure it. It all comes down to word count and time it takes to put a good article together. I’ve done a few quickie articles of about 150-200 words, took me all of about 5 minutes to bang them out and made $3 per. Some of the more professional writers out there will tell you that I got took, but on the other hand, it was the easiest $3 I ever made.

Larger articles that require more research and effort will cost more, but a writer should never milk the client. When I write for other people, I get a feel for what they want, do a quick assessment of what it will take to make it happen, then quote the client a price. If it takes a bit longer than I thought, that’s on me, not the client.

I think price should be determined between writer and client, without having a pre-determined price. Just because writer A charges X amount doesn’t mean that that’s the standard.

I can usually get good quality 400-600 word articles written to my specifications for $5-8 each depending on how many I order at a time.

I think $3 each is a fair price for 150-200 word blog posts as long as they are ordered in batches of ten or more and are on the same general topic area.

I had a guy writing pages for one of my sites for the last 2 years. I paid him $4 per page (minimum 500 words) and capp’d him at 20 articles per month..

Since I consider myself a writer and not really a blogger this is a constantly interesting question. All of the writing blogs and forums talk about this all the time. The real question is what is the writer trying to do. Is he trying to create a track record and make a professional living at it or is he trying to make enough cash to handle his monthly hosting fee or to buy a new lap top in a couple of months? The latter you can do at a penny a word or even less with multiple articles on related topics. Creating a professional income takes the same planning, effort and time that anyother profession takes to get started. Me? I am working on doing both… lol.

Wow, I am surprised to hear of such low prices… I wouldn’t imagine paying any one such a pittance to write a CUSTOM article… Although, I guess that there are so many freelance writers out there, so you could probably get away with paying so low…

Do any of you freelancers do it as a fulltime job? Or do you just use it for some money on the side?