Top 5 Best Content Writing Services – Outsource Articles For Your Website and Blog
If you do not have the time to write articles or create content for your blog, you will need to hire other writers to create them for you. The good thing about hiring writers is that you save a lot of time. The tough part will be finding the good writers.
It also helps if you have done your keyword research and SEO to help increase the chances of your content ranking on Google.
Outsourcing Your Article or Blog Posts
Now keep in mind that the top 10 list consists of sites that have writers from all over the world. You might have had a bad experience with one site, but that doesn’t mean all of them are bad. I will provide you a few tips later on. Keep in mind that the list is in no particular order.
iWriter
iWriter is a great article writing service. You can either choose to write for them or get content from the writers there. Writers are graded based on star ratings, with 1 being the worst and 5 being the best. The good thing about iWriter is that you can always reject articles you deemed to be unacceptable on your terms and another writer will write it for you.
If you find a good writer on there, be sure to add him as your favorite writer so you can have him write again in the future.
oDesk(upwork.com)
oDesk allows you to find freelance writers on there. Keep in mind that they also offer other kinds of services such as mobile app development, virtual assistants and accountants just to name a few. Their platform can be a little confusing at first but once you get the hang of it, it will be fine.
ELance
Elance is quite similar to oDesk as they also offer other services besides freelance writers. I have a great deal of experience hiring people there. Most of them time if you do choose get a writer here, you will notice a great deal of them are from India/Pakistan.
My recommendation would be to hire European writers for better quality if you want to save some money. Otherwise, US/Canadian writers are a lot better. You can also choose to feature your listing if you are looking for a high quality writer.
WriterAccess
WriterAccess has a variety of writers ready to write for you. They are rated initially(1-6 stars) and their performance will increase or decrease based on feedback. You do pay a slightly higher price per article, especially if you higher 6 star writers. But you do get good quality articles written though, so it is well worth it.
TextBroker
TextBroker is a premium content writing service. You can get articles at 1.3 cents per word. The best writers cost 7.2 cents per word, which is a huge difference in what you have to pay. However, it is always worth it to pay top dollar for the best content you can get, especially for your blog.
Top Tips for Finding a High Quality Content Writer
Almost all of the sites have a set structure for you to write your article requests. To find a good writer will be quick if you implement the following steps:
Step 1: Always specify what you want in your article.
Structure it such that it is easy to understand for the writer. For example:
Title: 5 Shows Like Gossip Girl
Description: Please write a summary for these 5 shows and recommend them to your readers.
- One Tree Hill
- Pretty Little Liars
- 90210
- The OC
- Gilmore Girls
Instructions: You do not need to write an introduction. Your writing tone should be friendly and you can also add your personal opinions in there.
Now if the writer neglects any of your instructions, it automatically disqualifies them as good writers.
Step 2: Always test the “lower rated” writers first
The reason for that is sometimes you will find good writers and they are trying their hardest to get better ratings as a writer. You will have to filter more candidates and therefore spending more time on that. But if you don’t want to spend a little more per content written, this is the best way to go.
Step 3: Check the profiles of the writers
You want to find the following:
- A complete profile
- A short description of him/herself
A good writer will also communicate with the employer and always has great formatting.
These 3 simple steps will ensure you can find a quality writer that:
- Writes good articles for your niche
- Reads instructions carefully
- Makes the article nice and readable
- Always communicates if something is wrong
- Works hard
Hopefully this will give you a good idea on what to do for your website and blog!
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Upwork/oDesk is great if you don’t mind having to search through applications to find a good writer – you’ll usually get the best price-to-quality ratio there if you take the time to find the “perfect” writer.
Textbroker is almost always more expensive but it’s just so convenient – log into the site, submit your order and wait!
How fast is Textbroker’s writing team?
Iwriter.com is my favorite service! 🙂 Kenny, thank you for the interesting list of content writing services.
No problem!
Awesome list! I think its important to remember that content truly is king.
I’ve personally used a ton of these writing services and have been let down time and time again. It seems that most of the providers mentioned above either (1) outsource their work, or (2) The price is beyond ridiculous.
I run more than a handful of blogs and need a considerable amount of constant unique, high quality content. I’ve since switched over to contentshore (click on my name to see their website) and so far i have yet to be let down. These guys are stationed out of milwaukee i believe and have yet to let me down. I love their truly professional high quality content and customer support.
figured i’d just throw in my personal experience. has anyone else ever used them?
thanks again for making this list OP. this is a great starting point for website owners.
I highly recommend Heath at Textworkers.com . Heath and his team are excellent writers. I have been working with Heath for over six months and am very happy with how little direction he requires to deliver excellent work. Based on a few ideas or key points, Heath will deliver engaging, informative, and high-quality content, and has been delivering exceptional work across multiple websites covering very different subjects for me. Any revisions I request are made right away, and throughout our working relationship I feel like he is always available for me. Very good research, writing and follow through.
I’m really sick of hearing how great iWriter is. If you’re lucky you might find a good writer there but the majority of articles I’ve had written even by so-called “elite” authors were of very poor quality. I can only conclude that many people don’t even know what good content is.
You have to specify exactly how you want the article to be like. Titles, topics, sub topics and formatting…everything. Doing that greatly improves quality.
If you just give them a topic and ask them to write freely, then you will get crap quality.
I got an article from iWriter the other day that was COMPLETELY stolen. I ran it through grammarly and it came back as 4% original. I called them on it and the support team refunded my money. I asked how it was possible to have articles run through copyscape and come to me like that but they avoided the question. I kept the email stream from them if anyone needs proof. I will never use them again. Not because of my money but because their service has no integrity.
Thanks for the heads up. I also got another person telling me about this. I am considering not using them anymore.
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I’m yet to use any of these services. I am in search of a reliable service now that I am getting too busy to create content. Thanks for the list.
I tried Fiver which was a complete disaster. iWriter was my go to source for content for a few years but I had a very hard time getting any consistency. I built up a nice list of “favorite” writers who I’d assign my projects to. But for some reason, it seemed like other writers from their pool picked up my requests instead of my favorite writers. The content quality was very poor and I had to keep rejecting them. As of a year ago, I’ve been using LowPriceArticles.com exclusively. Great prices and fairly quick order completion times. I’ve ordered way over 1000 articles from them already and each one is as well written as the last. I only had to send a few back for changes and they did it without any issues. Overall, I’m extremely happy with their service. I’m surprised they didn’t make it on to your list. Or maybe I found the hidden gem that nobody else knows about? 😉
Great resource. I would also include Godot – https://www.godotmedia.com/ to this list. It is a fully managed service with an experienced team of in-house writers capable of working on articles, blogs, copy, eBooks and everything in between.