Comments on: Guest Post: Getting What You Pay For https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html a freelance writing resource. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Williamson https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html#comment-3501 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:23:17 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html/#comment-3501 You're welcome!

]]> By: Poetic Shutterbug https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html#comment-3498 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:57:01 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html/#comment-3498 Jennifer, thank you so much for your advice.

]]> By: Jennifer Williamson https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html#comment-3490 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:45:17 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html/#comment-3490 I'm not against doing occasional writing work for free when it benefits you. BUT, I think if you're going to make it a long-term deal, it's smarter to write for your own blog and gain credibility and recognition through that. It will benefit your brand and business much more quickly than doing a slew of free work for someone else. If you want to do free work for a well-known blog, make it occasional and use it to drive traffic to your own business blog.

]]> By: Poetic Shutterbug https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html#comment-3489 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:23:02 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html/#comment-3489 I had a store owner contact me and ask if I could blog about his store. Long story short, I agreed and told him what I charged. He got back to me and asked "since when do bloggers charge a fee?"

I do agree with you and I also wanted to pose a question. How do you feel about bloggers writing for well known websites to gain some credibility and recognition without the perks of being paid?

]]> By: Jennifer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html#comment-3488 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:36:17 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html/#comment-3488 Yep, that's happened to me too. And it's happened the other way, when prospects have asked me why I charge so much when they could get someone on Guru to do it for .001 cents per word.

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html#comment-3487 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:53:30 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html/#comment-3487 Amen!

]]> By: devonellington https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html#comment-3485 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:39:32 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/08/guest-post-getting-what-you-pay-for.html/#comment-3485 I absolutely agree. It's happened more than once that a potential client went with a cheaper writer, only to come back to me to hire me — at my rate — to do the job properly when the cheap writer didn't have the chops to execute the job effectively.

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