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Monday, April 12, 2010

Where to find a ghostwriter and how to find one?

Are you looking for ghostwriters and not sure where to look for one? Is it difficult to find a ghostwriter? If you know where to search for a ghostwriter, it is really very simple to find a ghostwriter. Where to find a ghostwriter?

1. Posting your writing job websites like Craigslist, onlinewritingjobs, etc.
2. You may use job websites like monster, careerbuilder, etc. to post your writing job.
3. There are various bidding websites like Scriptlance, Getafreelancer, Rentacoder. You may post your job in these websites.
4. Search in Google, MSN, Yahoo or any search engines for blogs. Many writers will have a blog of their own. You can get in touch with a ghostwriter from his/her blog.

Hurray...you have now finally found a ghostwriter. How to hire a ghostwriter is the next question that you would crop up in your mind.

1. Ask the writers who have applied for the writing job to send in their writing samples.
2. Analyze whether the writing style fits your requirements.
3. Speak to the ghostwriter about your requirements.
4. Come to an understanding on the payment terms. Check for the mode of payment your ghostwriters uses to receive payments. If both of you uses the same mode of payment, well and good; if not, workout a suitable payment mode.
5. Make it very clear that the copyright to the content is transferred to you after payment even though ghostwriters know this fact.
6. Work out a time for completing the project.

You may continue to work with the same ghostwriter for your future projects if you really like his/her work.

6 comments:

Hi, this is Nicole from Rent a Coder.

As suggested (thank you), our service is appropriate for hiring workers for this type of work. I'd like to point out a few differences between our service and services like Freelancer (GetaFreelancer), and Scriptlance however, since those differences could influence the success of an outsourced project.

Selection of workers:
The more bids you receive, the more bargaining power and selection you have, and the less you have to pay. However, some sites make money for themselves in ways that reduce the # of bids you receive.

Freelancer workers can't make more than 30 bids a month unless they pay a subscription fee. That not only reduces the number of qualified workers, it can additionally raise your costs since workers often pass their expenses onto you.

At Rentacoder, we do not place a bid limit on any of our workers for any reason.

Disputes/Arbitration:
Unfortunately, 10-20% of projects fail (and on some sites this # is higher). If your worker is a bum, it's important the site offers escrowing and arbitration so you are guaranteed to get your money back. However, some sites charge so much for arbitration or make it so time consuming that it becomes impractical.

Freelancer limits arbitration to projects with milestone payments of more than $30. If your project has milestones less than that, you don't have access to arbitration even though your situation may warrant it. Moreover, Freelancer's mandatory pre-arbitration processes let abusive workers stall the *start* of arbitration (and prevent you from accessing your money) for weeks. So a Freelancer worker can stall arbitration on Freelancer for 17 or more days. We would explain more, but Freelancer doesn't publish detailed rules of it's arbitration process.

Scriptlance doesn't offer arbitration except in rare cases. Because the site doesn't publish its arbitration details, no one knows what those cases may be.

At Rentacoder, we offer arbitration on all projects free of charge and we test your deliverables to make sure they meet requirements. We also prevent abusive buyers from stalling an arbitration's start. In fact, 45% of our arbitrations are completed under a day and 75% of them are completed under a week. Even more, we show the public how our arbitrators make their decisions.

In addition, most of these types of sites let you pay a worker you have employed before by the hour, which is the most convenient and cheapest way. However, neither Freelancer, nor Scriptlance verifies the worker's timecard is accurate. On Rent a Coder, workers must punch in and out of a timeclock, and you can see a continuous record of their webcam and desktop, so you know the time is accurate.

There are other differences as well. I invite everyone to compare the 7 major services through this link to learn even more: http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/DotNet/misc/CompetitorInformation/WhyRentACoder_ForBuyers.aspx

If you have any questions, please let me know. You can also call in to talk to a facilitator 7 days a week, or email us (see http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/Feedback.asp).

Nicole
www.rentacoder.com

Thanks for giving some advice on how to higher one. I have been really having a hard time finding ghost writers and freelancers in general who could do what they say they can do.
I used more than 50 different people and I still haven't find the one.
Maybe I will take your advice and see what happens. Thanks.

How do ghost writers find content to write about?

Triond is cool and this was a good post. I like your blog. I've been using http://dollardrip.com and it's been working really well though.

Thanks for the great tip on ghost writters - it makes alot of sense to outsource this work if you have available funds to free up more time to do the other things we all need to do!

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