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Dear Wanna-be Client,
Okay, I get it. You are hiring a writer because you can’t write yourself. Or maybe you can’t find the time to achieve all of your writing goals on your own, and you need help. Maybe grammar isn’t you’re thing, or you don’t really know how to go about finding the right freelancer for your project.
However, please take the time to spell check your ad, and give it a quick once over. Does it make sense? Does it give me enough information? No? Fix it.
When you can’t be bothered to look up a reasonable rate for a project, and instead offer me something that is beyond insulting, I’m not going to apply. You get what you pay for. Also, when you are describing how easy the job will be, and the research I will be doing, do not use the term “Wikipedia”. Please show me that you respect your site enough to want facts, not whatever mangled information Wikipedia has on it at this particular moment in time.
Do not write me back after I have contacted you, make it sound like I have the job, and then fool around with “I’m still choosing.. How should I get the most publicity for my site?” I am more than happy to answer questions like that for clients I actually work for. I would have even answered it for free. I’m just that nice. I’m not going to tell you though. I don’t work for free. Or for idiots. Don’t waste my time.
I will also not work for you if you have no idea what you actually want. Okay, let me clarify.. If you aren’t sure if you need exactly what content you want in your blog, I can help you. If you’re thinking about social media, and you don’t quite know how you want to approach it, I can help you. I will gladly help you. Just remember that it is your business we are helping. You know it best. I am an outsider. Sure, I can ask questions and do some research, but I don’t have years of my life invested in this. I want you to succeed, but you need to do a little research, and try to get an idea of what you’re looking for. I need something to go on, even if all you can give me is a website or other business that is doing something similar to what you want to be doing.
I will not edit for dirt cheap. Yes, I am fixing mistakes. If all you want is someone to read through for misspelled or misused words, I can charge you less. If you want someone to go in and really work over your document, getting rid of all the questionable phrases (please don’t call readers, or anyone else, idiots. It sounds bad.), and leaving you with a polished document you can be proud of? That takes time and effort. And a certain finesse. It’s art, baby. Not everyone can do what I do.
Look, I really would love to work for you. Truly. But you need to do your part, too. I can find work with a lot of different companies. Prove to me in your ad that I want to spend my time working for you.
Thanks.
Frustrated Freelancer
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