Comments on: Sitepoint marketplace offers a good bang for your buck

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:57:57 +0000

It’s my first time seriously blogging so perhaps Al would be better placed to answer that question Adrian. I’d expect to keep them on continuously as they are to the point that the site gets traffic in the 4 figures daily but with the same expenditure thus enabling me to break even and make a profit.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:22:11 +0000

Hi Scott,

Know I’m a bit late with this comment, but this post really caught my attention. Can I ask, with a new site, how long would you generally keep employing bloggers to post content? Do you always see it being 4 bloggers giving you 3 posts per week or will this be scaled down. How long before you think you will see a return on your $100 spend per week on content?

Looking to hire bloggers myself, but wondering how much content is enough to get the visitors in and the affiliate sales rolling

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:04:19 +0000

Hi Justin,

I do have a domain seogeneration for sale, though it’s a UK domain..do have a look.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:59:20 +0000

Very interesting. Where would you guys go to find freelance SEOs? I’m looking to subcontract basic stuff like directory submission, but want it done properly (not 5,000 submissions for 50p!)

Cheers, Jon

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By: Lucy

Lucy — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:40:41 +0000

Yes.. Sitepoint forum is better than most of the crowded ones. One of the blogs on wordpress themes got sold in just 1 day.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:06:31 +0000

Sitepoint has some good sites for sale every now and then. I saw a PR9 directory go up for sale and somebody bought it that day for the asking price of $300,000. The seller was surprised he sold it so quickly then raised the price to $450,000 and nobody bought it. It got greedy.

By: Tim Nash

Tim Nash — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:17:43 +0000

One of the best writers I have used came from a DP post which I decided was worth a gamble, he is based in Scotland and we have been using him for rewrites mainly but his general copy was of a really high standard I was surprised. Moral even DP you can find a gem if your willing to look for it.

By: Russell Beech

Russell Beech — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:19:02 +0000

I have tried DP for writers recently and actually managed to find some half decent indian guys. They are writing descriptions on UK websites for me and while I’ll have to spend about 5 mins changing/fixing each aricle the fact that they do the groundwork for me – visiting the site and doing a half decent decripive post is invaluable to me time wise.

I wouldnt use them for real informative stuff like your PC site needs but to just bulk up a website in googles eyes they can be quite cost effective.

By: Saffsam

Saffsam — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:26:40 +0000

I’m my experience finding writers is a tough job, being a decent writer myself I have experienced the standardised thing also. I often find I end up editing work. I sourced a writer from a competitors website but he recently just decided he couldn’t write for me any longer so I am taking a different approach at the moment. The advice about taking on more than 1 writer is definitely to be heeded!
I also think the best interview is find a story and write 300 (250 tends to end up just that little bit too short) for me on it and see what you get back. Odesk looks like another option to try because they have a full resume and also people per hour is a uk based site I’ve looked at.

By: Justin Cook

Justin Cook — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:40:32 +0000

Keith,
if you want, let me know of any domains you have lying around that you’re willing to sell.

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