Where Can You Hire Great Writers? | Ep. #304

<p>In Episode #304, Eric and Neil discuss where you can hire great writers. Tune in to learn how you can easily find great writers in your space and why hiring a full-time writer may work as a disadvantage to you. </p> <h3>Time Stamped Show Notes:</h3> <ul> <li>00:27 – Today’s topic: <em>Where Can You Hire Great Writers?</em></li> <li>00:46 – Eric and Neil both use <a href= "https://problogger.com/jobs/">Problogger</a> religiously for finding their writers <ul> <li>01:05 – It’s cheap to put a job posting and there’s a lot of great people you can meet there</li> </ul> </li> <li>01:12 – Neil checks his competitors’ blogs and reaches out to some of the writers <ul> <li>01:22 – They usually accept any writing gig</li> </ul> </li> <li>01:30 – Don’t hire full-time writers because the ROI isn’t there</li> <li>01:37 – People get burned out, so find someone who will write for you just a couple of times a week</li> <li>01:51 – Find the most popular writers in your space based on comments and social shares <ul> <li>01:56 – Social shares mean they’re driving traffic and comments mean they’re engaging the audience</li> </ul> </li> <li>02:07 – If you’re doing audio and video podcast, go to <a href= "https://www.rev.com/">Rev</a> and have them transcribe podcast episodes</li> <li>02:55 – <a href="http://marketingschool.io/">Marketing School</a> is giving away a free 1 year subscription of <a href= "http://snip.ly/">Sniply</a> which allows you to overlay CTA or forms over social links that you’re sharing <ul> <li>03:07 – Subscribe, rate and review <a href= "http://marketingschool.io/">Marketing School</a></li> <li>03:12 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444</li> </ul> </li> <li>03:33 – That’s it for today’s episode!</li> </ul> <h3>3 Key Points:</h3> <ol> <li><a href="https://problogger.com/jobs/">Problogger</a> is a great place to find your next writer.</li> <li>Find great writers in your space based on how many social shares and comments they receive, then offer them something reasonable.</li> <li>Transcribing your audio and video cr