Wanted: Bloggers for Hire
Blogging is more than just a hobby, it is now considered as an income generator.
Aside from having blogs which has high traffic, one could be a “blogger for hire”. It means that you could be hired as bloggers for different topics provided that you would meet the requirement needed by the client. Being a successful blogger for hire requires hard work and a lot of patience.
Before you embark on this journey, there are some things which you need to know and if you are currently establishing yourself as such, the points which I am going to share with you could help in your goal.
Bloggers for Hire 101
a. Establish yourself as a blogger – Do not apply to blogger jobs saying that you are knowledgeable about it even though you are not familiar with blogging or even using wordpress. Remember that credibility is also important in blogging.
b. Know your niche – Writing about different subjects could not be the work for you hence you have to find a way to know which topics you consider as your “specialty”. Writing topics which you find interesting would be much easier for you than writing a topic that you don’t know about because it takes a lot of time and effort to be knowledgeable about certain things.
c. Determine your working hours and pay rate – Know the time length which you have when blogging so that you would be able to gauge how long you would be able to finish your blogging gigs. This is extremely important if you are doing blogging as your part-time job. Aside from that, estimate your price (either per post or per hour) so that the client/company would know your range.
I hope these simple tips would help you in your quest for being a blogger for hire. Good luck! 
Written by Elaine Ramos from Good RecruitsPosted on November 12th, 2007 and filed under Blogger
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Underestimating your worth is something I would think might be common with newbies to any particular area too. I had someone want me to write a high quality article for $20. My price was $100.
We could meet in the middle somewhere but the quality they wanted I knew would take a few hours at minimum to complete, so that would put my hourly rate below minimum wage?
Know your experience, and your hourly worth ahead of time.
Scott
bloggers for hire- this sounds very common these days. I see this term in many webmaster related blogs. How ever good the writer may it all boils down to research. If you are blogging about adsense then there is ni meaning hiring someone who is good at many things. he can never provide the same quality as you will bring.
So always it’s better to write yourself when you are writing for your readers because they come to your blog to read your experience and not others. you can very well hire someone when you are writing for search engines. this is my personal opinion
Knowing what the going rate is helps. Unless you have the experience and skills to set your price, most “blogger for hire” jobs only pay between $5 and $20 per post. Keep an eye on job boards for pro bloggers, such as at problogger.net.