Looking for content writers for multi-language SEO

[PinpointDesigns]

Hi All,

I'm currently doing a lot of work for a UK client who has multiple sites outside the UK (all part of the same business). We're currently discussing the option of us handling all of his SEO for his German, French, Spanish and Italian sites too, but we only have access to one person in the office who can speak French and Spanish.

They're currently booked up on other jobs that we can't really move them off, so I'm looking for options of outsourcing some of the content writing.

My question is, does anyone know of any high quality content writing services that have writers available to write for the countries languages above?

We're going to focus initially on their on-site strategy and building up their high quality content. At the moment, they don't have much relevant content on their website, so we're going to initially look at this. Moving forward, we'll be looking at their off-site strategy and trying to find areas to submit high quality articles, look at guest blogging and PR opportunities.

Any tips anyone has on this side (in terms of outsourcing to native speakers) would be quite useful too!

Many thanks,
Lewis

[PinpointDesigns]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the reply.

I've contacted LinguaLinx and received a response to say that they'll be in touch as they're on holiday at the moment. We'll see what the price comes back with. I've also posted out a job offer for people who can speak multiple languages to do content writing. I'll have to weigh up which seems more cost effective but Ideally I want native speakers to work with.

If anyone else has any suggestions on companies who can help me achieve this, that would be great!

Thanks,

Lewis

[DanielFreedman]

Thanks for the thanks re: LinguaLinx, Lewis.

It would be unseemly to plug my client much more. But I can assure you they never use machine translation or scrape content. That's the bane of the industry.

If LinguaLinx translates, it uses  carefully selected human translators. The work  is then reviewed by an an editor, proof reader, and QA specialist. LinguaLinx also does original copywriting and project management.

[PinpointDesigns]

Thank you for the recommendation guys.

SEO5 - I was considering putting this on oDesk, but I didn't want to run the risk of people taking on the job and then just putting it into Google Translate and sending it back. I'll need someone to proof-read the work for me and make sure it's all ok, and need to ensure this really is top quality content.

Daniel - I'll get in touch with LinguaLinx shortly and see if it's something they can help me out with. I've been in touch with another couple of companies already and had some quotes through, but I would prefer a recommendation as I can then have someone vouch to say they're doing good work and it's not just scraped off the internet and then translated using an auto translator.

Anymore suggestions anyone has would be great!

Many thanks,
Lewis.

[DanielFreedman]

Actually, one of clients does precisely this.

It's a language service provider that also does cultural consulting and provides related technical services, like XML conversion and website translation.

And they do original copy writing. Most importantly: they know what works in each country. The hard sell American approach of "we're great and our competitors suck" just doesn't fly in many places. In some, it's actually illegal.

They can handle everything for projects like the one described.

LinguaLinx

I'm working with them now on a new web strategy that makes all this much more clear.

[SEO5Team]

Lewis,

I'd suggest putting up this requirement on vworker . Lots of talented and skilled people available on that site. I'm sure you'll get multiple bids on your project.