Least expensive, correctly done way to hire product descriptions done.
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Hello,
WHAT WE NEED NOW:
We need 300 product descriptions done. We have reached the point where we're hiring this done. How would you recommend we go about this.
200 products will be rewriting the supplier's product descriptions (one sentence each) and filling out a quicktable. There's just nothing to do there, no information anywhere.
About 100 products will be where the person writing the description and filling out the table will have to google the product's manufacturer and rewrite the information off of that website in an intelligible, interesting, paragraph that is informative.
Would you recommend we hire someone local to come work in our office that specializes in our niche, or are there any GOOD services out there for our case, even if it's just for the first 200.
OUR FUTURE PLANS:
We'll guess at the top few products and do some 10X work ourselves. No hiring needed there.
Once we know the top 50 products we will do some more deep hiring for 10X product descriptions, but that can wait.
Thanks.
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Hi BobGW, I can point you in the direction of a great content writer, who has experience with technical writing as well. He's always done a great job for me! Let me know if you're interested (FYI I would not get a cut of his services -- I'm just happy to make the connection).
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