At 11:24 AM 2/11/99 -0800, T. R. Heathershaw-Hart so eloquently stated:
>Coincidentally, I just got some quotes yesterday. One writer quoted $30 per
>hour, said she's been writing/editing for web sites for a couple of years,
>been writing for 8 years. My feeling is that you can find some pretty good
>folks at $30 to $40 per hour who can write and edit and do a fine job.
>However, if you want someone who can take really poor writing and turn it
>into marketing gold you're probably talking $75 to $100 per hour -- at that
>price you'd be getting a direct marketing expert who knows all the tricks.
>It's not that the $30 per hour people aren't as good, they're just not as
>specialized. If you want the names of the two writers I found, just let me
>know and I'll forward their emails to you.
Well said. Like anything else, there are writers and there are
writers. Some will write what you ask for and others will write
words that sell.
BTW, there is an excellent book out that is my bible called
"Words That Sell" by Richard Bayan (Contemporary Books) and
available at Amazon. It is like a thesaurus for sales.
George
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