I was told that they had 2 levels of workers, the level 1 workers cost $350 - $400 a month full time, but need to be trained,
Whereas the level 2 workers cost $450 a month and are experienced in SEO and don't need to be trained.
I made it clear that I needed an experienced worker who had a decent level of English and could just get on with the job.
[14/06/2010 08:47:36] Ms Cathy GS: Ok, regarding our E workers I am glad to inform you that we have staff who has a great command of English to write good articles for you
[14/06/2010 09:26:46] DesignsOnline: So what is the name of my worker, I want a level 2 worker as discussed for $225 for 2 weeks starting right now? And will I be able to communicate with him or her via Skype?
[14/06/2010 09:27:35] Ms Cathy GS: yes, you will be able to communicate with you via Skype
[14/06/2010 09:28:32] DesignsOnline: Ok so who is my worker going to be? Can you send their name and Skype contact so that I can say hello briefly and then I will send over the Paypal payment and get started...
After asking what the name of the worker was that had been assigned to me, I didn't get an answer, ( I guess they hadn't actually got anyone specifically in mind, they were just focusing on making the sale.) So I asked to have a quick chat with the worker so I could see if they actually did speak decent English as I had been promised. But I was told that I couldn't speak to the worker until after I had paid! I was gob smacked...
[14/06/2010 09:28:57] DesignsOnline: I have a very busy day, so I need someone that can just get on with it, without needing to be trained
[14/06/2010 09:29:50] Ms Cathy GS: as soon as payment made
[14/06/2010 09:30:10] Ms Cathy GS: to make sure that you are serious about hiring staff from us
[14/06/2010 09:30:16] Ms Cathy GS: we will send staff's info to you
[14/06/2010 09:30:24] Ms Cathy GS: so that you can chat with her/him
[14/06/2010 09:39:32] Ms Cathy GS: as I said, level 2 worker does not need to be trained by you
[14/06/2010 09:41:40] DesignsOnline: You need to understand that from my point of view, im being asked to pay for something, but before im allowed to see if the worker meets my requirements in terms of their level of English, you want me to make the payment all upfront. I have agreed that I will pay upfront. However before I send a blind payment I would just like to know who my worker will be and have a brief conversation with them. As soon as im convinced that their level of English is ok, I will send the payment and get started
[14/06/2010 09:42:19] DesignsOnline: We have wasted quite a lot of time so far, and so im getting less and less value for money, (unless they do and extra day at the beginning of next month to cover for today)
Eventually they agreed to allow me to speak to the worker that I had been assigned, note that the time is now over an hour after the conversation began! ( I was expecting to have the whole thing done and dusted in 5 - 10 mins at the start...) The worker "Anne" proceeded to assure me that she could accomplish everything that I wanted.
[14/06/2010 09:48:00] Pink2501: I am so happy to chat and talk about work with U
[14/06/2010 09:48:20] DesignsOnline: We are going to be working together for the next 2 weeks, and then if it goes well you will work for me each month from then on, I would just like to know what you feel you can accomplish in a day?
[14/06/2010 09:50:53] DesignsOnline: So what can you do in a day? Linkwheels, articles, high pr links, what?
[14/06/2010 09:51:25] Pink2501: I can do all of them , even more
[14/06/2010 09:51:49] Ms Cathy GS: Anne, please let our clients know more about your content writing skills and SEO experiences
[14/06/2010 09:52:46] Pink2501: I am also confident with my ability in writing good articles and SEO
Based on these promises and assurances I sent the payment, and started to send over my instructions so that "Anne" could get started for me.
However I wasn't told that Anne wasn't actually available to work for me as she was currently working for another client...
[14/06/2010 10:18:32] Pink2501: just on phone
[14/06/2010 10:18:44] Pink2501: pls wait for me a sec
[14/06/2010 10:22:04] DesignsOnline: Let me give you some keywords now so that you can start working on the articles, and then I will send over the full details of the URLS and websites etc later
[14/06/2010 10:22:23] Pink2501: ok
[14/06/2010 10:22:23] DesignsOnline: Keywords for the first website are: <details removed>
[14/06/2010 10:28:42] Pink2501: ok, I will try my best to work
[14/06/2010 10:29:36] Pink2501: so how may articles should I write ?
[14/06/2010 10:30:02] Pink2501: is a article for one KW ?
[14/06/2010 10:31:24] DesignsOnline: Yes please, could you start by writing one unique article for each keyword.
[14/06/2010 10:31:48] Pink2501: yeah, All is clear now
[14/06/2010 10:32:20] Pink2501: I will start working for you and writing articles tomorrow
[14/06/2010 10:32:41] Pink2501: It is nearly the end of working day here
[14/06/2010 10:33:02] DesignsOnline: You should start today, what time do you start and finish?
[14/06/2010 10:33:14] DesignsOnline: What is the time there now?
[14/06/2010 10:33:40] Pink2501: 4: 35 pm now
[14/06/2010 10:34:08] DesignsOnline: what time do you finish work? I though you worked to 6pm, or do you start early?
[14/06/2010 10:34:14] Pink2501: we stop working day at 5: 30 pm
[14/06/2010 10:34:30] Pink2501: we start at 7am
[14/06/2010 10:35:03] DesignsOnline: ok so you have an hour to make a start. This will save some time tomorrow
[14/06/2010 10:36:08] Pink2501: but I am so sorry because I am working for another client now
So the next day "Anne" started "working" for me, My report at the end of the day for the days work consisted of just 4 web 2.0 profile accounts.
Obviously I complained about this, (I suspect that she was actually either also working for other clients at the same time, or had simply done nothing all day)
[16/06/2010 02:38:19] DesignsOnline: So how long do you think that it will take you to write 2 articles?
[16/06/2010 02:38:20] Pink2501: Often, we need 2 hours to write a good one
[16/06/2010 02:38:46] DesignsOnline.co: rubbish, it never takes 2 hours to write 400 words
[16/06/2010 02:38:57] Pink2501: So to finish 2 articles, we must have 4 hours
[16/06/2010 02:39:51] DesignsOnline: That is nonsense, if you are working exclusively on this project and you get on with it, it wont take more than 15 mins or 20 mins at most to write an article
[16/06/2010 02:40:54] DesignsOnline: I was told that you would be able to produce a 30 spoke linkwheel in a day for me...
[16/06/2010 02:41:30] DesignsOnline: That would be totally impossible if it took you 4 hours to write 2 articles
[16/06/2010 02:42:36] DesignsOnline: how long does it take you to spin an article several times using the Best spinner ?
[16/06/2010 02:42:43] Ms Cathy GS: Hi
[16/06/2010 02:42:46] Ms Cathy GS: Cathy is here
[16/06/2010 02:42:51] DesignsOnline: Hi Cathy
[16/06/2010 02:42:56] Ms Cathy GS: How are you?
[16/06/2010 02:43:27] DesignsOnline: Im a little bit worried, considering that yesterday a whole days work produced just 4 web 2.0 properties
[16/06/2010 02:44:19] DesignsOnline: and the article on them was a poorly written article that had not even been spun well
[16/06/2010 02:44:56] DesignsOnline: You cant justify a whole days work producing just 4 web 2.0 properties
[16/06/2010 02:46:30] Pink2501: I am sorry for talking here
[16/06/2010 02:46:43] Pink2501: But I will try to work much better to day
[16/06/2010 02:46:51] Ms Cathy GS: How many articles do you Anne to create for you per day?
[16/06/2010 02:47:06] Pink2501: And the number of 2. 0 web will be increased from now on
[16/06/2010 02:47:33] Pink2501: Yesterday , I just wrote one article
[16/06/2010 02:48:15] Pink2501: I promise I will work hard and have good working result today
[16/06/2010 02:48:27] DesignsOnline: The article yesterday was mostly just a cut and paste of the text regarding the shipping prices on the website, it wasn't really an article based on the keywords at all
[16/06/2010 02:49:00] DesignsOnline: I sent over a list of 3 separate projects to work on
[16/06/2010 02:49:21] Pink2501: yes, I know
[16/06/2010 02:49:49] DesignsOnline: to have these done by an outsourcer on BHW would cost $180 which is why I chose to compare the work with your staff
[16/06/2010 02:49:54] Pink2501: I know that U want me to work more for U
[16/06/2010 02:50:23] Pink2501: Pls believe in me , I will try more
[16/06/2010 02:50:25] DesignsOnline: I was trying to explain the situation to Cathy
[16/06/2010 02:51:05] DesignsOnline: Each project has a list of keywords and URLs, the first project just had 3 keywords
[16/06/2010 02:51:13] Ms Cathy GS: yes
[16/06/2010 02:51:26] Ms Cathy GS: I understand
[16/06/2010 03:01:21] DesignsOnline: She sent over the report which I received and was shocked at how little work had been done all day
[16/06/2010 03:01:50] DesignsOnline: so I stayed up until 2 in the morning to speak with her and find out why she had done so little
[16/06/2010 03:02:11] DesignsOnline: and I was hoping it would be a quick conversation, as I need to get to bed
[16/06/2010 03:02:44] DesignsOnline: but when she said it would take her 4 hours to write 2 little articles, I cant allow that
[16/06/2010 03:03:29] DesignsOnline: There is no point in paying someone to work for you full time if it takes them 10 times as long as anyone else to do anything... Do you see what I mean
[16/06/2010 03:05:42] DesignsOnline: I really need to go to bed now, can you please have a chat together and make sure that a full days work is done today please.
[16/06/2010 03:08:04] DesignsOnline: Send me a report at the end of the day, it doesn't have to be a long and complicated report, just a brief list if what you have done today, and hopefully it will be a productive days work. Good night
[16/06/2010 03:09:01] Ms Cathy GS: Ok, we will try to speed up the work for you
[16/06/2010 03:09:17] Ms Cathy GS: Anne will send you a report at the end of each day for your review
[16/06/2010 03:09:34] Ms Cathy GS: Good night
However things didn't really get any better, the following day I received a report containing a zip file of "Articles" that had been written, they were so poor, and didn't even contain the keywords that I had provided (I guess she spun the keywords, and they were lost) that I sat up and wrote an article myself and made a very heavily spun version that could be used to produce a good number of unique articles, and emailed it to "Anne", so that "Anne" could see what I wanted in terms of quality.
Here is an example of one of the articles that Anne had sent over:
Studio conversions are a extremely cost effective way to add liveable spot and benefit to your residence
There are several distinct varieties of Attic conversions that can be executed on your residence for example if you have a garage that is at present unused then you require to get some assist and turn this unused space into an additional space; the very same can be mentioned with a studio. A lot of of our properties have lofts and for most of us that attic is mainly decorated for storing factors such as Christmas decorations; nevertheless with the proper support you can turn your attic close to and make the most out of the added space that it can supply you.
The majority of lofts can be converted to offer you with an appealing and significant living spot. You could convert your attic to be an added residing place, a shower room, a bedroom, a play location or an office. The choices that are open to you are limitless as you have the possible to generate what ever place you wish; nevertheless as with most extensions, renovations and conversions, a attic transformation might hold several regulations and permissions. Any restrictions that you may well be facing with your Attic Conversions Essex will surround the condition and the structural capacity of your current house. It is quite essential that before you make arrangements for any operate to be carried out on your studio that you contact the appropriate authorities to locate out no matter whether the perform will demand any permission. Despite the fact that some properties may not call for any preparing permission it must be noted that all flats will.
As well as adding room to your property a studio transformation will also enhance the benefit of your house. You will be adding space and worth to your residence in one of the least complicated and more effective techniques. Converting your attic is classed as a cost efficient way of extending your residence and provides you with an less difficult choice than moving property.
If you are hoping to get a attic conversions that carried out on your home, it is important that you get the function carried out by a group that inspire confidence in the perform that they will be undertaking. If you are hoping for a studio conversion and you have already got the accurate permission that you will need then your following step is to enlist the assist of a expert creating contractor group with extremely qualified and skilled. The building contractor group that you use ought to hold out the attic transformation on your residence speedily and in a way that causes minimum disturbance to your day-to-day life.
[17/06/2010 09:16:58] DesignsOnline: Did you get the article that I rewrote and spun for you?
[17/06/2010 09:17:30] DesignsOnline: You can keep spinning that and it will produce lots of different articles for you
[17/06/2010 09:17:57] Pink2501: Did U write artciles and spin them ?
[17/06/2010 09:18:08] Pink2501: I did not receive any thing w\from u
[17/06/2010 09:18:49] DesignsOnline: Yes I had a look at the articles that you sent and they didn't make sense, so I rewrote the <details removed> one, and added the spins and emailed it over to you last night
[17/06/2010 09:19:00] DesignsOnline: I will see if I can find the email and paste it in here for you
[17/06/2010 09:19:38] Pink2501: I am sorry
So I pasted the spun article in to Skype for her, however because she hadn't checked her email it was now the end of the next day, so more rubbish had been produced already and that day wasted.
Even after detailed discussions on how I wanted the work to be done, and examples being provided, the instructions were not followed. The actual amount of work done by the person from this company who was supposed to be working for me full time is no where near what it should be. I added up all the work done at the end of the project and it works out at an average of 14.5 web 2.0 properties a day.
I suspect that if I had written the articles and spun them myself and just asked Anne to create the web 2.0 properties, things would have been a little bit better, but even so thae actual speed of work is not good enough.
I have to say that I am disopointed in this service to say the least.