@se900se, I get why this thread has angered you. It's "bad for business". What I don't get is why, instead of fixing the issues, offering review copies, and taking the customer service route, you are instead acting like a child and placing 100% of the blame on
@hasa1015 not asking for revisions. If I pay $50 for a 500-word article, as people have already stated, I expect professional-level work. Not to have to guide the writer through revisions. And if I'm paying a dime for every word a writer is typing out, I also expect far better customer service than you are offering. You said in the post above "
Revisions to revise everything including basic grammar mistakes." I'm not sure if you are new to the content game or not, but your job as a writer is to fix those errors before giving them to the buyer. Again, especially at $10 per 100 words. I'm not paying to be Grammarly for you. That's fucking ridiculous.
After reading through all of them, the three best that I saw were
@kyescontent,
@Floopa75 and
@reallife. Their writing style is on par with close to what I would write on the same topic. I've ordered from Kye before, and their customer service and attention to detail is very much in-demand. In fact, I've ordered content from probably at least 10 of the people targeted in this case study. My experiences were along a very similar vein to what was attained in this thread.
This is one of my favorite threads that I've seen all year. Why? Because it alleviates the issue of "
is this review copy/sample far above what I will receive so the writer can grab a sale?" I've said this before, I'll say it again I'm sure:
The samples that a content writer gives you is their sales copy. This thread brings up a very common problem that, while not discussed much on BHW, is rampant. People overselling their services in order to make a fast dollar. This was a content audit, and I'm very glad it happened, as I was a few days away from sending se900se a message, and I guarantee the samples received would have been ten-times reviewed and glowing like no other.
Thinking Harry has an agenda on this is laughable. Thinking that Nick benefits from it in any way is even more laughable. I honestly believe that Harry has a similar line of thinking that I do. Help the community without having my fucking hand out for scraps. Believe it or not, there are people on here who do large-scale projects like this without expecting anything in return. There is nothing on his thread site that leads me to believe that he would open his nine-month-dormant sales thread that he asked to be closed, or try to monetize the review site for personal gain. If that were the case, he'd be a moron to not put ads up in the first place yesterday when he had thousands of visitors and a stone-cold-low bounce rate. Harry has done
multiple things for me just in the past few months without expecting a single thing in return, even when I insisted that he let me pay him.
This all being said, here is what I would have done differently:
1) Put this in the Jr. VIP Lounge, which would have alleviated most of the "he's doing this for his own thread's benefit" bullshit.
2) Had Google Docs links in-thread versus a dedicated website, although I understand the reasoning completely.
3) Spread this out over the course of several months, and asked the seller for a different topic. This would fuzz out the one-off issues and give a solid portrayal of how the writer tackles a variety of topics.
All in all, I'm extremely happy this thread and project exists. It was a refreshing diversion from other bullshit attempts at this like Josh's "I'm going to make a seal and review everything" shitshow. It shows me who to avoid, who knows their shit, who can deliver quickly, and who will delay the ever loving fuck out of you for an average-ass article. Also,
@alwaysinvisible, holla atcha boy when you are getting ready to start your service up.
@bossofthebosses does not write the articles, he finds expired ones that have already been written. So their service isn't applicable for these kinds of case studies. But that is besides the point, as dollar for dollar it is definitely the best content deal for things such as PBN's and whatnot. Source: I've ordered 1,000+ articles from them over the past few months, and they overdeliver every damn time.
