10 Things you Wanted to Know About Content Writing Freelance

Content writing freelance is quite a famous and emerging field. Today, the requirement for a good content writer is increasing at an exponential rate.

Every third person today owns his business and needs to hire some good content writers. So today, I’ll answer every question which you should know about Content Writing Freelance.

Here we go!

10 Questions about Content Writing Freelance 

Q1. What is content writing freelance?

A content writing freelancer is someone who works independently on a project and writes content for his clients. He can work with his team or alone.

Also read: How to start content writing freelance without experience?

Q2. How does a content writing freelancer works?

This is the frequently asked question.

Generally, a content writer has some content samples for landing the projects. In most cases, he manages a team of writers or writing interns who write the content for him.

He takes the project requirement from clients directly or indirectly from online sources and then distributes it among his team-mates and interns.

Q3. What do you need to start content writing freelance?

Frankly speaking, nothing!

Yes! You got it right. Nothing like a big degree. All that’s required are some qualities such as dedication, persistence, and patience, and these skills.

However, it will be an added advantage if you have some knowledge about WordPress, Jumla,Wix, Weebly, and basic programming. Yet, it is not that big a hurdle.

Q4. How much money can you make with content writing freelance?

“The only way to actually make a career out of writing is by getting paid for it.”

It really depends upon the work one does as a freelancer. As per the survey of Indeed, an average salary of a freelance writer is ₹ 16,099 per month in India.

Q5. How to become a good content writing freelancer?

Writing is something which improves by doing it regularly. However, there are some steps involved for becoming a good content creator:

1. Make an online business profile

2. Make a team of writers

3. Contact to the clients and showcase your skills

4. Land some projects

5. Manage your team and clients effectively

6. Map a roll-out plan and grow your writing skills

Q6. What is the role of content creator?

A content creator writes useful content for his/her clients. He pushes the best to the internet and benefits the world with his contributions.

However, the work of a freelancer is not restricted to content creation; they can manage other things as well like SEO, online promotion, and other aspects.

Q7. What will be the future of content writing freelance?

There are huge opportunities coming for future content creators and digital marketers. They will get their jobs in many start-ups and core companies.

Once you gain enough experience, you will start earning 5-10 l/pa, and without working in a boring 9 to 5 desktop job.

You will get around 50-55% hike in your salary after working two or three years.

Q8. How to find and write trending content for your client?

Now this one’s an amazing question. Finding the trending topic is not that much hard to find. You can easily find it over the social platforms, newspapers, and routine blogs.

Some websites such as HubSpot, Buzz, Buffer and Moz are easy to be adopted for this same purpose.

Q9. What are some tips for content writer’s success?

I will mention all the tips in the points given below.

• Write an audience-focused content
• Perform well in search engines and give quality content
• Keep the topics dynamic
• Expertly written and super readable content

Q10. What is the success ratio of freelance writing?

The survey taken by the Content Wonk tells the following points about the success ratio of freelancer.

• Low earners: Writers who earns less than $15 per hour. 28% of the freelancers fall into this group

• Medium earners: Writers who earns $15-$45 per hour. 44% of the freelancers surveyed fall into this group

• High earners: Writers who earns $45 per hour. 28% freelancers surveyed fall into this group

Conclusion

A good content is very essential for any business if it desires to achieve success and growth. And so the content creator!

Content writing offers a good amount and you can get the job easily.

However, the only way to become a good content writer is to hone your skills every day.

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