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Any comment on what price was offered? Curious what the going cost for funding this type of activity is. I assume drastically cheaper than desired result profi
by ethbro 8y ago
Any comment on what price was offered?
Curious what the going cost for funding this type of activity is. I assume drastically cheaper than desired result profits, but in comparison to traditional advertising?
- smacktoward 8y agoI didn't get far enough in this particular conversation to suss out what they're willing to pay. Generally speaking, freelance writers are paid on the order of pennies per word. Writer's Market has some guidelines for freelancers on pricing their work here: http://www.writersmarket.com/assets/pdf/how_much_should_i_charge.pdf http://www.writersmarket.com/assets/pdf/how_much_should_i_ch...
- fouc 8y agoOk, given that they approached you, and based on the per project prices suggested in that link, it could've been around $2.5k and up.
- Latteland 8y agoIs is immoral to write something that you might not feel is exactly a lie but pushes an opinion that you don't agree with very strongly? I think this is immoral, but if someone needed the money I wouldn't quibble as much. I know some people will just say that is PR but you can give the press a helpful to your side view of the world without lying and creating a false perception that someone supports something they really don't. But I'm kind of an idealist :-)
- fouc 8y agoI agree it is immoral