how I’ve hired content writers within 48 hours or less<\/a>. But what you’re going to want to do here is you’re going to want to go on major freelance websites like Upwork, or you can even check out some writer forums, or even some Reddit sometimes in order to find some writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd what you’re going to do from there is you’re going to be looking for expertise. People that can write on the niche that you are interested in. The purpose of this at this point is for you to be able to find just one or two additional writers to introduce to your team. I don’t recommend you hire too many writers at once, but I do recommend that if you can hire your writers in pairs. The reason why is because that way you can compare one writer to the other writer and see which one is better for you. Or in the case where both work out really well for you. Well then you have two content writers that are then going to be able to start scaling your site really quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what’s really important here is that in your RFP, you’re making it really clear the five Ws and how, who, what, where, when, why, and how. It’s really important that you outline for them what’s the budget, what’s the topic you’re writing about, what are some of the requirements that you’re going to have in terms of SEO in process, and then from there, start working through the different qualified candidates to see who can write quality content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quality content is honestly pretty subjective. There’s tons of tools out there, like Clearscope as well as Grammarly to grade your writing and whatnot. But what’s really important is that you think that the job that they’re doing as well is really good. The reason why is because ultimately, you’re the one paying the bill, and so it’s really important that you make sure that that’s the case, especially since it’s your website as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step #5: Scaling your first 50 posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The fifth and final step, when it comes to starting to scale your site after you’ve written the first 10 posts, this is where it’s all about scaling up to your first 50 posts next. So at this point, you’ve made it to post number 11, and you’re really looking to look down further down the road in terms of what your site’s going to be all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So this is where you need to have all the sort of pieces in place that we mentioned in steps one through four in order to start thinking about how you’re going to get to post number 50. That is the next major milestone for you, because by the time you hit post number 50, you’re now going to have pretty much a small to medium-sized site that is going to start ranking for something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It might not be exactly what you set out to rank for, but it is going to be for something. And so at this point, it’s all about thinking about how many writers is it going to take for me to reach post number 50? How many do I have to write myself? How much budget do I have to just go ahead and hire other people to write this? And what is my timeline in terms of releasing this sort of content?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you start to ask yourself these sorts of questions, you can start to set realistic expectations for yourself in terms of what your set is going to be like in one month, three months, six months, and even a year from now. Without setting these sorts of goals in mind, you’re going to find it really difficult to stay motivated, especially when you’re in those early days when you’re not getting all that much signal or feedback back from Google or whatever search engine you’re looking to rank for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reason why I think it’s so important to think about what you’re doing for post number 11 is because that’s the perfect time when you have enough of your feet under you to have the foundation in place to start building your website, but it’s not too far along in your journey in which you have really settled in on your processes and that they are set in stone and you can’t change them later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a perfect time to really assess what’s going to work for you and your own systems, and then from there, start scaling your team. The nice thing about this is that if you do this right and you follow these five steps carefully, what’s going to happen is you’re going to be able to apply this from post number 51 to 501.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s honestly all, not all that much different. There are some nuances in terms of what you need to watch out for and things like that that come with scaling a team, but honestly, the fundamentals are largely the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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