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How to Hire Excellent Content Writers

How to Hire Good Content Writers

• CHOOSE YOUR CONTENT WRITER HIRING PLATFORM

• Upwork

• Problogger

• Content Beast

• Linked In

• Fivver

• Your company website

• SET UP YOUR COMPANY/BRAND BLOG JOB DESCRIPTION

• Make sure you job ad is friendly and engaging

• Create a section to showcase your company

  See description

• Include your content strategy

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• Include writers roles and responsibilities and project details

• Include salary range

• Include project length

• Include that part of the interview process is a paid writing test

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• Include how writers should apply

• BEGIN WRITING TEST/ONBOARDING PROCESS

• STEP 1: EMAIL THE WRITING TEST AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING;

• Include some writing samples or a link to your blog

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• Include a few interview questions in email that writer can submit back to you

• Pitch a blog topic, along with a short description

• Include your blog content strategy ( create a checklist that they can easily follow)

• If they submit content back that you find is a good fit or you continue to step 2

• STEP 2: ONBOARDING PROCESS

• Set up a call or zoom to go over the project in more details

• Send writer your company onboarding documents

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• Have writer sign contract (if this makes sense for your company/brand)

• STEP 3: ASSIGN PROJECT

• Give writer all project details

• Make sure they understand deadlines and writing process

• Set up a call to review give feedback on first article

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