Thanks for the encouragement!

Thanks for the encouragement!

I feel like I have sharpened my skills already and I have only written 8 articles!

Hi Tyrell,

It certainly is a big challenge, but I enjoy big challenges! I am certain that if I am self disciplined and work hard to continuously put out the best content possible, it will give me a decent chance of success.

All the best!

Yes, that is great advice Andrea and I will definitely explore that avenue.

All the best!

Great idea editing the article to suit my style!

Jeez 1000 articles in a month?!?! Did that guy even sleep? haha. I'll give it a read now.

It may depend on the niche. I do not think a freelance writer is able to write about mountaineering and equipment as I do. Those who know anything about climbing will see the difference. You have to sweat and to suffer a lot before you are able to say which pack is great and provide best ventilation, or which boots will offer the best ankle support. Just my thinking.

And that's when a good freelancer will work closely with their client. Clients need to give relevant information to the person they outsource to - I don't have to have gone through labor to know that it's painful! Just my opinion :)

Thanks for the advice Jude.
An example of where I might explore outsourcing in the future (not quite yet) is the Book Review section on my site. This is because I am a full time student and will soon have a part-time job and I do not have time to read a lot and then write a detailed review.

This section will be quite different to the other sections on my site so I'm not too bothered if it seems a touch different in writing style. I will still want to write 100% of the product reviews, Stuff to Avoid advice, Fitness advice and Blog posts.

Do you think this is a good plan?

Yes, most people outsource book reviews - I've written hundreds of them :)

There is no relevant information to pass Jude. You must feel it on your back to know if it takes you off the balance on a steep scramble, and you will have to walk 100 kilometers to break a pair of boots to realize what it means breaking-in boots and how many blisters they may make even if top brand.

Well we are all entitled to our opinion and that's what makes this community an interesting and diverse one. I have many long-term clients who get the results they want from my writing and that's why they keep on hiring me :)

I am not talking about you Jude, know nothing about your writing so how could I.

See my very first sentence in the discussion. It is not the matter of opinion. In some (rare) cases it is about life. I had a leaking tent at 3000 meters altitude and had to search for a shelter in storm after midnight.

Hi Jovo,

Have you had much success by sticking to this strategy? I noticed that a formula that Kyle always uses is;

Number of Posts x 5 viewers per day x 30 = Amount of traffic per month.

In your experience, is this accurate?

All the best!

From my own experience this formula does not work and I do not wish to argue with Kyle or anybody about this. As I said, this is my experience but it may work for others.

About success, how do you define it? I have 91% of my posts in the top 3 pages in Google, half of my posts are on the top page in Google. My traffic is terrible.

One extra: I doubt you will have high quality posts of 500 words as you write above. They may rank (I have top ranked post of 360 words), but this does not make them high quality. High quality post is not written with a prescribed number of words, it just happen to be high quality and you will know this only when you press 'publish' button and say to yourself 'I did a great job here'. This is a result of inspiration and knowledge.

I would agree with your sentiment on the right number of words for a post. I have written a couple where I feel it is an excellent post only to have a look and find it is 600 words (or so).

Other times I have written 1300 words and gone, too much rambling, gone in a pruned it back to 1100 and found it to be good.

Each to their own I say but I do use Kyle's comments as a guide.

Steve, If your daily traffic is 5 times the number of your posts, you are doing great. I am not.

Well that part of Kyle's guidelines is a massive result and yes you would be doing good. A good target to strive for, damn hard to get there!

I'd love to have 5 times the number of my posts as traffic, but like you I don't.

Ah right, that was because I linked the PDF haha.

Here it is; Traffic Explosion 3.0 - The New Rules to Internet Marketing

At the minute, I do not want to hire a freelancer, but my viewpoint may be a little different after writing 100 articles!

I am on a very tight budget at the minute as I am a University Student, but if my site starts to turn a profit, I may invest that money back into the site to get more traffic.

I am a big fan of long term goals over short term profit. This is also why I am also going to keep Ads off my site.

That's the plan anyways!