| I'm big on writing. On some days, I churn out 10 to 20 | | | | write for someone else, I'd rather be a roaming |
| articles. But I don't ghostwrite for someone else or do | | | | freelancer than to be tied under someone. |
| any freelancing work. | | | | The best-case scenario is if you gather a group of |
| I recently got approached by some 'guru's to do some | | | | people to write for you. |
| writing work for them. Flattered as I was, I had to | | | | Envision this for a moment: |
| refuse them politely. And we still maintain the | | | | You only have 24 hours a day. If you hire 3 writers to |
| relationship. I made it clear that I'm a marketer and not | | | | write for you, you are leveraging their time too. And if |
| purely a writer and they get it. | | | | you hire an army of writers to churn out articles for |
| The reason is this: I'd rather build my own business | | | | you in a short space of time, you have the potential |
| than someone else's. I don't care if it's a guru or not. | | | | for massive long-term traffic. Your articles will be |
| Most gurus will be out to 'use' you if they see you are | | | | working for you round the clock to get traffic and |
| a good writer. Truth is, they don't have much intention | | | | sales for you. If you write for someone else, it will be |
| of reciprocating in the future unless you suddenly crop | | | | your articles doing the work for them. |
| up with a big email list. | | | | As an employee and as a freelancer or a ghostwriter, |
| Yeah, so that's why I write for myself. If I wanted to | | | | you can't do that! |