[taprun]

I keep a blog centered around a niche topic (the pricing and positioning of software applications). I created a backlog of 300+ ideas for posts, but rarely look at it.

Once I got into the habit of writing something every day, my posts became easier to write. The discipline I gained by writing a book on the same topic helped immensely.

It's extremely risky to go with low-bidders for blog content. You'll wind up with low quality articles that make your company appear sub par.

How much is a blog post worth? As with all things, it depends. That's like asking how much a car is worth. Are you buying a Ferrari or a Toyota? Do you want to create content for SEO or to interest potential customers? How much research is required for your articles? How original do you need your content to be?

A link to your site would allow us to provide more detail.

[nemexy]

I offer web sites and different web/desktop systems for hotels and restaurants and I have reached 2,000$ monthly revenue/most of it is profit/. This includes web sites, booking systems, some legal documents, specific SMS services. Also I partner with a marketing company, so there are additional commisions, which is what I use to pay the bills, so everything that I make through the main startup gets into a fund, that I want to use to grow the product.

I am looking for good content with useful information, that could attract clients. Posts that will be published in high traffic blogs or magazines. I tried with 40-50$ for 750-850 words in oDesk, but didn't work out that great as I received only offers from people, who were clearly not native English speakers.

Is it worth hiring people, where English is the second language/it actually is my third language/ and get a editor, who would polish the content for me. This is what I used to do for the last 4-5 months.

I like writing, I really do. But I reached a point, when I am not sure it is worth doing that, instead I could focus at sales/programming, which is what I do right now.