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How to hire a freelance copywriter

This article originally appeared at nonprofitmarcommunity.com.

As a busy nonprofit communicator, your to-do list is mountain-high and you can’t imagine finding the time to write the content you need. Is it time to bring in the help of a freelance copywriter? Have you done so before? Once you’ve secured the budget, hiring a writer should be a simple process, but to be efficient, choose the right supplier and start the project off right, it’s important to be prepared.

My copywriting process

Although it’s my specialty, copywriting is rarely something that just happens magically for me. Even a professional copywriter has to grapple with that annoying interval between an idea or assignment, and the words flowing into a document.

Though it can happen, I rarely just sit down and write. In fact, I have a bit of a process and routine I go through in order to distill the ideas and information I have on hand, get into the mindset for writing and actually start producing content.

What to pay a professional copywriter

What to pay a professional copywriter

Questions about the cost of copywriting services are among the first to arise when I speak with new clients. By nature, every copywriting assignment is custom work, so giving a detailed quote requires some level of briefing; even a ball-park price range is best delivered after I understand some of the top-level details. However, I’d like to attempt to shed some light on what you can expect to pay a professional copywriter, based on my own work.

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