Make More Money From Your Ideas

"How do I get articles written on my topic? I've written the outlines of some articles, but I don't have time to write them out in full."

Use a service like elance.com to find writers.

I've never had Elance writers do articles, but I have had them write entire e-books for me. The going rate seems to be about US$8-10 per page. So for 15 articles, you're looking at about US$150, though I would be tempted to set a budget of US$200 to get a higher quality response.

If you go to Elance.com, browse the projects and search for articles, you'll see a whole bunch of other projects listed here. Use them as a model for writing your bid.

Attach your article outlines as part of the bid, so that the writers can see what you have written already, and can base your bid on that.

Say something like "300-400 word articles" or "one-page articles" so they know the length.

When you do choose somebody, ask them to feed the articles to you as they write them, so that you can review them as you go and keep track of progress.

Elance.com is a wonderful resource for suppliers in a variety of areas.

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