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Originally Posted by Ayla_SquareTurtle
I wouldn't have guessed so, no.
Personally, I don't even like to write lots and lots of blog entries at once these days. They just bore me after a while, plus for blogs, most people want native English speakers at outsource rates, one or two cents per word. I far prefer to do reviews, spend some time actually writing something instead of throwing some buzz words together, and get paid a decent rate. Since I've done over 2000 of them, I think I'm pretty good at it.
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I have been a professional blogger for three years now. And I tend to agree with Ayla. Writing quality posts is something that's time-consuming and tedious. It isn't just something you can just produce. Most of the time, you need a lot of lead time to prepare (research can be a bitch), and most times, things need to be well-thought out if quality is important. I even remember beating my head to think of something new to say. Though some clients do understand the writing process, the reality is churning things out on a daily basis can be punishing for real professional writers. Especially if it's not just the only thing that needs to be done (I also have to think about those bookmarks, etc.). You don't know how especially tedious it is to work with keywords just to turn in decent work. I have writer friends especially bitch about keywords that have nouns first before adjectives, and how they need to force that phrase into a decent sentence.
On top of that, you also have to be mindful of the people reading the blog, because it has to be something that speaks about them and still manage to entertain them. And in order for you to achieve that is that you have to infuse some part of your personality (real or imagined) so that the blog some out as something worthwhile, and not just a place where you sell visitors something.
Before this gig, I have been writing for magazines and for ad agencies. And as the level of quality of work is much more refined there (well, to my experience), blogging takes more out of you because it is a demanding exercise.
That's why I feel a little disheartened that a lot of good writers I know who blog, would rather write reviews or even just write descriptions. And I feel even more disappointed when clients have unrealistic expectations with results in the blogs. Blogs takes months before it becomes viable, especially if it's adult in nature. Unless the blog has really exclusive material to work with, a minimum of three to four months is needed so that the blog can find an audience and get a proper fix in SEO. When the blogs are prematurely judged for not performing so soon, it becomes the fault of the writer.
So I could agree that it will be more difficult to get good professional bloggers because the turnaround is so quick.