Essay Writing Under the Economic Crisis

Survival Guide For Freelance Academic Writers

© Daria Przybyla

Mar 27, 2009
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The global economic downturn affected most industries and essay writing is no exception.

Once prosperous and popular essay companies witness more and more clients requesting only minor editing services, or withdrawing previously ordered projects. As a consequence, writers are deprived of the multiplicity as well as variety of assignments they are used to. Plus, pay per page drills down all the time. Freelance essay writers who contract their customers on individual basis have lost many regulars and have no prospects of replacing them with new ones anytime soon.

The financial crisis is echoed in nearly every sphere of freelance writing. Academic writing may have suffered the most, because big sums of money are involved in it. Just one year ago, essay writers working full-time were able to pull out from 4 to 6 thousand dollars per month. Currently, many of them merely strive to make ends meet.

How to Increase Essay Writing Income

There are some ways in which essay writers can secure their income and keep it on a livable level. Here are some tips:

  • Get hired by multiple essay companies – the more employments you have, the more orders you can apply for. In order to get hired by top essay writing sites, you will have to manifest great writing skills, broad academic expertise, and high-quality writing clips. You may have to update your freelance academic writer’s resume and search for various essay writing opportunities.
  • Advertise your services with the help of relevant sites such as ifreelance.com. Such sites offer free display of your writer’s portfolio and facilitate contacting potential customers for freelance essay writing assignments.
  • Start net-working through blogs, forums, and online communities. You can use site such as Facebook, Twitter, Xomba, and many others. In this way, you can get in touch with many college students who need essay writing help but can’t afford essay sites. Also, remember to link to your blog offering freelance essay writing services in all your public profiles.
  • Start a blog or build a free website together with fellow freelance essays writers. The more diversity in offered services you will have – the better. Sites like that often get bookmarked and do well in google searches.

Alternative Opportunities for Freelance Essay Writers

If you don’t want to waste your energy for time-consuming advertising and additional job searches, you may simply switch to minor services such as editing, research assistance, writing summaries, and giving online lessons. You can also quit your essay writing career in search of greener pastures – in this case you can consider other types of writing online.

While it’s more and more difficult for writers to make money from freelance essay writing, certain academic writers' tools can save them from professional stagnation. Hopefully, in months to come the essay writing crisis will be gradually decreasing.


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