Using Guru.com to Hire Writers and Web Designers
How to Buy Web Content and Web Design Through Guru
May 25, 2009
Most Web publishers have ongoing needs for content and design for their websites. Like other freelance bidding sites, Guru.com is a place for website owners to hire freelancer writers and website designers to provide the services they need.
Hiring Freelance Writers
To buy Web page content, members of Guru.com can place job listings on the site's Writing / Editing / Translation or Marketing / Advertising / Sales / PR categories, depending on the exact needs of the buyer. The listing should describe exactly what the project requirements are, including the time period for delivering the Web content, the length of the finished items and the qualifications the writer should have.
Freelancer writers can apply to the projects they wish to win by offering a bid price for the completed project. The employer is free to choose the provider they choose by any criteria they choose. Some employers choose the most qualifies freelance writer, some choose the one with a style that most closely matches what they are looking for and others choose the one with the lowest bid.
Employers can also search through Guru writer profiles to find writers with the exact specifications and feedback rating that they want and extend project invitations to them. If the listing is to be available only to an invited freelance writers, the project can be created as an invitation only project.
Hire Freelance Website Designers
For web design, Guru members can hire a freelance Web designer to create their own custom Web templates, to change the design of a website or any other website design services. To buy Web page design or Web templates, the process is much the same as buying Web content. Website designers can be chosen from the Website Design / Website Marketing category on the basis of their website design portfolios, the feedback they have gotten from other Web design projects or by the bid price.
Other Web Publishing Providers
There are several other Guru.com categories that can provide services to Web publishers. A graphic design category allows Web publishers to find someone to design logos or business cards. The Programming / Software / Database Development category allows website owners to find a programmer for their sites as well as to design custom software.
Guru.com has more than 100,000 providers on file to provide a wide variety of web services. This provides buyers with an enormous pool of freelancers that can perform just about any task related to website content, architecture and design.
