Services and Rates
Blogging
Blogs are a great way to promote your business, grow your web traffic, engage your current customers and attract new customers.
I offer three types of blog content:
Content writing
With so many businesses offering similar services, how can you stay on top of the crowd and convince potential customers to choose you over the competition? A well-written blog with topics relevant to your industry shows potential customers that you're experienced, knowledgeable about what you do and that you're on top of current industry trends. Blogging is the way to prove that you know your business.
I offer fully researched, well-written and fully edited articles that capitalise on current industry trends. Due to a background in journalism, I never miss a deadline and I'm fast!
My specialities are adventure sports, mental health, arts and theatre, healthcare, IT, journalism, public speaking and creative writing.
But I'm willing to put my pen to anything and love a new challenge!
Content writing examples:
Fight the fear: How to overcome fear when rock-climbing
One of my clients runs an indoor climbing wall. A lot of new climbers give up on the sport or struggle to progress due to one of three most common fears outlined in the article below. The article instructs climbers on how to overcome these types of fear, with the aim being to encourage nervous customers to continue climbing at the indoor wall.
Why should you learn to lead climb?
This blog article outlines the benefits of learning how to lead climb and advertises the client's new coaching lessons on lead climbing.
Rates:
Single blog articles: 500 words - £30 // 1000 words - £50
Blocks of four blog articles: 4x 500 words - £100 // 4x 1000 words - £180 (blocks of four saves £20)
Content writing with white hat SEO
SEO stands for search engine optimisation; it's a 'blanket term' to describe a wide variety of tools to increase your web traffic and to boost your ranking in search engines such as google (getting on the first page). Optimising your blog content means incorporating structurally placed keywords to boost your rank in search engines, link-building to increase domain authority and writing on industry trends to drive traffic to your website (and boost your sales!) Using SEO in your blog articles increases your amount of readers and builds your reputation as an authority in your industry.
Example of SEO in content writing:
Four health benefits of a clean and tidy home
Promotional article for a client who runs a cleaning business to attract new customers. The article outlines the positive health benefits you can gain by hiring a cleaner.
Rates:
Single blog posts: 500 words - £35 // 1000 words - £60
Blocks of four: 500 words - £120 // 1000 words - £220 (Blocks of four saves £20)
Journalism - Interview-based Blog Articles
Interviewing your customers can make a fantastic promotional blog post. Potential customers are naturally suspicious when the seller/business owner says that their service can positively change lives. Your happy customers and their inspiring stories are the real proof that potential customers need your services in their lives! I have two years experience as a news and features journalist, interviewing the general public, and two years experience as News Sub-Editor for The Voice newspaper and online local news blog. I have also produced many interview-based articles for my clients.
We can organise the project from start to finish. We conduct the interview, write the article, edit and polish then send it to you. If you wish, we can even contact your customers and arrange the interviews. We're happy to travel to conduct interviews and there's no extra charge! (within half an hour's drive). We are also happy to take photographs - nothing sells better than a happy, smiley face! Scroll down for our photography rates.
Examples of interview-based blogs:
The benefits of Taekwon-do for kids on the autistic spectrum
Five amazing benefits of martial arts for kids
The benefits of training in Taekwon-do for adults
Where has climbing taken you?
The benefits of climbing on mental health
Heroines of the crag - Why should more women climb?
Rates (all articles are approx. 1000 words):
Interview with one person - £40
Interview with multiple people: add £10 onto base price of £40 for each additional person.
Order 4 articles and receive £20 off of total price
Blogs are a great way to promote your business, grow your web traffic, engage your current customers and attract new customers.
I offer three types of blog content:
Content writing
With so many businesses offering similar services, how can you stay on top of the crowd and convince potential customers to choose you over the competition? A well-written blog with topics relevant to your industry shows potential customers that you're experienced, knowledgeable about what you do and that you're on top of current industry trends. Blogging is the way to prove that you know your business.
I offer fully researched, well-written and fully edited articles that capitalise on current industry trends. Due to a background in journalism, I never miss a deadline and I'm fast!
My specialities are adventure sports, mental health, arts and theatre, healthcare, IT, journalism, public speaking and creative writing.
But I'm willing to put my pen to anything and love a new challenge!
Content writing examples:
Fight the fear: How to overcome fear when rock-climbing
One of my clients runs an indoor climbing wall. A lot of new climbers give up on the sport or struggle to progress due to one of three most common fears outlined in the article below. The article instructs climbers on how to overcome these types of fear, with the aim being to encourage nervous customers to continue climbing at the indoor wall.
Why should you learn to lead climb?
This blog article outlines the benefits of learning how to lead climb and advertises the client's new coaching lessons on lead climbing.
Rates:
Single blog articles: 500 words - £30 // 1000 words - £50
Blocks of four blog articles: 4x 500 words - £100 // 4x 1000 words - £180 (blocks of four saves £20)
Content writing with white hat SEO
SEO stands for search engine optimisation; it's a 'blanket term' to describe a wide variety of tools to increase your web traffic and to boost your ranking in search engines such as google (getting on the first page). Optimising your blog content means incorporating structurally placed keywords to boost your rank in search engines, link-building to increase domain authority and writing on industry trends to drive traffic to your website (and boost your sales!) Using SEO in your blog articles increases your amount of readers and builds your reputation as an authority in your industry.
Example of SEO in content writing:
Four health benefits of a clean and tidy home
Promotional article for a client who runs a cleaning business to attract new customers. The article outlines the positive health benefits you can gain by hiring a cleaner.
Rates:
Single blog posts: 500 words - £35 // 1000 words - £60
Blocks of four: 500 words - £120 // 1000 words - £220 (Blocks of four saves £20)
Journalism - Interview-based Blog Articles
Interviewing your customers can make a fantastic promotional blog post. Potential customers are naturally suspicious when the seller/business owner says that their service can positively change lives. Your happy customers and their inspiring stories are the real proof that potential customers need your services in their lives! I have two years experience as a news and features journalist, interviewing the general public, and two years experience as News Sub-Editor for The Voice newspaper and online local news blog. I have also produced many interview-based articles for my clients.
We can organise the project from start to finish. We conduct the interview, write the article, edit and polish then send it to you. If you wish, we can even contact your customers and arrange the interviews. We're happy to travel to conduct interviews and there's no extra charge! (within half an hour's drive). We are also happy to take photographs - nothing sells better than a happy, smiley face! Scroll down for our photography rates.
Examples of interview-based blogs:
The benefits of Taekwon-do for kids on the autistic spectrum
Five amazing benefits of martial arts for kids
The benefits of training in Taekwon-do for adults
Where has climbing taken you?
The benefits of climbing on mental health
Heroines of the crag - Why should more women climb?
Rates (all articles are approx. 1000 words):
Interview with one person - £40
Interview with multiple people: add £10 onto base price of £40 for each additional person.
Order 4 articles and receive £20 off of total price
Editing Services
Want to start writing a blog for your business? Maybe you're an expert in your field but know that you're not the best writer? Grammatical mistakes can make articles look unprofessional and can have a negative impact on your business. If you enjoy writing blogs, but know that they could benefit from a professional polish, consider hiring an editor.
Besides a first-class writing-related degree, I have two years' experience as sub-editor on The Voice newspaper and additional experience as copy-editor for the Vertical Limit Climbing Blog.
Editing services include blog articles, website copy, and creative writing and start from £10 per hour.
Basic Edit - includes spelling, grammar, check for consistency, tone and structure, and partial re-write - £10 per hour.
Re-write edit - for articles that need a complete re-write - £15 per hour.
You will be advised on which of these categories your project falls under on inquiry.
Want to start writing a blog for your business? Maybe you're an expert in your field but know that you're not the best writer? Grammatical mistakes can make articles look unprofessional and can have a negative impact on your business. If you enjoy writing blogs, but know that they could benefit from a professional polish, consider hiring an editor.
Besides a first-class writing-related degree, I have two years' experience as sub-editor on The Voice newspaper and additional experience as copy-editor for the Vertical Limit Climbing Blog.
Editing services include blog articles, website copy, and creative writing and start from £10 per hour.
Basic Edit - includes spelling, grammar, check for consistency, tone and structure, and partial re-write - £10 per hour.
Re-write edit - for articles that need a complete re-write - £15 per hour.
You will be advised on which of these categories your project falls under on inquiry.
Add-ons:
Photography
Including media elements in blog posts, such as photos, can boost engagement. Readers can spot a stock-photo from a mile away, and using stock-photos can also be legally problematic for advertising and business use. It looks much more professional to have photos of you/your business or establishment to accompany blog posts than generic stock photos. We offer the option to add-on original photographs to any content writing or interview-based articles from only £10. The total cost is calculated from time spent photographing on site and time editing. The typical price for four original photos is £20 (1 hour on site + 1 hour editing). We have 2x Nikon DSLR professional cameras and a range of professional lenses from 10mm - 200mm (Nikon and Sigma brand), a range of professional Hoya filters and professional editing software (Adobe Photoshop).
**Discount for new clients - I am currently offering all new clients a 10% discount on their first commission on all of my services**
Photography
Including media elements in blog posts, such as photos, can boost engagement. Readers can spot a stock-photo from a mile away, and using stock-photos can also be legally problematic for advertising and business use. It looks much more professional to have photos of you/your business or establishment to accompany blog posts than generic stock photos. We offer the option to add-on original photographs to any content writing or interview-based articles from only £10. The total cost is calculated from time spent photographing on site and time editing. The typical price for four original photos is £20 (1 hour on site + 1 hour editing). We have 2x Nikon DSLR professional cameras and a range of professional lenses from 10mm - 200mm (Nikon and Sigma brand), a range of professional Hoya filters and professional editing software (Adobe Photoshop).
**Discount for new clients - I am currently offering all new clients a 10% discount on their first commission on all of my services**