…introducing Skrife, your remote written content team. Here’s our intro post explaining what we do. Please let me know what you think.
TL;DR
The fact that we all have stories and opinions worth sharing doesn’t mean that we can all communicate them clearly. This is the exact problem Skrife is created to solve. Skrife helps entrepreneurs and startups write what they have to say to their audience in their own voice, only better. We are an online platform that leverages our curated community of high quality freelance writers and editors to help you transform your thoughts into words that resonate with your target audience.
We want a world where everyone sticks to their craft — let the writers write and the entrepreneurs build awesome businesses. You struggle with writing, we love it.
Comments, suggestions, feedback very welcome. Also, please sign up on www.skrife.com to know when we officially launch.
This is a good idea, given I have been bemused of late because of the contents I have been reading online of late, so many hurriedly conjured write ups on web pages.
I believe different industries have different clientele focus and thus differing content, how do u bridge this gap?
I like the sound of this as it appears suitable for a global audience from day 1.
Although I think the need you describe (from your intro post) are real, but It doesn’t give much details as to how you aim to achieve them. For instance, would you help manage a startups social media accounts (say Twitter,FB etc) or just provide content? Would they provide details of what they want and you provide a quote? Or is it standard prices by say topics, interests, industry etc? Lots of questions that probably an FAQ will provide answers.
And it appears slightly odd for a startup with content as your core product, that you’ve not produced a lot of content already (at least on your blog or medium). How does that work out? Probably missing an excellent opportunity to show case your style of writing perhaps even with different authors.
I’ve signed up! I’m probably = 1 customer in the bag. Definitely something we need as we’re looking for more writers on our blog, to provide relevant content targeted at small business owners. If you need beta testers, my DM is still open.
Thanks for your feedback! Every writer who signs up to the platform indicates the industry they are familiar with – they get up to three industries and have to submit writing samples that reflect this. That’s how we match writers to clients. I hope this answers your question.
Thanks for your feedback! I guess for starters, our aim with this post was to pique your interest (mission accomplished, yay). I’ll do my best to touch on all the questions you’ve raised here, and like you mentioned, more details on how the platform works will be shared over time. Back to your questions:
we provide written content only. No managing social media accounts or any other promotion of said content.
to request content, customers fill a short form (mostly check boxes, dropdown menus, and a text field for description or additional information). In some cases, the customer doesn’t know exactly what they want written, so our suggested freelancers (matched based on filters such as industry, style and expertise level) also pitch topics to choose from.
there are standard prices for each request based on the topic, industry, type and style of content. There are also bundle packages for customers who want content on a more consistent/frequent basis.
About not producing a lot of content already, we had the same exact thoughts about how that would play out. We practically just started…and we haven’t even launched yet, but rest assured, by the time we do, they’d be lots more content on the blog to showcase our writing prowess
Hope I was able to answer your questions. If you have any others, please keep them coming.
Thank you so much for signing up and for giving such detailed feedback. I’ll definitely reach out to you for more suggestions!
Perhaps it’s a good business, but personally I feel every entrepreneur would be better off improving their writing skills. Communication skills are becoming extremely important these days. My own view though.
Thanks for your feedback, @Diakon. I totally agree with you. Everyone, not even just entrepreneurs, should have good writing and communication skills. We don’t intend to replace that.
But we understand that between the million and one things an entrepreneur or a startup has to focus on, there’s barely any time to write blogposts or articles or customer success stories. These things are important and we want to help with that.
Thanks for your question, @Adeptniyi. For the how it works:
A user comes on the platform and places a request – this is pretty much filling a short form to describe the kind of content you want. It includes filters like your industry, type of content, style of content and description, if you know what you want.
We use your filter to match you to the best suited writer for your request. For standard blogposts, we have an average turnaround time of 48 hours for the first submission. All submissions are passed through a plagiarism checker, a proof reader and an editor before they get to you.
You review the submission and make edits, if you have any. Users have the option of up to two revisions.
With everyone happy, you get your content that is 100% yours. Useable anywhere and anytime.
Users have the option of requesting content in piecemeal or as a bundle package.
For the pricing, we’re still working on this bit, but if you sign up to our waiting list (www.skrife.com), you’ll be one of the first to know.
Hope this answers your question. While we are working on the platform, feel free to email getskrife@gmail.com if you want to give us a try/request content right now.
