How to Tell If Your Content Provider Is Worth the Money

August 13, 2016

As with most online services, cost is usually a factor when looking for a valuable content provider. You know that if you go too cheap, you’ll get inconsistent quality and will need to make revisions every time you get work submitted. On the other hand, you do have a budget to follow and a profit margin to keep in mind, so paying premium prices may not be an option.

In truth, it’s possible to overpay for your content no matter how much you are paying. Your budget is your budget, and you may not be able to add to it, but you can look for these signs that your content provider is worth the money.

Consistency & Quality

There’s nothing quite like placing a content order, having it fulfilled on time and sending it off to happy clients. Of course, the issue with many content providers is that this scenario doesn’t happen nearly often enough. No content provider is perfect, and some issues here and there are normal, but if you find one that provides consistently high-quality content that requires very little revision, there’s a good chance they are worth the money.

Respecting Deadlines

When deadlines are not respected, the people who set the deadlines feel disrespected. Even if the content quality is where you want it to be, if deadlines aren’t met on a regular basis, then your content provider is not worth the money. You know what it’s like to have to go to a client and have to make excuses as to why their content is late, which is why this one is non-negotiable.

Timely Replies

Sometimes, you’re going to have questions during the course of a workday or during specific projects. If you’re like most busy people, you want answers sooner rather than later. If your content provider routinely gets back to you the next day or even later, then you may want to look elsewhere to keep your process flowing and your sanity intact. Top content providers will provide a response the same day.

They Ask Questions and Check in

If your content provider likes to check in to see how things are going, that’s a good sign they are concerned about your happiness, and worth the money. Checking in seems like just basic account management to most of us, but with so many automated content mills these days, it’s a part of the process that is often neglected.

You Take them for Granted Just a Little

If your content provider is really worth the money you are paying, there’s a good chance you take them for granted just a little. That doesn’t mean you don’t appreciate them, it just means you’ve come to expect high-quality content and service on a consistent basis.

There’s no disputing the fact that your clients need consistently high-quality content on time every month. You can keep wasting money with inferior services that provide more headaches than solutions, or you can leave it all in the hands of a company that specializes in producing content. Give The Content Company a call today at 888.221.5041 for the answers you need.




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