The Tweaky Blog Are content marketplaces any good? Content marketing is the new black. Everyday we read blog post after blog post telling us how important generating content is for building website traffic. Regularly producing content however is not so simple. It's time consuming and can tear you away from other important tasks. Naturally, most people try to outsource the work via a few channels: - Hire an intern - Hire a freelance writer - Use a content marketplace Here at Tweaky we decided to try out content marketplaces for ourselves. We wanted to see if there was a way we could sustainably produce quality content without investing a lot of time ourselves or hiring an internal content producer. If you don't know what they are, content marketplaces allow businesses to post a job to freelance writers spread across the world. Customers get content and a fast turnaround time at a fraction of the cost. With so many marketplaces around we chose 5 to try out with some blog topics we wanted written: A well structured briefing form is crucial to geting a good content because it prompts you to think more specifically about what you want. Unlike briefing interns or  freelance writers, who you can regularly communicate with, once your brief enters a marketplace it can be hard to change. Each marketplace is different so it's important you use one with a well structured briefing form that includes key information like: - Writer Skill Level Not all writers are