Please note that this article was written in 2010 and may now be outdate.
Advertising copywriters on ServiceSeeking.com.au charge an average of $60 per hour, with the average job totalling around $320 – this should get you around 500 or so carefully crafted words. For a slightly larger fee, around $915 per job, writers can also put together some engaging news articles and press releases, designed to get your business free media exposure.
For between $20 and $50 per hour, a proof reader will check for typos and ensure consistency throughout your document. The average cost of a proof reading job is $122. Just make sure you ask your proof reader to mark up changes in a way you understand so you’re not left trying to decipher their technical markings.
This data was derived from more than 70,000 quotes submitted on the site between 1 October 2007 and 31 March 2010.