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picture there. If it seems too good to be possibly true, it is. Use common sense.
More on client rankings

On Elance and Guru, when you open your ad, you will see a list of the bidders who responded, how much they propose to charge, and some links to check out their qualifications. One of the links will take you to a responder's profile page. Go there and read all the entries carefully. You can glean what others in the system think about the writer's work - both the work product and how easy he or she was to work with.
As you're reviewing, keep in mind that just as some responders can be outrageous, so can some advertisers. It is possible that Client A advertised that he wanted a particular ebook written. Writer B responded; they worked out mutually acceptable terms. Writer B, an experienced ghostwriter, went straight to work, and produced a product that was exactly as required by the ad, the agreement, and his general good judgment and experience. Yet, Client A was not satisfied. Client A decided mid- project that he wished he would have remembered his niece was a writer, and he thinks he should have hired someone in the family. Writer B knows nothing of this and continues to write per the agreement. Client A becomes grudging and difficult during the writing process. He is never quite satisfied with the ebook, although Writer B doesn't ever understand completely why. Eventually the ebook project is completed and payment is delivered, but Client A, still unhappy in his world, gives Writer B a low ranking and zero kudos even though Writer B did a fine job.
This kind of stuff happens; so what you want to do is look at multiple rankings. One or two outliers can pretty well be ignored. In any case, a single low mark or a single high mark probably doesn't mean as much as overall in terms of how clients are appraising this person's work. Look for how most clients ranked this person. Also compare that against how many jobs the responder has actually done. Fifty fairly positive ratings would be a safer bet than a single stellar rating.
Before you seal the deal

Once you go through the items above, you will have a good feel about who to select from the list for your project. You may have six really good contenders. In that case, take the one with the best writing samples.
The benefits of searching the databanks are many. However, one drawback is that you cannot always make direct contact with prospective ghostwriters. Sometimes you can. But on individual ghostwriter sites, you will usually be able to get in touch with and talk to the actual ghostwriter. This is one more way to make sure that you feel 100 percent comfortable with your decision.
So, where possible, contact the ghostwriter directly. Get to know him a little. Lots of things cannot be translated over the Internet, but you can figure out a lot in a quick phone call. You may ask questions such as, "Will you be writing yourself, or will you be giving this job to one of your employees?" You have the right to find out such things.
One key that a ghostwriter is good is repeat business. Repeat business indicates that a client liked the ghostwriter's work because the client came back for more. On the database sites, you can see from the profile page if a client has posted more than one rating for

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