Best Freelance Content Writers in India

[Updated List]

Finding a dedicated freelance content writer who can cater to your requirements in the best possible way can
be a pain in the ass. At EngineerBabu, every day we used to get so many requests where clients asked for
freelance content writers who could be entrusted with the task of writing efficiently.

Thus, I have updated the list of Top Freelance Content Writers from India based on people’s
recommendation. I got more than 70 recommendations and choosing the best of the lot was indeed a tedious
task. Furthermore, I have personally checked their portfolio and client testimonials before jotting down my
list of Top 10 Freelance Content Writers.

I think that this list of Top 10 Freelance Content Writers can help you with content creation, content
marketing, and content strategy work. I have covered all kind of freelance content writers who can handle
various niches ranging from technology to health and fitness. This is not a promotional or sponsored post, I
haven’t charge anything from anyone. I am also not an affiliate to any people mentioned here on the list.

Top 10 Freelance Content Writers

1. Mukti Masih

Mukti Masih has been writing content for more than 14 years now, starting her stint with The Times of
India. Her three years of experience as a journalist taught her how to balance facts with the right blend of
emotions to strike a chord with readers/customers.

She has in her kitty market leaders such as Vinfotech (leading fantasy sports app development company);
Akshaya Patra (NGO that’s running world’s largest mid-day meal scheme); LetsShave (India’s Most
Promising Brand award winner); InstaCar (Central India’s first funded start-up and fastest growing intercity
cab startup) and The Crowd Sourcing Week Magazine (Singapore and New York-based magazine on crowd-
sourcing economy); Sayaji Group of Hotels among others.

Her strength is original content with the right blend of personal touch and a selling strategy. Since she is an
avid traveler, she gets to write engaging startup stories for YourStory and travel stories for various
publications.
She has so far written 200+ video scripts, 100+ websites, over 10,000 blog posts, and around 4,000 social
media posts. She is also the co-founder of a leading video production house AVM Pictures.

Why Is She One Of The Best?

Mukti is a complete content strategist who treats every piece of writing as her own personal blog. She
inevitably brings out a human angle that resonates with the customers in her content. She knows that more
than 1/3rd of consumer decisions are based on emotions, not facts.

Her stories, articles, and blogs are credible because they are well-researched, aptly source-credited and full
of interesting analogies. She would invariably bring in a Batman movie reference in a startup story or a
Breaking Bad reference in a big data article. This makes her content most relatable to her readers.

Client Recommendation

Those who know Mukti well would agree that she is a friend, philosopher, and guide, in a true sense. What I
appreciate most about her work is her ability to cut through the predictable politics of a project, keep the
team involved and deliver the expected results and more.

-Pushpendra Agrawal - [Founder & CEO- MSG91]

Mukti did a number of writing assignments during my DNA days and she was a delight to work. She was
sincere and honest and met all her deadlines. Mukti also co-ordinated well with my team of sales guys and
designers to produce rich content. She is a very dependable person and a great writer. What I found the most
exciting about Mukti is her zeal to add values in areas where she did not expertise.

-Supriyo Das Gupta [State Marketing Head MPCG Dainik Bhaskar Group]

Portfolio Link

• Brief Portfolio
• Detailed Portfolio

Prices

These prices are subject to the volume and type of work. Tentatively, Rs 2-4 per word; Rs 400 per hour; Rs
5k to 30 k per website.

How Can Clients Contact Her?

For text content projects – [email protected]

For video content projects - http://www.avmpictures.com/

Follow Mukti Masih on LinkedIn

2. Priyanka Desai

Priyanka cannot be missed out while talking about freelance content writers. She is one of the best known
content marketers from India. A contributor at Forbes, Tech in Asia, SEMrush, e27, and Business.com. Her
PR firm iScribblers works with innovative technologies and disruptive entrepreneurs to get their stories
featured on top media outlets.

They even help founders get established as thought leaders in their industry. As a growth hacker, she helps
brands achieve visibility and gain traction on the internet via content marketing - amplifying their content
creation, distribution and curation, strategic digital marketing and social media marketing. Her team has
helped brands scale up their user base, grab the attention of investors and hire the best talent using content
marketing.

Portfolio:

• Priyanka Desai on Forbes

• Tech in Asia: How I battle loneliness and anxiety every day as a solo founder
• Semrush: 5 Outdated Content Marketing Strategies You Should Discard Right Now
• Huffington Post: 5 Brilliant Strategies To Turn Your Customers Into Brand Advocates
• Priyanka Desai on YourStory.
• Priyanka Desai on Inc42

Client Recommendations -

Dear Priyanka, I have gone through your post titled- "Four Smart Ways to Make Your Content More
Readable". Each word and line are perfectly self explanatory and inspirative too. Your strategy with digital
reader in this fast moving society is READ, UNDERSTAND, EXPRESS, EXPLAIN, REPRESENT, AND
CONVEYANCE with the help of liquid language. It is great! Good luck, keep it up, wish u success.

-Bharat V. Kothari [MANAGER at GVK]

3. Samarpita Mukherjee Sharma

She studied Economics till Masters, but changed line and after studying Mass communication, and moved to
journalism. After her stint with DNA, she became a full-time freelancer in 2010. A year later, she set up
Cover To Cover Writing Service. She has worked with publishing houses, travel & hotel brands, individual
authors, government agencies, start-ups, and brands.

A multi-tasker, she freelances as a content creator-cum-curator for travel and lifestyle brands, a manuscript
editor and a travel writer, apart from being a blogger. Also, she has been recognized and awarded for her
digital contribution to United Nations Volunteer projects. And she is currently working on the backend of
her own start-up which will bring travel, stories, and children closer together. Her media presence has been
compiled here.

Portfolio Link:

• http://samarpita.in/clients
• http://fellowsofnature.in/bio-samarpita-mukherjee.php

Why is She one of the Best?

Samarpita has been writing for a living for a decade now and having been trained as a sub-editor. She is
aware of nuances, expectations, and requirements from a writer. Certainly, content is what she does and
understands very well. She does not juggle careers and all the time, attention and creativity are completely
invested only in content creation and strategizing.

Client’s Recommendation :

The best thing to happen to me was meeting Samarpita. She has been the most patient editor and friend both.
Keep up the great work!

– Aakanksha Sadekar, Storified.me.

More reviews can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/pg/wordsbysam/reviews/?ref=page_internal

Prices:

Rs 8/word onwards. Regarding editing, please refer to http://samarpita.in/service-offered/

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4. Bhawna Aggarwal

Bhawna is a student of MA Writing at the Royal College of Art London. She is an engineer, graduated in
2016 from National Institute of Technology Jalandhar. Most importantly, Bhawna has been doing freelance
writing from the past seven years, working efficiently with companies like Mettl, Auxesis Group, NRI
Startup India, Indian Startup Tour, Startupp, Thrillophilia, and Wittyfeed. She recently finished her work
with the London Design Festival and NOIT Journal. Bhawna was inspired by her friend Ashish Ganguly
who was a freelance content writer on WorknHire and started with the lowest price of INR 50 per article of
500 words.

In the final year of her graduation, she thought of outsourcing the work and started hiring freelance writers,
giving preference to housewives and students. Last year before moving to London, she was managing 25
writers and 10 editors. Right now, she works independently and focussing more on designs and technology.
With the technical background, she is adept at working on the structure and form of an article. Her idea of
creatively putting research work in the content with academic and critical writing has been admired by many
clients.

Portfolio link:

• https://blog.mettl.com/talent-hub/recruiters-think-marketers-reach-talents (Ghostwriting)

Client's recommendation:

Bhawna is very friendly, cheerful and have good communication skills. She is a great web and marketing
content writer. It was a pleasure working with her for last two months. Also, she has actively provided
insights, timely reporting and posses good knowledge of varied domains. I’d highly recommend her with
any project that requires the very best in content marketing.

-Sumant Pujari [Business System Analyst at AccelerateSD]

Prices:

The prices usually depend on the work. But, she normally quotes INR 6 per word (minimum).

How can clients contact her?

• [email protected]
 • https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhawna-aggarwal-95a00162/

5. Arti Agrawal

Arti Agarwal is a Content marketing professional & writer. She is an alumnus of IIT Roorkee and has
worked as an independent professional in the fields of writing, photography, design & Content marketing for
the last 7 yrs. She was recently awarded the "Most Influential Content Marketing Professional" award by the
World Marketing Congress.

Why She is one of the Best -

Arti Agarwal is not only well versed in the English language but knows how to study & explain any subject
in depth. In addition, she works as a content marketer, which means she knows how to write any content
piece with the goals and target audience in mind.

Client's recommendation

Upon first meeting Arti I was impressed with her strong creative energy and clear insight into the design
industry. She proved to be an impressive lecturer at Raffles whom the students and staff highly respect.
What I like most about Arti is her discipline and strength in creative teaching and the authority that comes
from understanding the creative process. She's a very experienced creative professional and appropriately
dynamic in her interaction with people. Hence, I'm very confident Arti will have an extremely successful
creative career and it was a pleasure working with her in India

- Simon Brushfield

Previous work

• http://artiagarwal.contently.com/
• http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/13-images-prove-gods-dance-kerala-india/
• http://www.departful.com/2013/11/indias-festival-of-lights-diwali/
• https://www.lifetothefullest.abbott/en_in/articles/shivanis-journey.html

Prices

The rates vary based on the topic and length of writing. Although, an indicative figure would be 50$ for 500
words.

How can clients contact her?

Reach her on [email protected] for any queries.

6. Mathew J Maniyamkott

Mathew started with a blog in 2011 on Blogspot pivoting it later to Wordpress, where he rambled about
things that mattered to him. Certainly, the best thing about him as a writer was: he wouldn't mind sharing his
writing with random strangers and ask them for feedback. The feedback was good and he got a few writing
offers that way.
To create a portfolio, he started writing for free at Inc42.com, and wrote a few articles for Trak.in as well.
By this time, he was charging a rupee per word for his clients. Moreover, Mathew connected with an Editor
of Indian Express and after 6 months of asking if he could contribute to them, they gave him a 'Yes'.

Also, Mathew had a column called Kickstart and Techtracker where he used to feature startups and
technology respectively. Consequently, he started writing for Yourstory.com, The Hindu Business Line (On
Campus) and recently signed a contract with Entrepreneur India as well.

Previous Articles

• https://yourstory.com/2017/10/difficult-bosses-handling-strategy/
• https://yourstory.com/2017/10/hotels-marketing-strategy-tips/
• https://yourstory.com/2017/10/paid-newsletters-next-big-thing/

Charges today:

Mathew charges 3-5 rupees/word for Indian clients. Although, he charges 15 cents/word for US clients.

Client Testimonial-

It was easy to work with Mathew. He has good knowledge of the industry and it was easy for us to convey
our ideas to him. His writing skills and style were effective for our audience and the work was completed on
time. Therefore, I would recommend Mathew to anyone looking to outsource their content work.

-Aslam Abbas [Co-founder, Collect.chat]

What else is he working on?

1. Firstly, creating a website where he interviews Internet Entrepreneurs. It is to convince people that
they can earn from the Internet too.
2. Secondly, helping startups with Content Marketing.
3. Lastly, working on a fitness blog where he writes the stories of people who have achieved their
fitness goals.

Also, Mathew has interviewed and featured over 200+ entrepreneurs over the course of his writing career
and this is something that he loves about his 'job'.

7. Anuradha Tiwari

TEDx Speaker, Author, and Freelance Content Writer, Anuradha helps companies around the world acquire
more customers by providing tangible and impressive online results. Along with that, she has been featured
in Yourstory, India Today, Topyaps. Nature of engagements: Web content, Articles, Blogs, Press Release,
Social Media Promotions, and SEO.

Apart from this, Anuradha has an experience of working with more than 35 brands including Apollo
hospital, Fabindia, Amity University, Max hospital, Narayana Health, Portea etc.

Portfolio link-

• https://www.justburstout.com/portfolio
• http://www.apolloclinic.com/blog/lack-sleep-affect-body/ + Website content
• https://www.narayanahealth.org/specialities/clinical-nutrition-dietetics (All website content)
• http://amityfinishingschool.com/Home/BlogDetails
Price

2 Rs per word Onwards

Clients can reach out at

[email protected]

Books
TEDx talk
Quora

8. Protima Tiwary

It has been 4 years since Protima has been freelancing as a writer. Also, with around 6 years of experience in
marketing, branding and communication solutions, project management and people management are her
strong points. After having tried her hand at event management and advertising with a publishing house in
Mumbai, she opted for the agency life in Pune as a client partner.

Over 2 years she had worked with digital campaigns, right from planning to execution and analysis. Also,
she has worked on specialised social media campaigns for many leading hospitality and lifestyle brands in
Pune. Further, she is a published author on publications like Tribune, India Today, Millionaire Asia, DLF
Emporio, Just Urbane, Little Black Book Mumbai and Pune, Social Samosa, Punekar.In, Indibeat, Whatfix
to name a few.

Client Recommendation

• http://www.shethepeople.tv/blog/when-fitness-meets-food-protima-tiwary/

Portfolio

• 16 things to keep in mind while traveling to Europe

• The dark side of food
• How to get Snapchat to work for you
• Burger, Pune

Others

• She was recently on the panel for Women Writers Fest by SheThePeople
• Also, she is a fitness blogger
• Medium

Price

Rs. 7 per word (avg)

9. Anshul Motwani

He is a founder of WittyPen; which is a content marketplace where we have curated writers across
experience levels and industry domains. Firstly, they help businesses to create content at scale through our
platform, which helps them order, track, collaborate and receive content. Secondly, their customers don't
need to spend time in selecting micromanaging writers for their projects all of it is taken care by them,
ensuring quality content.

Also, they have a team of Editors who check every single content for grammatical and plagiarism issues.
From a single dashboard, customers can track all the content to be created in a month and they can invite
their team to validate and use the content. They have 200+ writers, 10+ editors and worked with 100+
businesses till date including Coverfox, Explara, Acko, Boltt, Numberz and many more.

Why is Anshul one of the Best?

Anshul assures quality content and consistency to scare creation as they grow. For instance, for writers he
pays well and helps them understand and complete content as per the expectations of the customer and there
is assured payment for all the work done and accepted. The rejection rate is less than 2.5% .

Portfolio:

WittyPen

Client Testimonial:

Anshul is a super dynamic entrepreneur. At 23 he has already experienced starting 3 successful enterprises.
His enthusiasm, focus and skills separate him from the lot. Certainly, he is extremely passionate about his
field and is meticulous in his approach. Also, he won’t rest unless he finds the solution to his pending tasks.
And no matter how much pressure he is under it won’t ever reflect on him. He is calm and composed during
all situations which is one of his biggest professional strengths. It has been a great experience learning from
and working with Anshul.

- Rohit Lalwani (Mentor, 2016)

Pricing:

https://wittypen.com/pricing

10. Vagisha Arora

Vagisha has an experience of about 4 years in Freelance Writing. Certainly, her passion for writing is the
main driving force which has helped her to explore herself in various niches. So, what makes her stand out
in the crowd among thousands of freelance writers is her commitment and dedication towards her writing.

Vagisha has completed her MA in English from DU in the year 2017. She has been working with Accenture
as a Content Analyst since then. Furthermore, she has completed over 200 Projects with Contentmart, which
is one of the biggest freelancing platforms for Indian Writers. Apart from that, she is also associated with
some promising platforms like Kalaage which encourage budding young writers to express themselves.

Why Is She One Of The Best?

Vagisha has worked with websites like Writm, Campusghanta, etc. She also got published in Times of India
and Magazines like Bonobology which have helped her to realise her inner potential in a better way.
Likewise, writing liberates her in ways nothing else can. Thus, she is still learning with each passing day.
Hence, she won’t disappoint you!
Portfolio Links:

• http://campusghanta.com/author/vagisha/
• http://shakespearequotesandplays.com/author/vagisha/
• http://www.buzzleaks.com/profile/vagisha
• http://writm.com/user/vagisha/

Client Testimonial:

I got to connect with Vagisha on LinkedIn during my search for content writer. I had assigned a sample
article which she did fantastically well within the stipulated deadline. Firstly, she is very sharp in
understanding the nuances of e-mobility industry. Therefore, I personally recommend her if you are looking
for great content. Secondly, I appreciate her work a lot and the way she redefines the entire meaning of the
content and makes it more pleasant and attractive to the audience. Hence, I wish her all the best. Keep on
doing the good work. Looking forward to associating with you on more such projects.

-Ashish K (CEO, ChargeMyGaadi)

Prices:

The prices for her work depend on the requirements of the clients and the niches that she writes about. But,
it could vary between 70ppw to Rs 3 which is negotiable.

How Can Clients Contact Her?

[email protected]

Here, we are listing another honorable mention for you to follow.

Bhavik Sarkhedi

Firstly, with 6+ years of experience, Bhavik has been freelancing since he was in college (2010-14). He has
also guest posted on Entrepreneur, Huffington post, Techinasia, e27, Elite Daily and Life Hack. He plans to
be on Forbes Inc and Fast company someday.

Bhavik helps local businesses across India to gain traction. There has been almost double the leads because
of the email marketing, website content and landing page designs. He has also got 3 books published under
his name. One was the bestseller on Amazon in 2015- 'The Weak Point Dealer'. The other 2 books are: 'Will
You Walk A Mile' and 'The C to T of Content Marketing'.

Why is Bhavik one of the Best?

Bhavik has a Google verified knowledge graph. Above all, you can just type Bhavik Sarkhedi in Google and
view the 100+ reviews on Google on his business g.page/sarkhedibhavik. In addition, he also owns a firm
Write Right - An independent content marketing agency, targeting small to medium Business and
enterprises. From taglines to case study, his firm Write Right provides 360 degree Services and solutions to
businesses.

Portfolio:

• www.entrepreneur.com/author/bhavik-sarkhedi
• www.medium.com/@bk_sarkhedi
 • www.bhaviksarkhedi.com/blog
• www.write-right.in

Client Testimonial:

Bhavik Sarkhedi is one of the most talented content writers I have had in my company. Striving and thriving
to accomplish the given task, he is ingenious in what he does with the words.

- Pratik Kanada (CEO & Founder at 360 Degree TechnoSoft)

Pricing:

3.5 INR per word, But, he mostly prefers fixed price projects.

Contact Information:

• 9428606468
• [email protected]
• www.bhaviksarkhedi.com

Hence, in a nutshell, all we can say is that writing is an innate talent which only a few people possess.
Although, the art of being able to express oneself can only be nourished with time. Further, these Top 10
Freelance Content Writers of India realized their potential at an early age and are trying to achieve their
goals to date.

Selecting names for Top 10 Freelance Content Writers of India was indeed a challenge as we want to guide
our clients in the right direction. We are sure you won’t be disappointed if you repose your trust on these
budding writers.

To sum up, if you want to hire any of the above mentioned content writers, or any other any queries, click
here.

And, if you know someone who fits better in the list, drop a comment, or an email at
[email protected]. I will update the list! :)