Verblio expects to produce 80,000 pieces of content in 2021
Steve Pockross · Writers Make $100k/year on Content SaaS Marketplace Verblio, $9m Revenue · May 6, 2021 · at 2:11
Steve Pacross is the CEO of Verblio, a content creation SaaS marketplace. He is discussing the platform's production scale and active writer pool.
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“And we're, we've got, I think we're going to create 80,000 pieces of unique content this year with 3000 writers working on our SaaS platform.”
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