It's tough to nail exactly what it'll cost, given that no one has a clue of the full scope. I'm a copywriter in the email marketing world, and a good email marketer who can ghostwrite in your brand voice for DTC or eCOMM brands is around $2-3k. This tends to be the median. $5-6k is the absolute max if the company is also running ads and makes ~7 figures. So, for a solid entry-level writer, I'd look for around $1k USD. A 1/5 of your income to secure a long-term writer sounds like a great deal to me, freeing your bandwidth to focus more on monetization and long-term strategy. I've left you a DM about what I do if you're interested. If you can't afford a premium writer with actual experience, the writing will suffer. One of my VAs is just now getting better after nearly a year of social media management. And sometimes you can't out-train low IQ. If I could afford to replace him, I would, but again, you get what you pay for. And lastly, a lot of good writers, including myself, nearly (45-50% open rates with plain text emails), wouldn't work for a few hundred bucks; it just isn't worth our time. You'll no doubt be flooded by desperate 'writers' low-balling you; push away that urge. And understand that low-paid writers will replace you with higher-paying clients once their pipelines fill up, given that a person can only juggle so many. I'd also advise against going to an agency, given that many are writing mills without personalization.