Start-Over Success Business Under $500
Freelance Writer

When it comes to freelance writing for businesses, there are two kinds.

    1) Content Writing creates engagement, educates, and builds the brand image.  Content builds the relationship with the brand and creates customer “feel good” experiences.

    2) Copywriting is for marketing and inspiring action in the prospect, as in following a Call to Action and signing up for an email list, setting a discovery meeting, or other CTA. Copywriting is for ads, landing pages, and all parts of the sales funnel. It is for email autoresponder letters to influence buyer decisions. 

EXAMPLES

I was under the impression that Fivver was not a good place to make money as a freelancer. Maybe you thought that, too. We were both so very wrong. 
Alex Fasulo is earning $378 a year on Fivver. 

1. What income must you earn? 

First, consider what income you need for your basic and necessary expenses. 

What can you earn? Zip Recruitor says the average pay for a writer is $33/hr (from $20/hr to $50/hr). But, consider that you will spend much of your time getting work, doing administrative tasks, and more un-billable hours. Because of that, even being paid $50/hr may not be enough to leave you with $37/hr after all the time you spend and subtracting your costs. 

Dan Lok says it best in his YouTube video, “Position yourself as a writer who creates income for clients and they will happily pay you for the value you bring. How/ They value the return on investment you generate for them. They do not care much about what they pay you per hour or word. To be paid well, produce well.  

Now, if you cannot deliver ROI for clients (yet), educate yourself and practice, practice, practice until you can. If you need and want to earn more, writing is a great path for you to take. Help others make more money with your writing, and your fortunes as a writer are assured.  

2. What you need: Skill & Experience.

  • Check out these classes to improve your skill 
  • coursera.org Strategy of content marketing – Free
  • academy.hubspot.com Certification in content marketing – Free
  • skillshare.com Modern Marketing workshop w Set Godin (Purple Cow) – Free for one month
  • udemy.com Better headlines for Content, Email & Social – Free four videos before sign up 
  • ClassCentral.com Writing for the Web – Free from Google
  •  YouTube – Search: DAN LOK, Complete Course High-Income Copywriter – Free 6 hours ADD LINK

3. What writing will you offer? Options:

  • Advertising copy for Google, Facebook, or other media
  • Digital products
  • Lead Magnet product
  • Sales Funnel
  • Email Marketing autoresponders
  • Content writing plans
  • Copywriting plans
  • Articles
  • Video scripts
  • Writing strategies

4. Use your website & social media accounts as samples of your work.

Pay special attention to your website content writing, emails, video scripts, ads, social media memes and posts, and more.

  • Website hosting (I like Hostgator0
  • WordPress with Free Elementor Theme
  • Lead Magnet (Create a digital product)
  • Email Autoresponder Seris of Letters (I use Mailerlite)
  • LinkedIn Business Page with Profile & Articles
  • Facebook Business page with Profile & Posts
  • SuccessCenter.com “You Post, We Push”  Start Free

5. Apps for writing content & productivity

Word processor – 

  • MS Word 

Alternative to MS Office ($80 for 2021, $160 2023)

Alternatives

What apps/systems do you need for streamlining your freelancing work, tracking your hours, and invoicing? 

  • Todu.vu – Free ($9/mo team)
  • TimeCamp – Free ($7/mo)
  • clockify.me – ($5.50/mo)
  • timeular.com – 2 mos Free ($9/mo
  • FreshBooks – ($3/mo)
  • ClickUp – Free ($5/mo per user)

6. How to Acquire Clients

 1) Post in “Google my Business” locally
 2) REACH OUT by text, phone messages, DMs

 Ask: where do you prospects hang out?
– Linkedin
– FB, Twitter, Insta, Pinterest, YouTube

 3) Join Groups
 – comment on business posts
 – give value

 4) content marketing w/articles, videos, more 

 5) ask for referrals, get testimonials & reviews

Summary - Freelance Writing

Is writing a good enough income opportunity for you? It can be, but only if you do it right. Don’t just say yes to writing because you like to write and you’re good at it. 

Consider what you need to earn (per hour or project) and what value you must bring to business clients. Don’t settle for low paid upward.com for fivver.com writing gigs. Be better than that. Know what you are worth. 

if you need training, get it, so you can gain experience.  Create Engagement & Sales that clients want, so they make more…and are happy to pay you more. 

Do not wait for clients to come to you.

 – Push clients to you. Post irresistible content with links to your website, landing page, and to your call to action. (This shows prospects what you can accomplish for them.)

– Pull clients to you. Reach out with phone calls, text messages, and on social media. (Show your initiative; clients want this in their marketing workers.)

 Make it easy for clients to find you…and to choose you.

What's next for you?
How about building your business to $Millions?

We’ve looked at doing Freelance Writing as an income opportunity. But there’s more available for you. Much more. Once you’ve established your business (Starting with under $500), you can set up an Agency.
Or, you can use your writing skills to build a high-earning blog, and/or other big bucks businesses. 

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