Table Of ContentWelcome To
Writing for Profit
Contents
Introduction
Your Career Blueprint
How To Pitch Like A Pro
How To Get Published
How To Negotiate
Turn Articles Into Assets
Review
How To Find Higher Pay
How To Build A Business
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Introduction
Here’s the punchline. You can make $300 per article as an online writer.
Actually, you can make a good deal more than that. I just earned over $1,000
each for two articles last week, and gigs like that are becoming more and more
commonplace.
The money is there, and despite millions of writers saturating the market, the
demand for quality, above-and-beyond writing is there.
In fact, it’s stronger than ever. Despite the hundreds of thousands of eager, stay-
at-home writers clamoring to produce content for mere pennies, you can earn an
average of $400 per article writing online.
But how?
I could fluff this out and give you 50,000 words, but I hate it when people do
that. Maybe it’s a personal thing, but I don’t even read nonfiction books
anymore. What’s the point of reading 80,000 words wrapped around a 400
word point?
In this ebook, I’m going to get straight to the point. I'm going to cover exactly
what it takes to deliver high-quality writing and become a highly paid freelance
writer.
Nothing more. Nothing less. Here’s what we’ll cover.
● Topics that sell and topics that don’t
● How to pitch like a pro
● How to write articles that get published
● How to make editors love you
● How to earn money by writing for free
● How to close contracts & negotiate pay
● How to turn every post into an asset
● How to build an author website
● How to find, attract, and close higher paying gigs
● How to run your freelance operation like an actual business
By the end of this ebook, you’ll know exactly what it takes run a $2,000 per
week freelance writing business.
But before we get started, let me give you a lighting quick picture of who I am
and why I had the audacity to write a guide for freelance writers. Like any
customer, you don’t care about me, but you do probably care about how I’m
qualified to help you reach YOUR goals.
● Closed a $14,000 one-off project within first two months of full-time
freelancing
● Earns an average of $400 per article
● Earned as high as $4,000 in one 40-hour work week.
● Turned one guest blogging client into a $4000 per month retainer
● Hasn’t prospected in 2 years - 100% of business from inbound leads &
referrals
I’m far from being the highest earning freelance writer around. If I was willing
to work 60 hour weeks, I could probably compete for that spot, but frankly,
that’s not my goal.
My goal has always been to maximize my revenue while minimizing my hours
AND to enjoy my career. That’s exactly what I’m doing, and it’s what I want
this guide to help you accomplish.
My focus in this guide is going to be on building a business around writing
content rather than copywriting. Copywriting is a very specific talent, and while
I would encourage you to pursue it (and it synergizes very well with content
writing), it is also a very narrow career choice.
The only highlight above that can be contributed to copywriting is the $14k
project. Everything else is purely from content writing. When you focus on a
profitable niche, as we will talk about in the first chapter, you will find
numerous ways to earn money while writing in that niche. Blog content will
probably be the #1 way, but you will find other avenues as well, possibly
including niche-focused copywriting.
But that’s enough of an intro. Let’s get started!
Your Career Blueprint
You typically need to understand the big picture before you can grasp the details
Here's the 3-year blueprint we will be building your freelance writing career
around. Everything we cover in this guide will have this plan in mind.
Year 1: Get Paid & Get Published
The first year of our blueprint is all about hustle. It's about getting work
published in as many places as possible and on as many noteworthy
publications as possible.
Step 1: Buy a domain & throw up a simple website to collect article
backlinks.
If you want Year #1 to really pay off for you in Years #2 & #3, you need to buy
a domain and throw up a basic website that you can link back to in the articles
you publish.
This sounds intimidating to a lot of folks, but it's actually ludicrously simple,
and I'll show you exactly how to do it later in this guide. Do NOT skip this
step!
Step 2: Find as many paid gigs as possible
Forget content mills. You're looking for quality gigs that will advance your
career, and there are TONS of great places to look. Here are my top picks.
