It’s December, and you know what that means?
It’s time to get ready for the New Year and scale your freelance writing business with some freelance tasks! Yes, that might seem like a big goal, but baby steps, right?
I’ve been freelance writing since 2014, and what I enjoy doing at the end of the year are wrapping up any loose ends I have within my freelance writing business.
Interested in all the different writing services there are out there?
When you first start out as a freelance writer, it may seem that the only service worth offering is writing blog posts and articles.
The common misconception here is that writing for the web is limited to blogs. However, you’d be amazed at how many writing services you can offer as a beginner!
You’re slaving away every day going to a job you hate, coming home with a million things to do, and all you want to do is write.
That’s right.
You want to know how to be a successful freelance writer to make a living at it.
Are you struggling to stand out in the world of freelance writing?
Freelance writing is a lucrative business but getting the attention of potential clients can be a challenge.
The key to standing out lies in how you approach these clients and offer your services. While you can reply to job postings or pitch cold emails, I have a secret to landing good-paying freelance writing jobs:
Raise your hand if you think that all freelance writers are vegging out on the couch all day, sipping coffee and writing away?
#raiseshand
Yes, I envisioned a life in pj’s and couch lounging when I became a freelance writer. But, this proved to be completely wrong!
As a freelance writer your goal is to make more money than you are spending.
Right?!
When you first get started, it might seem overwhelming to find ways to save money as a freelance writer. Every other writer out there is telling you to buy this book, or this planner or this course and sign up to a membership and to buy this editing tool and that laptop.
If there’s two things that are probably difficult to balance as a college student, it’s focusing on your studies while making money.
There’s really no point in stressing yourself with a full-time or part-time job if it’s going to negatively impact your academic success.
I know for me, when I was in college I was juggling working as an ABA therapist for children with autism and my Psychology courses. There were times when I had to go to work at 5 am and then class at 8:30 am and BE AWAKE and ready to learn!
So, you decided you want to be a freelance writer, and now the next hurdle is figuring out what to write about.
How to figure out what you want to write about all boils down to your writing niche and that first writing sample you share online so prospects can view your writing skills.
But Elna, I don’t know what things to write about. I work in customer service and I hate my job. All I know is that I love writing, and I’ve been writing since I was five years old, and I want to be a writer.
As a newer freelance writer, you might be struggling to make that $1,000 fast.
Don’t worry…
I am not going to tell you how you need to start selling your stuff off, take on another side gig driving for Uber or Postmates, become an AirBnB host, or even that you should start taking online surveys.
As a new freelance writer, ever wonder if you are a slow writer?
I know when I first started freelance writing I took a long time to write my first legit paid post of around 700 words.
Since this was my first freelance writing job, I wanted to triple check it and take my time writing in a more journalistic nature since this was for an online newspaper. But, this took me hours and days of writing, re-writing and re-writing some more.
