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:
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.
Want to know the one struggle most new freelance writers face?
It’s deciding on a writing niche.
They have no idea how to choose a freelance writing niche. So what happens?
As a freelance writer, have you ever thought about writing press releases?
Probably not, since the term “freelance writing” typically conjures up the idea of writing blog posts and copy content.
But, honestly, the world of freelance writing includes any written content that a client may be seeking.
Are you interested in working from home (because of the pandemic or losing your job…to the pandemic) and becoming a freelance writer?
I hope so because you’re on the right blog! I help people like you who love to write, find some amazing freelance writing jobs so you can stay home for good. I’ve been doing this for six years now, am getting ready to move (before the second lockdown, hopefully), and my writing income is helping me and my husband stay home too!
You’ve dreamed all your life you want to be a writer.
From those poems you wrote in high school to that unfinished book you’ve been writing, this journey lead you to freelance writing. This is a great way to flex those writing skills and create a business around it!
But, then comes the doubt and fear.
If you know anything about freelance writing, then you know that cold pitching is one of the most effective ways to gain clients and writing jobs.
Yet many freelance writers are hesitant to reach out to clients out of nowhere and offer their freelance writing services.
This make sense, since cold pitching is almost guaranteed to result in rejection from time to time, as clients decline your writing services or don’t respond to you at all.
It’s 2023, and the world is still in a pandemic with social isolation and lockdown.
There are over 40 million people that have lost their job because of the pandemic. People are struggling, and many are finding alternative ways to make money from home.
There’s been a 159% increase in remote work, online jobs, writing jobs and more between 2005 to 2017.
