Legendary Freelance Writing Rules That Help You Make A Jackpot
These trade secrets will help you mark up your freelance rates
Freelance writing rules don’t come naturally to us independent & creative writers. When I started my solopreneur writing business I was not aware of these rules. I fumbled along merrily, underselling my writing to land clients.
No surprises that I could barely make ends meet & almost decided to give up & face corporate politics once again.
But things worked in my favor & I rid myself of barriers that were only in my mind.
Freed of my mental blocks I discovered the seven cardinal freelance writing rules to earn a fat income from the written word.
I want to share them with you so if you are a newbie you don’t need to fumble like I have.
You can have a brilliant portfolio ready before you launch
And what more, it can pay you! Start to write on Medium if you are not already. Make it a point to write blog posts in all the niches you want to freelance in. These blog posts are your portfolio.
Your business card that will open doors
Since you will be searching for most of your clients online, you need a business card to stand out. Your website is that business card that will open doors. Here’s a cooler tip. Don’t hire someone to make your website for you. You can learn WordPress; it is simple enough. Tutorials on you tube will be enough to help you build a great website. Make it simple- an about me, a portfolio & a contact me page.
You are a solution provider
Play it smart. The time that you invested in learning WordPress can earn you twice as much & get you double the opportunities as well. You can offer to not only write blogs for your clients but also design their websites. Become an end-to-end solution provider.
Follow the best one of these freelance writing rules to make great moolah
When I was clueless about these freelance writing rules, I tried to sell only my top-notch skill with words. I could barely get clients interested. It is not enough to write beautiful words to make a lot of moolah from writing. You need to set yourself apart as a writer by acquiring skills in specific niches. These are skills that are typically in great demand. Skills like SEO (search engine optimization) and copywriting will sell your writing like hot cakes & catapult you to the top 1% of writers. Once you learn these skills price yourself as an experienced hand & not a newbie. As an experienced writer you can command 200% more from your client.
Social media is an essential aspect of freelance writing rules.
Have an active social media profile that will land you gigs. LinkedIn & Twitter are great places to start.
The freelance writing rule will put you in the big league.
Don’t have clients yet? That’s no reason to not get recommended. Make writer friends through your social media handles. Write so well that they become fans of your writing. Ask them to recommend you to potential clients.
The rule that is not exactly in the list of freelance writing rules
Most of us freelance writers don’t pay attention to negotiation because we don’t consider it to be one of the freelance writing rules. That’s a big mistake for a newbie to make. Because we don’t know how to ask our worth, we let clients, especially big clients intimidate us. We don’t land the gig, or we settle for less money.
Here’s a tip- The bigger the client the harder you bargain for your worth. Big clients have deep pockets.
I use the WORTH framework as a basis for my client negotiations. Check it out here:-
When you get these seven cardinal freelance writing rules right, you are well on track to earning $5000 a month from freelance writing in a year’s time.
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