30 Days Or Less To Freelance Writing Success

Horkey Handbook – 30 Days or Less to Freelance Writing Success

What if in the next 30 DAYS you could start a successful business from scratch? Using a skill you already have.

And a bit of sweat equity.

If you love to write (like you do it for fun anyway), there's a business to be had writing for the web.

Writers ARE in demand.

The opportunity for you to make a living as a freelance writer has never been better.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the demand for writers and authors is expected to grow 6% from 2010 to 2020. As of May 2011, freelance writers earned a mean of $97,300 per year (or $46.78 per hour), according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Their wages put them in the upper 75 percent of ALL writer salaries, which included those working for companies.

This high demand for writers means that you have the ability to earn significantly more as a freelancer.

In fact, YOU get to:

Determine your niche.
Set your own rates.
Create your own service offerings.
And grow by outsourcing work to independent contractors (if you want!)

Businesses need YOUR help!

Content marketing is HOW most businesses are marketing.

Sure, you'll still see billboards on the freeway, hear ads and endorsements on the radio, but this little platform we call the internet has opened up a whole new world when it comes to businesses connecting with their ideal customers.

And it works.

Description

Enroll in 30 Days or Less to Freelance Writing Success to help them, while helping yourself.
This course will help you:

Lay the foundation for your new freelance writing biz — including defining your why, setting realistic expectations, goals and starting to build your support network.
Establish your new business — including deciding whether or not you'll use a pen name, what type of business entity you want to pursue, starting to track your financials, setting your writing rates, learning how to invoice clients, use contracts, draft your bio and writing resume.
Decide what types of writing to focus on — including honing in on your most lucrative niches, learning what types of online writing options exist, what type of writing pays the best and how to acquire samples for your portfolio.
Find paying work — including approaching your natural market, online writing sites, job boards, Contently and learning a ton about cold pitching.
Send your first (and next several) pitch(es) — including drafting your own epic templates and automating your pitching habits to make them as turnkey as possible.
Build out your writer's website — including learning where to display your portfolio, perfecting your five "must-have" pages, growing your blog and collecting your first few testimonials.
Figure out your writing process — including how to systematically come up with new ideas, construct excellent blog posts, learn a few formatting hacks, how to source sources and everything you need to know about photos.
Start promoting your new business — including setting up and using social media, branding out your new business and protecting yourself online.
Plus, a few helpful tools to grow your business — including ones to help you write better, run your business more efficiently and pitch as much as possible!