Dear Writer:
“I would like to be a full-time freelance writer,” LH told me the other day. “I have had articles published in newspapers and magazines, but I am hardly making any money at it. Any suggestions?”
The sad fact is, writing “editorial” or “content” – articles for magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and the web designed to inform or entertain – has become a commodity today, with freelancers from India on www.elance.com offering to write articles for clients at $5 each.
A much better and more lucrative path to freelance writing success is writing marketing materials for business clients: corporations, small business, independent professionals, and nonprofits.
Real-world money for real writers
When you start out as a writer, you are young, idealistic, and have all sorts of fanciful notions about the importance of writing and the writer’s role in society.
This is the case with a young woman my wife recently met who wants to change the world and express her innermost thoughts with her short stories and poems. The problem is that she wants to make a living doing it, and the chances of earning a livable wage as a poet or short story writer are slim to none.
When you get older, your viewpoint becomes more pragmatic. You still want to spend the bulk of your days writing, but you want and need to make a decent living doing it.
That’s where freelance writing for the corporate market can help. By writing for the extremely lucrative corporate market, you can spend your days at the PC while earning a decent, even handsome, living as a writer. A good corporate freelance writer can earn $100,000 to $200,000 a year, and some earn even more.
You: a six-figure writer
Yes, it’s true that nobody yearns to write the Great American Annual Report. As a freelance corporate writer, you will write what your clients want you to write, in the way they want it written. But rather than being drudgework, corporate writing can be a fun and challenging craft – with a big paycheck attached to it.
I have earned a six-figure annual income as a freelance corporate writer for nearly 3 decades, and before that, I worked as a corporate writer on staff. It’s still enjoyable to me.
I’ve made millions of dollars with my corporate writing, and freelancing for business clients allows me to live the freelance lifestyle I desire: no boss, no commute, no suit and tie. You work pretty much when and where you want, for whom you want.
There’s a lot of personal freedom in freelance business writing as well as a lot of interesting writing assignments. I’ve written on everything from gold mining and longevity to lasers and seawater desalination. There’s tremendous variety and I am seldom bored.
In short, freelance corporate writing is a great gig, one I highly recommend to you. Now in my new e-book How to Succeed as a Freelance Corporate Writer, I show you more about what it is, how to get started, and how to succeed writing promotional materials for business clients.
Including:
- 8 ways to make a lot more money as a freelance writer. Page 5.
- Beware of potential clients with these e-mail addresses. Page 42.
- How to put together your writer’s web site. Page 15.
- The 4 things required for a happy life. Page 6.
- Capturing prospect e-mail addresses online. Page 18.
- How to set you income goal and achieve it. Page 7.
- Make money as an in-demand writing specialist. Page 8.
- How to generate sales leads for your business clients. Page 45.
- Writing for Fortune 500 clients. Page 10.
- Generating more response to your copy with a bait piece. Page 47.
- Making profits from public relations writing. Page 50.
- Can you make money writing for small local businesses? Page 11.
- Lucrative opportunity writing marketing materials for self-employed professionals. Page 12.
- Hidden profits in writing online copy for Internet entrepreneurs. Page 13.
- How to choose the right clients. Page 14.
- 7 things to include in your web site bio. Page 16.
- Reserving your domain name. Page 19.
- Get paid to blog. Page 55.
- Key differences between journalism and corporate writing. Page 20.
- 7 rules for writing corporate copy that sells. Page 21.
- How to find your product’s Unique Selling Proposition. Page 22.
- The 8 biggest problems corporate writers face and how to handle them. Page 25.
- Make money with social media. Page 57.
- What to do when clients don’t pay your bill. Page 26.
- 10 ways to drum up more business. Page 60.
- Charge your clients retainers and royalties. Page 65.
- How to handle a client who asks for constant revisions. Page 27.
- Write iron-clad contracts and letters of agreement. Page 69.
- Earn thousands selling your writing on the Internet. Page 74.
- What to do when you don’t have experience in the client’s industry or product. Page 28.
- Make big bucks writing print promotions in the Internet Age. Page 30.
- 5 ways to make your copy more visual. Page 32.
- How to make up to $5,000 per writing assignment. Page 34.
- Writing white papers for fun and profit. Page 35.
- A 5-step formula for qualifying potential business writing clients. Page 40.
- And so much more….
Act now and save $20
How to Succeed as a Freelance Corporate Writer is available for immediate download as a PDF e-book.
That means you can start learning corporate writing literally within the next few minutes.
Because it’s an e-book, I don’t have to print and warehouse books, so I can keep the cost low.
The cover price is $49, and that’s what we’ll charge later this year.
But as a special introductory offer for this just-published manual, your investment is only $29 when you order today.
Try it risk-free for 90 days
Best of all, your satisfaction is fully guaranteed.
That’s right: If you are not 100% satisfied for any other reason – or for no reason at all -- just let me know within 90 days.
I’ll refund your $29 payment in full. No questions asked. And, you can still keep the e-book free.
That way, you risk nothing.
So what are you waiting for?
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Sincerely,
Bob Bly
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In it, you will discover:
- 10 ways to improve your technical writing. Page 3.
- How to write more effective product brochures. Page 52.
- Why engineers can’t write. Page 9.
- 7 ways to create business publication advertising that gets results. Page 49.
- The key to great inquiry fulfillment. Page 29.
- The secret to writing better business letters. Page 19.
- And more.
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