After I was freelance writing, I turned what most would think about “working for crap pay” right into a profitable (and properly paying) enterprise. On this article I’m going to put out precisely what I did to double my month-to-month freelance writing earnings in sooner or later. It’s not a pipe dream and I’m not making it up. It actually did occur – and with only one new shopper too. Take into account, this was again in 2014, after I had solely been a full-time freelancer for a couple of 12 months!
So let’s begin this off with a again story.
Just a few years in the past, in 2014, I discovered myself in debt over gum surgical procedure. What you might not know is that I wanted another process after which quickly after I had ended up at a clinic and an pressing look after a very unrelated concern.
What you additionally could not know is that my medical health insurance didn’t do it’s job for the latter so I needed to pay upfront (This has since been resolved with a declare, however on the time it actually sucked.)
As well as, as a result of I used to be needing to go to the physician I needed to take some days off from teaching and instructing. What resulted was a few lean months and numerous anxiousness.
As my buddy and religious coach Marine stated, this was the time to follow what I preach.
So after crying, panicking, blaming, and victimizing, I made a dedication to myself:
It was time to go arduous or go residence.
By no means wanting to finish up in a state of affairs like this once more, I vowed to do no matter it took to have extra money coming in as quickly as doable.
I used my anger of the state of affairs to gas me and make a rattling determination.
After which I started working.
Step 1: I obtained clear on why I needed the cash.
In my guide I speak in regards to the significance of figuring out why you need the cash. Merely put, if what you’re working towards it makes it rather a lot simpler to create new habits. It additionally makes it a hell of rather a lot simpler to ask for cash.
Issues are completely different than they had been just a few years in the past. Bills and even larger targets than I had earlier than began to extend. So I knew I wanted to readjust.
One motive I needed the cash is in order that I used to be at all times coated ought to an emergency like those I had would come up once more.
Another excuse was to lastly transfer out of my father or mother’s home.
And but another excuse was to provide my VA on the time extra hours and look into hiring subcontractors to assist with the workload.
As soon as I had my listing, I wrote it on a post-it and caught it on my laptop computer so I’d at all times see it.
(P.S. For those who’d like to do that train in depth take a look at my guide. It’s an actual life changer.)
Step 2: I obtained over my shit about asking for extra money.
My teaching charges went up that 12 months (and yearly since then) and it’s taken me some time to get used to listening to the brand new numbers come out of my mouth. My writing charges steadily elevated as properly. Moreover, I began pitching to talk for a price and realized new expertise like promoting from the stage.
Asking for that type of cash was new to me. However the one solution to recover from your concern of asking for money is to really ask for it.
At any time when I felt bizarre about following up, asking for extra or sending a pitch I’d simply return to my listing to remind myself why I needed the cash.
Step 3: I went for what made cash quick.
Ali Brown typically talks about doing what you like and following the cash. For me that was writing, and now teaching. I’ve been within the freelancing sport some time now and knew I might discover new shoppers simply, in order that’s precisely what I did.
That didn’t imply that I finished working with new teaching or talking offers and shoppers (you all know I like my cash to return from completely different locations). It simply meant that I knew what was going to take advantage of cash instantly. I additionally knew that freelance writing can be recurring earnings, which is at all times good.
Now that my program and merchandise become profitable sooner and extra typically, that’s the place my principal focus is. Nevertheless, freelance writing was a HUGE piece of my enterprise and it actually helped me begin incomes extra money, sooner.
Step 4: Promote smarter, not tougher.
I doubled my month-to-month freelance writing earnings in sooner or later with only one shopper. Why? As a result of I began promoting smarter, not tougher.
I obtained very strategic about my areas of experience when it got here to writing. As such, I’d solely pitch individuals who match that standards. That’s when the magic began to occur. Whenever you deal with a distinct segment, that’s once you receives a commission extra. That’s when you possibly can go from a pitch to closing a deal in lower than an hour. (Sure, I’ve had that occur.)
Not solely did I double it with only one shopper, however I additionally used the identical technique to get just a few extra. So in actuality, I greater than doubled my month-to-month freelance writing earnings inside a few weeks time, and that helped me get to the place I’m immediately!
How do you hustle when you should become profitable?
