1. Step 3: Cold emailing and pitching
1.1. Cold emailing means sending a personalized, persuasive email to a target client in your niche
1.1.1. cold emailing allow you to land high-paying clients quickly
1.2. Pitching means reaching out to a potential client with the goals of selling your services
1.2.1. For example: you might find a solid job board gig and decide to pitch yourself to that client
1.3. why cold email/pitching?
1.3.1. it keep you off shitty content mills and bidding sites like upwork
1.3.2. it allow you to choose exactly who you want to work with
1.3.3. it allows you to land high-paying clients, EVEN if youre a total newbie to freelance writing
1.4. 3 tips for cold emailing and pitch
1.4.1. only pitch/cold email target clients in your freelance writing niche
1.4.2. Be selective
1.4.2.1. use ProBlogger Job board, has good gigs
1.4.2.2. stay away from low-quality boards like craigslist and upwork
1.4.3. Be brief and make it about the client. they dont need to read your life story!
1.4.3.1. Example: Online marketing blogger interest in ________.
2. Step 4: Attract Client to your
2.1. Eventually, you want to learn how to attract clients to you so you can spend more time writing
2.1.1. guest blog post
2.1.2. LinkedIn Marketing
2.1.2.1. Alone attracted TONS of high-paying clients to y business and resulted in thousands of dollars in paid client work!
2.1.3. Getting Referrals
3. how it all works
3.1. you need to pick a profitable niche, set up a site that sells and learn how to market/pitch yourself if you want to make 1K freelance writing in the next 45 days or lesss
3.2. To scale up to 5k/mo, you need to learn how to attract clients to you, using LinkedIn, writing guest blog post, getting referrals, etc
3.3. truth bomb
3.3.1. way too many freelancer writers focus to much on their writing while ignoring the actual BUSINESS side of freelancing
3.3.2. but even the best writer will fail at freelancing if they dont have a clear marketing plan and treat it like a business
3.3.3. you MUST know how to market and pitch yourself as a writer if you want to make freelance writing work!
4. Step 1 Pick profitable niche
4.1. why is it important?
4.1.1. High paying client dont want to work with generalist
4.1.2. having a clear niche make you stand out
4.2. examples
4.2.1. real estate write
4.2.2. area of specialty
4.2.3. go narrow for new beginner
4.3. how to pick perfect niche?
4.3.1. Something you know about or something you want to learn
4.3.2. interested in or enjoy writing about
4.3.3. profitable: a specific client should be willing to pay you well for
4.3.3.1. more trail and error
4.4. not profitable niche
4.4.1. video game
4.4.2. music
4.4.3. art
4.4.4. personal life
4.4.5. poetry
5. Step 2: Create your site/samples
5.1. portfolio is not enough
5.1.1. just one page on your website
5.2. your freelance business website
5.2.1. get website hosting and a custom domain
5.2.1.1. bluehost for website hosting and domain (URL)
5.2.2. chose a website builder and theme
5.2.2.1. wordpress and the Divi theme
5.2.3. create website content that SELLs your services
5.2.3.1. home page
5.2.3.2. Services/Rate page
5.2.3.3. About page
5.2.3.4. Portfolio page
5.2.3.5. hire me page
5.3. Your website should position you as the perfect fit for a very specific target client (based on your niche)
5.3.1. focus on how you can help your target client!
5.4. focus on creating writing samples that establish your niche expertise
5.4.1. example
5.4.1.1. IT services providers: are your website mistakes costing you leads?
5.4.1.2. The ABC of content marketing for IT service providers
5.5. one the best ways to get writing samples as a newbie is to write guest blog posts.
5.5.1. you can also self-publish using medium, linkedin publisher or something similar