Overview
The Ultimate Guide to Freelancing for Commercial and High-Paying Markets!
The choice to begin a freelance writing career was the easy part - now how to be successful is the challenge. How do you set up and run your business productively? What high-paying markets are out there that you haven't explored? The Wealthy Writer has the answers you need to reach the most lucrative markets and become a profitable freelance writer.
This nuts-and-bolts guide will show you how you can write stronger, do business smarter, and make money faster. Author Michael Meanwell walks you step-by-step through each facet of running your own freelance business by offering:
- Comprehensive guidance on setting up and planning your business, handling contracts, protecting your work, dealing with clients, balancing home and work, and more
- Case studies and templates for getting your business started
- Detailed information on markets that pay well, including corporations and writing for the web
- Writing advice such as how to beat writers' block for greater writing efficiency
In addition, Meanwell includes thorough instruction and useful examples for writing newsletters, direct mail, speeches, website copy, press releases, e-books, e-zines, and ad copy. With The Wealthy Writer, you'll discover the practical, real world advice and examples you need to target, capture, and service clients in the hottest markets and earn that six-figure income.
Synopsis
The ultimate guide to running a freelance business and making money while doing it, The Wealthy Writer is an all-in-one resource that covers everything a novice or seasoned writer needs to know to be a successful freelancer. This helpful guide:
* Identifies profitable and receptive print and online freelance outlets, including the lucrative area of commercial writing
* Includes chapters on technical writing, Web writing, speech writing, e-books, corporate communications, advertising, direct mail
* Shows writers how to work on their business while working in their business through strategies such as launching a home-based business and turning clients into advocates
* Provides a spectrum of case studies, sample letters, and sample forms, so working writers can put them to use on their own