Elna Cain is a B2B freelance writer for SaaS businesses and digital marketing brands and the co-founder of Freelancer FAQs. She's been featured on Entrepreneur, The Ladders, The Penny Hoarder, Leadpages and more. If you want to learn how to freelance write, check out her free course, Get Paid to Write Online.
Thinking about being a freelance writer?
I know the feeling.
You’ve been reading for months about freelance writing and getting clients and all those little things you need to make your business successful.
You don’t seem to get it.
You went through the preliminary steps to get your freelance writing business off on the right foot.
By: Elna Cain, Alicia Rades, Samar Owais
Thinking about starting a freelance writing business? Not sure where to start?
You just landed your first freelance writing client. Fist-pump!
You’re excited and can’t believe someone will actually pay you to write. You can finally call yourself a freelance writer. But, with that excitement comes some apprehension.
Are you pitching like mad and seeing no success? You don’t get it, because you check the job boards constantly, hustle day and night and want to get paid for your writing.
As a new freelance writer, you may think all you need to “make it” are good writing skills and a knack for researching any topic, but you’re missing one important part to making a living from writing.
It finally happened:
You landed a guest post on a very popular website. You don’t want to screw this up, so you take the next week to fine tune your piece.
You research extensively, make sure to link back to other popular posts on the blog and spend hours crafting the perfect headline.
Are you stuck writing for pennies?
Writing $5 articles won’t get you far in your freelance writing career. Not only are you pumping out fluff articles by the dozen, but it isn’t enough to pay your bills and you’re probably working non-stop unable to enjoy what you’re doing.
Freelance writing can be a very lucrative career. But, do you feel you keep landing the wrong clients and don’t know why?
As a freelance writer, it’s our job to convey to prospects and clients the value of strategic digital marketing.
To put it more simply, many businesses aren’t savvy to online marketing tactics like social media or content promotion.
So, to make sure we become an integral part in their marketing plan, it’s best to have some tricks up our sleeves as a way to stand out from other freelance writers.
