OR MAYBE YOU’RE AN EXISTING WRITER…
Sure, you’re “officially” writing, but you’re working for peanuts on Upwork. Which means you’re filled to the brim with low-paying clients. But your savings have nothing to show for it. (So much for adding even 1 semi-luxe item to your groceries this week).
You’re booked out with paying clients, but it’s mostly all content creation like social media posts you guess your way through and only invoice $100 for even though they take forever. If you’ve got the coveted monthly-recurring-income retainer on lock, it’s starting to feel “not worth it!” because...
Your clients treat project requests like free-for-alls. (“Oh, you want 3 new blog posts by tomorrow?” Gah!) You’re SO DEEP in their disorganized business it’s stressing you out. Being their copywriter on call is NOT what you intended. Neither are copy projects that drag on for 3 months because turning around edit requests is like pulling teeth…
Was that chime another Slack message, asking you to do “... just one more little thing?” You wonder if it’d be unprofessional if you told them to “shove it.”
And even if you’ve been dipping your toe into writing for online course creators, charging those big rates without someone to give you feedback on your work before deadlines feels like you might as well just submit yourself as a case study for the “Scam Goddess” podcast.
Maybe you’ve thought about joining a business mastermind but what if you’re the only copywriter there? And it’s basically all coaches. So while you’d get helpful advice about marketing, you’d still be on your own to get the information you actually need. Like any of this….