How To Land Copywriting Clients as Beginner Freelancer in 2023 (5 Simple Steps 💻)
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- In this video, I'm sharing the exact steps to take to land your first client and make your fist 1K as a freelance copywriter, even if you have NO experience.
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Thank you for this. What I love about this video is that I can sense that you are genuine in what you are saying, no hidden agenda.
That means a lot - thank you Ian 🙏🏼
I can attest - Christine is the real deal - I joined her course and she goes above and beyond to provide amazing help and support.
Hi, I hope you’re doing great , im a beginner and I really need your help to show me how to start from scratch please
I've been unemployed for a few years now while depending on my parents. Currently learning Copywriting and studying it very hard so I could also use your method on how to land clients.
how is it working out for you so far?
@@LuisManzanarez-kn4yq i was about to ask the same question
So where are you learning from?
CZcams? Linkedin learning? Any other platforms?
I wish someone just gave me a working no nonsense video on what resources to follow if you’re learning copywriting
I started around the same time this comment was posted.
I've understood different formulas and specialist genres (emails, sales pages, landing pages etc)
I've made plenty of social media pages to show a level of professionalism with lots of content
Now I'm trying to learn how to outreach.
Very slow progress ik but based on what I've done, this guy must be doing well after 6 months
@@055nirupamkolanki8 look up ALEX CATTONI
I'm half-way through your video and I can sense that you genuinely want write writers go the freelance route.
Everything you mentioned made perfect sense, especially the downsides of working with certain entities.
You're really giving me great insights on how to be more strategic on picking clients.
Great video Christine!
Definitely agree that this channel is so underrated! I absolutely love your transparency and all the details about what it's like to work in this industry. I've been umming and ahhing about copywriting since 2020 and finally feel like I have enough information to see myself making the switch. Currently working full-time as a translator & editor for agencies, would love to work part-time as a copywriter and get paid the same. I have major social anxiety holding me back from client calls, so I really needed that pep talk. Heading over to watch your sales call video next :)
Let me know if the video helps! With your editing background it seems you're in a great position to take on writing work!
Whyyyyy is this channel soooo underrated?
haha! thank you!
Thank you for your advice. I’m a single mom of two kids and working full time in a different industry. I’m working towards becoming a full time copywriter so this information was pure gold! I’m so grateful for your services.
🎉So happy it helped!
Christine consistently provides the very BEST real-world advice drawn from her own experiences / challenges. These are like mini courses in and of themselves. I'm saving up to take her program. My situation: Currently, I'm writing copy? Years ago, I reached out to an "influencer" in the personal development space (she sells online writing courses, self-love programs, personal development courses etc...) Anyway, currently I create inspirational quote posts on Canva and write "copy" to direct potential clients to our landing pages. It's not copy on the same scale AT ALL, but I really love creating and scheduling posts. I've been doing this for her on my free time for years now but I want to "level up" to actual copy. I could leverage this experience on Linkedin, but afraid its woefully insufficient. Anyway, here we are.
Thank you for that compliment Louis! Sounds like you are building a powerful portfolio that you can eventually start cold pitching with!
@@paidcopywriter I'm just overselling my actual experience lol. I'm still planning to take your course. I really love your mentioning of "guarded assets" and other terminology that all copywriters should be familiar with...
U never knew what will happen until u go for it been studying and researching for copywriting and I know what im looking for thank you so much for ur services I hope by Christmas or at least earlier or in spring i can do it part time & then eventually go full time!
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The moment I saw you, I was spellbound by your beauty. It's like love at first sight.😅
OMG thank you sooo much for the suggestion of writing for healing crystals company!!!! I am very into everything energy healing, so this was the PERFECT out of the box suggestion!!!!
Sales is not an unrelated career field?
So many insights in one video. Thank you so much, Christine.
Oh, my situation? I'm currently doing a part-time job for real estate but I've been studying freelancing for the past few months so I could eventually land a client and go full time. I've just finished learning how to become a Video Editor as well as a Project Manager. However, my love for words is leading me to become a Copywriter, hence, I'm a constant viewer of your videos. I'm planning, too, to get your course, I just need to get some clients first for my real estate job to secure my next year's finances.
By the way, I'm a Christian, too! Lord willing, I'll soon learn from you, Christine.
Again, thank you for making these awesome videos about Copywriting.
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The real estate market collapsed here in the midwest ruining my 25 years of real estate appraisal so I considered my talents and realized I have been writing since I was a teenager. Poetry, short stories, and a couple of unpublished books fed my passion for words. I am in the early stages of opening a blog. I intend to build from that.
Every time I listen to your content I go to subscribe but every time I find that I’ve already done it! So valuable!
🙏🏼thank you! 😊
@@paidcopywriter No, thank you! In one of your videos you mentioned that we could comment to see if you’d be able to guide us for how much to set prices for. My niche is real estate copy: property descriptions, social media content writing, blogs (if they have them), email marketing.
I’m just starting out and I’m super nervous about how much to charge. Any advice?
The pure gold info that you get on this channel is just fantastic❤
Agency work sounds wonderful to me because I am already doing client acquisition and marketing for my wellness travel business. thank you for this video.
Sales is directly related to copywriting. Good copy sells products. So whether you know it or not, your sales experience helped you transition much faster.
Thanks Christine for sharing your amazing experience. I can resonate with the fact that agencies do not treat you well. I gave my 100% and still I had to witness to their rude behavior. Anyway I am moving ahead with that experience. Someday it's really gonna make sense and I will the successful copywriter, I know. 😊
Hey Christine, I like your practical advice about getting a leg up as a freelancer. I recently lost my clients and want to get back in the game. I’m 75 going on 18 and would just like to get enough work to keep my head above water as inflation starts eating into my retirement check. As you said, “It’s a numbers game.” Most of my forays at cold pitching and applying to companies have been lackluster and haven’t produced any progeny. Maybe it’s just me, but I think there’s a reluctance to take on an older writer. The client may think that I’ll contract Alzheimer’s or just drop dead. My intention is to hang around until I’m in my 120s. The niche I like is tech and the audience is B2B. I’m open to anything at this stage in my writing life. How can I break through the glass ceiling during this disruptive period of ChatGPT automatons? Thanks for sharing your story and experiences because it keeps me from just giving up on this opportunity.
Hah, Sales is related to Copywriting 💕
okay you got me SOOO excited to do zoom calls with clients to do juicy creative brainstorming !!!!!!
I've been looking for a channel like yours! Thanks so much for sharing. I've noticed that most copywriting advice on CZcams is similar. Yours is so candid and genuine.
My wife and I want to hit the road with a Truck and fifth wheel camper and write to pay us both as we travel. It gives the flexibility and money to do whatever we want. We have a 6 month window to get this thing kicked in high gear and either sell our property or make enough money with writing to get me out of a job and come home with her and both kill it. I have sales experience and metal working experience also. Was hoping to write for some companies that have welding machines or welding instructions etc. may not be a lot of people doing this. Open field possibly. She was looking at holistic and homesteading. Thanks for the info. Well done. We got a lot out of the video.
Real great insights on this video. Curious to know how someone wanting to start copy-writing as a side hustle at first can be anonymous on LinkedIn or other platforms so that current employer does not see you online providing this service. I’d like to slowly transition to copy-writing so that I can quit my job and focus on this new career.
This is soo helpful! Took so much value from this wow
I am working in a 9-5 job and did freelancing last year for 6 months. I’m trying to again transition to being a freelance copywriter full time. 🎉
How is going right now
one of the most informative and helpful videos ive seen. thank you!
Hi Christine,
I'm working FT and on pause from school for a year. Work pays well, but it is not enough to sustain me with student and consumer debt. My writing skills are good and I can sift through articles to get the jist. I'm doing as much research so I can get started like yesterday.
I'm pushing myself not to chicken out. Most copywriters I have come across say to just start even if you feel like it will not be perfect. So, that's what I'm telling myself that I can mirror similar content and refine myself as I go.
Feeling uber nervous because I desire to scale up quickly.
You got this!!!!!
I used to work for an agency and probably the reason why their big clients see them as "disposable", like you said, is because well for one, they pay a ton of money so maybe feel like they can treat the agency however they want, but mainly it's because many big agencies have such a high turnover rate that the big company/client often doesn't have a relationship with 1 or more people for very long, even on retainer work. With people cycling in and out there's not a long lasting relationship there, in the way there would be w/a freelance writer.
That is my rant lol. Anyway very helpful video Christine, I'm new to the channel and am loving it.
glad you enjoyed the vid and thanks for sharing your agency experience :)
Dropped nothing but gems! Tons of value in this video, had to subscribe. Thank you.
Hey Christine. This video did a lot of good things to me. It just gave me an idea and answered a question I have had for a while. Thank you❤
Thanks for this video, it's really helpful for me as a beginner Copywriter
Thank you, Christine, for this very useful content you post! You are the right person, at the right moment in my life right now!
Well Done Video!... So So clear & thorough
It was a fantastic session, and I learned a lot more. Since I'm new to copywriting, I needed to understand how to acquire clients and how to demonstrate my writing abilities.
How you doin brother? Is it working?
O, a very interesting video that intrigued me to learn Copywriting. You are doing great. Sabir Ali, Karachi, Pakistan
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You're freakin awesome! Thanks for the motivation and strategies.😁
I'm a student. I don't really know much about copywriting but I want to be independent and I'm interested in copywriting
very helpful video. Thank you.
You are going to shoot to the stars with the info you share! Thank you I'm glad I found you early. I see you doing as well if not better than the likes of Alex Cattoni (think that's how you spell her name.)
Thank you Megan! She is killing it so that is a huge compliment 🙏
love this a lot... thank you for sharing, Christine
I'm the same as you, no job, have to get this to full time
I appreciate the fact you're setting standards for yourself. And too agreeable people are walked over and mistreated. Facts. But at the same time I sense that the clients you've worked with also thought you were difficult to work with. For example, ''Only one revision.'' right off the bat like that? Hmm... And if am charging 200$+ / hour I do expect my work to be exquisite and be heavily looked at. I need to justify it. For me thats normal. I understand your point though. There are plenty of companies & agencies out there trying to exploit freelancers so you want to show you're not to be messed with. Fine. I can be disagreeable too. But I believe that approach will do my business more harm than good in the long run. I think your strategy is efficiency: maximum price, minimum effort. You want to work minimally to enjoy other parts of your life. But quality of work won't be high enough and customers will complain. If I used that approach it will limit my growth too much as a business owner and writer, I will have very few returning customers and will be denied too many opportunities because industry is small and people talk.
Thanks for your comment! Maybe my explanation on boundary setting comes across as harsh when I explain it but I'm actually very hospitable to my clients. I also give them my all to ensure I have a high quality output so I wouldn't agree that my approach is minimum effort. While treating clients well and going above and beyond is necessary to retain clients, I find that freelance writers who consume my content are super meek and don't feel confident enough to hold boundaries
I'm working with an agency for my caregiving and working on getting my Copywriting business running. I have a ten year old who needs me and I want to be around him by working at home.
Thank you. This has been very informative. I am looking to make email copywriting a side business but who knows, it may become full time. What are the things I need to know before I dive in?
Did you say you went from a completely unrelated career which was Sales??? 🤔 Copywriting IS sales! At least direct response copywriting is. It’s the ability to move someone to a sale from behind a computer screen. It’s sales in written form as opposed to in-person, spoken form. I don’t leave this comment to be rude or condescending, not at all. This was a really informative video. That comment just surprised me.
What was your process of pitching to DocuSign?
What did you write in your cold email?
How was your portfolio while pitching to them?
just a heads up, your audio seems a bit off I'm not sure if you noticed but is some parts it sounds a bit shaky. Good video and very informative though.
I want to transition from a full-time job to full-time freelance. Perhaps pivot after I'm successful.
It's great information to beginner like me .
Hi I’m Michael Kendall I’m trying to be a freelance copywriter, besides being artist too like acting and storyboard artist. I like to be in a freelance capability.
I’m a beginner here as a copywriter, how do I create a simple portfolio for upwork upload
Hi Christine! Recently stumbled on one of your videos and I’ve been hooked for the past few days….been consuming all your videos, podcasts nonstop….It would be amazing if you could share where to learn copywriting from….there are thousands of courses and youtubers and it’s difficult to tell who’s genuine and provide true value….I’ve been stacking up certifications from linked in learning but I’m not sure I’ve learned what counts…all the courses were too generic and abstarct….so could you please help me out on this a bit😢
I want to transition into freelance copywriting but I’m not sure if I’m competent enough to do the work
I feel the same. Do practice work for pretend companies or ones that already exist and redo their home page for example or one of their ads then ask for feedback from other writers. There's lots of Facebook groups for this.
@@meganbrain6634 That’s a good idea. Thank you
Great video! I never even thought about direct deposit. Is this easy for the client to setup? Do you just have the client fill out a form?
Where will you write your portfolio
So would it be a good idea to start out with agencies?....to get a foot in the door for a beginner?
What an incredibly valuable channel, thank you!!
So HOW do you get clients to pay you direct deposit? Surely you don't just give them your acct and routing numbers... Do you use a software of some sort?
Thanks for the clarity in advance!🙏🏼😊🌹
I do give them my account and routing. While that sounds scary, people can't extract money from your account with that info. Also, I guess its a bit easier for me because I work with large companies with finance departments who wouldn't try to steal my info. I also make it a habit to only keep a certain amount in checking so my money isn't just sitting there.
@@paidcopywriter ahh ok noted, thanks lovely 🌹
I really want to start copywriting as a side hustle. But because I've done a photography course, I know I can offer copywriting and photography as a service to potential clients. I want to work in the travel niche, and want to start building my own portfolio and maybe a blog to share some personal pieces of travel writing too. Just feel very overwhelmed by what I need to do to get started, and also scared because I have failed at businesses in the past too.. :/
totally get it. Starting something new can be overwhelming, especially when you've had past business experiences that didn't work out. But here's the thing: you've got some awesome skills to offer-copywriting and photography-so combining them for potential clients in the travel niche is a fantastic idea!
focus on building your portfolio. Gather your best copywriting and photography work to showcase your talents. It's your chance to impress potential clients and show them what you're capable of.
take it step by step. Break down tasks into manageable chunks. Create your portfolio, set up your blog, and start reaching out to potential clients. Celebrate each milestone along the way!
Remember, past failures don't define your future success. Learn from them and use that knowledge to grow. And don't forget, you're not alone in this journey.
If you haven't already - check out the free resources on paidcopywriter.com i have a free linkedin guide download + a pitching workshop
Do you have a reference on how to set up direct deposit invoicing?
Quickbooks works really well for small business Invoicing. Its fairly inexpensive by the month.
No hate or anything, but I feel like sales and copywriting are pretty similar. Copywriting is famously known as selling with words. Not to mention having a background in sales would definitely help you get clients
I agree - my point is that they're different roles within a company. If I stood up one day at my job and said I suddenly wanted to join the marketing department, it just wouldn't happen. When I say unrelated, I mean it was something I'd never been paid to do
Ha! I loved what you said. Got rid of your crystals when you were born again Christian. ✝️ 💪
Well-done Christine. I'm just getting started with B2B Saas copywriting.
Are there any other alternatives for those that can't afford paying for hosting site and site builder?
for sure! i always say do the best you can with what you have. there are free alternatives like copyfolio that can make a free landing page or website look professional - then when you get your 1st client, invest in a proper website and domain
@@paidcopywriter thank you so much Christine! God bless you
as a email copywriter do I send the emails to their email list?
Am i Qualified to watch this video as an person whose english isn't advanced or is it just for natives
Can i start copywriting as algerian based in Algeria ?
Do you have a course on Udemy?
Thanks so much❤️....umm is linkid a website or an app
Im having trouble finding my niche. I would like to write for service providers but I feel like I need to niche down. I’m interested in dating coaches as well, how would I find them?
do we think spirituality is a good niche? ive been ruling it out thinking itll be too controversial/unprofessional since ive seen no one mentioning it. im afraid to put all my eggs in that basket on the jump. anyone with experience have advice?
but how do i get the trust from big high paying clients if i have no experience? what do you recommend our first step to be?
Christine, I'm a published author who uses no social media and specialises in autism, ACT and linguistics. I would like to continue writing articles.
Love this niche!
@@paidcopywriter Could you point me in a good direction?
I am having issues creating a website, am totally confused, please I need some help ma
when did you start your carreer
Hey!! I just came across your channel !! I’ve always been good at writing I believe I was a writer in my past life lol I’m good at building websites and just started a blog for stay at home moms writing articles about ways to make money online. BUT I would like to freelance write or copywrite for other companies .. maybe even a bit of email marketing… so how do I come off as more than a blogger ? Bc I can do a lot .
Hi Desarai! That's awesome! I started off only writing blogs, then pitched additional services to my clients once I proved myself. Being able to write a blog is really compelling for clients and I recommend all beginner writers get their foot in the door with blog content.
I need work to show my abilities as a worker,
How did you stand out on LinkedIn if you had no portfolio or previous clients? I’d love to know
Ok never mind, you answered in the video 😂
Please please please tell me how much someone earn though copywriting?
Hi Christine, am a newbie email copywriter focused in the health and fitness niche. Tho I've been taking some assignments like writing some email copy and making researches everyday but the trouble I am having is probably because of my nationality.
Nigeria has one of the highest fraud rate and foreign clients doesn't seem to trust people from Nigeria buh I wish to work for foreign clients expecially the U.S because I know there are lot of money over there.
What advice do u or fellow viewers have for me?
Hi Hameed, as a Nigerian there's a different approach you should use to secure a job from a client... Follow Alex Cattoni too she's so good. I follow her and Christine
@@omotoshokolapo183 thanks for the Tips
use some background music too
Do you coach one on one? Would love to find a coach! xx
Yes I offer 1:1 Slack messaging support and live monthly calls in my program 30 Days to Paid. You can find out more here!
www.paidcopywriter.com/30daystopaid
Can I get a free domain?
Sales is the core of copywriting😂. You just switched roles not jobs😭
fake news
@@paidcopywriter
I am 19 years old and I just starting copywriting.
I want to work with businesses that deal with natural supplements.
I still have to build my portfolio
I am confused as to how I should approach things and what my next steps should be.
As a well established and known Artist in this field I would be grateful if you share some advice.
Thank you!
Copywriting is sales lol come on
you are literally an ai
she is???
Great info for sure. I have been scouring all the social media platforms for good info on copywriting and came across your channel. I have been a published freelance writer for over 20 years. I have a good profile page, I have a LinkedIn account which is all business, I don't do FaceBook, ( got hacked way too much), and I an the owner of a former website that I owned, operated and provided the content for as well. So, you can say I have been around awhile. My "niche" is outdoor writing specialized in freshwater fishing in all of Southern California. I have also provided some well producing copy for a few fishing lures companies in the past. The problem I am having is finding clients in that niche to write copy for. I cannot find any agencies that cater to the fishing industry which is freaking huge! Any suggestions? Thanks.
@paidcopwriter Would you consider yelp to look for businesses in a particular niche?
absolutely - any directory, list, or database can be used to gather your "ideal list of clients" depending on what type of businesses you want to target
ra mudeng aku mbak...
I need to point something out though. You said your background it’s not at all related to copywriting and then you mentioned Sales.. Sorry but Robert Bly himself states that a copywriter is a Salesman behind a typewriter.. So definetively MASSIVE advantage there
Sure. What I mean by "unrelated" is that no content manager or marketing manager was willing to give me a chance as a copywriter with a straight sales resume. I needed to market myself and my background in a certain way and build my portfolio from scratch to make a pivot. Anyone who has customer-facing experience (retail, hospitality, etc) has an "advantage" and many of my students pivoted from unrelated careers that had 0 to do with sales