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This is Video 4.3
in the course:
Get Paid To Write
Module 4:
Top 15 ways to find copywriting work
10 online copywriting job sites
Learning outcomes:
How to:
• Find copywriting work• Guest blog to build your profile• Keep motivated• Use copywriting job sites
• If you see a need, an opportunity, ask the question or ask for the job
• Trust your instinct - you’ve got nothing to lose
1. Ask! Ask! Ask!:
• If you hear that ‘little voice’ telling you to ask something, obey it. ‘Tip of the tongue’ moments
1. Ask! Ask! Ask!:
• Clients love you to be excited and happy to be working with them
• Tell them you’re excited, that you want the job, that you’re thrilled to get the job
2. Don’t be afraid to be enthusiastic:
• Thank them for their business
• Send them thankyou cards - people remember people who send cards
2. Don’t be afraid to be enthusiastic:
• Building trust takes time - don’t expect overnight miracles
• Getting known for being a copywriter takes time - need to be seen regularly at events
3. Think long term:
• Never get annoyed if you don’t get a job - there can be lots of reasons
3. Think long term:
• Don’t give up if things are not coming in -just get back to the basics - networking, writing blogs, creating content etc.
4. Be consistent:
• If it seems too hard to continue on, consider the alternative - commuting, working for bosses, public transport, office politics
4. Be consistent:
• Keep your visual image/mantra/ sound/cue in view
• Reminds you why you want to become a copywriter
4. Be consistent:
• Having a bad day, got bad feedback, didn’t get the job - remember ‘this too shall pass’
• Take on the 10/10/10
5. Manage your emotional state:
• Get a good night’s sleep
5. Manage your emotional state:
• Recall your visual cues
• Read motivational literature
• It’s like real estate - there’s a great deal just around the corner
6. Get used to rejection:
7. Set up a database early on:
• Be committed to setting up a database of anyone that has expressed any interest in getting copywriting work done
7. Set up a database early on:
• Focus on collecting email details, not social media details - you own their email details but you’ll never fully own their social media details
8. Create a ‘lead magnet’:
• Create an eBook or offer to entice them to give you their email details
9. Follow up:
• Follow up - if someone says they’re interested, ring them
• If they put you off, follow up the following week
9. Follow up:
• Contact them 2-3 times and then put them on your database
10. Set up a website:
• Set up a simple website that promotes you as a copywriter
11. Guest blog for other sites:
• Guest blog for other sites related to copywriting but not in direct competition eg submit a blog for a:
• …
11. Guest blog for other sites:
• printing company
• web design firm
• marketing coach
…about the power of copywriting
12. Write for free:
• Offer to do voluntary or contra copywriting work for your local schools, charities, sporting clubs - letting people in your immediate vicinity know what you do is one of the fastest ways to find paid work
13. Be helpful:
• Send out emails on a regular basis to your database about interesting, newsworthy stories related to how copywriting can help their business
• Don’t promote your service – promote what your service will do for them
• Write a batch of 5-10 emails at once so that you get all your writing done in one sitting
• It’s much easier to write multiple emailers than one
14. Work smarter, not harder:
• Load them up so that they can get sent out once a week or fortnightly
• Investigate auto-responder software that does this for you
14. Work smarter, not harder:
• Look out for the traditional ways to find copywriting work - online jobs sites etc.
• There are dozens of high-quality writing jobs available at any one time…
15. Try online job sites:
…but most people think they’ll never get the job so they don’t even look them up
15. Try online job sites:
10 sites that offer paid copywriting work:
Key words:
• Communications writer
• Technical writer
• Journalist
• Copywriter
10 sites that offer paid copywriting work:
Key words:
• Writer
• Marketing writer
• In-house communications
• Tender writer
10 sites that offer paid copywriting work:
1. www.seek.com.au
2. ww.indeed.com/Writer-jobs
3. www.copify.com/
4. www.simplyhired.com.au/k-writing-jobs.html
5. www.theloop.com.au/jobs/Writing
10 sites that offer paid copywriting work:
6. www.linkedin.com/job/content-writer-jobs/?country=au
7. www.freelancesuccess.com.au/job-search/
8. www.artshub.com.au/jobs/
9. www.freelancer.com
10.www.upwork.com
10 sites that offer paid copywriting work:
• A great way to get your foot in the door and get some experience
• Outsourcing sites don’t pay much
10 sites that offer paid copywriting work:
• Never try to compete with clients who say “I can get it in India for $5 a blog”
This is the end of Video 4.3
in the course:
Get Paid To Write
Module 4:
Top 15 ways to find copywriting work
10 online copywriting job sites