{"id":291441,"date":"2024-02-22T21:32:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T02:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/how-to-become-a-highly-paid-copywriter-with-no-experience"},"modified":"2024-02-22T21:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T02:33:04","slug":"how-to-become-a-highly-paid-copywriter-with-no-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/how-to-become-a-highly-paid-copywriter-with-no-experience","title":{"rendered":"How To Turn into A Extremely Paid Copywriter (with no expertise)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"142.561578755\">\n<h2><b>How Much Should You Charge Per Hour As A Freelance Copywriter?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to how much exactly you should be charging, there\u2019s no right answer. When in doubt, charge at the lower end of the median when you\u2019re a beginner, and raise your prices from there as you get more experience. According to <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.payscale.com\/research\/US\/Job=Freelance_Copywriter\/Hourly_Rate\">Payscale<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the current median hourly rate for a freelance copywriter is $34.16.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How Much Should You Charge Per Page As A Freelance Copywriter?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to charge based on the type of content you\u2019re writing, check out this chart from professional copywriter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abbeywoodock\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Abbey Woodcock<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She surveyed 68 copywriters for IWT to find out how much they charged:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img title=\"Abbey Woodcock\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"505\" alt=\"copywriting survey payment\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/copywriting-survey-payment.png\" class=\"wp-image-31689 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"505\" class=\"wp-image-31689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/copywriting-survey-payment.png\" alt=\"copywriting survey payment\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can see that there\u2019s a HUGE disparity between a highly experienced copywriter and a beginner copywriter. This should be encouraging for anyone just getting started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, even when you\u2019re a relative beginner, you\u2019re still making a good amount of money for your services. Say you write an About Page for a company and charge $85. If that About Page only took you an hour to write, that\u2019s a fantastic ROI on the time you spent on research, writing, and editing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Tips For Improving Your Copywriting Skills<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve been a copywriter for over 15 years, everything from a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com\/books\/\">New York Times Bestselling book<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to million-dollar sales pages. So, I have some tips to share with you as you get started in your career (or side hustle) as a copywriter.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Tip #1: Focus On The Reader\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This sounds obvious, right? Aren\u2019t all writers focused on the reader? Not at all. It\u2019s shocking how often writers lose focus when they\u2019re writing. A lot of writers sit down at their desks, stare at a blank page for a minute, and think, \u201cWhat should I say?\u201d And then, wham! They\u2019ll just dive right into whatever they feel like writing about. They go off on long tangents. They inject their writing with random stories. And they make everything about themselves (this is I, I, I syndrome). In the process, they kill their writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediocre writers talk about themselves. Great copywriters write about what their readers care about. This takes planning. You also must be meticulous about the actual words you use. But it\u2019s important to know: the best writers focus their copy on their readers, not themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the best ways to do that is to stop talking about YOURSELF and talk to your audience. That means to drop all the \u201cme\u201d and \u201cI\u201d in your copy and start saying \u201cyou\u201d instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NO: My customers don\u2019t like studying \u2014 maybe I can help them shortcut the studying process!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YES: Do you hate studying and do anything to avoid it? Do you wait until the last minute even if you have an exam the next morning to even touch your paper?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NO: I\u2019m proud of the results that I\u2019ve helped my readers achieve.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YES: You will see extraordinary results. Our team has helped thousands of people, just like you, create breakthroughs after breakthroughs in their business. Now it\u2019s your turn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NO: I know you\u2019d benefit from our services. I\u2019ve helped dozens of people lose weight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YES: If you skip a day of going to the gym, who holds you accountable? That makes it easier to skip two then three then suddenly, you wake up and find you haven\u2019t worked out for a month. Well, make sure never happens to you again so you look and feel incredible.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you see the difference? When you focus on your readers and write <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to them<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you turn tired, boring writing into exciting and relevant copy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Tip #2: Focus On Learning More\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good copywriters never stop improving. They don\u2019t wake up one day and think, \u201cWow, my writing is perfect; I\u2019ll never have to change it again.\u201d That would be absurd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond that, they\u2019re constantly investing in themselves. They read books on copywriting and marketing. They buy the newest courses. And they read other copywriters\u2019 stuff to stay in the loop. They know it\u2019s important to stay sharp and always <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com\/how-to-acquire-any-new-skill-in-20-hours-or-less\/\">keep up-leveling their skills<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Tip #3: Be Humble\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good copywriters aren\u2019t fighting tooth and nail to defend every idea they have. They\u2019re always looking for feedback. That could mean they show their first draft to a friend to see if it\u2019s interesting. Or it might mean reaching out to customers directly for their take.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good copywriters know that getting feedback on their early first drafts helps their writing improve by 10x or even 100x. They don\u2019t see feedback as criticism. They see it as an opportunity to improve their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice that I don\u2019t say anything about grammar or editing skills. Those things are important, but you can develop those skills over time with practice. What I pointed out are the mindsets that you MUST bring to the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can work on your technical writing skills later on, but if you\u2019re starting out with the wrong frame of mind, you\u2019ll never make it as a copywriter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So adopt these mindsets. If you do, you\u2019ll already be 90% of the way to being a good copywriter.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Tip #4: Use The Bar Stool Test<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine you\u2019re sitting at a bar with your closest friends. You\u2019re having a few drinks and chatting away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a few minutes, your friend asks you, What does your business do again?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you read off the mission statement from a company about page and say something like, were you on a mission to drastically reduce process inefficiencies for our valued clients?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. If you used stiff words and robotic phrases like that, they\u2019d look at you like you were crazy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what would you do? You\u2019d take a sip of your drink and just start talking, using simple words and stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good copywriting works the same way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not super-dense technical material. It uses short sentences and reads the way people talk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to be a copywriter, read everything you write out loud. If you find yourself thinking, \u201cThere\u2019s no way I would ever say that,\u201d trash it and start over.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Tip #5: Bring Your Writing To Life With Specifics\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vague copy might as well not exist. It doesn\u2019t get people excited or even keep them reading. So any time you find your copy drifting into the clouds, you should try to bring it back down to the ground level with some specific examples. Take a look at these simple edits to vague copy that make them exponentially more powerful:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Boring:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I don\u2019t like commuting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Specific:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Every single day, I wake up and think Oh God, I can\u2019t take yet another 45 minutes of sitting through gridlocked traffic just to get to some job that I don\u2019t even like.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Boring:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You\u2019ll have freedom and flexibility.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Specific:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Want to take a break from work and see a movie at 1 p.m. on a random Wednesday? You can do that. Have a friend in town and want to meet him for lunch? You can do that, too and no you won\u2019t have to ask your boss if it\u2019s okay.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Boring:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You\u2019ll look great.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Specific: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll finally be able to fit into your high school jeans and be the envy of all your friends.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These simple tweaks will make all of your writing much stronger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And once you understand how to apply these frameworks, you can start earning money right away. Let me show you what I mean.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Tip #6: You Can Earn Money While You Practice Your Skills\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copywriting can be a lucrative career, but you don\u2019t have to go all in at the beginning. You can earn a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars per month doing it on the side in as little as a few hours per week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How? Think about it like this: every company has something they need to sell, but not every company knows how.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They may have an amazing product or brilliant idea, but no idea how to get people to buy it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s where you, as a copywriter, come in. You can help them sell their products and services better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All you have to do is work with them on the copy in their sales letters, emails, and on their website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think of the horrible sales pitches you\u2019ve gotten. You don\u2019t have to be a great copywriter to do better. And as long as you beat the competition, you can earn good money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are thousands of people looking for these types of jobs every day. The only hard part is selecting good clients to work with (some people just don\u2019t value copywriting and that\u2019s okay).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often,\u00a0 new copywriters end up chasing low-paying gigs and working with clients who don\u2019t value their services.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com\/how-to-become-a-copywriter\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Much Should You Charge Per Hour As A Freelance Copywriter? 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