Get Your First Freelance Writing Jobs
4 Steps to Earning Online
Forum homework feedback + access to live Q&A calls
Can't find good writing jobs?
What you need is a proven, step-by-step system for launching your freelance writing business to success — fast. With pro writers to help you along. Luckily, that's just what we've got for you in this 2-month training led by Freelance Writers Den founder Carol Tice and her team!
Here's a one-time chance to get coached through a simple system to launch your freelance career.
In just 60 days, you'll go from clueless newbie... to knowing how to position yourself, get found online, build your network, get referrals, pitch, and get hired.
Without having to bid on Upwork, answer Craigslist ads, or join a content mill.
Stop wishing you could earn from writing — and let's make it happen.
Join our 8-week online bootcamp, Get Your First Freelance Writing Jobs.
Carol and her Den staffers, Angie Mansfield and Evan Jensen, will teach you everything you need to know, step by step.
Your Den deal for full participation saves you $200 — and gets you forum homework feedback from the experts, as well as access to all our live Q&A calls.
Learn the nuts and bolts in 4 weeks...
Then, pitch for a whole month!
We've designed this bootcamp to teach you everything you need to know, with a goal of helping you find your first writing job before this 2-month class concludes.
That sound good?
Here's how it works:
Introductory Video If you didn't attend our introductory Webinar live, you'll start by watching our intro recording: Avoid the Top 7 Mistakes of New Freelance Writers. This training will give you a basic understanding of how the freelance-writing world operates: what you can skip and not waste time on, and what habits will help you succeed.
Each Week: Skills-building Homework with Individualized Feedback To rapidly build your freelance career and help you get hired, you'll get feedback on your homework posts on our class forums from Carol, Angie, and Evan.
Recordings, Handouts and Transcripts Our materials are yours to download and re-read or watch at your leisure. We record and transcribe everything.
Homework Forum & Live Q&As Throughout class, you'll be able to ask questions and "talk shop" with your fellow writers on the 24/7 class forum. Carol will also hold a live weekly Q&A Web meeting in February, to ensure all your questions get answered. Finally, we'll have a bonus 'exit call' at the end of March, to answer all your pitching questions.
And... March is "Pitch Month!"
Adapt our templates and create your pitch letters — then, get pro feedback from our team, so you know they're ready to go. You can submit as many pitches as you want for review! Finally, we'll have a bonus 'exit call' at the end of March, to answer all your pitching questions.
Let's break down the learning, week by week:
WEEK 1
Beyond Niche: Discovering Your Clients
Q&A Coaching Call Feb. 7 / 11 PST-2 EST
The fastest route to freelance success is focusing your business on specific clients (NOT taking all comers). We'll analyze your experience and interests to choose a niche — and then, to pinpoint exactly the type of clients you should approach.
WEEK 2
Your Online Presence: LinkedIn Mastered
Q&A Coaching Call Feb. 14 / 11 PST-2 EST
To start attracting your ideal prospects, we'll create a LinkedIn profile to serve as your online home for this launch. You'll learn what to put on each element of your LinkedIn, and how to impress — even as a newbie. Our handout
WEEK 3
Build Your Network & Get Referrals
Q&A Coaching Call Feb. 21 / 11 PST-2 EST
Learn how to get clients contacting you for writing work! You'll discover easy steps to quickly build a large network — and scripts for exactly how to ask them to refer you clients who need your writing services.
WEEK 4
Pitch and Get Hired: Templates + Your Style
Q&A Coaching Call Feb. 28 / 11 PST-2 EST
Stumped about what to say to prospects to make them choose you? We'll provide proven pitch templates you can use as a starting point. Then, we'll show you how to customize them to fit your personality — and grab your target customers' interest.
Raves for Our Courses
"By far the most valuable part of the course has been the coaching and mentoring. "
“I just signed my 4th retainer client and numbers 5 and 6 are about to sign as well! I've done website content for three new websites, a 4-pay brochure, and Webinar content. I got some clients from networking, and some from just changing my job title on LinkedIn, from what I learned in Launchpad. I've increased what I'm charging and this point, my price for a blog post ranges from $125 - $400 and up. I have so much work, I'm scrambling to keep up. I'm projecting $40K in income this year. Thanks, Carol!"
Kylie Saunder Copywriter
"Got my first real client — and launched my career"
"After just a few weeks in the Den, I went to a networking event and got my very first REAL client – one who was willing to pay a professional rate. I’ve since used the Den’s resources to build an SEO-friendly website that’s brought in more work opportunities than I know what to do with! My cannabis writing took off, and now I have three regular clients, plus two more that give me project work.
If you’re a freelance writer, and you want to take your business to the next level, join The Freelance Writers Den. It’s one of the best investments you can make. "
Daryl Watson The Cannabis Copywriter
"Over $13,000 in assignments!"
"I learned how to speak to prospects with confidence about pricing and my writing. I've earned over $13,000 from two clients whose business I got after they saw my white paper sample from Steve's bootcamp."
Tammy Farrell Savvy White Papers
What makes this program unique?
There are plenty of classes about how to be a freelance writer. Go grab a $12 self-study class on Udemy...and get exactly what you paid for. Writers spin in circles for years, trying to use resources like these — because your launch needs guidance, to go fast.
Let you in on a dirty freelance-industry secret: Many break-in courses online are taught by inexperienced writers (I've seen ones where the teacher freelanced FT for ONE month, then sold a course). Here, you get three seasoned freelance writers and teachers with a combined 47 years' experience in the freelance world.
Also, no other course gives you this level of homework feedback, live Q&A time, answers, templates, and advice — the ingredients you need to succeed.
Finally, no other course comes with 2 months of full access to everything in our Freelance Writers Den community — you get 300+ hours of additional learning opportunities, our Junk-Free Job Board, 24/7 forums, support from 1,100+ members, and more, to supplement your learning. All for the price of this single course.
More course benefits:
- Save a ton of time. No more trial and error!
- Launch faster, earn more. Be one of the elite set of new freelance writers who earns well their first year!
- Stop chasing low-paid 'opportunities' on content mills and bid sites, and learn where the $$ is.
- Gain insight into where you fit, where good pay can be found, where clients are eager for your help.
- Get templates. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel — we've know what works, and will hand it to you.
- Keep it simple. We've boiled this down to just 4 basic steps. Niche, get online, get referrals, pitch. Get hired!
Meet your instructors:
Carol Tice
Longtime freelance business writer Carol got her first freelance writing jobs around 1990 — and, after 12 years as a staff writer, started freelancing again in 2005. She's been earning six figures annually from her writing since 2011. Magazine credits: Forbes, Entepreneur, Delta Sky, Alaska Beyond, and many others. Corporate clients have included Costco, American Express, Freshbooks, and TrueBlue. She writes the Make a Living Writing blog, founded the Freelance Writers Den community, and has presented more than 20 online courses. She lives on a lake in Seattle with the man who makes it all possible, two crazy teens, and Rex, the wonder dog. See what I'm writing at caroltice.com.
Evan Jensen
After 19 years of freelance writing on the side of his day jobs (as a newspaper reporter, editor, copywriter, and blogger!), Evan Jensen finally went full-time freelance this past summer. He's edited newspapers, written health and fitness copy for HealthIQ, UFC Gym, and many more. These days, Evan edits the Make a Living Writing blog, and also reviews pitch letters for Freelance Writers Den members — because he gets a 75% response rate with his own pitch emails. When he's not writing, he's with his boys or prepping for another 100-mile ultramarathon. Check him out at thehealthycopywriter.com.
Angie Mansfield
Angie Mansfield is a proud content mill escapee. She started her freelance career at Demand Studios, and remembers being excited when they gave her a raise to $25/article to write for LIVESTRONG.com. The Freelance Writers Den helped her come to her senses. She's now the Den's Moderator-in-Chief, helping members find resources and hosting many Den weekly podcast interviews. She makes a comfortable living writing case studies and white papers for clients who don't make her want to pull her hair out. Angie lives cornfield-adjacent in Iowa, with a neurotic dog and an opinionated cat. See her portfolio at casestudywhitepapergeek.com.
PLUS: Crazy motivational offer!
Don't want this to be a course you watch — and then do nothing? How about this motivator to get moving:
If you pitch and get a signed new client during the class, you GET A YEAR FREE in Freelance Writers Den.
We've never done this before, and may never do it again! So grab this opportunity to add $300 of additional value to your bootcamp. Register now, and get ready to take action and get hired in the next 60 days.
So how much is it?
Your investment for 2 full months of hands-on help getting your business up and running and landing your first clients runs just $297.
Imagine your day as a full-time freelance writer — no more day job, no boss, keeping your own hours, enjoying the satisfaction of being in business for yourself. Aren't you ready to make it happen?
"Just sent my first invoice ever!"
"Just sent my first invoice ever, for $500 (AUS). I’m glad I went high — sets expectations for next time. Added 14-day payment terms to my invoice — thanks for that tip!" —Alison Eaton, Procedure and process document writer, Newcastle, Australia
Why launch your freelance writing career now?
Have you checked out the stock market lately? Noticed that US government shutdown? Maybe you heard about Sears closing 142 stores, or GM laying off 14,000? Yes, the economy is starting to wobble.
"Recession 2020" is being forecast.
That means writers who jump in NOW and establish themselves as freelance writers will be steps ahead of all the coming laid-off workers, who decide to try freelancing.
No-Risk Guarantee
Not sure if this course is for you? Try this bootcamp out at no risk! Give our course materials and the Den a try for up to 7 days. If you decide it's not for you, we'll cheerfully refund your money. (We’d like to say “No questions asked,” but we’ll be dying to know how we can make our classes better.)
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