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Write. Get Paid. Repeat.: The Guide to Being a Successful Freelance Writer
Do you want to make the jump from writing as a side hustle to full-time freelancer?
Are you already a freelancer looking for ways to bring in new clients and revitalize your business?
This book is for you!
Follow the journey of author Jyssica Schwartz as she went from personal blogger to writing on the side to building a profitable business as a full-time freelance writer and editor. You will see exactly where she found clients, how she cold calls and direct messages companies, and read real examples of marketing strategies.
It was 90 days almost to the day of getting her first paying client to making enough to quit her sales and business development career to be a writer. She shares personal details of her struggle with anxiety and feeling isolated working from home to the mistakes and failures she has learned from - and hopes you can learn from, too!
Share in her trials and tribulations on the journey to creating a profitable writing business in Write. Get Paid. Repeat.
Are you already a freelancer looking for ways to bring in new clients and revitalize your business?
This book is for you!
Follow the journey of author Jyssica Schwartz as she went from personal blogger to writing on the side to building a profitable business as a full-time freelance writer and editor. You will see exactly where she found clients, how she cold calls and direct messages companies, and read real examples of marketing strategies.
It was 90 days almost to the day of getting her first paying client to making enough to quit her sales and business development career to be a writer. She shares personal details of her struggle with anxiety and feeling isolated working from home to the mistakes and failures she has learned from - and hopes you can learn from, too!
Share in her trials and tribulations on the journey to creating a profitable writing business in Write. Get Paid. Repeat.
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124 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 5, 2017
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August 23, 2017
A short and motivational book for anyone in the freelance writing and editing sector. The strength of the book for me is her advice on cold calling and marketing yourself. She provides real-life examples of cold-calls and emails that she's used to find clients. For a freelancer who likes the writing but not the self-marketing, these examples are useful templates!
September 3, 2017
Good job!
Good job Jyssica. I recently started the freelance journey and it was good to find a resource from someone who made the transition recently. Your book was full of encouragement and details quite a fee traps to look out for. Thank you for taking the time to put it in writing.
Good job Jyssica. I recently started the freelance journey and it was good to find a resource from someone who made the transition recently. Your book was full of encouragement and details quite a fee traps to look out for. Thank you for taking the time to put it in writing.
December 20, 2017
Nicely divided into chapters that cover one topic, a lot of personal experience which helps to make you feel not so different in trying. Good advice on what to do and how and why you shouldn't wait for something to happen.
October 16, 2018
Have you ever wished you could sit down with a successful freelance writer over a cup of coffee and ask them, "How did you do it?"
Write. Get Paid. Repeat. is exactly that. From the first page to the last, you feel like you're having a casual, amiable conversation with someone who stepped out on her own and made the freelance life work. Jyssica offers several great insights on the basics of marketing yourself as a freelance writer, from cold-calling to identifying and accurately pricing your services.
It's great advice for today's freelance writing environment. I've been in the freelance game long enough to see it evolve into an entirely different beast. These days, companies don't automatically pay what writers deserve. You have to establish your value and not sell yourself short. Failing to do so will put a glass ceiling over your head while running the risk of burning out before you make it.
Jyssica's advice offers just enough examples to set you on the path of success while asking the questions you need to answer as you build your freelance career. I found a lot of her points validated my own strategies while making me think critically about how I use social media to brand myself.
There are times when this book will feel more like a series of blog posts than a "how to" guide, but overall that aspect makes it pleasant and easy to read. If you're just starting out in the world of freelance writing, I highly recommend reading this book. There is plenty to learn from Jyssica's successes and mistakes as she gives an honest—and encouraging—account of how she built her business.
Write. Get Paid. Repeat. is exactly that. From the first page to the last, you feel like you're having a casual, amiable conversation with someone who stepped out on her own and made the freelance life work. Jyssica offers several great insights on the basics of marketing yourself as a freelance writer, from cold-calling to identifying and accurately pricing your services.
It's great advice for today's freelance writing environment. I've been in the freelance game long enough to see it evolve into an entirely different beast. These days, companies don't automatically pay what writers deserve. You have to establish your value and not sell yourself short. Failing to do so will put a glass ceiling over your head while running the risk of burning out before you make it.
Jyssica's advice offers just enough examples to set you on the path of success while asking the questions you need to answer as you build your freelance career. I found a lot of her points validated my own strategies while making me think critically about how I use social media to brand myself.
There are times when this book will feel more like a series of blog posts than a "how to" guide, but overall that aspect makes it pleasant and easy to read. If you're just starting out in the world of freelance writing, I highly recommend reading this book. There is plenty to learn from Jyssica's successes and mistakes as she gives an honest—and encouraging—account of how she built her business.
December 3, 2018
Jyssica's book is one of the more useful business books I've read. A lot of it is personal, which was both refreshing and at times too much, but overall it's good to hear real stories about people who have made their dreams happen. It takes a lot of bravery to jump from a stable career into freelancing. If anyone is looking for a reason to make the switch, read more stories like Jyssica's.
As someone who freelances every now and then, I do wish that mentors would put more emphasis on freelancing as a career like any other. There is a huge misperception that freelancing enables you to be "free." Jyssica touches on this... There are clients to deal with, deadlines to meet, and a lot of hustling. That's only the start of it.
There are some small editing issues, but they certainly wouldn't stop me from recommending this book or reading another by this author.
As someone who freelances every now and then, I do wish that mentors would put more emphasis on freelancing as a career like any other. There is a huge misperception that freelancing enables you to be "free." Jyssica touches on this... There are clients to deal with, deadlines to meet, and a lot of hustling. That's only the start of it.
There are some small editing issues, but they certainly wouldn't stop me from recommending this book or reading another by this author.
May 25, 2018
Guide to writing
I'm writing a writing proposal so my book will be successful before I start writing.Thank you. Just great thank you! Best advice from book "don't ever work for free"
I'm writing a writing proposal so my book will be successful before I start writing.Thank you. Just great thank you! Best advice from book "don't ever work for free"
September 21, 2018
Super short book, some nice points but most of it, I felt like I was reading blog posts. Not bad.
May 5, 2020
Oh Karen. So happy for you and your shiny career.
June 3, 2020
Very insightful and it's very easy to see that she loves what she's doing, she's well-supported, extremely talented, and that's why she's successful.
I managed to take some notes on practical tips, but I feel like it lacked vulnerability. Everything seemed to be working well for her, and not everyone has all pieces of the puzzle when they start.
While the techniques are great, it looked like a very smooth journey. There was a short chapter with brief descriptions on the failures she experienced along the way, but because there was more talk about successes, it didn't feel like a hard journey at all (even though I'm sure it was).
Perhaps it's a way to encourage new writers to see how great life can be when you are confident and talented. But personally, I read books to deeply dive into other people's challenges. This is so I have more insight to deal with them when they're happening to me, or so I can anticipate them in advance. I'm not certain this book did it for me.
I managed to take some notes on practical tips, but I feel like it lacked vulnerability. Everything seemed to be working well for her, and not everyone has all pieces of the puzzle when they start.
While the techniques are great, it looked like a very smooth journey. There was a short chapter with brief descriptions on the failures she experienced along the way, but because there was more talk about successes, it didn't feel like a hard journey at all (even though I'm sure it was).
Perhaps it's a way to encourage new writers to see how great life can be when you are confident and talented. But personally, I read books to deeply dive into other people's challenges. This is so I have more insight to deal with them when they're happening to me, or so I can anticipate them in advance. I'm not certain this book did it for me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 15, 2022
So this is a tale about Jyssica much more so than a "guide to being a successful freelance writer." When every so often she remembers you're there, the tips she offers tend to be too specific to her circumstances and temperament to be generalizable. This would have been an inspirational "how I did it" blog post, but as a how-to guide it was mostly unhelpful, and as a memoir, too glib and college-admissions-essayish.
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