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The Side Hustle Show

281: How to Start a $1000/Month Freelance Writing Business in 60 Minutes a Day

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

How To, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In his first 3 months, he'd booked more than $4000 worth of work. “I’ve never been very good at working with people, so I wanted something that was flexible,” James said. Sound familiar? These are the words of someone who was not happy being a shoe salesman and wanted out. James was looking for that location independent lifestyle, and when he was approached to ghostwrite a book for $300 he knew what he wanted to do from that point on. Fast-forward a couple of years and James now charges $300 per 1000 words for his freelance writing, and most of his work is at least 2500 words ($750). He’s also started up a cool business at FreelanceWritersSchool.com teaching others how to follow in his footsteps. Tune in to hear how James landed his first clients, his strategies for growing a portfolio, and some of his favorite hacks to overcome writer's block. Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: How to Start a $1000/Month Freelance Writing Business in 60 Minutes a Day

Transcript

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Side Hustle Show 281, how to start a thousand dollar a month of freelance writing business in 60 minutes a day.

0:09.0

What's up, what's up, Nick Loper here, welcome to the Side Hustle show because you are not thrown away your shot.

0:15.7

My guest today argues, convincingly so, thanks in part to his smart sounding British accent,

0:20.8

that Freelance writing is one of the fastest and easiest side hustles to start.

0:25.0

So even if it's not something you see yourself doing forever, why not use the proceeds to build some flexibility into your life?

0:31.0

I'm excited to welcome James Johnson from Freelance Writers

0:34.5

School.com to the show. He's a former broke shoe salesman turned world

0:39.8

traveler and freelance writer extraordinary. James went from zero to over four thousand dollars in freelance work in his first 90 days and he says if he can do it you can do it too

0:50.6

Stick around to hear James's advice on selecting a niche, getting your first clients, pricing your work, and getting it all done.

0:57.0

Notes and links for this one, along with a free PDF highlight reel with all of James's top tips from the call are at

1:02.0

Side Hustle nation.

1:03.2

dot com slash James.

1:04.8

Now you might not know this but I've done a little freelance writing myself

1:09.0

after writing for free for years and years on the blog and other sites. I gotta say it was pretty rewarding to get paid for the word that I typed and it was that gig that first freelance writing gig that turned me on to Fresh Books for the first time.

1:22.0

Fresh Books is the affordable small business accounting software

1:24.8

for side hustlers and freelancers

1:26.3

with invoicing and time tracking built right in.

1:29.4

Years later, I'm still a customer, so a big thank you to Fresh Books

1:32.0

for sponsoring this episode of the

1:33.5

Side Hustle show and for helping 10 million entrepreneurs get paid.

1:37.5

Ready to check it out for yourself?

1:38.7

Get started today with your 30-day free trial at Fresh Books.com slash side hustle.

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