Check out the interview below for more information and be sure to check out. Laura’s book on how to become a freelance writer – Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business.
Question: Can you tell my readers a bit about your story and why you’re an expert on this topic?
I started freelancing in 2012, largely by accident. My husband had been put on leave without pay
by the military and I knew that we needed extra income
I had just left my job as an inner city middle school teacher and had accepted a low paying office job to help make ends meet. I started evaluating every skill I had and launched a side hustle as a freelance writer.
A year later I had gone full time with my freelance business, which scaled to the multi six figure point, earned me two TEDx talks, and a book deal from Entrepreneur Press to help others launch their own freelance writing business.
Question: What do you like about being a freelance writer
What does it help to accomplish? I enjoy the variety of working as a freelance writer, because no two days are the same. I often felt bored at my day job
because we were dealing with the same situations day in and day out
Although I do a lot of the same activities every day such as pitching, creating client work, sending emails and editing content, I learn something different because I’m writing and creating new material every single day.
I’ve also been able to branch out into other side hustles, such as working as a coach for intermediate and advanced freelancers, having a podcast and now fashion photo editing publishing books. It has helped open a lot of doors for me, including working with clients like Microsoft, TrueCar and lots of other great clients. It has really been fun to challenge myself.
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Question: Can you explain what exactly filling the online a freelancer writer is, who they work for, what they do?
A freelance writer is a copywriter or content writer on contract creating all different types of content such as sales copy, landing pages, blogs and articles, website pages, brochures, product twd directory descriptions, email newsletters, and more.
