Day 6 of my goal to write every day, document my freelance writing journey, and share the knowledge with others who want to become freelance writers. I provide writing tips, tactics, and strategies to help you earn well. I share everything I’ve learned to date, together with hacks and tricks that have helped me.

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Day 2 I mentioned I’d share a strategy to help you earn your first  $1000 as a freelance writer.

Day 5: I summarised the strategy and provided links to help you get started. Remember this isn’t my strategy. I never created it. I copied it from Bamidele Onibalusi, CEO of Writers in Charge. It helped me earn my first $1000, and because it works, I want to share it with you.

Today I’ll start the journey to help you earn your first $1000 as a freelance writer, which begins with your foundation for success.

Foundation for Success

Your foundation is crucial. How do you expect potential clients to take you seriously if you have no website, your social media presence is non-existent and you use a Gmail Address?

Business is about perception. The same principles apply to freelance writing. And any client who’s considering your services will research you. You need to have a footprint that says, “Hey I’m here. I’m not a ghost. And I’m bloody serious about what I’m doing!”.

So the first step was to lay my foundation. I decided how to position myself, created a website and updated my social media presence. Today’s post will focus on positioning, and on day 7 and 8, I’ll move on to creating your writer’s website and your social media presence.

Your positioning needs to be clear from the start. You can position yourself by niche (e.g. are you a business, health, or technology writer?) or service (blog posts, guest posts, ghostwriting, whitepapers etc). I positioned myself by service, offering guest posts, blog posts, and ghostwriting services across any niche – this has changed since then. I did this for two reasons:

I positioned myself by service, offering guest posts, blog posts, and ghostwriting services across any niche – this has changed since then. I did this for two reasons:

1. I’m a Multipotentialite. A Multipotentialite is someone with many interests and passions. By specialising by service I opened myself up to many different writing niches, and in doing this, I remained true to who I am.
2. I was a beginner freelance writer (I’m not anymore). I didn’t want to limit myself early on. I wanted to explore a diversity of topics – to date I’m still doing this – and keep my options open.

I understand there’s much research that points to the advantages of specialising by niche, such as commanding higher rates and earning more over the long run. But, everyone is different and earning a ton of money isn’t important to everyone. Besides, what’s enough money anyways?

Also, I earned over $1000 dollars in the challenge by specialising by service. And if that isn’t proof that generalising as a beginner writer can work for you, then I don’t know what is! If you can write quality content that’s of value, who cares? But by all means, specialise by niche if that’s what you want to do.

With my positioning clear, I moved on to my writers’ website, something I’ll discuss tomorrow.

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If you enjoy writing and are serious about improving your writing skills, becoming a freelance writer, and want to earn more, I can help!

Feel free to email me at nick@nickdarlington.com.

P.S. No, I’m not selling you anything. I’m not going to ask you to buy my book or even sign up for my course (I don’t have one) or weekly newsletter, I’m simply offering you help.

But remember while I can offer you assistance and support, you have to put in the work. No action = No results.

Cheers

Nick D