On a terrified hyperdrive. I made a giant list of everyone I had ever worked with. This list was ordered from closest connections down to passing acquaintances. Everyone on that list had some connection to editing or writing.
I then braced myself (because I’m not great at self-marketing or asking for favors), started at the top, and worked my way down. I reached out to people and let them know that I was available for freelance work.
That’s when I decided that I was going to offer copywriting in addition to editing as a service.
I have friends in advertising, and my wife works at a marketing agency, so I knew how much more lucrative freelance copywriting could be than freelance editing.
So basically, I went where the money was.
By the time I got down to the fifteenth person or so on my list, I had enough work to make me let out my breath a little.
I worked really hard on those first jobs, and as a result, most of those turned into long-term clients.
My freelance work really snowballed once people saw that I had a portfolio of clips on my website. They saw that I knew what I was doing and that other people recommended me,