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To land a freelance writing job you need more than your writing portfolio nowadays. This is something I’ve been thinking lately and I even wrote about it over on LinkedIn. For years, the advice for new freelance writers has been pretty simple: create a few writing samples, put them in a portfolio and start pitching. I mean this is what I’ve been teaching for over a decade. And yes, you STILL need writing samples.

Content writing has changed A LOT since I first started way back in 2014. When I landed my first freelance writing jobs, you could do pretty well if you knew how to research a topic, write a helpful 1,000-2,000-word blog post, sprinkle in the right keywords and make Google happy. Of course, you still needed to be a good writer, but the actual writing was a huge part of what clients were paying you for. Then AI came along and completely shook things up.

Have you ever looked at another freelance writer and wondered, How are they getting all these writing jobs? Because I have. You see someone posting on LinkedIn about a new client, another project they just landed, or how they’re completely booked for the month. Meanwhile, you’re refreshing your inbox wondering where everyone is finding these clients.Are they using newsletters? Job boards? Or are they just cold pitching? Maybe they’are arent. Well, maybe they’re just a better writer than me.

Have you been on LinkedIn lately? I have used my LinkedIn profile to help me find clients and many of the posts I scroll through are writer callouts. Companies, agencies, and solopreneurs write LinkedIn posts to find freelance writers, copywriters and other types of writers they need. This can be a legit method to landing client work as a freelance writer, whether you are in your first or tenth year.

On LinkedIn I posted about something I’ve been noticing more and more lately: companies say they’re looking for a content writer, but then you read the job description and realize they’re actually looking for an entire marketing team. Just…one person doing it. Can you believe those types of jobs? The job ad starts innocently enough. They need someone to write blog posts and other long-form content. Okay, that’s a content writer. But you keep scrolling.

Soo… you’ve decided you want to become a copywriter. Maybe you’ve been watching YouTube videos about freelancing or you’ve seen people making a full-time income writing landing pages, emails, and sales copy, and you’re thinking, I can do that. Then you start looking at job postings. You notice every client wants to see samples of your copywriting experience. And suddenly you’re wondering how you’re supposed to have experience before anyone will hire you.

Over on my Youtube channel,  I posted a couple of videos on different websites that pay you to write. The websites I showed were paying two hundred dollars to three hundred dollars and upwards of five hundred dollars to guest post. For a brand new freelance writer, these websites can be the big break to make this dream a reality. If you want to be able to work from home as a freelance writer, then a way to get started is to snag paid guest posting websites.

A popular question I get from new freelancers and copywriters is: “How do you find copywriting clients?” This is a HUGE question but a very important one. I mean, getting freelance copywriting clients isn’t complicated…but if you are a brand new copywriter or freelancer, this can be a major roadblock, stopping you from ever trying. I don’t want that from you. In this post, I’ll share a roadmap that will give you steps and tips to help you succeed as a new copywriter.

I’m currently dealing with a difficult client. And this is a high-paying freelance writing project too. It’s not fun since I’ve been freelance writing since 2014, and you would think I wouldn’t be dealing with difficult clients! But here I am, trying NOT to pull my hair out since I want to work with this client, and they are a popular SaaS company too. So, how do I deal with demanding clients since they would look good on my writer portfolio and could lead to more high-paying jobs?

Picture this: You finally landed a freelance writing client, and you’re ecstatic. You go through the onboarding process with your new client, and they give you a content brief in the next few days. So you get to work. You write the content and source examples and use Grammarly to check for errors. You go the extra mile and get your friend to proofread it over and finalize your article. You send your project to your client and wait for feedback.