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Welcome to Get Your First Freelance Writing Jobs: 4 Steps to Earning Online! Bookmark this Course Dashboard page — it’ll be your headquarters for everything you need in class the next 8 weeks.
Syllabus
- Bootcamp Syllabus (PDF)
Live coaching call access information
Course Materials
| Module 1 | Beyond Niche: Discovering Your Clients |
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The fastest route to freelance success is focusing your business on specific clients (NOT taking all comers). We'll analyze your experience and interests to choose a niche — and then, to pinpoint exactly the type of clients you should approach. | |
| Unit 1 | Kickoff Webinar - Avoid the Top 7 Mistakes of New Freelance Writers |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 1 - Beyond Niche: Discovering Your Clients |
| Unit 3 | 4-Step Checklist Inventory Worksheet: A Guide to Your Best Niches |
| Unit 4 | Live Q&A Replay |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 1 Homework - Beyond Niche: Discovering Your Clients. |
| Module 2 | Your Online Presence: LinkedIn Mastered |
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To start attracting your ideal prospects, we'll create a LinkedIn profile to serve as your online home for this launch. You'll learn what to put on each element of your LinkedIn, and how to impress — even as a newbie. | |
| Unit 1 | Lesson 2 - Your Online Presence: LinkedIn Mastered |
| Unit 2 | Handout: Free Resources for Finding / Editing Images & Photos |
| Unit 3 | Handout: LinkedIn Profile Mastery for Freelance Writers |
| Unit 4 | Live Q/A Replay: Module 2 |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 2 Homework - Your Online Presence: LinkedIn Mastered |
| Module 3 | Build Your Network & Get Referrals |
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Learn how to get clients contacting you for writing work! You'll discover easy steps to quickly build a large network — and scripts for exactly how to ask them to refer you clients who need your writing services. | |
| Unit 1 | Lesson 3 - Build Your Network & Get Referrals |
| Unit 2 | Handout: LinkedIn Referral Scripts |
| Unit 3 | Handout: How to get 1,000s of LinkedIn Connections |
| Unit 4 | Homework: Grow your LinkedIn network + write your custom referral script |
| Unit 5 | Live Q/A Replay: Module 3 |
| Module 4 | Pitch and Get Hired: Templates and Your Style |
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| We’ll deliver templates to use with first free-sample or paid clients | |
| Unit 1 | Lesson 4 – Pitch and Get Hired: Templates and Your Style |
| Unit 2 | Handout: Find Your First Freelance Writing Client With These 7 Pitch Templates |
| Unit 3 | Live Q/A Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, 11 a.m. Pacific/2 p.m. Eastern |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 4 Homework - Pitch and Get Hired: Templates and Your Style |