$1000 budget for sales copy

lol are you kidding me?

For the longest time my brother had about 3 sites at the top of google, first spot in fact for several good keywords, so you could say he knew seo very well. And he does.

But he never made any real money with them for about a year. Not because he neglected them, but because he just wasnt good at that part. I helped him to monetize it and now they are making a nice monthly income.

Now you are telling me he shouldnt sell any sort of SEO service just because he personally couldnt figure out how to make money with the sites he ranked?

No, of course he can offer his services, that is what he is good at.

I wholeheartedly agree with you that just "You only need great freelancer", as the op said, is a horrible path for him and the people that buy it. But we really dont know what he is good at.

And honestly I dont like the idea of someone else reading this and thinking that they will have to have made all sorts of money before they can sell a product or service that helps other people do some part of the internet marketing game.

Some people arent just cut out for the actual marketing. Look at freelancers who do in fact write ebooks. Why wouldnt they just write them for themselves and sell them for themselves? Because they cant, they either dont know how, are scared, or just plain dont want to know how because they just like writing.

Again I think the common sense is lacking in your part. We cant expect everyone to know everything about making money online. I dont judge someones work by how much they made, if I am having an ebook written I will look at the work not how much they tell me they make. I am smart enough to judge their work. Not their bank account.

I do agree that sales/money is how I gauge my success. And I agree that if someone doesnt know enough about something to make it work for themselves then they shouldnt be selling/offering it. But unless it is an actual "make money online" product then the "success-fulness" of the product or owner shouldn't be gauged by money, but instead by whatever particular result is wanted out of that specific part of your IM equation.

Not in all cases though, if I am hiring a copywriter of course I want to know how much he usually brings in with this copy, etc. But that is a different story.

If the op has just got into internet marketing and has no experience, in any part of im, then of course he should start somewhere else. Nothing gets me more frustrated then seeing people ask basic questions about something they are selling in there sig. People selling copywriting services but asking how to write a headline or some crap like that.

I believe newbies should start in an non-im niche when starting out, then if they make that work, and work well, then they can come and sell something to us. But seo, article writing, etc, although as you pointed out dont matter much if you arent making sales, dont have to be written (for me at least) by all around successful im'ers.

Anyways, to each his own. I respect your point of view.

Ashley