Ironic, I Know....But Looking For A Direction

by Traci
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It's been a while since I've been active here. I lurk some but don't have time to contribute much. I've been keeping busy with my automotive clients. Been writing autoresponders, some sales copy for various different auto companies for different uses. The thing is, it's a little more boring than I'd pictured. I love cars, love talking about cars, working on them, looking at them, etc, but I need more variety! And when I first started out writing direct response copy, it was online sales letters. There is nothing more exciting or stressful than writing these, and I miss it. Never thought I'd feel that way. It's stressful because when I first get a project, I'd sit and draw a blank for a day or two. But it was exciting and dare I say - fun - once I got the story rolling and stepped back to see the finished letter. Sales letters and autoresponders are my favorite things to write.

So I want to get back to it! Between my automotive clients, I'd really like to have a seperate client base for the clickbank-style letters and emails, not the bland, boring corporate stuff these larger companies want. My problem is, I don't have any good samples of these to show (sales letters...I've got plenty of emails to show), and that's what every online marketer wants to see. Well, that and the numbers it pulled. All of the sales letters I've written in that style are several years old, and I don't have any numbers on them.

What would you do in this position? I don't want to post an ad on here selling my soul and time for $297 or something like that. But I could see why the typical marketer wouldn't want to jump up and hand over the bigger cash since I don't have any numbers to back up my skills at the moment.

Any thoughts?

And yes, I do see the irony of a copywriter who sells things online/in print asking for help selling her own services online...just want other opinions.

Thanks,

Traci
#direction #ironic #knowbut
  • Profile picture of the author gjabiz
    Why not search ClickBank for automotive stuff, contact owner and ask if you can write a separate affiliate page with his/her approval. This way you could generate sales and get paid doing it, at least to get back up to speed.

    gjabiz

    PS or paydotcom, commission junction, etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author jameswatson2002
      Originally Posted by gjabiz View Post

      Why not search ClickBank for automotive stuff, contact owner and ask if you can write a separate affiliate page with his/her approval. This way you could generate sales and get paid doing it, at least to get back up to speed.

      gjabiz

      PS or paydotcom, commission junction, etc.
      Yes, this is excellent advice, was about to say something similar myself before reading this!
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  • Profile picture of the author AngieDixon
    This is why I love the Warrior Forum. I'm a lurker, too, coming out of the shadows. In one thread I: a) got confirmation that I am not the only one searching for a new direction and b) got a great idea on how to develop samples without writing for free.

    Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Traci
    Yeah, I actually had that on my to-do list a while back, when I was writing sales letters. Definitely need to do that right now. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Two things you can easily do. Create your own product and write the sales letter for it. That's how I got started. And when it starts selling, document your sales. Then you have a proven letter. Who knows, you might decide to just market your own stuff. That's what I did.

    You can also become an affiliate for certain products and do pretty much the same thing. This could get sticky though as some vendors don't want people writing their own copy for the affiliate product. But some don't give a hoot. Pick those. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author abugah
    If I got you right, you are bored with what you are doing right now. You want to change direction and have more fun especially with online copy.


    Let me first tell you that you are a great person with stunning experience and it would be difficult for me to see why someone can’t hire you because you don’t have recent samples.


    Having said that, here is what your action plan would look like…

    1. Create a product and sell on this forum. This will get you the first sample letter and possibly testimonials.

    2. Create a product related to the work you do right now and sell it to car lovers and business owners. That would give you your second sales letter and testimonials.

    3. In the long term selling your own stuff, books, seminars, coaching etc is the best way of realizing your potential. You have control of the pace, direction and tone of everything you do. Think in those lines.

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    Lastly, identify the companies you would like to write copy for. Study them well and approach them with your proposal. Writing a headline and a two to three page lead would add a lot of value to your proposal. If you can have a target of approaching one every week, I see no reason why you can’t get a gig in 2 to 3 months. This is the approach I used when starting and it worked for.
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Scott
    Traci,

    You know a lot about the industry - why not make the shift from copywriter to marketing consultant?

    I've been doing a lot mroe consulting recently and it's definitely (for me) the most fun part of the job... not to mention the most profitable.

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  • Profile picture of the author Traci
    Daniel - would you like to skype with me? I feel like we've been dancing around it for a couple of years and it's long overdue...or maybe it's just me...lol. Feels like I'm missing out on something and then you pop in with the smallest suggestion that makes a ton of sense. Send me an email or something if you'd like to get in touch.
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