How to start copywriting business up?

There's a "sticky" on the home page of the forum which will help you.

http://www.warriorforum.com/copywrit...ooks-ever.html

Once you've learned how to be a copywriter.

Because you'll know how to persuade and sell very effectively.

Getting clients is easy.


Steve

That's why it's best to learn how to write/recognize good copy and write for yourself. You'll be writing on a subject that is hopefully familiar or that you enjoy and you can write to your standards. Of course, if you're good at copywriting then you won't want to take the knowledge you've learned to write for someone else, you'll just keep making money writing for yourself. Unless you are awful at every other part of online marketing.

I could never do more than freelance copy work out of boredom. Completely drains my creativity when I'm done with a few good pieces.

I don't see any passion in your question.

Just another content writer (probably) thinking it's a very easy transition into copywriting but oh boy... are you in for a surprise or what!

Sorry to pour cold water on your ambition but the way you've worded this, I doubt too much thought has gone in to the reasons why you want to be a copywriter. Prove me wrong but I'm thinking the prospect of some quick, easy cash is what appeals to you the most and...

...you've read a few sales letters, thought to yourself, by gum this looks easy... I could do this all day long especially for the rates the top copywriters constantly talk about. However...

It only looks easy because those copywriters have been in the game for many years and have a huge amount of experience behind them. And on the surface... yeah sure, it looks easy enough, just write a sales letter right? Ahhh but what you don't see is all the training and research which goes on behind the scenes.

This business isn't as easy as you might think. Or what you've been led to believe. The learning curve in fact is exceptionally steep and you'll be looking at a minimum 10,000 hours plus before you even start making much headway in all probability.

The number of newbie copywriters coming through who go on to become full time copywriters is very few indeed. On the WF, there's been countless newbies all thinking the same as you but when they realize what's involved, 99% of them back away extremely quickly.

In the last 4-5 years here on this forum, I can only think of perhaps a handful, no more than half a dozen potential copywriters at the time who made it through to developing their very own full time copywriting business.

Will you be in the 99% or the 1% who make it through?

Only time will tell.


Mark Andrews