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CopyWriter, Help Needed.

by Jack Samatha
5 replies
Hello and how are you?

For the past year i have been writing content for my website, creating my own squeeze pages and my own reports and guides, and now I would like to expand and go into writing salesletters.

I don't have a rep since I haven't done any job for anyone before.

I'm extremely good at what i do if i do say so myself. But I feel that I can use my skill and offer it to persons.

So any suggestions on how to go about doing so, like getting clients.

Alot of replies will do me well.

Thanks everyone.
Jack S.
#copywriter #for hire #needed #salesletter writing
  • Profile picture of the author Alex Cohen
    Being extremely good at writing squeeze pages, guides, and reports doesn't qualify you to write sales copy.

    The best advice I can offer is...
    • learn the craft
    • position yourself in the market place
    • then concentrate on getting clients
    Alex
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  • Profile picture of the author Don Grace
    Simple, if you're really good then show PROOF. Real numbers showing how much money your copy takes in. That's all I ever have to do to get a client if I feel like taking one.
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  • Profile picture of the author DavidG
    Yeah, you can start off by being the "Squeeze Page Master"...

    Seriously. Look at your squeeze page numbers, get the best ones and then show them as samples or proof.
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  • Profile picture of the author MichelleLopezCO
    You need to learn the basic structure of a sales page - headline, subheadline, bullets/benefits, offer, testimonials, guarantees, etc.

    Find examples of sales pages that you like, and write them out by hand - preferably a page where you've actually purchased whatever was being sold. This will be the quickest way for you to get inside the mind of a direct response copywriter. By handwriting sales pages, you'll being internalizing and learning the elements of direct response copy.

    As for clients, find one that you want to work for. Contact them and offer to do a "free" sales page in exchange for a testimonial or just to build up some experience. Do this for 3 clients... you'll gain confidence, then you'll get a better sense of what you need to learn from there.

    You don't need experience so much as you need enthusiasm to learn, provide value to the client, and get better with each project.
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    • Profile picture of the author MichelleLopezCO
      Originally Posted by MichelleLopezCO View Post

      You need to learn the basic structure of a sales page - headline, subheadline, bullets/benefits, offer, testimonials, guarantees, etc.

      Find examples of sales pages that you like, and write them out by hand - preferably a page where you've actually purchased whatever was being sold. This will be the quickest way for you to get inside the mind of a direct response copywriter. By handwriting sales pages, you'll being internalizing and learning the elements of direct response copy.

      As for clients, find one that you want to work for. Contact them and offer to do a "free" sales page in exchange for a testimonial or just to build up some experience. Do this for 3 clients... you'll gain confidence, then you'll get a better sense of what you need to learn from there.

      You don't need experience so much as you need enthusiasm to learn, provide value to the client, and get better with each project.
      Tell the client upfront that you're new, but you're stoked to build up some experience AND help them get more sales.
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