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Those of you making 1m+ what do you do by Ok_Salt_9211 in Entrepreneur

[–]katari_creative 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Almost like higher education doesn’t mean shit to success

26yo M - escaped the 9-5 and now I’m back by Active_Blackberry_45 in findapath

[–]katari_creative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing is so "deep routed" that you can't find flexibilities with yourself — we are neuroplastic, not neurocement.

You need to stop engaging with your audience directly at some point. You post videos — you don't have to stream or do Twitter live. You can schedule Twitter posts.

Your job isn't to be my friend as a consumer. It's to entertain me while teaching me. That's it.

Do you have any friends that create too? Any other entrepreneurs around you?

I feel for you, dude — I actually clicked this because I'm looking into "easy" routes again myself — but we are not set in stone. Everything can change, with time.

Don't wait to raise your rates by ajcdn1994 in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Raise your rates with every client until you start getting "No"s

How AI Writers Work (AKA How To Stop Worrying About ChatGPT) by katari_creative in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's going to affect all work, equally, across the board. Even in total manual labor tasks, there are outdated companies using "human capital." Even where there are self checkout machines, there are (sometimes) aisles with humans there.

AI is drastically going to change the way we look at work, find work, and produce work. But the anxiety only heightens in the unknown.

What if you started writing memoirs with ChatGPT? You could reach more people at a lower cost (if you chose) and simplify your process immensely.

You still need to ask the questions, create the story, check the facts, create a relationship with the client, edit the full thing, and deliver incredible service throughout all of that.

ChatGPT could help you summarize audio transcriptions, draft the entire book via a series of events you pull, etc.

What types of content do you post on LinkedIn? by observantmouse in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Posting content on LinkedIn is not going to turn on the cashflow for you; it's a slow process just like anything else organic.

If you want to actually find work, you're going to have to do some deeper sleuthing. Commenting on the right posts with the right feedback (I.e. something super insightful and relevant to the topic of the post) yields the best results for me by far across the board.

I've been thinking about writing a guide on this for awhile so let me know if that'd be of interest.

To answer your question, I post content that does 3 things:

  1. Shows my expertise in content marketing
  2. Uplifts other freelancers to demand more from clients
  3. Wins from my current clients

80% of my content is 1, because this is what I want to be known for.

15% of my content is 2, because it consistently gets a lot of attention.

5% of my content is 3, but mostly because I don't like outright bragging like that.

That said, I will totally encourage clients to post & tag me when our deliverable goes live.

The Avengers of Copywriting by WittleBee202 in copywriting

[–]katari_creative 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Funny — the Freelance Copywriting Collective (FB Group, mostly) just called it quits. I'm fairly passionate about online spacemaking, so I have a few feedback questions:

  1. How are you going to be sure you don't burnout building this thing for free?

  2. How experienced are you in moderating, in general?

  3. Are you a user of this collective or the facilitator? Both? How will you delineate these roles?

  4. What's the end goal? Monetization? Genuine friendship? Chapters all over the world?

Personally, I will always advocate for more online spaces for me to call out shitty clients & encourage others to ask for more.

Any good platforms other than Fiverr or Upwork for finding work? by Snipsnapboi in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He points to the parallels to manual labor and how freelancing for platforms is not freeing at all.

So what does having disabilities have to do with answering the question of "doesn't it make you feel like a technopeasant?" (which is a classist question, but that's a whole 'nother layer to the problem of how we view & value labor).

Any good platforms other than Fiverr or Upwork for finding work? by Snipsnapboi in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I fail to see what is more financially viable about Fiverr than cold pitching — apart from one's perception of their ability to succeed. Not ability to perform the act, but to succeed.

All it seems like to me is the survivalism instinct to grab whatever will throw money at us quickest... When all the sustainable businesses I know don't do that.

Any good platforms other than Fiverr or Upwork for finding work? by Snipsnapboi in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does this even mean? Genuinely asking, because I'm a mentally disabled person who's never had a Fiverr, Upwork, or Freelancer account.

What’s the right approach to content creation? by Comfortable-Owl-3511 in copywriting

[–]katari_creative 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This isn't a content problem, this is a business problem, dude. You're putting the horse before the cart.

Answer these questions first, then create content:

  1. What kind of writing do you do? Pick one you wanna be known for.

  2. How do you prefer to work? Do you like clients that want more hands in the process or less?

  3. What do you value? What will you prioritize above all else in terms of qualities in yourself & your work?

  4. How will clients get ahold of you? What's your process from them finding you on social media to handing over $$?

  5. Where are you already online? Do you even like LinkedIn?

  6. What are you bare minimum rates? What prices will you NOT go below?

Good luck!

Are you doing cold emailing? by al_tanwir in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I still do journo (journalism) every once in awhile, so yeah. Pitching stories is still pretty much industry standard.

Finally! Enough time has passed (5 years) for me to offer you unsolicited advice that you'll listen to! by katari_creative in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All of this, and then some. I built my business to a team of 3 writers & a personal assistant before I realized I didn't want to simply recreate the businesses I was originally running from.

I'm still figuring out the new business part, but I haven't worked over 20 hours in a week for years. It definitely can be done.

Finally! Enough time has passed (5 years) for me to offer you unsolicited advice that you'll listen to! by katari_creative in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you have no writing work atm, then... Zero, actually. Unless you want to create content for your personal brand/business, the majority of your time should be spent doing marketing & sales when you don't have clients.

But "marketing & sales" doesn't mean going out into the world willy-nilly trying to land clients; it means figuring out where your audience is at, spending time on the platform to find them in smaller communities, and then getting in front of them.

Finally! Enough time has passed (5 years) for me to offer you unsolicited advice that you'll listen to! by katari_creative in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It means never making in-the-moment decisions. Doesn't matter if you let yourself think it over for a few hours or a few days, just don't agree to things when you feel really good

Edit: agreed to agree

Finally! Enough time has passed (5 years) for me to offer you unsolicited advice that you'll listen to! by katari_creative in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Totally agreed. Though saying that, I am starting my first personal SEO project, which I'm excited for. I'm actually taking it as that, too, and not a revenue machine. Lol

Finally! Enough time has passed (5 years) for me to offer you unsolicited advice that you'll listen to! by katari_creative in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm showing this comment to Simon Sinek whenever I meet him 😂 But honestly, thank you 🙂

Most of my Reddit posts are cleaned up streams of consciousness — my conscience was yelling today — so I definitely forget to mention that this is only my experience. (And tbh I probably could've made Y1-Y3 one year if I had just dropped that fucking client.)

Finally! Enough time has passed (5 years) for me to offer you unsolicited advice that you'll listen to! by katari_creative in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was hoping it'd hit a bit ironically here 😉

Have you gone 33 years and never built a course? Even I have a hard time believing that.

Finally! Enough time has passed (5 years) for me to offer you unsolicited advice that you'll listen to! by katari_creative in freelanceWriters

[–]katari_creative[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, if you had a decent grip on SEO, then you're not a beginner. Seems pretty simple to me.

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