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How Natasha Landed Her First Writing Job
Natasha Stanley of Careershifters shares how she found her first freelance writing gig: I landed my first writing job the day I realised I didn’t have to have a client to be a writer. I gave myself permission to self-identify as a writer, even though I’d never been paid a penny to write a single word.…
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Millions of free stock images
This week, the Smithsonian released 2.8 million images into the public domain. You can go ahead and use those in your projects for free if ya like. I actually have a big list of free stock photo sites in a Google Doc that I plan to turn into an article some day 🤫 Until then, here’s another…
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Here’s how much freelance developers earn
Toptal recently published this handy calculator 🤓 that shows you the average hourly rate of freelancers doing different kinds of dev work. You can even filter it down by years of experience. Average hourly rates for a few select specialties: There’s also a calculator on each specialty page (example), showing you how much you’d earn per year at different…
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$7000 Website Sales Call
Also on YouTube, Rob O’Rourke shares a recorded sales call that lands him a $7000 website project 💰… Admittedly, it’s a warm lead and Rob notes that prospects rarely convert to clients so quick and easy, but there are some good lessons in there nonetheless. In particular, I liked seeing how confidently he dealt with pricing, getting…
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Instagram Influencers + PLR Products = Profit?
A 32-minute YouTube video from a chap named Liam: How To Make Money On Instagram in 2020… He shows you there how he’s generating revenue by getting Instagram Influencers to promote a PLR product. (PLR = private label rights. You basically buy the rights to a pre-made digital product and then sell it for whatever price…
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Digital nomad jobs on Facebook
Here’s a Facebook group posting regular digital nomad job opportunities. A few I found from the past week: It’s a private group but request to join and you should be approved within 24 hours 👍
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How I built a $12k/month online business and traveled the world before my 21st birthday
My family has no entrepreneurs. I had no real solid skills when I started. But I knew I had to get myself sorted if I didn’t want to get a regular 9-to-5 job.
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A Quick Way To Test Your Ideas (Fiverr Hack)
From an interview with Mike Zima on Side Hustle Nation… Mike has developed a theory that he applies to almost all of his [Fiverr] gigs, he calls it “Rapid Prototyping.” What this means is, setting up and testing a gig inside of a lunch break — in just 1 hour. Not getting hung up on analyzing…
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Step-by-step frameworks for sales calls
This one on Reddit is pretty simple and general. The person posting it commented: This saved my life. I was struggling to convert clients until I understood this framework. This framework on YouTube is more in-depth and explained for web designers, though much of it would apply for selling any high-ticket service 💰… The guy who made that…
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This ebook earned $60,000 since Christmas
Daniel Vassallo and a friend wrote a book about Amazon Web Services, launched it on Christmas Day 🎄 and earned $20k in revenue in the first three days alone. Daniel reported earlier this week on Twitter that they’ve now sold about 2000 books and grossed $60k 🤑 Why do you think that ebook did so well when so many others…
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“if your work isn’t online, it doesn’t exist”
The aforementioned YouTuber has almost a quarter million subscribers, so it’s not like anyone can post a similar video and bank $20k. But it highlights a principle I see gaining popularity 📈 It’s a principle Austin Kleon highlighted in his 2014 book, Show Your Work. Key excerpt: It sounds a little extreme, but in this day and…
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One video monetized 8 different ways
About a month ago an artist 🎨 on YouTube published this video: I made a FIVERR page & DRAW ANYTHING people want for $5!!… It has almost a million views and it’s fun to watch. But what really caught my eye was the next-level monetization going on there. I counted no less than 8 different ways he’s making…
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Starlink is a big deal
Starlink is a pet project of Elon Musk, aiming to surround the globe with thousands of low-orbit satellites 🛰 that will give you fast internet access pretty much anywhere. Apparently 240 satellites are already up there. Jeffrey Paul writes: The biggest likely circumstantial impact to you and I: places previously unsuitable for long-term habitation or business development by businesspeople…
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LOIs helped this writer earn $135,288 last year
Jen Miller writes: See that dip in 2017? My big success this year started when I realized my business was in trouble, and I started marketing the heck out of myself. In 2018, I sent more than 500 letters of introduction (LOIs). More than 500! For 2019, 19 clients came from LOIs. Here’s a good resource…
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Small fish, big pond
Would you like to own a business with only 0.34% market share? Doesn’t sound all that appealing, but ConvertKit is just such a business, and they’re doing $1.6 million in monthly recurring revenue and are apparently very profitable 💰💰💰 One Redditor writes: Don’t be afraid to be the 100th company in the RIGHT MARKET. This piece of advice changed my…
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