She Makes $240K/Year Writing Resumes

Mary Southern is the founder of Resume Assassin, a resume writing service 📝

Starting out, Mary didn’t think she had many skills to start a business, and had narrowed down her list of business ideas to…

• dog walking
• dog poop cleanup 💩
• alcohol delivery service
• resume writing

Fortunately, she decided to give resume writing a go, and one of her first “great decisions” was to reach out to a resume-writing company in her local area (Austin) and ask them for some advice…

The company that I reached out to was willing to set up a phone call and chat… they gave me some great advice and pointed me in the direction of a professional organization created specifically for resume writers and career coaches.

IMO, this is a severely underrated and underutilized tactic when starting a business. 

What if you reached out to 5 people who have created a successful business that you’d like to emulate? Even if only one of them agreed to have a quick chat with you, that could be a game changer.

Also of note from Mary’s story: she found her first clients by keeping her prices low. Her packages started at just $100 and some projects would take her 8+ hours to complete 😩

Five years later, having grown her business from $32K per year to $26K+ per month, her prices look like this…

$499 for an entry-level resume, $549 for a mid-level resume, $599 for a leadership resume, $649 for an executive resume, $150 for a cover letter, and $349 for LinkedIn optimization.

Mary mentions that she struggled with confidence when starting out, but she didn’t let that stop her from building a successful business 💪