Four Strategies for Becoming a Six-Figure, A-Level Writer

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Presumably, many of this blog reader aren’t copywriters. Maybe you’re a web writer; resume writer, info-publisher, or just considering any type of writing for your breakthrough career.

Your long-term goal will not get you there

Writing success does not come from wanting to become an A-level writer. That’s an artificial goal. Wanting to become a six-figure writer is also an artificial goal.

Success at a writing career – at any career, for that matter – doesn’t come from focusing your efforts on a long-term goal like becoming a six-figure writer.

Now, don’t get me wrong. The long-term goal is crucial. It guides you and keeps you working day to day. The truth is … to become an A-level writer, write A-level copy.

So, here are my four strategies for becoming a six-figure, A-level writer …

1. No job is too small to get your best work.

When you’re starting out – or even later in your career – you might work for small clients who can’t pay you what you feel you’re worth. Avoid the temptation to “dash something off.”

Give these clients your absolute best work. You’re building your portfolio. You’re building your reputation.

But more important, you’re establishing your own mindset that everything you write is important. It’s your work. It’s your source of pride … and success.

2. All strong writing begins with research.

You may feel you know the topic better than anyone else. And, maybe you do. But A-level writing begins with finding things about your subject – and your reader – other copywriters have missed. Never shortchange your research.

3. Give yourself time to revise.

“Great literature is not written. It’s rewritten.” When you’re negotiating money with a client, negotiate time as well. Build in a day to a week extra for time to revise.

If your client is really pressed for time, then build this review time into your own, internal work schedule.

4. Never accept “good enough.”

If you’ve been writing on a piece for awhile and get to that point where you’re ready to settle for less than your best, put your writing away. Take a break. Give yourself and your writing a rest.

“Good enough” never results in A-level copy. And it never leads to becoming an A-level writing success.

Adopt these four strategies and you will become an A-level, highly successful writer. I can almost guarantee it. Not overnight. But surely,  steadily.

I’d love to hear from you. Let me know if you’re learning something from this blog.