TOC #133: Everything I use to run a successful 6-figure freelance copywriting business
(July 11, 2023) The 19 programs and 6 people I currently use to run my business
When you're first starting out in business, you don't know shit.
You may think you do, but you don't.
Well, okay, let me backtrack — you know a little bit.
But there's a whole LOTTA bit that you haven't experienced yet, so you couldn't possibly know it, unless someone told you.
So, today, I'm skipping the intro story, because I'm too excited about the prospect of being the “someone” that “told you.”
(Don't be too sad, though — I've got a good ass story for you next week, all about how my 4-year-old has started his path to becoming a probably-successful, slightly-too-intrusive used car salesman.)
Every single program, person, and platform that helps me run my business
This time of year always makes me feel nostalgic — July was the first month I ever felt like a “real” business owner, because it marked my first-ever call with my first-ever paying client.
I'll never forget it: I was sitting on the back deck of our vacation rental on Cape Cod, shocked by my own excitement to be on a work call instead of at the beach.
Jason Raimondi, a luxury hotel training consultant — and connection I'd made working at Chatham Bars Inn — was Zooming in from Florida, ready to hear my pitch about how I could improve his new business with strategic blog posts.
I was so confident in my new career, so energized about the possibility of it all, so eager to write copy — ANY copy, about any topic, I didn't even care, as long as I was getting paid to write words.
It was such an invigorating feeling, being on the brink of something that felt RIGHT.
I was excited, anxious, motivated, happy, ignorant, eager…
And I didn't know a god damn thing about running a business.
Like, I don't think I had an actual contract for an entire year.
I definitely didn't have a CRM.
And I sure as hell didn't know shit about fuck when it came to the right tools to use.
So, if you're in that boat right now — or you're just curious about the programs, platforms, and people I've enlisted help from to successfully run my 6-figure freelance copywriting business — I've written a ridiculously in-depth blog post for you about every single thing that keeps BTL in biz.
There are 19 programs and 6 people, as of right now. Click the link below to read about what & who they are.
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