3 Mistakes I Made In Year One as a Copywriter

It’s been 6 years.

I started my copywriting journey in January 2019.

My progress so far:

• Retired my wife

• Lived in 4 countries

• Generated $1M+ with email

• Made almost $700k+ in profit

• Built a 4 hour workday business

And, I've helped dozens of copywriters land their first client in one month.

It’s been a wild journey, and I’m forever grateful I decided to go all in when I did.

The only thing is?

I wish I did it sooner.

And I wish I didn’t make dozens of mistakes along the way that slowed down my progress (and made my life more painful).

Here are 3 mistakes I made in my first year (that you can avoid):

1. I didn’t specialize in sales copy at first

Okay, this might sound strange, but it’s true.

My first specialty was blog posts (even though I was training myself up as a copywriter).

Nothing wrong with writing them. In fact, I’ve made plenty of money writing blog posts – and still do (I can’t complain about getting paid $500+ in 3 hours for writing a post).

But, I would have made more money quicker if I specialized in sales pages, emails, or ads.

Why?

They’re closer to the conversion. And they have a more direct impact on a business’ ability to generate revenue than a blog post.

It’s copywriting vs. content writing.

If you already specialized in blog posts, that’s okay. You can still make $10,000+ per month because they still help generate traffic from Google, engage audiences, and can convert people to make a purchase.

It’s just a harder path.

I just wrote blogs for 6 months.

Then, I specialized into email copy. That’s when my income went from $1,000/month to $5,000/month ($9,000/month by month 12, and $10-$15k since).

2. I didn’t reach out to businesses directly

I played it “safe” and stuck strictly to Fiverr for the first 6 months.

It wasn’t a terrible place (in fact, it used to be a solid supplement to my copy income).

But, I was mostly waiting around for clients via Fiverr.

I should have reached out to businesses via DMs right away and dropped Sniper Bombs with high value upfront. It would have worked much faster (and got me higher paying clients).

3. I didn’t surround myself with other copywriters

If you want to be successful, surround yourself with people who are successful.

This means if you want to be fit, hang around people at the gym.

If you want to get closer to God, go to church.

If you want to succeed in copy?

Hang around successful copywriters.

I didn’t do this when I started. Sure, I bought the books and the courses (I invested over $5,000 in my copy education in year one).

But, I didn’t connect with successful copywriters face to face. No coaching, no live training, no copy feedback. No community.

(To be fair, coaching wasn’t as big in 2019 as it is now, so it was hard to find.)

Nothing beats getting personalized, custom-tailored help from other copywriters.

Thankfully, you can skip over this mistake to fast-track your copy progress and land clients fast.

How?

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