Write And Grow Rich – Bob Bly

The writing life is a great life.

I love being able to avoid the “rat race” — and just sit in a quiet, peaceful room all day … thinking, reading, and writing for my clients.

Now, I’m not the most prolific writer in the world … or the most successful.

I’ve never had a best-seller, written for TV, or scripted a Hollywood blockbuster.

Yet, though most people have never heard of me, I consistently earn more than $600,000 a year as a “journeyman” freelance writer….

… writing everything from articles, columns, and books … to home study courses and ad copy, to Web sites and direct mail packages … for publishers, small businesses, and corporate clients worldwide.

In fact, I’ve been making a handsome living as a full-time freelance writer since 1982 – and for every year of that except the first two, have broken the six figure mark.

As a result, I became a self-made multi-millionaire while still in my 30s … even though a recent survey from the American Society of Journalists and Authors revealed that almost 7 out of 10 freelance journalists earn less than $50,000 a year.

So … how come, in a society where writers earn a modest wage, I regularly earn a million dollars from my freelance writing every 2 years?

Here’s the amazing secret: making $100,000 a year or more as a freelance writer is not at all difficult.

In fact, it’s surprisingly easy to make a lot of money writing … as long as you know the few dozen proven tricks and techniques that I want to teach you. If you will let me.

Make $100,000 a year as a freelance writer

In my newly updated writer’s manual, Write and Grow Rich, I share with you proven, utterly pragmatic methods you can use to quickly and easily start and run your own $100,000-a-year freelance writing business.

Including:

• How to break into the lucrative corporate writing market … even when you’re a novice and have little or no business experience. See page 10.
• The 10 most common freelance writing mistakes … and how to avoid each. Page 38.
• How to ask for – and get – the fees you deserve. Page 56.
• Finding and working with an agent – is it for you? Page 72.
• How to quickly and easily create a simple business plan – in less than 3 minutes — that will increase your freelance writing income to $100,000 a year or beyond. So simple, you can write it on the back of an envelope. Page 3.
• Powerful negotiating tactics that can help you talk your editors and clients into paying you more money for nearly every job you write for them. Page 18.
• The only 2 ways to get rich writing … and why most writers seem to deliberately choose poverty over wealth. It starts on page 2.
• Specialists earn $10,000 to $25,000 or more a year than generalists, and have a much easier time finding work. Don’t have a writing specialty? Here’s how to get one you’ll absolutely love – and fast. Page 6.
• Make money by self-publishing and marketing your own writing. Eliminate rejections and the middleman … keep all the profits. Page 69.
• 5 ways to get rich with online writing … and 2 ways not to. Discover why almost everything you’ve heard about making money by writing for the Internet is wrong … and where the money really is. Page 21.
• A painfully shy introvert’s guide to networking with prospects, editors, and fellow writers. Page 78.
• 10 essential rules for running a successful freelance writing business. Ignore them at your peril. Page 45.
• Where and how to set up your office. Page 82.
• Make more money as a writer by getting twice as much done in half the time. 9 personal productivity secrets that can send your freelance writing income through the roof. Page 15.
• 7 ways to double your freelance writing rates this year … and get editors and clients to happily give you more money. Page 42.
• Ivy Lee’s secrets for successful public relations (PR) writing. Page 84.
• How to accelerate your freelance writing career by publishing your own e-newsletter … and giving it away for free – as crazy as that sounds. Page 31.
• Earn $2,000 a day supplementing your freelance writing with lucrative consulting assignments. Page 86.
• Keep more of the money you make: personal finance secrets for freelance writers. Page 93.
• There are only 4 ways to break out of low-paying writing and become a highly paid, in-demand writer. Can you name them all? See page 18.
• Every six-figure freelance writer needs a Web site … and here’s what you should have on yours. Page 34.
• 5 things you can do to get lucrative assignments from local small businesses and big national corporations – even if you’ve never done any business writing before. Page 10.
• 6 steps to convincing clients that only YOU can handle their next writing assignment. Page 8.
• What to do when you hand in your copy and the editor or client says, “I don’t like it.” Page 36.
• Why clients rewrite copy – and how to handle it. Page 80.
• The 6 biggest time wasters for freelance writers … and how to avoid each. Page 15.
• What every freelance writer should know about blogging. Page 28.
• Using direct mail to generate leads for your freelance writing services – I used this method to generate a 10% response for my own copywriting services. Page 53.
• How to “bait your hook” with an irresistible offer they can’t refuse when “fishing” for new writing clients. Page 24.
• 22 more secrets for boosting your writing profits. Recent survey shows that freelance writers earning $60,000 a year or more consistently do these 22 things … while those who earn less hardly do them at all. Page 48.
• Can you imagine getting paid more to talk about writing than to actually write? Your fellow writers are routinely making $1,000 to $5,000 a day giving talks and seminars. Why not you? Page 100.
• Big bucks in PR writing. Ivy Lee, advisor to steel magnate Charles Schwab, reveals how to make money getting publicity for business clients. Page 84.
• How Richard Armstrong went from getting paid $2,500 per direct mail letter to $22,500 per sales letter … by turning business away! Page 95.
• The average consultant earns $2,000 a day for telling other people what to do. Here’s how to make money consulting on your area of expertise for similar fees. Page 86.
• Any freelance writer with a six-figure income can easily retire a millionaire by age 50 – or even 40 — by following these simple investment strategies. Page 93.