55: Broke Blogger to Wealthy Writer - 5 Easy Steps

In this Monday with Michael episode, I share my story of going from broke blogger to wealthy writer. 

In this day and age, there is actually no excuse to just be an aspiring writer or aspiring blogger. You can be a successful writer too.

There's so many websites that will pay you online if you know how to get clients and make it work. 

Let's dive into how to do that with the 5 steps I applied to go from not making any money blogging to 10x my income as a freelance writer. 

In January of 2018, I knew I had to do something different than blogging. I was putting in 16+ hours a day blogging but was not seeing any financial gains. My savings were running out and I knew it was time to change. 

I had to change my mindset! I wanted the blogging lifestyle - the freedom to control what I wanted to write about and when I wanted to write it. But truth was, if I had continued on the blogging path, I would have ended up broker than broke. 

So I switched from blogging to freelance writing. It wasn't an instant money windfall, but over time I scaled my income - and in only a few months I made more money than I ever did in 18 months of blogging.

5 Simple Steps that Will Take you From Broke Blogger to Wealthy Writer​

1. Admit that your blog is not working (and that you might need to go all in on freelance writing).
   It's easy to think you can do both, but admittedly, it took me losing my first big client to realize I needed to focus on freelance writing first - it was actually making me money!
2.  Pitch clients. And then pitch some more.
   Most people are terrified of pitching because they are terrified of rejection. The hard truth is though that if you are not pitching, you are not making money writing!
3. Double your rates.
   Don't undervalue yourself! If you deliver your content and hit deadlines, clients are gonna want to work with you. 
4. Find a niche that you are excited to write about. 
   It will make life easier and you will be excited to work on writing when you love writing about the topic you are hired to write about! 
5. Find a second niche that you love to write about. 
   I have made $40,000 in the last two years writing about my 2nd niche! There is value to yourself in writing about things that you love to write about. Get a 2nd niche.