It's a conundrum when you're first starting out because, you *do* need experience in order to land clients. BUT "experience" doesn't need to mean that you've worked as a copywriter! If you can write great copy, companies will want to work with you even if you've never had a client before them. The key is to demonstrate your copywriting skills. And that's where spec ads come … [Read more...]

Absolutely. In fact, that's how most of our students start—even those who want to do it full time eventually. You can absolutely build a career on the nights and weekends and clients will be perfectly happy to work with you that way. Learn more about building a part-time copywriting career >> Here are a few student success stories! … [Read more...]

Pretty darn quickly! Of course, how soon you start earning depends largely on your situation. We've had students land their first client in a week! As soon as you start the foundations course and practicing the techniques, you're already more knowledgeable than most potential clients. You can start genuinely helping them and benefitting their businesses much sooner than … [Read more...]

It's perfectly possible for a copywriter to make six figures once they're scaled up and working full-time. $45-$50/hr is a reasonable starting rate. Here's the math: $50 x 40 hours a week x 50 weeks a year (take a vacation!) = $100,000. And that's only your starting rate. It won't happen magically, and it won't happen overnight. But once you build up your client roster … [Read more...]