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how to start freelance writing and actually getting paid even if you don't have a computer you don't need a laptop or computer to get started as a freelance writer you can create portfolio samples even if you don't you don't have any work experience as a freelance writer you can create portfolio samples by getting published online i'm going to teach you how to do that just from your phone and you can pitch yourself to bloggers and you can find clients on linkedin so that's a little preview of what i'm going to talk about in this video it is so possible don't let the computer thing stop you because you can work your way to getting that computer and making it easier for you and even being able to do more things like build a website so first of all you want to download linkedin linkedin has become really a social app more than before not just like a you know for corporate use but it's like anyone with their own business can use linkedin as a marketing platform so you want to download linkedin and put your picture with a byline say that you're a freelance writer in your particular niche for hire for example parenting writer for hire mental health writer for hire business technology writer for hire then you want to list some specific subtopics that you can talk about within your niche like if you're a technology writer you can write about software ai technology it security you want to mention all the topics all the subtopics within your niche and that way it's going to help you get found on linkedin so how does linkedin work it has an algorithm just like any other social platform and you create content just like you would on facebook or twitter you can add photos text even video you can upload video right there and they do live they do stories even so it's like a social app but it is so much better because people who need freelancers they search in linkedin and if you are using keywords that you know they might be searching for and you're actively creating content for the platform linkedin is going to put you to the s to the top of their search results this is also why it's so important to have a niche to have a speciality because people searching on linkedin aren't really going to look for freelance writer in general it will be flooded and you know people freelance writers specialize these days so keep in mind that your target clients perspective is that they're they're not just looking for freelance writer they're looking at the big picture of their content marketing scheme they're looking for creative content that can be used to funnel their customers online to get the initial attraction to to get attention on their brand with that content and that's what the freelance writer's job is so you want to show on your linkedin that you are creating original content that you can educate uh people about the industry and you can use the industry language and you know what's going on in the industry as far as like current events um new things going on you want to show that you're up to date in that and you any writing samples that you publish on other platforms which i'm going to talk about next share it to linkedin and also put it in your linkedin uh portfolio since you if you're not using a computer you will not be able to make a website but you can use linkedin as your portfolio because every writer needs a portfolio it's going to be what you link to whenever you're looking for work whenever you're pitching yourself to bloggers you have to link to that portfolio or if someone finds you on linkedin because that happens in the search people will search for a freelance writer in a particular industry and they could come across you and message you within linkedin so that's really cool but they are gonna ask like which what is uh your experience or do you have any samples i can look at and that's when you're gonna put the link to that linkedin portfolio there though your linkedin profile you'll see where you can upload work samples it could be pdf it could be a link to where you publish online but that is your portfolio and it's super important so to recap about linkedin fill out your profile and fill in the work samples if you don't have that yet i'll get to it and then you want to share content on the platform frequently so you can get found in that search algorithm the next app you want to download is medium i'm not going to talk that much about it in this video because i did a whole video on medium and everything in there applies to uh to to if you only have a phone you can do everything in medium from your phone so that's really exciting because not only can you use medium as a way to publish writing samples but also you can get paid from their partner program they share ad revenue with the writers so i shared how to do that in that video an important thing is to get a friend link which is a link that allows people to see the content on medium without them needing to pay and that that link can go in your linkedin portfolio so that you have it all in one place and can show this is where i've been published and also just having your linkedin i'm sorry having your medium profile link shared in your linkedin bio like where you can link to your website put your medium profile on there like the link to your medium page on your linkedin because then clients can just click on that and see okay that's where they're published and they can see like how many readers are following you and on your posts on your articles like they get claps comments stuff like that so that's actually social proof that you not only are you a writer that can write but you even have readership and that's going to look really really professional it's going to show to clients that you know it's someone who's actively writing and not just only looking for jobs so medium is super important check out that video the next one is twitter create a account just for you being a freelance writer or repurpose an old account that you're not using um whatever and don't worry about follow followership don't worry about using hashtags and and you know getting people to follow you know it's just gonna be like another profile for you as a freelance writer as well as a place to engage with your prospective clients so fill out your profile like your picture and your little byline or bio where you say that you're a xyz writer for hire such as a business technology writer for hire and put your link to your linkedin profile and your link to your medium profile you should be able to do that because you can put two links one in the actual link field that they give you and then one in the bio field where you write about who you are just keep it short you know parenting writer for hire and then put the link to the medium what you want to do is get out a notebook and go to google or any search engine on your phone start looking for blogs in your niche so type in in the search field what your niche is like business technology or um mental health and write blogs you know and find the find the different blogs make sure you visit the blog page and you know make sure that it looks professional up and running up to date and everything like an active blog and write it down write the name of the blog and write down whether or not they are looking for guest post submissions type in the search engine field uh blogs in your niche plus guest post submissions or plus guest post opportunities something like that and you'll see you'll be able to see which blogs are taking guest post submissions but you want to check that it's paid okay because not every guest post opportunity is going to be paid unless you're willing to do it for the work sample i would do it so anyway just be aware of that some are paid and some are not paid but even if they don't take a guest post submissions that doesn't matter you're still gonna pitch to those blogs you're gonna pitch your ideas for new blog posts all right so once you have that list of blogs in your industry go to twitter and follow them follow you know as many of them as you can who have accounts and they're usually active on twitter starting conversations sharing blog posts let's say you're in the health niche you followed a bunch of health blogs on twitter and there's these accounts are sharing their latest blog posts you want to reply to those tweets and add value uh you know say i really like how you pointed this out um i also have this idea or i think this could help people usually these blogs are trying to educate customers about you know certain topics and you can show that you can actually add to the conversation and put new ideas and you'll get noticed if not by the blogger you get noticed on twitter in general it can be a way to attract clients but regardless what you can do is when you go and pitch to these blogs you can say you know i've been following you on twitter i appreciate your content they're gonna see your name they might recognize that oh this is the same person i've seen reply on twitter you know as long as you're keeping your replies nice and humble and not acting like you know you you know better than them you want to you know it not only shows that you know your stuff but it also shows that you're proactive in your industry in talking about these topics and you're not just another freelance writer looking for gigs on job boards and on freelance websites you know it shows how professional you are so reply every every day spend just a little bit of time replying leaving a comment it's also so helpful to read these blog posts reading in your industry really helps you as a writer i've learned that it's not a waste of time at all because then when you go to write blog posts you're gonna have more ideas you're gonna it's just gonna flow more easily reading always helps read the blog posts that people in your industry share and then reply with comments on twitter and um then the next step the next thing you're gonna do is go back to your list of all these blogs and one by one start pitching you could start with the ones that are taking submissions make sure you look at their guidelines so that you follow them and then pitch your blog post i did a video on pitching so you want to do you want to check that out uh what goes into a pitch it's basically an outline for a blog post you want to make sure that you're you're giving them something new that hasn't already been done on their blog go through the list of these blogs and pitch to five a day at least and you can find ones that you know you could offer them similar blog posts so you don't have to do a new blog post for everyone you can have like this idea for for a blog post in your niche and just find the blogs that haven't already covered something like that and pitch that to them and then the next day create a new blog post and say okay um who can i pitch this to so check out the video i did about pitching and you can use the email app in your phone to you know contact these bloggers or you can use their contact submission form uh on their website so uh the last thing i want to talk about is google docs i recommend you use google docs for all your writing for medium for even linkedin posts and for keeping your blog pitches together because then you can always go in and search on google docs and find everything all in one place because as a freelance writer you go back to your old stuff a lot you're especially because you're staying in that same industry or niche it helps to refresh yourself with old things you wrote or reuse repurpose things if one blog didn't take that pitch use the same pitch for another blog if it fits so it really really helps to keep it all on google docs the way that you can search uh easily for your stuff instead of it being in a notebook or it you know just being scattered you got some articles on medium you got some things in a little notepad app on your phone no i really recommend google docs it auto saves everything um online like on the cloud so even if something happens to your phone you'll be able to retrieve all your old writing so that's what i recommend for getting started with freelance writing with just a phone uh check out my video about medium check out my video about pitching to blogs and that that is stuff you can do to get started and even get paid so thank you guys if you have any questions leave them in the comments and i'll talk to you later