Angela Booth's Writing Blog: Yes Virginia, you can start your own writing services business

Books: Write Fiction

Angela Booth: Short Fiction Secrets: How To Write And Sell Short Stories (Selling Writer Strategies Book 2)
Writing short stories is a fun and easy way to get started writing fiction — you can get paid to write, in your spare time. If you're new to writing fiction, you can learn the elements of writing fiction — short stories are much easier to control than longer fiction.
Angela Booth: Master Fiction Writing: Craft A Novel in 31 Days: Selling Writer Strategies 4
This program began as a 30-day challenge which I organized in 2010. Hundreds of writers joined the challenge; they wrote novels. You can write a novel in 31 days too.
Angela Booth: Step By Step To Fiction Which Sells: Plotting And Scene Magic
What if you could leave boring fiction forever behind you, so that the story in your head becomes the story on the page? You CAN, when you discover the magic of story, plotting, and scenes.

Want to start your own writing services business?

If you can string words together, you can. You don't need to have "talent", you just need to have courage. Five out of every 20 email queries I receive from writers are just pleas for reassurance.

Here's an excellent article for you if you're wondering whether you can do what many thousands of others are already doing: "How To Start A Web Business And Survive".

Yes, I know you're nervous about asking complete strangers for money. :-) Just realize that your services are valuable.

The guest blogger, on Aaron Wall's blog, offers this advice on getting credibility when you're brand new:

It is very difficult to market a business without some form of track record. But every business needs to start somewhere, and they don't start with a track record. So, the most important task for someone starting out - in any occupation - is to get one.

One way to get a track record is to treat your first few jobs as a marketing cost. This is the cost of establishing a reputation, and if you make any money at all from these first few jobs, it's a bonus. The aim is to get referrals and a portfolio of work.

You can't expect to charge big bucks without a reputation, but eventually, you'll know how to charge for your services. The first five clients are the hardest, after that, you'll wonder why you bothered to be nervous.

With millions of pages added to the web every day, someone has to write all that content: if you want this life, you can have it. Just get started. :-)

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You can get money into your PayPal account anytime you want. Just seven short days from now, you'll be able to treat the Internet as your very own just-in-time cash machine.

Making consistent money online is a lot easier than you think. I promise you that if you follow the instructions in my "Your Just-In-Time Cash Machine: Sell Your Services Online In Seven Days" guide, you'll be making money within seven days. From then on, you can use this just-in-time money-making system whenever you wish. You'll feel much more confident, when you know you can make it rain money at any time.