by Jacob McMillen | May 31, 2017 | Blog, Freelancing, Marketing
Who is the easiest person in the world to sell to? Someone who is already paying you money. And while that might seem like a fairly common sense assumption, we don’t need to speculate or assume. The statistics back it up: Existing customers are 50% more likely...
by Jacob McMillen | May 24, 2017 | Blog, Freelancing
The better your questionnaire, the better your ability to write persuasive copy that turns visitors into customers. A great copywriting questionnaire will help you understand the business you’re working with, its value, its customers, and its competition. It...
by Jacob McMillen | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog, Freelancing
How do you become a freelance writer? And once you get started, how do you reach six figures and beyond? Aaron Orendorff billed $19k in January. That’s on pace for a $200k year. What could you do with that sort of money? In this interview for The Overpaid...
by Jacob McMillen | Aug 5, 2016 | Freelancing, Blog, Writing
We all start somewhere. For me, it was 500 word posts about pest control and carpet cleaning for $12 a pop. Woof. You might be in the same boat, or you might have moved up a few rungs, but regardless, you probably want to keep climbing. I was thinking about the...
by Jacob McMillen | Jun 28, 2016 | Blog, Freelancing, Marketing
The summer after my freshman year of college, I needed money. I had tuition to cover, living expenses to pay, a car to buy, and no money to do any of those things. So when a guy called me about a summer job and told me the average worker earned $8,000, I showed up...
