Behold… a cautionary tale.
And while on the surface it may seem to only apply to freelance copywriters, it really applies to ANYONE in ANY kind of service business:
Hey Ben,
Enjoy your emails – and I especially enjoyed the one you wrote about how copywriting clients are always gumming up the works.
I can see why you got out of taking clients… they’re all a bunch of know-it-all shitheads.
FYI – I’m a working copywriter, working full-time for a stock-advisory service. I’m disenchanted with this outfit, mainly because they insist on making me do a gazillion revisions every damn time I write a promotion. By the time my promotions go out, they’ve been mish-mashed into a watered-down approximation of my original idea.
Yeah, my work makes $$, but it’s frustrating that they just don’t let me run with the ball, ya know? I’d bet my left nut that if they just let me do my thing, they’d make much more $$$ (and of course, so would I via royalties).
So out of frustration I’ve started picking up free-lance gigs, hoping these people would be easier to work with.
Fat chance. Alas, it’s obvious that they’re all the same, cut from the same tired corporate cloth.
They all think they know everything because they’ve been in marketing for years… have worked for highly recognized companies, blah, blah blah.
I’ve come too far in this biz to let these penny-ante jokers steal my spirit.
So that’s where I’m headed – entrepreneursville. And it’s good that you’re telling your readers that’s what they need to do, too.
Anyway, I thought you’d get a kick out of my story. And good for you that you saw the light and now call the shots by working for yourself.
Keep up the good work.
Onward!
D.F.
And there you have it, kids.
(Another “red pill” story, eh?)
Even if you enjoy client work, remember: (1) You’ll never get rich working for someone else and (2) You’ll never be free working for someone else. So at the very least, sell your own products on the side.
It’s easy, too.
Start building a list.
Mail it daily using my system.
And enjoy the extra $$.
To learn my system, go to:
Ben Settle
