Lex DeVille
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Thank you so much for this thread and your other threads on this topic Lex, you've provided a lot of value to this forum over the past could of years. Your threads have provided great inspiration to me personally, and I know I likely speak for a lot of people in saying thank you for all you have done.
I am wondering how you would start if you had learned about upwork today and were willing to do anything to make it work?
I know that you have had excellent success with copywriting, not just when you started in 2015 but recently also when you deleted your profile and then created a new one, so there is no doubt that you can still be successful as a copywriter on the platform, but would you be more inclined to look at the upwork skills index for skills that would be learnable and in great demand at the moment?
I've seen mentions of niching down into something more specific if going the copywriting route, is this necessary now?
I'm also wondering whether one would gain from watching your youtube video series on how to get hired in addition to following your 15 day challenge thread? I'm trying to find the all important balance between learning and doing.
Well, it depends on if I have the same skillset or not. If I didn't know shit about writing, I probably wouldn't go that route because I wouldn't make money. Same goes for any other skill. You have to find something you can do well enough to be competent at or else you won't get very far.
Over the last few months Upwork hasn't been accepting copywriters because there's too many on the platform. So you have to get a foot in the door with a different skill. If I didn't have a technical skill I'd probably gravitate toward being a virtual assistant because those who speak English tend to earn minimum $20 per hour.
That's an easy way in the door and a fast way to get to work with top-tier clients who've already built solid businesses. You can learn from their systems and processes while getting paid well enough to support your own Fastlane ideas.
My YouTube videos are completely different from my 15 Days to Freedom thread which specifically focuses on copy. My YouTube has focused more on the freelance side, especially the 4 day course in my signature below.
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