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Monday, April 25, 2016

How Francesca Nicasio Went from Unpaid Writer to $400 per Article

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How Francesca Nicasio Went from Unpaid Writer to $400 per Article

francesca nicasio
Francesca has always loved writing, and when she graduated from college in 2009, she knew that she wanted to write for a living. So she moved to LA and applied to all the movie studios in the hope of landing a job as a screenwriter only to realize that no one wanted to hire a recent college grad with no previous work experience.
However, Francesca didn’t give up, and today she is an established writer who makes a living doing what she loves.
How did she go from being unable to get paid for writing to charging $300 – $400 per article?

“Turns out, people didn’t care much that I loved writing.”

As you can imagine, being rejected from all the writing jobs she had applied for was not a pleasant experience, but it taught Francesca a valuable lesson.
“Turns out, people didn’t care much that I loved writing or that I was part of the school paper. What they wanted were actual published works and real world experience (I didn’t have any of that at that time).”
Here are three things she did to get that experience:
  • She got a job as a receptionist/administrative assistant to pay the bills.
  • She got an unpaid internship at a marketing agency that she knew would look good on her resume.
  • She started writing for examiner.com about social media in Los Angeles.
“At the time, I wasn’t concerned about how I was going to get paid, I just wanted to get experience, build my portfolio, and put my work out there.”
Francesca landed her first paying client in 2011. The founder of a local startup called incentiBox noticed her work on Examiner and asked her if she’d be interested in writing about them in her column. She checked them out, like what they did, and agreed to cover them. They also asked her for some advice on social media and content marketing, which she was happy to give for free.
incentiBox founders reached out to her again a few months  later and asked if she’d be interested in writing for them, and Francesca said yes. How much did she charge them? $40 – $50 per article.
“At the time, I thought $40-$50 per post was a lot, I was already pretty happy with that. Of course, I still had a day job, I couldn’t pay my bills with writing yet . . . But it propelled me to start trying to figure out how to build a serious writing business.”
Around that time Francesca came across a book called The Well Fed Writer by Peter BowermanIt opened my eyes to the fact that you can get paid $100, $250, or even more per article. I really was not aware of that prior to reading that book,” she says. She read The Well Fed Writer cover to cover in a few days, and once she was done, she decided to put everything she learned into practice. 
credible copywriting
She set up a legitimate company, Credible Copywritingcreated a professional website, and started cold-emailing potential clients. Soon, she doubled her rates, and started charging $80 – $100 for 500-700 words articles.
Lessons:
  •  Don’t go into freelance writing with expectations of overnight success. Building your portfolio, increasing your rates, and establishing yourself as a writer takes time. So stay patient. Play the long game.
  • Take your business (and yes, it is a business) seriously. Many people say they want to be professional writers, yet they treat writing as a hobby, which of course, gets them nowhere. You want to make a living writing? Then you have to stop treating it as a hobby, and start treating it as a business. Get serious.
  • Build a solid portfolio. Clients don’t care about your passion for writing, or your experience in a school newspaper, or even about your college degree – what they actually want to see is your published work. So don’t worry about getting paid, write for free if you have to, but get your work out there. Building a solid portfolio should be your #1 priority.

How Francesca became a Retail Expert

Francesca stumbled into retail in 2013. She was already pretty active on LinkedIn at the time, and one day when she checked who’d viewed her profile, she noticed that a marketing professional from Vend had. So she did her research on the company and sent him a message asking if they were looking for a writer . . .  and Vend hired her!
“It started as a freelance gig, I was getting paid $100-$150 per post (depending on the length), but we had such a great working relationship that those occasional articles turned into blog posts and LinkedIn posts once a week.”
vend blog
However, she didn’t have any previous experience in retail, which presented a significant challenge, given that she now had to produce high-quality retail-oriented content on a regular basis. How did she handle it?
Here are three things Francesca did in order to become a retail expert:
  •  She used a tool called SmartBrief. “It is a service that curates studies, articles, and news and delivers them straight into your inbox. They do this for several industries: finance, tech, retail, etc. So I’m subscribed to their retail newsletter and get a daily email with curated content that’s relevant to the retail industry. That really helps me to keep in touch with what’s going on in the space,” Francesca says.
  • She joined relevant groups on LinkedIn. “LinkedIn is a great resource. I joined several retail-centric groups, so I get to see what people are talking about, and it helps to understand what’s going on in the minds of retailers,” she says.
  • She talked to people who work in retail. I went beyond just reading content. I made an effort to actually speak with retailers and retail experts. Sometimes it was as simple as starting a conversation with a retailer at the mall. Other times, I asked Vend if I could speak with their retail customers, and they happily allowed me to do that. All that allowed me to hear people’s stories and ask them questions, which gave me a much deeper understanding of the industry.”
On top of that, she also interviewed retail experts for her pieces, which made her content more credible. “I use a tool called HARO (Help a Reporter Out) to find experts and sources.”
In 2015, Vend offered her a content strategist position which she gladly accepted. “I didn’t have any previous experiences as a content strategist, but developing ideas for content was sort of what I did anyway, so I thought, why not?”
Lessons:
  •  Make sure that you are visible enough for potential clients to find you. The demand for writers is higher than ever. Companies are constantly looking for people who are able to produce quality content on a regular basis. So have a LinkedIn profile, have a portfolio website, and get your work out there. Give those potential clients a way to find you.
  • Be reliable, communicative, and responsive. Clients value people they can rely on, so if you show that you are easy to work with, they will be inclined to keep you around and give you more responsibility. “I showed a genuine interest in what they did, I asked a lot of questions, and whenever I’d get an assignment, I’d make sure that we’re on the same page, so that I could give them exactly what they wanted. Plus, I was really responsive. Whenever they’d send me an email, I’d respond to it within 24-28 hours. Vend appreciated all that.”
  • Go the extra mile to produce outstanding content. Pay attention to how Francesca committed to educating herself about the retail industry so that she could write great articles on the subject. Is it any surprise that Vend was so happy with her work that they eventually offered her a content strategist position? Don’t be lazy when it comes to writing. Put in the time and effort required to produce top-notch content even if you aren’t getting paid that much (or anything) for it. It will pay off in the long run.  

150,000+ LinkedIn followers

Francesca positioned herself as a retail expert on LinkedIn when she started working at Vend.
Here’s what she did to position herself as a retail expert:
  • She shared relevant, high-quality content via LinkedIn updates. “Whenever I wrote an article on retail, which I did pretty much every week, I posted it as an update, and also submitted the link to the retail groups I participated in.”
  • She published original content on LinkedIn once a week or once every two weeks.
Francesca did that consistently for over a year, and eventually attracted the attention of one of the LinkedIn editors, who then decided to include her profile in their new “Who to follow” feature.
francesca nicasio linkedin
“At the time, LinkedIn was doing a major update of their mobile application, so they wanted to include my profile for people who were interested in the retail industry. Naturally, I agreed, and since then my follower count on LinkedIn has increased exponentially – when the editor contacted me, I had maybe 9,000 followers, and now it’s over 150,000.
That has made a real difference not just in terms of my credibility as a retail expert, but also in terms of business, because that meant that I was reaching a wider audience with my content, and as a result more people are interested in working with me.”
Lesson:
  • Establish yourself as an expert. It’s not enough to be an expert, you also need to be recognized as one, at least if you want to use your expertise to advance your writing career. So pick a platform, publish quality content, and build a following.  That way, you will establish yourself as an expert, and will be able to reap the benefits of being recognized as such.

Francesca’s Top 3 Tips for Writers in Charge Readers

Today, Francesca works as a content strategist at Vend, writes about retail for freelance clients, and runs a ‘Be a Freelance Writer‘ blog. She’s actually glad that the movie studios rejected her all those years ago. “I love what I do. I’m really happy and grateful for where I am now. No regrets!”
What advice would she give to someone who is just starting out as  a freelance writer?
#1 Change your mindset. “You really have to get out of that state of mind where you think that $50 per post is a good deal because it’s not. I charge $300-$400 per post, which might seem like a lot, but I know other writers who charge close to $1,000 per post.  You need to realize that it’s possible to get paid well for writing.
Again, what really helped me was “The Well-Fed Writer” by Peter Bowerman. It’s a great book. It offers practical advice as to what you can do to get started in freelance writing, and puts you in that mindset where you know that you can get paid a lot of money for writing content. Reading that book changed everything for me.
#2 Build a solid portfolio. “Okay, so let’s be realistic here: in order to land those high-paying gigs, you need to show those clients that you are great at what you do. That’s why it’s so important to have great writing samples from reputable magazines and websites. Don’t have them yet? Approach those publications and offer to write for free, and then use those posts to get paid clients. For example, when I was targeting startups in the tech space, I knew that a lot of founders read sites like Venture Beat, so I tried to get published there. Then I’d use those clips to make my cold emails and pitches more compelling. Having a solid portfolio makes it much easier to land clients.
#3 Specialize and become an expert. “Now, I’m not  saying choose one topic and get married to it, but it’s best to pick a handful of topics that you are genuinely interested in and focus your efforts on them. Once you build an expertise, it will be easier to come up with ideas and produce content, plus establishing yourself as an expert will allow you to charge more.”

be a freelance writerWhat’s Next for Francesca?

“On the retail front, it’s continuing to produce retail-specific content. Right now I’m sort of laying low because I just had a baby and I’m on maternity leave from client work. But I’m coming back to work in April, and it’s going to be business as usual, writing content, talking to retailers, etc. I also hope to increase my LinkedIn follower count from the current 150,000 to maybe 250,000, or even more than that if that’s possible.
I also have big plans for my Be a Freelance Writer website. I’m in the process of producing a course that will help other freelance writers break into the industry and get started. It will cover things like how to build a portfolio, how to get clients, how to get paid well, etc. I’m hoping to launch the course later this year!”

Resource: https://www.writersincharge.com/francesca-nicasio-went-unpaid-writer-400-per-article/




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Let me introduce myself. My name is Richard Nata. I am an author, novelist, blogger and ghost writer. My articles, including short stories have been published in magazines and newspapers since 1994. I have written a lot of books, both fiction and non-fiction. So I was a professional in the field of writing, both fiction and non-fiction.

I was born in Jakarta, August 17, 1968.  

In 1988, at the age of 20 years, I started working as an accounting staff. Age 24 years has occupied the position of Finance Manager. Age 26 years as a General Manager.

In 1994, my articles published in magazines and tabloids.

In 1997, I wrote a book entitled "Buku Pintar Mencari Kerja". This book is reprinted as much as 8 times. Through the book, the authors successfully helped tens of thousands of people get jobs at once successful in their careers. They were also successful when moving to work in other places.

In 1998, I started investing in shares on Bursa Efek Indonesia (Indonesia stock exchange). As a result of investing in the stock market then I can provide consulting services for companies that want to go public in Indonesia stock exchange.

more information :
1. IPO KAN PERUSAHAAN ANDA DI BEI, TRIK TERCEPAT MENJADIKAN ANDA SEORANG KONGLOMERAT. brand, ideas, story, style, my life: IPO KAN PERUSAHAAN ANDA DI BEI, TRIK TERCEPAT MENJADIKAN ANDA SEORANG KONGLOMERAT.
2. JASA KONSULTAN GO PUBLIC ( IPO ) DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA. 


BUKU PINTAR DAPAT KERJA GAJI TINGGI PINDAH KERJA GAJI SEMAKIN TINGGI made by retyping the book BEST SELLER of the author, entitled “Buku Pintar Mencari Kerja”. This ebook available on google play.

In 2015, I had the idea of a startup company where the readers can decide for themselves the next story. WASN'T THIS A GREAT IDEA? IF can be realized WILL BE WORTH billions USD. Because CAN PRODUCE FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS even tens of millions USD annually. 

In theory, in 10-20 years into the future, my startup income, amounting to hundreds of million USD annually can be obtained easily. AND IF FOLLOWED BY MANY COMPANIES IN THE WHOLE WORLD WILL THEN BE A NEW INDUSTRIAL worth trillions USD. 

To be honest. Currently I'm not having a lot of money. So I start marketing my startup with blogspot.

My STARTUP :


A story with millions of choices in it - looking investor like you.



Try to imagine this. When you're reading a story on the web or blog, you are given two choices. You can choose the next story based on your own choice. After selecting then you can continue reading the story. Shortly afterwards you will be presented back to the 2 other options. The next choice is up to you. Then you continue the story you are reading. After that you will be faced again with 2 choices. So onwards. The more stories you read so the more options you have taken.


If you feel curious then you can re-read the story by changing your selection. Then you will see a different story with the story that you have read previously. The question now is why is this so? Because the storyline will be varying according to your choice. 


I, as the author is planning to make tens of thousands of articles with millions of choices in it. With tens of thousands of articles then you like to see a show of your favorite series on TV for several years. The difference is while watching your favorite TV series, then you can not change the story. Meanwhile, if you read this story then you can alter the way the story according to your own choice.

You might say like this. Sounds like a book "choose your own adventure". Books I read when I was young.

Correctly. The idea is taken from there. But if you read through a book, the story is not so exciting. Due to the limited number of pages. When a child first you may already feel interesting. But if you re-read the book now then becomes no fun anymore because you don't get anything with the amount of 100-200 pages. 

Have you ever heard of game books?  When you were boy or girl, did you like reading game books? I think you've heard even happy to read it.

Gamebooks are sometimes informally called choose your own adventure books or CYOA which is also the name of the Choose Your Own Adventure series published byBantam BooksGamebook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gamebook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A gamebook is a work of fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making effective choices. The narrative branches along various paths through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages.
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Bantam Books with the Choose Your Own Adventure 

series has produced more than 250 million US 

dollars. While I offer you more powerful than the Choose 

Your Own Adventure. Because of what? Because the 

story that I made much more interesting than the stories 

created by the authors of Bantam Books. You will not get anything just to 100-200 pages. While the story that I created is made up of tens of thousands of articles with millions of choices in it.

For comparison are the books published with the theme "choose your own adventure" produces more than 250 million copies worldwide. If the average price of a book for 5 USD, the industry has produced more than 1.5 billion USD. But unfortunately this industry has been abandoned because the reader begins to feel bored. The last book was published entitled "The Gorillas of Uganda (prev." Search for the Mountain Gorillas ")". And this book was published in 2013.

Based on the above, then you are faced with two choices. Are you interested in reading my story is? Or you are not interested at all. The choice is in your hands.
If you are interested then spread widely disseminated this article to your family, friends, neighbors, and relatives. You can also distribute it on facebook, twitter, goggle +, or other social media that this article be viral in the world. By doing so it is a new entertainment industry has been created.

Its creator named Richard Nata.

The full articles that talks about this: 
  



WHY DO I NEED STARTUP FUNDS FROM INVESTORS? I NEED A LOT OF FUNDS FROM INVESTORS BECAUSE I HAVE TO LOOKING FOR EXPERT PROGRAMMERS(IT).BECAUSE THE DATA IS HANDLED IS VERY LARGE, IT MAY HAVE TO WEAR SOME PROGRAMMERS(IT).

I CAN NOT WEAR SOME FREELANCE PROGRAMMER BECAUSE THE DATA MUST BE MONITORED CONTINUOUSLY FROM VIRUSES, MALWARE, SPAM, AND OTHERS.

IN ADDITION FUNDS FROM INVESTORS IS ALSO USED TO BUY SERVERS WITH VERY LARGE CAPACITY. FUNDS ARE ALSO USED TO PAY EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE COMPANY.

FUNDS CAN ALSO BE USED FOR ADVERTISING AND OTHER MARKETING STRATEGIES.FUNDS CAN ALSO BE USED TO ADVERTISE MY STARTUP AND OTHER MARKETING STRATEGIES.

IF I GET A VERY LARGE FUND, THE PART OF THE FUNDS USED TO TRANSLATE THE STORY INTO VARIOUS LANGUAGES.With more and more languages, the more readers we get.
WITH MORE AND MORE READERS, THE MORE REVENUE WE GET. 

AS AN INVESTOR THEN YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FEEL ANXIOUS ABOUT YOUR FUNDS. BECAUSE YOUR FUNDS WILL NEVER BE LOST BECAUSE IN 3-5 YEARS YOU HAVE RETURNED THE FUNDS COUPLED WITH PROFIT.
THIS BUSINESS IS ONE AND THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD.

If we can make a good story, so that the readers will 

come again and again for further reading the story then 

our earnings will continue to grow and will never 

diminish. This is due to new readers who continued  to 

arrive, while long remained loyal readers become our 

customers.

So that the number of our readers will continue to 

multiply over time. With the increasing number of loyal 

readership then automatically the amount of income we 

will also grow larger every year. The same thing 

happened in yahoo, google, facebook, twitter, linkedin, 

and others when they still startup.

Deuteronomy {28:13} And the LORD shall make thee the 

head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and 

thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them: ]

Try to imagine this. If I give a very unique story. It was the first time in the world. But the world already know this story even liked it. Because the world love the game books. While the story that I made is the development of game books.
Do you Believe if I dare say if I will succeed because my story will be famous all over the world as Harry Potter?
I believe it. Not because I was the author of the story, but because of the story that I made is unique and the only one in the world. 
Income from my startup :
1. Ads. With millions of unique visitors, the price of the ads will be expensive.
2. Affiliate marketing. In addition to advertising, we are also able to put up some banner from affiliate marketing.
3. Contribution of the readers. If you have a million readers and every reader to pay one US dollar per year then you will get the income of one million US dollars per year. 
If you have a million readers and every reader to pay one US dollar per month then you will get as much revenue twelve million US dollars per year.
4. Books and Comics. After getting hundreds of thousands to the millions of readers of the story will be made in books and the form of a picture story (comics).
5. Movies. If we have a good story with millions of readers then quickly we will be offered to make a film based on the story.
6. Merchandise related to characters. After the movies there will be made an offer for the sale of goods related to the characters.
7. Sales. With millions of email that we have collected from our readers so we can sell anything to them.
    Each income (1-7) worth millions to tens of millions of US dollars. 
    Because each income (1-7) worth millions to tens of millions of US dollars. Then in 10-20 years into the future, AI will be earning hundreds of million USD annually.
So how long do you think my story that I made could gather a thousand readers? Ten thousand readers? One hundred thousand readers? A million readers? Five million readers? Ten million readers? More than ten million readers?
But to get all of it of course takes time, can not be instant. In addition, it takes hard work, big funds and placement of the right people in the right positions.
By advertising, viral marketing, strong marketing strategies and SEO then a million readers can be done in less than a year. Ten million readers can be done in two to three years.
This is the marketing strategy of my startup.
When hundreds of thousands or millions of readers already liked my story then they have to pay to enjoy the story that I made.
If you are a visionary then you will think like this.
With the help of my great name in the world of business, my expertise in marketing, advertising, marketing by mouth, viral marketing, then collecting a million readers to ten million readers will be easy to obtain. Is not that right?
The question now is what if people like my story as they like Harry Potter? You will get tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of email addresses from readers. With that much email, we can sell anything to the readers.
Since April 2013, Wikipedia has around 26 million articles in 285 languages are written by 39 million registered users and a variety of anonymous people who are not known from other parts of the world.  Web ranked by Alexa, Wikipedia is a famous website number 6 which has been visited by 12% of all Internet users with 80 million visitors every month and it is only from the calculation of America.

resource : http://www.tahupedia.com/content/show/136/Sejarah-dan-Asal-Mula-Wikipedia

If no Wikipedia then need hundreds of thousands to millions of books required to make 26 million articles in 285 languages into books.

With the Wikipedia then people started to leave to read a book or books to seek knowledge about a subject or many subjects.

The same thing will happen. Read a story in a book or books to be abandoned. Read a story with millions of choices on the web or blog is far more interesting than reading a book or books. 

So what happens next? In 10-20 years ahead then read a story in a book to be abandoned. Otherwise my startup will grow and continue to develop into a new entertainment industry.

New entertainment industry, where I was a forerunner startup will continue to evolve. 
Therefore, in 10-20 years into the future, my startup will be earning hundreds of million USD annually.

So do not delay. Invest your money immediately to my startup. Take A Look. There are so many advantages if you want to invest in my startup.
WHY YOU SHOULD INVEST YOUR MONEY RIGHT NOW? .
IF YOU INVEST YOUR FUNDS IN ONE, TWO OR THREE YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, YOU MAY BE TOO LATE.
BECAUSE IN 1-3 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE THEN I'VE GOT THE FUNDS. THE FUNDS CAN COME FROM SOME INVESTORS, LOANS FROM BANKS OR FROM ADVERTISEMENTS POSTED ON MY BLOG.

IF I'VE GOT A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THEN I'VE NO NEED OF YOUR FUNDS. SO INVEST NOW OR NOT AT ALL.

My BLOG started to be written January 11, 2015. TODAY, MAY 30, 2015, THE NUMBER OF CLICKS HAS REACHED 56,750. SO FAR SO GOOD.

If I get big funds from investors then with a quick story that I wrote will spread throughout the world.

So I got acceleration because I can put ads in a large variety of media such as Google AdWords, Facebook, and others. I also can perform a variety of other marketing strategies.
If I do not get funding from investors then my story would still spread throughout the world. But with a longer time, Slow but sure.

So either I get funding from investors or not, the story that I wrote will remain spread throughout the world. Ha ... 7x

So don't worry, be happy.

My advice to you is you should think whether the data that I have provided to you makes sense or not .
If my data reasonable then immediately invest your funds as soon as possible.

Then we discuss how we plan further cooperation.

Thank you.
Lord Jesus bless you.
Amen
P.S. The offer letter I gave also to the hedge funds and 

venture capital and other major companies 

in the entire 

world. So who is fast then he will get it.

P.P.S. In addition, there is one more thing I 

want to tell you. If a story can generate tens 

of millions of US dollars, then what if made 

many stories? Then why do not you make 2, 3 or many stories? You will get hundreds of million USD annually.

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