Midgarosormr
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- Mar 7, 2018
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Hi all, I'm looking for advice/help, and I'm hoping you'd all have some input.
To give a brief background of my situation (don't worry, this isn't going to be a pity-party post, heh), I've been long-term ill since I was about seventeen -- I'm thirty-three now, thirty-four in July (on the Fourth, no less! If I were American, that'd be great, but as I'm British fate gave me a bit of a crap-shoot on that one, haha), and I have basically been housebound since then.
My conditions have slowly improved somewhat (unfortunately, this was catalyzed by an immediate family death and another tragedy) in the last two years, even though I'm still housebound (just to preempt a lot of the "go outside and do X" things), and as such I now have pretty much unlimited free time (except when I'm sleeping or out at the doctors/hospital).
I've dabbed with copywriting in the past, mostly rewriting articles and other text for people by hand on Fiverr and writing casino slot advertisements, but since the Pandemic hit a year or so back, my gig's small stream of revenue completely dried up.
I was also drastically undercharging for my work due to naivety, so this wasn't exactly a bad thing in hindsight, though.
I've read that copywriters, even complete newbies or those near that level of experience, can make bank on their work, and I'm hoping to crack into it.
I'm not looking to earn hundreds upon hundreds per week; even £20.00 or so a day would be amazing, as it'd fund my life-goals (basically taking courses from places like Think Tank, CGA Masters Academy, CG Spectrum, et cetera).
Or, well, anything else I could do for £20.00 a daily I'd happily do, but copywriting seems to be the best avenue for me as far as I can tell, as I've always been an avid creative writer.
However, I'm not sure what to do, where to start, et cetera -- I'll also admit to feeling a bit discouraged on seeing some of the amazing services and freelancers in the forum here, as I don't think I'd ever match up to them, heh.
Ideally, I'd like to work with/for someone who'd help show me the ropes, so I can eventually strike out on my own.
I'm a bit interested in writing copy for e-mails, especially for gambling sites -- Perhaps I could see if any crypto casinos/sportsbooks need someone to write the text for their reload e-mails?
Thoughts, advice, and direction would be appreciated!
Also, my apologies if this is a bit of a disjointed ramble, but I've been awake for about eighteen hours straight.
To give a brief background of my situation (don't worry, this isn't going to be a pity-party post, heh), I've been long-term ill since I was about seventeen -- I'm thirty-three now, thirty-four in July (on the Fourth, no less! If I were American, that'd be great, but as I'm British fate gave me a bit of a crap-shoot on that one, haha), and I have basically been housebound since then.
My conditions have slowly improved somewhat (unfortunately, this was catalyzed by an immediate family death and another tragedy) in the last two years, even though I'm still housebound (just to preempt a lot of the "go outside and do X" things), and as such I now have pretty much unlimited free time (except when I'm sleeping or out at the doctors/hospital).
I've dabbed with copywriting in the past, mostly rewriting articles and other text for people by hand on Fiverr and writing casino slot advertisements, but since the Pandemic hit a year or so back, my gig's small stream of revenue completely dried up.
I was also drastically undercharging for my work due to naivety, so this wasn't exactly a bad thing in hindsight, though.
I've read that copywriters, even complete newbies or those near that level of experience, can make bank on their work, and I'm hoping to crack into it.
I'm not looking to earn hundreds upon hundreds per week; even £20.00 or so a day would be amazing, as it'd fund my life-goals (basically taking courses from places like Think Tank, CGA Masters Academy, CG Spectrum, et cetera).
Or, well, anything else I could do for £20.00 a daily I'd happily do, but copywriting seems to be the best avenue for me as far as I can tell, as I've always been an avid creative writer.
However, I'm not sure what to do, where to start, et cetera -- I'll also admit to feeling a bit discouraged on seeing some of the amazing services and freelancers in the forum here, as I don't think I'd ever match up to them, heh.
Ideally, I'd like to work with/for someone who'd help show me the ropes, so I can eventually strike out on my own.
I'm a bit interested in writing copy for e-mails, especially for gambling sites -- Perhaps I could see if any crypto casinos/sportsbooks need someone to write the text for their reload e-mails?
Thoughts, advice, and direction would be appreciated!
Also, my apologies if this is a bit of a disjointed ramble, but I've been awake for about eighteen hours straight.
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Do you have any suggestions about the best courses, free or otherwise, to learn? I mean, I'm learning from a few LinkedIn Learning's videos (trial + Obs = great reference/refreshes for later), but they're pretty... dry, I guess?