A personal view of today's Direct Response copy writing, and all that jazz...

[Millard Grubb]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

Maybe there are tens of thousands of six figure ($100,000.00) a year freelancers out there.

My question, is how many do you know? And, how much do they actually work?

So 100 grand would be 8333 per month or 2k per week, taking two weeks off.

Two a week is very doable. But to do it over long periods you need a constant stream of clients, customers or consumers. If you had 100 people paying you 83 bux a month, as in a private group or membership program, you could do it.

But it could also become a grind. Writing and constantly finding clients, of course if you LOVE IT, that is a different story. If writing is your passion and you want to pursue it into greener pastures of stacks of cash are, then great.

For a new FREELANCER today competing against tens of thousands of other freelancers all over the world, the idea of creating a six figure income is a much harder path than they make it sound, they being the purveyors of the easy peasy courses which will get you the 100k per year in breakneck speed.

Most freelancers are barely making a minimum wage and that without benefits. In fact, survey sez: most freelancers have a working spouse with MEDICAL benefits which allows them to spend the time freelancing. Just some food for thought for you would be freelancers out there.

The idea of 100 people paying 83 dollars a month for a membership seems to me one of the best ways. I did a variation of this when I sold my performing course. At the time, it was a six month course, with people paying me monthly.

I can see adapting this for the local market providing local businesses with business advice and tips every week with billing on a monthly basis. It is almost like consulting en masse. Might be worth looking into.

[GordonJ]

A treasure hunt, or actually, a scavenger hunt.

So, people can get out and about, but not in crowds, like our former Easter egg hunts.

So, businesses will be open soon, how about we (anyone) do a BIZ treasure hunt. Collect recp'ts from the biz, and online, you get a clue, or maybe like a board game, you get a step closer to the treasure.

Think of variations on this. Businesses will need customers. You set up a simple online game, and there are tons of variations. Put a map of your city, and put some buried treasure* there. Then let people loose.

The TREASURE could be a gift card from one or more of the businesses.

The clues will lead them to a password and then the location. When they figure it out, they go the secret biz, give the password, collect the TREASURE.

You will see many variations of this, mark my words. But avoid the slop and mess of running around. Get the map set up, CALL and ask the biz if they want to be included (small fee) and then maybe upsell to ADS on the map.

So there you go, another one I wish I had time to do.

There is PENT up spending, and if the second wave of stimulus checks hit, then be ready. OH, by the way, here is a good article about where this money has been going.

https://on.mktw.net/2LLcOIS

GordonJ

Originally Posted by Millard Grubb

The idea of 100 people paying 83 dollars a month for a membership seems to me one of the best ways. I did a variation of this when I sold my performing course. At the time, it was a six month course, with people paying me monthly.

I can see adapting this for the local market providing local businesses with business advice and tips every week with billing on a monthly basis. It is almost like consulting en masse. Might be worth looking into.