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Discover The Secret to Landing Freelance Writing Clients

Is there really a well springing up of lucrative writing opportunities in the desert of freelance writing?

William Ballard, MBA
7 min readJun 7, 2022
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When I launched my career as a freelance writer back in 2014 I imagined all successful freelance writers had a secret.

Why did I imagine this?

Well, I was thirsty for work but could find nowhere to drink.

You see, it was like I walked into the middle of the desert looking for an adventure, having been told there was an oasis of great possibilities over the horizon, but my water bottle had run dry.

What I found was that there was no oasis in sight.

If not that, then only successful freelance writers knew where this secret location of a well springing up lucrative flowing streams of wealth was, and they wouldn’t tell me where because the water supply at the oasis is limited.

If they shared the location with any Tom, Dick, or Harry, the work would quickly dry out.

So anyone who had found the oasis was bound to silence.

What I’ve just described is a common problem for newbie freelance writers, taking their first step into a new profession full of desert beasts waiting to…

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William Ballard, MBA
William Ballard, MBA

Written by William Ballard, MBA

Discover the story of how I went from selfish freelancer to a selfless business owner: https://bit.ly/3ZLv9w6

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