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Do Ghostwriters Make Money?

5 Steps To Land Your First High-Paying Ghostwriting Client

Nicolas Cole
8 min readJan 13, 2025

Do ghostwriters make money?

The simple answer is YES.

In fact, I believe everyone can make at least $10,000 per month as a ghostwriter.

Because when I say “everyone” I don’t just mean writers looking to diversify their income (although, they should definitely be making $10,000 per month ghostwriting). No, I mean everyone should use ghostwriting as a vehicle to earn money AND perfect a certain set of skills that’ll help them grow in so many other areas of their life.

(And we’re always seeing wins like this inside our Premium Ghostwriting Academy).

So, before we dive into how to reach your first $10,000 month, let’s take a look at 3 reasons why ghostwriting is the perfect skill accelerator.

Reason #1: You master the art of sales.

Anyone skilled in sales will tell you the key to selling anything isn’t to actually “sell.”

It’s to educate.

Because if you see sales as “selling,” you have to do a lot of persuading to get the other person to take action. But if you approach sales as education, and the person becomes aware of a problem they now feel is…

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Nicolas Cole
Nicolas Cole

Written by Nicolas Cole

100M+ Views | 5x Author | Co-founder of Ship 30 for 30 | Want to start writing online? Get the Ultimate Guide: https://startwritingonline.com

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