How To Start A Ghostwriting Business From Scratch

This is how I quit my job and hit $20k months in 30 days

In 2016, I was making $50,000 per year as a copywriter at an advertising agency downtown Chicago.

Then, I quit my job.

But I didn’t just quit out of the blue. I’d made my first $5,000 on the internet with an eBook called Skinny To Shredded after one of my Quora answers (about how I’d gone from a 100-pound teenager with undiagnosed Celiac Disease to a 175-pound shredded body builder) went viral. I’d seen the power of writing online and I wanted more of it.

So after a few months, I quit — with less than 60 days runway to keep me going.

What happened next was a rollercoaster. After 30 days, I was making $20,000 per month as a ghostwriter. Then I went through 5 months of ups and downs. But 18 months later, I’d grown a ghostwriting agency to $180,000 per month.

Here I am, sat in my co-founder’s apartment, with no idea of what was about to happen

I learned a ton of lessons along the way. If I was starting my ghostwriting business from scratch today, here’s what I’d do.

Let’s dive in!

Step 1: Become a master of ONE

When you’re just starting out in the world of ghostwriting, it’s tempting to try and do ALL the things: