Make Money Writing Online: 5 Skills To Make You Dangerously Profitable As A Writer

It isn’t just about your writing “skill.”

To make money writing online, you don’t need to be a “better” writer.

Most ghostwriters who aren’t earning the amount of money they want believe their bottleneck is their writing ability.

This means they end up:

• Reading more books on writing.
• Dropping another $750 on a writing course.
• Dedicating more time to improving their craft (at the expense of learning other, non-writing skills).

Now, you have to be somewhat competent as a writer to charge for your work.

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But if you think getting better and better at writing will mean people will pay you more and more, then I’ve got a rude awakening for you. Because to make more money as a ghostwriter is not just about improving as a writer.

It’s all the other skills that surround the writing that make your clients feel valued, heard, and comfortable which turn you into a profitable ghostwriter.

Let’s dive into the 5 non-writing skills you need to master:

Make Money Writing Online: 5 Non-Writing Skills To Make You Dangerously Profitable As A Writer

Skill #1: Free Consulting

If you do not understand how to help people for free, you will never be able to charge for your expertise.

Whenever you get introduced to someone, whether it’s a reader for your own writing or whether it’s a client for ghostwriting, your goal isn’t to figure out how to make money from that person straight away. Your goal (and your bottleneck to earning more) is working out how you can help them for free.

And, more specifically, how can you demonstrate you understand:

• The problems they’re faced with