How to use copywriting to make millions*

Alex In My Inbox #105 ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­   [Here's]( how I grew to 275,000+ LinkedIn followers.     Hey there, happy Friday! Welcome to Edition 105 of Alex In My Inbox. Alex In My Inbox is a weekly copywriting series where I share interesting, actionable, and hilarious copywriting tips from "Alex". Alex is an anonymous copywriter who shares these tips with me so I can share them with you.  Today, Alex has an email for us about the path to millions* with copywriting.  Freelancing itself likely won’t get you there, but learning the skill can help you generate an extraordinary amount of money, and Alex talks about it.  Let’s get into it. But first... I’ve grown my LinkedIn account to over 275,000+ followers and generated millions of dollars in revenue from LinkedIn. I’m now revealing exactly how I did it (and how you can too!) I spent over 104+ hours creating a FREE email course to show you how to: - Network with your favorite business leaders, authors, and influencers. - Make content that gets a ton of impressions and engagement. - Get more inbound leads for your business. - Land more speaking engagements. - Attract business partnerships. - Grow your email newsletter. - And more Please note: this email course is ONLY for Brand founders, Agency owners, SaaS Founders, Ghostwriters, Copywriters, Consultants, Freelancers, and Marketers.  [Get FREE access here.](  Now, onto today's edition:     Dear Chase,  I don’t think there are many skills that can generate you as much income as copywriting can.  You have the skill of sales, of course. If you’re good, you can certainly make $500k-1M a year if you’re selling the right thing.  But unless you’re Jordan Belfort doing sales training, with thousands of customers a year, you can’t really make 8 figures with it.  There are a couple of other skills, I suppose.  But none as potent as copywriting.  No single skill holds anywhere near as much power. Except for media buying. But even the best media buyers in the world are nothing without a good copywriter to stand behind them.  The reason I bring this up is because there’s a video going around of this copywriter talking about how much money he makes.  In the video, he states that he brought home around $350k last year.  Everyone in the comments was talking about how that’s not possible with copywriting, and how he’s probably lying.  He’s obviously not lying. We know by now that a freelancer can take home multiple 6 figures easily if they’re skilled and they’re working with the right clients.  Let’s talk about the different levels of income that copywriters can have, and how they can make more.  Having a job:  If you’re a copywriter and you work in house somewhere, you’re probably going to make between $40-120k a year.  A lot of companies don’t value their in-house copywriters because they don’t see them as revenue-generating employees. If they did, they’d be paid like sales reps. But they’re not.  You can work for decades as a copywriter and probably never scratch $200k. Sad.  First or Second Year Freelancer:  I know people will think this sounds ridiculous, but it’s entirely possible to get to $20-30k a month as a freelance copywriter within 2 years.  You’ll work your way up to $4-5k a month retainers from single clients, and potentially even take rev-share deals.  You’ll also experience much less stress than the W2 copywriters because you don’t have a boss breathing down your neck. You work on your own schedule and get paid very well.  Freelancer with a team:  For most people, this will happen in year 3-5 if you’re still a freelancer at this point. You can take home $50-80k a month if you’re running projects and have a junior writer + another marketer working for you.  This is when you’re mostly just doing what’s called “copy-chiefing”, where you give your junior writer angles to work with and edit it when they’re finished.  You could call this an agency, but you still have to put in work to ensure the quality of your product is good.  Offer owner:  This is the point where you really get to discover the true power of your skill.  “Offer owner” is an intentionally broad term to describe people who are business owners who rely heavily on digital marketing for a high-margin product.  I wouldn’t put e-commerce in this category, because there’s so much more that goes into that than just copywriting.  Think info-products, and the type of stuff you see on click bank.  A product with a lower level of awareness that relies on content, paid ads, a VSL, a complex funnel, and dozens of email sequences to extract revenue from each lead.  These people make anywhere between $100k a month, all the way up to millions a month.  A good copywriter can find a product that’s already working, apply some slick marketing to it, make it their own.  The only reason why more copywriters don’t do this is because of the risk factor involved.  With freelancing, you’re basically getting a guaranteed paycheck.  Yeah, you can lose clients, but you know for a fact if you do what you’re supposed to do, you’re going to get paid $5k a month from your client.  At this stage, anything can happen. Your ad account can get nuked, your website can crash, your supplier can screw you, etc.  There will be months where you make $500k, and months where you make $0. Not many people are ready for that. Especially the people in TikTok comments that don’t even believe it’s possible to make $350k a year from copywriting.  But, if you have the stomach for it, that’s where you’ll find millions.  And it’s a very exciting place to be.  Yours truly,  Alex.  Sent from my ads manager (why is everything red?)     Please note: While most people won't make millions from copywriting, it is possible. This email isn't promising that you will make millions from copywriting, but rather showing you the path to scaling your income with the skill. I hope you enjoyed this week's Alex In My Inbox edition. Have a great weekend, Chase   Important link: If you want to get serious about your SEO this year, a partner agency of mine is offering a free link-building assessment that includes: - An audit of your current link-building strategy - In-depth analysis of your competitors’ backlink profiles - Low-hanging fruit you can reap in the next 90 days  Get your [free SEO assessment here.]( P.S. Here are two ways we can work together:   1. If you own/run an ecommerce brand and are looking for a best-in-class email marketing agency, [please fill out this form.]( 2. If you want to grow your LinkedIn following, [here's some info on my LinkedIn Growth Service.](     © 2024 Chase Dimond No longer want to receive these emails? [Unsubscribe](. Chase Dimond 2960 Champion Way #1701 Tustin, CA 92782