How I started
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I had my first big breakthrough as a content writer four years ago in 2021. It was through Upwork and I remember the chilling feeling of landing my first client who paid me around $850 to work on her new business website. I overkilled the job (of course 🤣) and it was surreal when the pay hit my bank account. I first paid my guy who loaned me some money to kick off my Upwork journey, and I’ve not looked back since then. Random but I think I bought so much suya that people around me definitely knew something was up.
A lot has changed since 2021, but freelance sites like Upwork, Fiverr, etc are still some of the best ways for you to get started as a content writer. I know a lot has changed as well since the launch of ChatGPT and other tools but everyone in the game knows there’s always going to be a place for content writers. I personally think we just have to evolve with the game.
I’m creating this forum to answer as many questions as I can around starting Upwork from Nigeria as a content writer. I hope it evolves into a space where we all lend each other a helping hand to do more in our space. Feel free to ask your questions and even freer to answer questions from others. See you on the winning side!
©Peter Ogundairo (Abioye)
Co-founder, TechWriteable
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Link to image: https://ibb.co/9hdzdbD
This link is a screenshot of an interesting convo and I thought to share it. I didn’t join Upwork for the first time in 2021. I’ve tried to join much earlier and this is as far back as 2017/2018. My experience was unsuccessful. One thing I did different in 2021 was enrolling in a mentorship where I got to learn how the system works. I learned how to create a profile that stands out, craft nice proposals, who to apply to when looking for jobs and those contributed to my success on there. I might have figured it out on my own eventually but that would have taken a lot of time. Thankful that I took the bet.
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Hello Peter
Im new to content writing and previously, I have heard stuff like Upwork is dead, fiverr is dead, and not a good place to make money.What do you think?
And how do you think I could start my journey as a finance content writer. I’m here for the bag. Spa is real and popsy’s money is not enough.
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Hi JQ,
I can totally relate with you, and truly spa is real 😂
First off, Upwork, Fiver and many of these sites are not dead. Even as a company, we recently picked up projects from there worth $$$.
But I’ll be honest with you, they require more work than before.
Have you written any stuff on finance before?
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Let’s start with your areas of interest.
Do you have any industry you like?
Examples are finance, crypto, software, etc.
It’s usually better when it’s something you have a background in or love.
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