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How to Make $225,000 a Year as a Freelance Writer

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This week’s guest is Holly Johnson of ClubThrifty.com. Holly is a financial expert who covers frugality, budgeting, and travel. She is a contributing editor for The Simple Dollar and writes for U.S. News and World Report Travel, Personal Capital, Lending Tree, and Frugal Travel Guy. She also writes on her own website: ClubThrifty.com.

Show Notes:

Holly went from working as much as 60+ hours a week for a $40,000 a year to being on track to bill $225,000 in 2016 from freelance writing!
Holly had always been interested in writing and began to write as a side-gig while she worked her salaried job
She eventually made enough money to quit her job and be a full-time freelance writer
Holly has a focus on travel writing and gets paid to visit exotic destinations and write about them
Why there’s such a growing demand for freelance writers
Why you’ve got to “niche down” and focus on paying niches
Holly explains why starting a website or blog is a great way to display your skills and break into high-paying freelance writing work
You’ll understand productivity hacks that helped Holly bill over $200,000 as a freelance writer
Holly created a course to teach you all she knows about freelance writing. Check it out here: Earn More Writing eCourse by Holly Johnson