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Some people ask me how a ?child? (me) can make more money, by simply typing some letters, than someone with a college degree in business management from a state university. Well, A) I?m not a child. Thank you very much. I?m 20 years of age, practicing a profession of writing and B) There really is no B. I can collect more money from my services because I know how to set my position higher than that of a college graduate and my target audience of clients needs writers like me.

It really isn?t that hard for anyone to get better benefits on a job for any career path. Quality research time and knowing what skills are needed to advance is all it takes. When I see a client searching for someone with a specific skill, and I notice those with this skill consistently get higher paychecks than those practicing in other fields, I hop on that train and study. While broadening my knowledge of professional freelance writing, I expand upon what I can already do, and in the eye of possible clients, they hit love at first sight.

Making yourself attractive in the eye of your employer doesn?t necessarily mean you need to be sexy (have you noticed, though, the sexy female employee is generally the secretary only being paid 30k a year). Broadening your skills and nailing it on the head of an employer is what they are looking for.

When a possible client for my freelance writing services contacts me, I immediately open my portfolio and exam what has shown off that skill they seek the most. If I haven?t nailed that skill yet, I give myself 24 hours to hit it. Research, research, writing, research, a little coco, and some more writing will help me smooth out any braised edges on that skill. At the end of 24 hours, if I haven?t seen an improvement, I won?t take on that project as I wouldn?t want to lose a possible future client in case they return. If I, however, believe that this is the god of all projects and my skill grew sufficiently enough, I?ll send my proposal to take the task off their hands, along with all that research I spent.

Even if I don?t get the job, I built up an extensive mass to my freelance writing portfolio, which comes in great use further along the road.