If you aspire to make a comfortable income from your writing, you’ll find inspiration in the stories of the three people we’re featuring in today’s Certified Stories article.
This group comes direct from our Certified Content Marketer page here on Copyblogger.
You know what I liked best about their answers? That they were pleasantly surprised that writers can indeed make a healthy living doing what they do best.
I love hearing stories like that — they make our efforts here at Copyblogger worthwhile.
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Here’s who’s joined us today:
Aaron Wrixon specializes in white-label writing and content marketing services for web designers and their clients. Contact Aaron
Trudi Roth creates site copy, blog posts, video, and social media strategy that converts passive bystanders into active, engaged fans. Contact Trudi
Carin Kilby Clark writes conversational copy and content that demonstrates authentic thought leadership and builds authority. Contact Carin
Read on as Aaron, Trudi, and Carin share their hard-earned wisdom.
What do you wish you knew about writing when you first started out?
There’s perception and then there’s reality. Sometimes we perceive our dream careers through rose-colored glasses. Once we’re in them, though, the day-to-day reality doesn’t live up to the image.
But for our three writers, reality was better than perception.
Trudi had to first lose the notion that she couldn’t make a good living as a writer:
“I believed that writing was