How Much Does A Copywriter Earn?
How much does a copywriter earn - what a great question.
It’s also one of the most popular questions asked by people getting interested in copywriting.
Fortunately, it’s a question with many answers.
You see, your earnings with copywriting can range anywhere from around $20,000 per year to literally tens of millions per year.
And here’s the difference…
If you work for another company as a copywriter, you’re likely to earn anywhere from $20-$30 per hour and about $25,000 - $50,000 per year full-time.
But, what happens when you become a freelance copywriter?
Then the roof comes off and you’re left to decide how much you make. At the beginning obviously you won’t make too much because you can’t charge as much as you’d like.
But then, as you become more well-known and can raise your prices…you start increasing how much you make per project. Do that and you increase how much you make per year.
Then you become more advanced, adding royalties to your paychecks.
Boom - another pay raise.
Then you start going on straight commissions like Clayton Makepeace and guess what? If you’re really good, you can start making 7 figures or even 8 figures if you become a world-class copywriter.
So how much does a copywriter earn?
However much you want, really.
Hard work will make you a lot of money in the copywriting business.
SMART work will make you rich.
What would you rather do?
Jeremy
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3 Comments on How Much Does A Copywriter Earn?
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Direct Response Copywriter DK Fynn on
Fri, 5th Sep 2008 8:48 pm
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admin on
Fri, 5th Sep 2008 9:18 pm
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CopyTraining on
Wed, 29th Oct 2008 8:30 pm
The thing that I’d add to this post, Jeremy, is that if you really wanted to have as much control over your income as possible, you’d have to eventually write copy for YOUR OWN products and services, and not for someone else’s.
Mind you, I’m writing for the products of other people, but I see this as a process of transition: from being a working stiff, to being a freelancer, to owning my own products and services that I either write copy for, or I get other copywriters to write copy for me.
AWESOME point DK - you’re right on the money.
Starting off as a freelance copywriter is awesome in itself, but if you can start creating products for yourself instead of others..you’re even better off.
Jeremy
That’s what I find so fascinating about copywriting, it’s so flexible. If one just loves to write, but has no desire to go off on their own…they can get plugged in to a company and get a salary.
For the entrepreneurial writer, freelancing offers the freedom that they desire, with no real salary cap to speak of.
It really comes down to what you want to do, and how much you’re wiling to work to make it happen.
Good stuff man.
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