Providing Services Outline
Service providing is a fantastic starter business online. You’re working for already established marketers who don’t have time or talent, so you get paid quickly. You also get the benefit of learning from what other marketers are doing.
Tips number 1: When you wish to make money online you may be thinking of it because you want to get paid well. It can also just be something you want to do to help you get a few extra bills paid. Whatever the case may be, this article can guide you through this.
Main eBook Title: Providing Services to Get Your Profits Started
Chapter 1: Cater to Successful Marketers to Grow Your Own Thriving Business
– They have no time or talent to get the job done, so they turn to freelancers.
– You don’t need a flashy website, a huge portfolio, or recommendations.
– It does require you to brand yourself and build a stable of clients – they don’t just find you – you need to put yourself out there.
Chapter 2: Freelance Ghostwriters
– What they’re hired for (ebooks, reports, emails, blog posts, articles, etc.)
– What they’re paid (anywhere from $5 low end to $30 high end per page – more for specialty content like press releases)
– What you need (portfolio, knowledge of the language of marketers like “squeeze page” so you’ll know what they want)
Chapter 3: Graphics Freelancers
– What they create – minisites, banners, ecovers, etc.
– What they get paid – ranges from $47 per ecover to thousands per minisite
– Skills needed – the more advanced, the better – no simple DIY tools – prefer PhotoShop skills.
Chapter 4: Website Builders
– More than graphics – this includes the functionality of the site
– Clients range from individual entrepreneurs and hobbyists to full-size corporations
– Skills needed to be competitive – programming skills – and keep up to date with them as they evolve.
Chapter 5: Virtual Assistants
– What they do – customer service, scheduling content, etc.
– What they earn (hourly or per project rates range)
– Where to find clients (word of mouth, freelance sites, approach them yourself)
Chapter 6: Copywriters
– Sales copy commands more money than ghostwriting
– Have a strong portfolio – even if you make up a copy for a fake site, to showcase skills
– Where to find clients – Elance, Warriors for Hire, or word of mouth, have your own site, too.
Chapter 7: Social Media Managers
– What they do – build and protect your brand on social networking sites
– Stay abreast of changes, new platforms launching, etc.
– How to find clients – word of mouth, approaching them, brand yourself, job listings
Chapter 8: Setting Up a Service Provider’s Online Business
– Elance – how to set up a profile there
– Forums (Warrior forum – pay to be a member and create listings)
– Your own website – can be a single page, contact form or service order page
Chapter 9: Branding Yourself as the Best
– Namedropping Clients
– Proving your results (conversions, traffic, etc)
– Acquiring testimonials
Chapter 10: Winning Jobs and Increasing Your Income
– Quality of projects and payments, not quantity
– Start out competitive and replace lower-paying clients with higher-paying new ones as you go
– Develop add-ons to your services. So for instance, if you offer blog ghostwriting, add a service to upload and schedule them.
Tips number 2: When planning how to make money working online, never put all your eggs in one basket. Keep as many options open as possible, to ensure that you will always have money coming in. Failure to plan like this can really cost you if your main site suddenly stops posting work or opportunities.
Bonus Report: Turn Your Service Experience Into Increased Profits
Chapter 1: PLR Content and PLR Graphics (for ghostwriters)
Chapter 2: Info Products Based on Your Service Skills (so a ghostwriter could create writing courses, a graphics designer could create how-to courses)
Chapter 3: Flipping Sites Created with Your Skills (graphics creators could create minisites on domains and flip them – so could ghostwriters)
Chapter 4: Tools and Apps (if you’re technical, you can create – or have created – tools and apps that help people do some of what you do)
Chapter 5: Affiliate Income (if you’re ghostwriting about exercise equipment all the time, then take some of that knowledge and create an affiliate site for yourself to earn residual income)
Opt-in or Viral Report: How to Beat Your Competitors as a Service Provider
Chapter 1: Go Above and Beyond (unexpected freebies)
Chapter 2: Be on Time or Early (most people are late)
Chapter 3: Undercut Their Prices (not constantly, but once in a while)
Chapter 4: Offer Combined Services (something most freelancers don’t do – pair up with another freelancer so you’re a package deal)
Chapter 5: Improve Your Skills (when new tools or technology is released, educate yourself and learn how to use it)
Tips number 3: Take paid surveys online if you want to make some extra cash on the side. Market research companies will want to get as much consumer feedback as possible, and these surveys are a great way to do this. Surveys may range anywhere from five cents to 20 dollars depending on the type you do.
7-Part Email Autoresponder Series: 7 Mistakes Service Providers Make Online
Email #1: Using Canned Bids (instead of original ones that show they put some thought into the client’s project)
Email #2: Being Too Shy to Brand Themselves (just because you’re providing services and not a successful marketer doesn’t mean you have to stay behind the scenes)
Email #3: Letting Projects End Badly (always make it right whenever possible – especially if the feedback is involved, but word of mouth can harm you)
Email #4: Taking on Too Much Work (it’s tempting, but it’s better to be booked and make people wait than overload yourself)
Email #5: Outsourcing to Others (if they hired you, they hired YOU, not someone somewhere else in the world)
Email #6: Constantly Running Sales (you’ll train your customers to wait for sales and they’ll never pay full price)
Email #7: Not Putting Themselves as a Client (never rely on contract work alone – make yourself a client and start working on your own residual income projects)
Articles:
#1 – How to Make Money Online Ghostwriting (serve marketers who are already successful who don’t have time or talent to do it)
#2 – Where to Find Copywriting Clients Online (Warrior Forum, your own website, Elance, etc)
#3 – Start a Virtual Assistant Business (stay at home parents or part-time workers can earn cash doing tasks marketers don’t have time for anymore)
#4 – Ideas for Earning Money as a Work at Home Mom (all of the service provider opportunities listed with a brief explanation of each one)
#5 – Steer Clear of Cheap Online Marketplaces (like freelance marketplaces where the services are downgraded)
Product Reviews:
#1 – PhotoShop – for graphics
#2 – Web Copy That Sells – a good book for copywriters by Maria Veloso
#3 – Warrior Forum membership so they can cater to other marketers
#4 – Elance service provider marketplace
#5 – Evernote – for everyone working with others, but especially VAs and ghostwriters
Tips number 4: Get paid to review some of the new products that are out on the market today. This is a great way for companies to determine if their new products are a hit or miss as they will pay good money to get an opinion on them. Get the word out on these products and pull in the cash.
