The art of selling more – it’s a numbers game

At least once a week I get a message from a writer who wants to sell more of whatever it is that he’s writing.

There is only one answer to this – you must write more. If you are writing five queries a week, boost the number to 30. I guarantee you that all things being equal if you write a 30 queries a week you will get at least three commissions.

There’s nothing miraculous about this. Whatever you’re selling, the answer is in the numbers. Every salesperson knows this. The more calls you make, the more sales you will make. It’s purely a numbers game.

I can date my own basic understanding of selling my writing consistently from the time that I first understood that it’s just the NUMBERS.

Now I know that this is a real pain in the derriere. It means that you’ve got to write more. So if you aspire to be a high selling freelance writer, it’s vitally necessary and that you enjoy the practice of writing. If you hate to write, you’ll make much less money than someone who loves writing.

If you hate writing – here’s a cure

Nine times out of ten if a writer hates writing, it’s because he’s having performance anxiety. There are various ways to cure this, but the only 100% surefire cure that I know of is just to write more, just do it.

It’s a matter of training yourself. If you’re a bus driver you drive buses, if you’re a carpenter you build houses, and if you’re a writer you write. Train yourself that the moment you sit down in your office chair you start to write.

Here’s an easy technique that really works. It sounds very simple but this simplicity is its beauty.

Every time you turn on your computer (or sit down at your computer if you leave your computer on) write 50 words. That’s the entire technique. I guarantee you that if you persist with this technique for three months, any fear you have of writing will vanish.

There you have it – fix the NUMBERS in your mind, enjoy writing, and you will make more money freelance writing than you believed possible.

There’s more info in my ebook the “Top 70 Writing Tips To Help You To Write More.”

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