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Lesson one, this lesson is called choosing a profitable freelance skill, and it will show you what

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skills are in demand and how you can choose one and learn one.

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That's the best fit for you.

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The reason this lesson is important is because you don't want to feel like this.

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You don't want to be frustrated.

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And of course, there is going to be challenges in your freelancing journey in anything you do.

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You're going to have challenges and setbacks, but you don't have to set yourself up for failure.

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You can get ahead of that when you focus on the right skills.

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So if you understand the right profitable skills to focus on, you can begin your business and start

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your freelancing journey on the right foot as opposed to spending months, if not years, doing things

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that don't work and learning the hard way.

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Like I had to do so if you provide a low income skill, you're going to be frustrated, you're going

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to feel like this because you're going to work on jobs that don't provide any value either to the client

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or to yourself.

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They don't have the ability to scale because they're just these one time projects.

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There's all this high competition because you're competing with a race to the bottom when you're just

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focusing on the price.

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As opposed to targeting high ticket clients like I teach in this academy, when you target these business

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owners who are willing to pay top dollar for trustworthy freelancers, that's when you're able to provide

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them value in return for that steady income.

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And this is a really important stat right here, because it breaks down how much freelancers make and

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31 percent of freelancers earn $75000 a year or more.

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In order to be in this 31 percent, you need to pick one of the in-demand skills I mentioned, the other

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69 percent are doing low income skills that anyone can do with little to no effort.

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As you realize how important it is.

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I highly suggest that you keep an open mind.

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Don't limit yourself.

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Don't put yourself in a box.

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You can learn new skills.

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You can bundle different skills together, as I will teach you later on.

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Keep an open mind.

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Always be willing to learn new skills and focus on the ones that are in demand.

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So you can be in that 31 percent and you can push yourself into that six figure range, which is where

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all profitable freelancers want to be.

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So you might be asking yourself, how do I pick a skill that's good for me?

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You might have a couple in mind, but the first thing I always suggest doing is just looking at what

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interest you to pick the best skill for yourself.

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You want to be doing something that you have some sort of an interest in.

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Ask yourself, what are you the most drawn to?

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What platforms do you spend the most time on?

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Ask yourself what you already have some knowledge in and then you can start to leverage that leverage

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by learning that skill in more depth.

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You don't have to start with something you don't know anything about.

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So let's say, for example, you're always on Facebook.

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Facebook ads might be a great next step for you because you already know how to do a good Facebook post

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and what gets the most engagement.

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Next, ask yourself, What are you the best that you might have to ask a friend or family member what

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their opinion is on this, because you might not realize it yourself.

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For example, you might be a really good communicator.

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And whenever people text with you or talk with you over the phone, you're super easy to talk to.

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Or, let's say, for example, whenever you share something on social media, people are very, very

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engaged with it.

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And they might say that they love seeing your posts pop up on their News Feed, so you can start to

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look at that in a little bit more detail and then you can pick a skill that's associated with that.

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And not only do you want to just pick a skill, you want to pick the most in-demand skill.

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So as you start to ask yourself these questions, that is when you want to narrow down what the most

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in-demand skill is because of course, we all spend time on multiple platforms.

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We have multiple interests and we're good at multiple things.

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Once you have your list, that's when you need to circle the top one or two skills that are the most

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in-demand that can provide the most value, create the most income for you so you can create the most

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profitable freelance business as you go out into the marketplace.

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Now, let's look at the top skills that I recommend and that I will be breaking down in demonstrations.

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The first is copywriting and copywriting is when you use words to sell things.

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Copywriting is applicable to many different mediums.

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And what I mean by that is copywriting can be used when you're doing advertisements, social media posts,

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email marketing, even video scripts.

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This is just fundamentally a solid skill that will always be a valuable skill because people will need

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to sell through words through a lot of freelance copywriters that are earning over six figures a year.

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So I will walk you through a copywriting demo and the tools that I suggest using to be the best copywriter

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possible.

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Next, we will move into graphic design here.

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I am not going to show you all of the paid highly expensive technical graphic design services, but

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what I will do is I'll break down how you can easily set up attractive graphic designs using a drag

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and drop editor.

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Those can be used in your social media posts, in website development and even just in graphic design

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projects in general.

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Then we will go over social media.

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Here is where I will focus on the organic side of social media, where you can help business owners

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set up post.

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Schedule them, create engagement and ultimately build a following that buys.

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Then we will move into email marketing.

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Email marketing is very powerful because you get to tap into the business you're working with, database

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they already have.

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A lot of times these are people that already purchased from the business.

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So there are a lot more likely to purchase again than if you were just to target a cold audience.

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This means that if you use the right tools, you combine that with great copywriting.

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This can turn into a very profitable freelance income for you.

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There's also an advanced side of email marketing where you set up email automations.

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That's really the next level of email marketing.

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And what will bring you even more revenue?

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Next, website design here, I'm going to show you once again not how to do any coding or technical

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aspects of the website development, but I will show you my favorite drag and drop editor where you

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can literally build a website in 10 minutes.

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You can also use the skills I show you in the graphic design section to make your websites look even

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better.

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Lastly, I'll show you where to access free icons to make your websites stand out from the pack.

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Then I will move into my expertise, which is Google ads, everything.

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I'm going to show you here will be a top level view, but I will give you a demonstration so you understand.

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Number one, what it looks like, how you can deliver it.

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And number two, what tools to use to be as successful as possible.

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And lastly, we will be going over Echo Echo stands for search engine optimization, and this can be

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looked at as the opposite of what online ads is.

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So this is how you can help business owners websites show higher up on Google so they can make more

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money.

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And now it's time to get into the profitable skill demonstrations.

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I am so excited to walk you through what tools I use, what skills I recommend learning.

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And I really look forward to seeing you there.