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what separate Premium Ghostwriters from burned-out, underpaid freelance writers: 3 business growth levers: Time, Units, Cost Clients value “outcomes” more than “things.” The highest-paid ghostwriters are more like “business consultants.” Your goal is to (eventually) get paid in Credibility, Upside, and Efficiency. He or she who frames the problem o

For the vast majority of my adult life I was a freelance writer, forever scrambling for work that paid an insulting nonamount considering how time consuming and challenging it was.

being done by younger people, who are choosing to freelance in hopes of gaining more control over their career path. As a society, we’re gradually starting to view “work” not as a single place of employment, but as a series of engagements or projects. The millennial generation in particular views the traditional aspiration to a corporate job in an

As a direct result, “demand” for me has steadily grown, even as the “supply” I am willing to offer has diminished, which has allowed me to very substantially raise my fees, keep raising them every year, fire troublesome clients without remorse, and do business entirely on my terms to suit me. This one single, simple discipline has been worth millio

if you’re the client, a bad idea that takes a long time to hatch will cost more than a good idea the firm comes up with instantly. That’s why many free agents charge by the project or the task—rather than by the hour. People know in their bones that there’s something awry with the old economy notion that the more time you log, the more valuable you