How To Find A Freelance Copywriter: 4 Things To Look For

Hiring a freelance copywriter can be one of the most profitable investments you can make for your business. That's provided you know how to find the right one for your needs. Here are four things to make sure you look for.

Let's jump in right away...

1. Communication - Successful freelance copywriters are able to take your ideas and communicate them clearly to the market you need to reach. And that means that they should be able to communicate with YOU as well. Without good communication, there's a good chance that your results will be smaller than they should be.

You need to find a freelance copywriter who is able to communicate with you, your employees and anyone else who can contribute to the success of the project.

Of all of the hiccups I've had with clients in my own copywriting business, the vast majority of them have been a symptom of poor communication.

2. Accountability - If your promotion should fail, will your copywriter accept responsibility for his fair share of the result? Or will his first response be to point the finger at you, your product, your market or your business?

A good way to answer some of these questions is to interview potential copywriters about some of their biggest successes AND their biggest failures. How they talk about their failures will give you good insight into how they'll react when things don't go as planned.

3. Marketing Mindset and the Ability to SELL - This is key. You need a freelance copywriter that knows how to sell. After all, that's really what this is about. Selling your products and services to your marketplace.

So you want to get a pretty clear idea about their selling skills or selling experience. One of the quickest ways to do that is simply to pay attention to how they sell YOU on becoming a client.

4. Writing Skills - Of course your freelance copywriter needs to be able to write. But in the bigger scheme of things, it's probably one of the least important skills when compared to the ones earlier in this list.

Who wants to work with a writer who is a jerk, who can't accept responsibility, who can't sell, who can't even communicate? That's not a recipe for a profitable relationship.

Hiring a freelance copywriter can create a huge boost for your business. Just get the information you need to make the right decision for you and your business.

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Jason Leister is a freelance copywriter and creator of Copywriter Catalog: THE source for helping business owners find the right freelance copywriter, with the right skills, at the right price.

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