5 steps he took to hit $10k/month

Yesterday I shared with you a win from my Academy…

A fella named David officially hit his first $10k month as a copywriter.

Check it out:

But… I never revealed how he did it.

So today, I’ll let David take it away (and reveal his secrets)…

Because when he shared that win with the Academy, he actually shared 5 steps he took to make it happen.

Here’s his exact post from the Academy, word for word:

“Reached $10,100 this month

This month I sold $10,100 in email marketing packages.

$6.3k of it hit my account in August, because I run 50% upfront and 50% on delivery. The rest lands when the projects close out.

I sent

• 6 sniper bombs

• booked 4 discovery calls

• 2 signed

• I retained my SaaS client

• Then I upsold my chiropractor client from $1k to $3.8k

Here are the 5 steps that got me there in 2 min:

1/ Qualify on revenue, not follower count

I've built a lead list with all potential finance newsletters that could pay my fees.

That's the $15k to $20k a month newsletters just from subscription revenues (base case)

A 20k list with no paid tier is a maybe. An 18k list at $20/month with 1,000 paid subs is a great one..

2/ Warm them for days, not once

This is the part everyone skips.

One thoughtful comment is not enough to reach these guys.

I comment on their work for several days running. Different posts.

By the time my DM shows up, my name is familiar.

That single shift improved my reply rates.

3/ Send an opening DM that doesn't pitch

The only job of that first message is to get a reply. That's it.

If they respond, I've earned the right to send a sniper bomb.

4/ Then send the sniper bomb

This is a free audit of their welcome email or website.

It takes me 3-4 hours to write one so I'm selective with who I send them to.

6 sent. 4 replied. 2 clients. I'd take those numbers every month.

5/ Build proof into the deal itself

Every package I sell includes a 30-day optimization period after launch.

Once the email sequences are set up, I get more feedback from the subscribers who received the emails: replies, open rates, click rates. Based on this feedback I can optimize the sales pages and the emails.

Clients read that as extra value, and it is. But it does something for me too.

For 30 days I'm inside their account watching open rates, click rates, and revenue land in real time.

I use those stats to land the next client and to build my proof vault.

Write the proof-gathering window into the contract. It pays twice.

That's it.

Gonna try to land 1-2 clients every month and upsell my current clients another project after I get them results.”

The thing David didn’t mention…

He also worked hard at it.

He followed the system. Showed up to coaching calls. Submitted writing for feedback every week. And he regularly asked questions in the Academy community when he got stuck.

And now he’s officially hit $10,100 so far this month.

If you want to hit your first $10k month as a freelance copywriter like David…

(…so you can quit your 9 to 5)

And start living life on your terms…

Then you should join me, him, and 100+ other dedicated copywriters inside the Academy.

For a limited time, you can skip over the $119/month payment normally required to get in…

And instead, get complete access with a 7-day free trial.

Brandon “free trial” Storey

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