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How I land $1,100-$8,300 retainers
Secret to recurring copywriting income
Most copywriters are stuck on an endless hamster wheel:
They land a client
Do the project
Get paid once
And then the client ghosts and they're right back to square one hunting for the next one.
It never ends, and the income never stabilizes.
Or they’re trapped working 8-12 hours a day forever because half their time is spent on acquisition rather than actual client work.
The copywriters making real money (and have more free time) have solved the biggest challenge as a freelancer: keeping clients around.
One good retainer that you keep for 12 months is worth more than a dozen one-off gigs, and it's a fraction of the work.
My new training breaks down exactly how to get clients paying you $1,000-$4,000 every month on repeat:
How I’ve landed $1,100-$8,300 clients (even in my first year as a copywriter)
Why locking in long term retainers starts on the very first call, before you've written a single word (screw this up and 90% chance they won’t stick around)
The onboarding question that gets you clear on their "North Star" (this has kept clients paying me over and over again)
Exactly how to document everything from day one (you need to prove you’re worth ongoing payment)
Why month 3 is the make-or-break point that locks clients in for a year or more
This is the stuff NOBODY teaches because most people never get here. They're too busy chasing the next gig.
Brandon “retainer mastery” Storey
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