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Phronesis2000

Goals for 2023?

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So, we're already in December.

Anyone care to share their goals/plans for 2023? My three top goals are more on the 'business' side, than the 'writing' side, but:

  • Finally incorporate my writing business (I'm in one of those pesky European locales where all companies require 25,000 euros paid up capital to open, so it is not worth it until your income hits a certain level).
  • Work fewer hours. This year has been too much. I have been working a solid 40 hours a week of writing. The extra money is not worth it at this point.
  • Monetise my own site. I have been working on a lead gen site as a side gig for a while, in a few months, I hope to finally start making an income from it.

Posted Dec 2, 2022, 10:36 AM UTC

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MichaelTheWriter101•

I'd like to hit the $100,000 mark in 2023 while still keeping the number of hours worked the same or cut it back a bit by working more efficiently.

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mosesthemajor•

My goal is to make $1,000 blogging. So far I have made $3 in 6 months lol

But I am motivated and Im working at it everyday. Just trying to do my best.

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LowriLlew•

That's $3 more than last year, my friend.

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mosesthemajor•

It has to work. Im putting massive amount of effort and even some savings. If not, I have to go back to personal training and after 10 years I think I've pretty much exhausted that.

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Limery•
  • Increase the % of the client work I enjoy from 60-70% to 80-90%. I’ll do this by refocusing on the niches that I currently enjoy while decreasing work with sites that I’m tired of.
  • Have a 20k month.
  • Earn 180k across the year.
  • Take time for myself before I start writing in the morning.
  • Continue reading fiction and writing for enjoyment!

2022 was great but I’m even more excited to see what 2023 will bring.

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Phronesis2000OPContent & Copywriter | Expert Contributor ⋆•

Nice. I'm with you on increase percentage of enjoyable work. I have got in a bit of a rut of doing well-paid, but boring work that I want to break out of.

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IronSnail•

I'm dragging ass with getting started, so actually selling something would be nice.

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sam654_•

My goal is to enter into at least 10 writing contests/magazines in 2023. Last year I had one of my poems published into a collection and I would like to keep the momentum going.

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Phronesis2000OPContent & Copywriter | Expert Contributor ⋆•

Good stuff! Getting a poem published sounds great. I have never published any creative writing, but would like to do so. Maybe 2024...

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publicenemyone•

My goal is simply to finally go full time. Preferably within the first quarter of the year.

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DanielMattiaWriterContent Writer | Moderator•

I'd like to shift away more from writing and move into the editing and content management side. I burnt out pretty hard over this past year and I'd benefit from a bit of change.

I also want to launch a few personal projects to diversify my income and make me less reliant on clients.

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Phronesis2000OPContent & Copywriter | Expert Contributor ⋆•

Yeah I feel that. I feel like I have been on a 'slow burn' out for a while, and desperately need vacation (which I have coming up, two weeks over xmas. Then 6 weeks in Feb).

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DanielMattiaWriterContent Writer | Moderator•

I think I started with a slow burnout, but over the last...eight months or so it's really sizzled up into a legit burnout. I've taken on some more editorial work recently and I love it, probably because I'm trying to transition away from more frontline production work and more into editorial/content management work (as we've talked about before).

Funnily enough, one of my clients' freelance writers straight up plagiarized their entire article (with a few minor changes). I pulled up a few sources to fact-check and what I was reading was 95% the same as what I was editing.

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rkdncContent Writer•

I'd like to write an e-book, and a novel. I'd also like to diversify my income too, but otherwise I'm pretty content.

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Phronesis2000OPContent & Copywriter | Expert Contributor ⋆•

"I'm pretty content" would be a great tagline for your content writer website:)

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paul_caspianContent Writer | Moderator•

I'm moving more into a consulting / project management role for one of my retainer clients - I'm still producing original content for them, but I'm also taking care of (almost) everything else to do with content production for the areas I am working on.

I had a previous life as a project manager, so it's a role that I am very happy to be picking up again - as it allows me to use slightly different skills to purely content-related ones.

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Phronesis2000OPContent & Copywriter | Expert Contributor ⋆•

Sounds great. Something nice about picking up some 'writing-adjacent' work, is that it can be a nice form of 'productive procrastination'. e.g., "I really can't bring myself to start this 5,000 word ebook, I'll warm up with a couple of hours writing article outlines and editing the work of others".

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ViolettheJerseyNun•

Work on my pitching. I’ve gotten two gigs with limited experience but I know my pitches could be better if I want to make more money and expand beyond one-off articles for websites.

Build up my portfolio with newer clips and eventually move from Google Drive to a website.

Learn copywriting.

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Spare-Pace1971•

I would love to add $2k/month to my income. That would be awesome. Not sure how realistic that it is, as I have only just begun. But getting better every day.

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Phronesis2000OPContent & Copywriter | Expert Contributor ⋆•

Definitely realistic. $2k is one more retainer client.

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Spare-Pace1971•

Thats awesome! Thank you. I am currently learning copywriting...

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FRELNCERContent & Copywriter | Expert Contributor•

30% increase in average monthly income.

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observantmouseContent Writer•

I'd like to consistently make $3k a month or more this year. In the past couple months, freelancing has gone from a fun way to earn extra cash to a necessity to get by. So it will be be a bit of a gear shift for me but I think I'm ready! Earned $3k one month this year and got close two other months, so I'm on the right track!

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Crafty_Comfortable50•

Aiming for $15k-$20k per month.

Starting a newsletter.

Building a non-writing app to develop a passive income stream while also making a difference.

Launching a second business.

Maybe collaborating with some SEO and graphic design folks for a small agency-like approach.

Onboarding what looks like 8 or 9 new clients between now and April.

Hiring a virtual assistant for bookkeeping, social media, etc.

Rebranding the good old website.

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Phronesis2000OPContent & Copywriter | Expert Contributor ⋆•

Nice! That's round about my income goal for 2023 too.

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Crafty_Comfortable50•

Cool!! What are your plans to get there? I’ve raised my rates to average around $1.25 per word and hope to earn $3,500-$5,000 each week.

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Phronesis2000OPContent & Copywriter | Expert Contributor ⋆•

Cool, that is a healthy rate.

I plan to get there through monetising a couple of lead gen sites I co-own. I’m forecasting positive cashflow in around six months time on the first one. Second one, not til the end of the year. I think that will give me a 5,000 per month, estimated conservatively.

Otherwise, I will keep my rates fairly static, which is around 30-40cpw. Touch wood, that will take me to 200k. But we shall see…

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View_Prudent•

I'm currently working on three writing projects..two involve writing contests in 2023.

(So completing and submitting to writing contests are goals 1 and 2)

Complete a series of essays (goal 3)

Make reasonable headway (finish first draft) of a YA fantasy fiction book that has been demanding a crazy amount of research this past year.I love research..but I'm ready to move into more consistent writing on this one. (goal 4)

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