Reality Blog: They Said Yes… Uh-Oh!

Good morning Suzanna,
What a charming article. I’m new to the writing world and haven’t experienced the lake of lava yet. I started this year (March) writing for an engineering company in Italy (B2B clients for the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) domain). I had previously answered a referral from a job board and wrote an email to the Marketing Director at the company. I had never written for anyone or anything on line before. We had a video interview (GoogleTalk?) and I was in the deep end helping rewrite a company website, with no experience, for a launch within a month. I’m still on a retainer until the end of the year.
Within the last month or so I picked up a second client in Brazil that is in the SaaS business – also on a job board referral. I’m writing auto-responder email series, and I’ve never done that before, either. I’m being paid and have lots of tasks being assigned by the manager. I recently wrote a piece for Netflix to convince other OTT managers to take advantage of the live engagement tools the company has available. Things are wonderful!

Pitching is going to be a new adventure for me. I haven’t written a pitch yet. I’ll try to get another client via a referral before setting up a website and start my marketing plan. I’m learning a lot. This makes me stop and pause a moment to be grateful for my good luck. I have heard so many stories about writing mills and scams on the internet that I was hesitant to venture onto this strange turf. But, I’m glad I overcame my trepidation; otherwise, I wouldn’t have come so far.

Thanks for the uplifting article. I wish you continued success and hope the miracles that you have been anticipating come home soon.

Warm regards,
Bill Short