Approximately six years ago, I started the blog Unprecedented Mediocrity on a whim. I didn't know anything about websites and I truly just started it at the behest of some friends that said they like my Facebooks posts. Fast forward to today and I've a few million people read the blog and it launched a pretty lucrative freelance writing career. For those interested in paid writing, you can check out my course The Veteran Copywriter where I show you how I made six figures doing so. However, for the rest of you that have no interest in making money writing, I still want to appeal to your desire to write. You see, I'm of the opinion that every military veteran should write and specifically in this day and age, I think you should run a blog. That's because dusty war journals that many of us have kept may reside in the boxes stored in our grandkids attics forever. When you write on the internet, your words live on forever. That's why I think military veterans should write, because...

The gig economy has been around ever since mankind started exchanging services for items of value. Granted, that lengthy history is partly due to the fact that prostitution is one of the oldest professions. However, a gig by any other name is still a gig. Now, I'm not saying that working for an employer or becoming an entrepreneur is going to go anywhere. However, excess and lengthy government lockdowns have frighteningly demonstrated the risk in operating a traditional brick and mortar business. Look, you'll will get no COVID-19 conspiracy from me, but my heart breaks at the cost of these lockdowns, businesses lost, and dreams shattered. It's also why I cling to my freelance copywriting business more than ever. I saw what government could do and we as a free society would do well to take notes. Moreover, whereas pandemics are routine throughout human history, we now live in an age where humans can manufacture a pandemic in a lab. I'm looking at you Chinese Communist Party. I'd...

When I first started my blog, Unprecedented Mediocrity, I didn't even know paid writing was a thing. It never occurred to me that when I was reading blogs about various products or researching what's wrong with HVAC unit, that someone was getting paid to write those words on the internet. I just assumed the company had someone on staff who pulled that off. That's when I discovered the world of freelance writing. I landed my first gig to write about stops along the Shinkansen, which is the Japanese bullet train. I've never been to Japan and I've never been on a bullet train, but I did know how to Google. Each description paid $15 bucks and I could 2, maybe three an hour. Fast forward five years to today and I'd never write for $15 bucks. I don't open my laptop for anything less than $75 and hour and I rarely take single hour projects anymore. So how do you go from not knowing writing existed to making $75 to $100 an hour doing just that? Stick around and you'll find out. 

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It is a common theme for those joining the military to hope, assume, or dream that their MOS experience will translate into a job in the private sector. Avionics crewmen hope to land with a major commercial airline, military pilots may find themselves flying for FedEx and the relationship between the grunt life and law enforcement jobs is strong. However, not enough give strong consideration as to how their MOS experience can lead to a job writing about what they know. Far too many assume you need to be a journalist or English grammar expert to make it as a writer. Yet, here I am a Marine veteran of Iraq with a loose hold on grammar who made over six-figures writing in spare time over the past several years. So if you are a veteran yourself, or perhaps you are getting ready to transition out of the military, let me borrow a few minutes of your time to show you how you can make good money writing off of your MOS.

Military Experience Communicates Instant Authority

Now, here what...

Now, to be clear, one does not need to be a military veteran to be a successful copywriter or content. That this course is named, The Veteran Copywriter, speaks very much to my experience as both a Marine Veteran of Iraq and an experienced copywriter. However, that experience has taught me that military veterans have a unique opportunity to excel in the freelance writing universe. Personally, I've made well over six-figures freelance writing in my spare time over the past 5 years and it all started with the silly notion that I would start a blog. I had no idea paid writing really existed outside of journalism and I certainly would not have envisioned the path it would take me on. That being said, my experience as a veteran played a heavy hand in my success and I'd like to take a few minutes of your time to share with you why I think military veterans are uniquely suited to writing. 

1. To be a Good Writer, You Have to Have Lived Life

More than just existing, a writer needs...

There comes a point in every freelancer writer's life where the world takes on an entirely new look. Not unlike when Neo from The Matrix trilogy finally starts to see the world around him for the 0s and 1s that it was. When a paying gig is time and time is money, a writer starts to see the world and the cost associated with it in terms of gigs. For example, if I'm considering the purchase and finance of a new car, I ask myself how many gigs a month that's going to be. That's three gigs for me, which means if I can find three hours a month to pull off those gigs, then I can get a new car. There's a great hot springs location in Montana near by and if I'm thinking about taking the wife for a weekend get away, well, that's about 5 gigs. However, where freelance writing comes in most handy is for all the reasons we can't see coming. So let me explain. 

I'm Never Going to Financially Recover From This

Now, Joe Exotic from the famed Tiger King reality show made that quote famous, but...

You are likely trying it now and it is not working. You will never build wealth and financial freedom on a paycheck. That was the revelation I had when I first start making money as a freelance writer in my spare time. Looking back now after having made well over six figures in my spare time, it seems crazy that I would work year after year hoping for some 3% raise. Life was coming at me way faster than 3% and I assume it is the same case for you. 

The Veteran Copywriter Course is designed to give you the ability to make good money when you need to make good money. With most starting gigs paying between $25 to $50 per gig or for an hour's worth of your time, it's not hard to make good money early. Given that the cost of this course is only $47, the ROI feels almost certain. Check out the course now and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.