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September 30th 11pm PT

For Freelance Writing & Pitching Stories

Freelance Writing for Creatives

100s of bylines came from this class.

Multiple people called it "better than an MFA. Seriously."

If you're starting from scratch and want to write for publications, this is a great place to start.

Promote Your Work Without Feeling Like a Jerk

Jessi bought this yesterday, already went through it and said "this course feels like an encouraging friend on your shoulder." Not usually the vibe of most sales courses, but this shows you how to rethink promotion so more people get to enjoy your work.

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How to Generate Sellable Story Ideas

What does an editor actually want in a story?

This workshop and 42-page guide gives you brainstorming exercises, a pitch template, and guidance to turn your brilliance into a sellable story.

Plus, you get 365 story prompts so you never run out of ideas.

For Getting More Subscribers & Selling Stuff

The Perfectionist’s Half-Assed Marketing Challenge

A 4-day challenge to make marketing fun. Yes, fun.

Each day is devoted to starting with you. What you want to share and how you want to share it. Then, we tweak it a bit to fit social media, email, and other marketing tools.

You get all kinds of marketing channels to choose from (so if you hate social media, this still works) and you commit to doing one simple post or email a day. It'll change the way you think about growing your audience.

Getting Into the New York Times

This documents my entire process of cold pitching and writing for the New York Times. It includes the winning pitch, pitches that didn't make it, and an inside look at the Grey Lady.

Plus, you get an up-to-date list of editors that creatives can pitch.

Get 5 Subscribers Right Now

One client got 20 subscribers from a 5 minute exercise.

No matter what, you can get more subscribers. Now.

This workshop shows you the easiest marketing technique and leads you through it.

By the time the video is over, your audience will be bigger.