A writer explains how ghostwriting for social media has become a six-figure industry for young writers. They share personal experience and concrete strategies for landing high-profile clients and earning serious money without getting public credit for the work.
If you want to make six figures as a writer, the Wall Street Journal says to try ghostwriting. Actually, so does Business Insider and Inc. Magazine and cnbc. So what is this new secret industry called social media ghostwriting? And how are 20 somethings charging upwards of $700 per hour writing social content for business owners, founders and C level executives? I can tell you because I was one of those 20 somethings. When I was 26 years old, I was making over $20,000 per month ghostwriting social content for Silicon Valley founders, executives of public companies, even billionaire investors. And no, I didn't have some huge audience. I didn't have tons of testimonials. I didn't even have air conditioning. I was just a hungry, passionate writer living in a rundown studio apartment downtown Chicago, capitalizing on this new secret industry called ghostwriting. Just like me, you can go from making $15 an hour churning out blog posts on Upwork to making upwards of $10,000 per month traveling around the world, working from your laptop, living the dream.