About Me

They say if you cut me open, I bleed Merlot.

All we know is I'm staying on this beach until I run out of money.


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What we can all Learn from Danny Margulies

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If you're looking for a few top tips for growing your business as a freelancer - which i personally think apply to any freelancer on UpWork and are reiterated in various blogs - feel free to skip to the last paragraph of this blog! Ever wanted to earn a six figure income on UpWork? Me too man! Naturally I've been putting in a bit of research as I write this blog and one name which keeps popping up in the freelance content writing niche - that of Danny Margulies, earner of hundreds of thousands of dollars on UpWork. His website, courses and blogs over at  Freelance To Win  are apparently the holy grail for thousands of freelancers. So what do I think? Is it for real? Let's split this article. I want to be fair to the fella, so we'll start with the positives. What can you learn from Danny? Danny is a great copywriter, and probably an even better marketer. This is evident from the get go, and even the personal blogs on his website are very well written.
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Funding your Travels by Freelancing Abroad - My Experience

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There are loads of blogs out there about working as a freelancer whilst you travel the world, but I haven't seen one yet which goes too deeply into the actual logistics of it - how much you need to earn, how many hours you need to work, etc. So I'm writing my own! Whilst I know this blog is focused on UpWork, I still think this will be useful - and as basically all of my income at the moment is from UpWork hopefully it is still relevant as well! Freelancing is an up-and-down way to make money. Some weeks are more lucrative than others - at the moment my schedule is packed for the next week, but it'll fund my travels, probably for the next month or so. It's not all glamorous - I'll be eating cheaply and working a lot. I dipped into freelance for a while about a year before I set off, so I had a decent portfolio of blogs which I could use as an example of my writing style. I'd recommend that anyone who wants to freelance from abroad do the same.
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In the Beginning

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Okay, so it’s not really the beginning. I’ve spent two months in Thailand already so I’m pretty much half-way through my South East Asia travels. Unfortunately I’m running out of money  very quickly  so I’m going to see if it’s possible to get shit-hot at freelance writing and make enough to keep going. And document it. Anyone’s guess at this stage. Image Source: www.upwork.com I’m mainly using UpWork. Created my account about a week ago and it’s already looking okay. I’ve clocked in about $45 from a travel listicle about the best cafe’s to visit in Phuket (never been). Two more blogs from the same client mean there’s a bit more money in the pipeline. I’ve also smashed out a business blog on acquisitions, which means I’ve got about 3.5 UpWork hours under my belt (manual time because I couldn’t figure out how to install the app – have now though). Oh and there’s a gig where I make up biographies of authors for a series of kids books, which I think will be about $13 a piece. P
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