What you'll learn:
- Create an effective bid proposal cover letter to attract clients.
- Win contracts with sound bidding principles.
- Gain good ratings quickly to improve bidding chances.
- Impress clients through simple editing philosophies and approaches.
- Cultivate repeat clients for further business.
- Fast-track your online editing and proofreading career.
- Avoid the typical mistakes that cost new freelancers money.
- One of the HIGHESTRATED freelancing courses on Udemy
- 50 5-star reviews
- 4.57 out of 5 rating all time (91.4%)
- Taught by a UNIVERSITYPROFESSORwith 14years of experience in traditional and online editing and proofreading
What students are saying…
“Duncan does a great job of giving you the realities of this business, the good, the bad, and the ugly.” —SIERRARENEA, UDEMYSTUDENT
“Very valuable information.” — GERRYROBERTSON, UDEMYSTUDENT
“The presentation and details of the subject was a perfect pace for any student to easily follow. Well done, Duncan.” — HEATHERCAIN, UDEMYSTUDENT
“I found this course to be enlightening and reassuring that I do have the skill set to be a proofreader.” — ROWENAD. SANDERS,UDEMYSTUDENT
“Clear voice, insightful tips, easy to follow.” — LEONATKINS,UDEMYSTUDENT
“The course was very interesting and offered good tips on how to get those first crucial jobs on Upwork.” — NATALIEPSAILA, UDEMYSTUDENT
“Clear, concise, practical advice.” — BONNY NAPOLITANO,UDEMYSTUDENT
“He really prepares you to go into business for yourself.” — WILBURROBINSON, UDEMYSTUDENT
“Duncan's class is well worth the money I paid.” — STACIWADDLE, UDEMYSTUDENT
“This is a great, informative course on Upwork and how to begin your career on there.” — REBECCAFRANCESE, UDEMYSTUDENT
“Informative and visually appealing course that covered a wide range of topics relevant to editing through Upwork. Thanks!” —VICTORIAA., UDEMYSTUDENT
“Instructor knows his craft and is easy to listen to and follow along with. The videos are informative and structured well.” — DONNAANSLEY, UDEMYSTUDENT
“Fabulous intro course.” — CHRISTY, UDEMYSTUDENT
Do you want to makeside incomefrom home in yourspare time? Do you have agood eye for detailin English writing? Become an editor and proofreader on the #1 freelance site in the world, Upwork.
In this course, I use my own experience on Upwork to show you how to get up to speed quickly as anediting & proofreadingcategory freelancer. The coursediscusseshow to create an effective bid cover letter, what bidding principles work well, and how much to bid to win as manyjob contractsas possible.
I presentinsights from my writing textbook,Clear, Precise, Direct: Strategies for Writing(Oxford University Press, 2015) to help yousatisfy clientsand thusearn high ratings. Earning high ratings leads to a domino effect ofmore and more jobs. These insights also include my philosophy ofediting that preserves clients' ideas and meanings while removing troubling"weeds"from their writing.
The course additionally provides moreapproaches, philosophies, and tipsfor editing and proofreading that have led me to a 97% client satisfaction rating on Upwork.
Build your online freelance editing and proofreading career todayand developa stable of repeat clients.
