👉 Question: From @Sick Astley - "Is it okay to tell the prospect that you are starting out?" 👉 Answer: Well, you definitely don't want to lie. That's never a good thing to do. So yeah it's fine, but I don't see why you'd tell them that unless they ask on something like a sales call. And even if they do ask, that might mean something is wrong in your outreach messages. If they thought you were the expert and super experienced copywriter/marketer, then they most likely wouldn't ask if you're new. Make sure you're not coming across as a newbie or desperate in your outreach.

👉 Question: From @AzScale - "how much time should i be spending on outreaching, practicing copy, watching videos to learn, creating personal brand content etc etc?" 👉 Answer: This is a great question, probably one of the best ones I've been asked recently. If you're JUST starting out (literally brand new), I'd first watch the 8-hour copywriting and take notes on everything. Then, implement on everything you learned there. So probably about 40% of your time outreaching, 30% practicing copy, 20% learning, 10% creating your personal brand. Then as you land clients, that "practicing copy" just becomes "client work". And as you land bigger and bigger clients ($5k-$10k/mo), you can put more time into client work and do less outreach. (that doesn't mean stop outreach altogether though). In terms of how much time you spend on these, I'd say as much spare time as you have. If you're really about it and can stay consistent, then working more is gonna help you leave your 9-5/college even faster.