Capitalizing on Crisis with Samantha Tseng (Top Fiverr Freelance Copywriter)

The Hectic Podcast

When the pandemic left copywriter Samantha Tseng underemployed, she took control of her career. In less than a year, she built a five-figure freelance business with clients from around the world (including Mercedes-Benz). She joins the podcast this week to share how she turned adversity into opportunity.

As she tells her story, I know you’ll be as inspired as I was by her maturity, tenacity, and overall mindset. Samantha takes turning passions into profit to a new level, using her experiences and talents to benefit everyone around her.

In today’s episode, you’ll hear:

1. The reasons she moved from local to remote freelancing.
2. How offering new skills grew her business and led to her getting hired by Mercedes-Benz.
3. Why recognizing every client as an equal can boost your confidence.
4. About overgiving to clients and how that disrupts the balance of a freelancer-client relationship.
5. The truth about becoming an expert in your field.
6. How social justice, writing, and helping entrepreneurs that care about social justice define her work and passions.
7. Her trick to choosing jobs that result in the kind of samples clients want to see.
8. Strategies for building a community that helps you succeed.
9. The dangers of copying every business tactic recommended by successful entrepreneurs.
10. Why Samantha is giving her business course away for free — and where to find it.