Elliott Harrell

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  • july freelancing recap

    the monthly TLDR (annual TLDR at the end): metric goal result percent to goal pitches 60 81 135% pieces filed 11 8 73% conversion rate 18% 10% estimated payment $1000 $1551 155% oh look, a timely monthly recap. no, it didn’t mean that i suddenly got my sh*t together. it meant july was slooooooooow, painfully…

  • june freelancing recap

    the monthly TLDR (annual TLDR at the end): metric goal result percent to goal pitches 60 85 142% pieces filed 11 12 109% conversion rate 18% 14% 78% estimated payment $1000 $3306 330% let’s start with the obvious rose shall we? and then the not so obvious roses: while june had its fair share of…

  • may freelancing recap

    the monthly TLDR (annual TLDR at the end): metric goal result percent to goal pitches 60 54 90% pieces filed 11 13 118% conversion rate 18% 24% +6% estimated payment $1000 $2430 243% another month in the books. each month brings its own challenges and its own rewards. mixing things up this month by starting…

  • april freelancing recap

    the monthly TLDR (annual TLDR at the end): metric goal result percent to goal pitches 60 49 82% pieces filed 11 13 118% conversion rate 18% 23% +5% estimated payment $1000 $1865 187% I LANDED THREE NEW OUTLETS IN APRIL. sorry for yelling, but i feel like that should just be the full recap right…

  • march freelancing recap

    the monthly TLDR (annual TLDR at the end): metric goal result percent to goal pitches 62 74 119% pieces filed 11 17 154% conversion rate NA 23% NA estimated payment $1000 $2370 237% new month, more pitches but this month I LANDED TWO NEW NATIONAL OUTLETS. more on that below. — i came off of…

  • february freelancing recap

    the monthly TLDR (annual TLDR at the end): metric goal result percent to goal pitches 56 76 136% pieces filed 11 9 82% conversion rate NA 12% NA estimated payment $1000 $800 80% i pitched my little heart out in february didn’t i? reminder: i’m reporting on how many pieces i filed, not how many…

  • january freelancing recap

    ok so here’s the TLDR: metric goal result percent to goal pitches 62 66 106% pieces filed 11 14 127% conversion rate NA 21% NA estimated payment $1000 $1910 191% is it obvious i’m in sales with this chart? i can’t help but see this world through a sales funnel lens i guess. —- we’ll…

  • lessons learned from my first year of freelancing

    my 2024 freelancing recap i love reading other people’s end of year recaps so decided to do my own. after i fell into freelancing quite unexpectedly i got curious about whether i could write more. at first i clung to personal stories but as my confidence grew in myself i ventured out to other topics.…

  • my freelancing journey- how it all started.

    it feels appropriate to start at the real beginning of this writing journey. i started writing to have a creative outlet the summer of 2023 with no real intention of trying to make money from it. i found the Motherly Collective, a space where moms can share their stories, when i was chest deep in…