Kickstart a Freelance Editor & Proofreader Career on Upwork
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.
Requirements
- Microsoft Word software will be required to complete clients' jobs.
Description
- One of the HIGHEST RATED freelancing courses on Udemy
- 50 5-star reviews
- 4.57 out of 5 rating all time (91.4%)
- Taught by a UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR with 14 years 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.” — SIERRA RENEA, UDEMY STUDENT
“Very valuable information.” — GERRY ROBERTSON, UDEMY STUDENT
“The presentation and details of the subject was a perfect pace for any student to easily follow. Well done, Duncan.” — HEATHER CAIN, UDEMY STUDENT
“I found this course to be enlightening and reassuring that I do have the skill set to be a proofreader.” — ROWENA D. SANDERS, UDEMY STUDENT
“Clear voice, insightful tips, easy to follow.” — LEON ATKINS, UDEMY STUDENT
“The course was very interesting and offered good tips on how to get those first crucial jobs on Upwork.” — NATALIE PSAILA, UDEMY STUDENT
“Clear, concise, practical advice.” — BONNY NAPOLITANO, UDEMY STUDENT
“He really prepares you to go into business for yourself.” — WILBUR ROBINSON, UDEMY STUDENT
“Duncan's class is well worth the money I paid.” — STACI WADDLE, UDEMY STUDENT
“This is a great, informative course on Upwork and how to begin your career on there.” — REBECCA FRANCESE, UDEMY STUDENT
“Informative and visually appealing course that covered a wide range of topics relevant to editing through Upwork. Thanks!” — VICTORIA A., UDEMY STUDENT
“Instructor knows his craft and is easy to listen to and follow along with. The videos are informative and structured well.” — DONNA ANSLEY, UDEMY STUDENT
“Fabulous intro course.” — CHRISTY, UDEMY STUDENT
Do you want to make side income from home in your spare time? Do you have a good eye for detail in 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 an editing & proofreading category freelancer. The course discusses how to create an effective bid cover letter, what bidding principles work well, and how much to bid to win as many job contracts as possible.
I present insights from my writing textbook, Clear, Precise, Direct: Strategies for Writing (Oxford University Press, 2015) to help you satisfy clients and thus earn high ratings. Earning high ratings leads to a domino effect of more and more jobs. These insights also include my philosophy of editing that preserves clients' ideas and meanings while removing troubling "weeds" from their writing.
The course additionally provides more approaches, philosophies, and tips for editing and proofreading that have led me to a 97% client satisfaction rating on Upwork.
Build your online freelance editing and proofreading career today and develop a stable of repeat clients.
Who this course is for:
- The course is also useful for freelancers who have tried Upwork but haven't had any success yet.
- This course is meant for people who have no knowledge of Upwork
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Instructor
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 6,511 Reviews
- 27,482 Students
- 8 Courses
Dr. Duncan Koerber has taught writing and communications courses for the past 12 years at eight Canadian universities to thousands of students.
Oxford University Press recently published his writing textbook, Clear, Precise, Direct: Strategies for Writing (2015). Available on Amazon, the book considers the seven most common errors (interfering factors) in writing and how to improve them (enhancing factors). His second book, Crisis Communication in Canada, is now out on Amazon from University of Toronto Press.
Currently a professor at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, Duncan Koerber worked for nearly 10 years in reporting and editing roles for the London Free Press, the Mississauga News, and the University of Toronto Medium. He has freelanced for magazines and newspapers, including the Toronto Star.
Duncan Koerber has been a successful freelance editor, earning a 95% success rating on Upwork.
Duncan Koerber has a bachelor of arts degree in English, Professional Writing, and Political Science from the University of Toronto (2001), a master of arts degree in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario (2003), and a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture from York University and Ryerson University (2009).
His academic writing, which focuses on media and journalism history, writing pedagogy, and public relations crisis communication, has been published in the Canadian Journal of Communication, Public Relations Review, the Journal of Canadian Studies, Journalism History, Media History, Composition Studies, Canadian Journal of Media Studies, and Sport History Review.