“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” – George Bernard Shaw On July 20th, 2014, I celebrated my 2-year anniversary working as a freelance copywriter on Upwork. The date also marked the close of a 12-month period in which I’d earned $100,000. Yes, all from Upwork. People said it couldn’t be done. I’ve had this said to me personally, and I’ve seen countless posts on forums from freelancers who say it’s impossible to make a full time living on sites like Upwork. Here’s one little gem in particular: But posts like this totally miss the point. This one in particular is full of red herrings. Because being a successful freelancer isn’t about journalism, newspapers or ad agencies. It’s about solving people’s problems and providing value to their business. If you can do that, and be/become very good at your craft, then your background will be totally irrelevant. And if you can’t, then you can have ad agency experience like Don Draper...
What Is GPTPlanet? GPTPlanet is a PTC (Paid to Click) website that pays you for watching advertisements. On the other hand, you can use it also for advertising your website and offers for visitors. The website has been around already for more than 7 years so it’s quite an established company. You have probably heard or even tried similar platforms before. Some of the most famous ones are Easy Hits 4U and Neobux . I have bought ads and visits to my offer on Easy Hits 4U. However, I stopped doing it for several reasons that I’ll explain further in this article. By the way, did you notice the trick that GPTPLanet is using on their website? They say that they’ve paid in total $767,778.51 for their members. That sounds like a lot of money. But take a look at the number on the right-hand side. It says they have 432,825 members in total. We can quickly calculate that each member has only earned less than $1,8 on average. That’s not much if you consi...