- 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.
Welcome to the Course!
A welcome from the instructor.
Introductory Information
An overview of the course and the instructor, with details of how this course will help you.
See what earnings are possible if you follow the tips in this course.
I detail the ups and downs of my income on Upwork over the last year and a half.
Learn what Upwork is and the key points of the course.
Understand that freelancing is difficult at the beginning, but the course presents tips to help get up to speed.
The Basics to Get Started on Upwork
Understand the two different types of Upwork accounts and the benefits of each.
Upwork doesn't make it easy to remove money from your Upwork account. This lecture shows where the payment button is hidden.
Certain types of jobs are paid faster than others.
Recognize the key parts of the freelancer's Profile Page.
Examine the Find Work page and the indicators of good clients and good jobs.
This video shows what jobs look like from the client interface.
Bidding
Understand the best practices for bid proposals and cover letters in application to contracts.
General strategies to bidding for winning.
Specific details on the amounts to bid to beat other freelancers.
Ratings and Repeat Clients
Recognize the importance of clients' ratings of freelancers to getting more jobs and charging higher rates.
Shows the importance of repeat clients to earnings.
Macro-Level Tips for Doing a Great Job
General approaches and philosophies to satisfy clients.
Additional approaches and philosophies for editing and proofreading success.
Recognize that over-editing can harm the freelancer-client relationship. Instead, focus on the "weeds" in the client's writing.
Practical Concerns
Apply these 6 tips during the editing process.
Outlines the nature of substantive or structural editing, the most difficult and costly editing.
Some issues that may come up in fitting editing and proofreading into your busy lifestyle.