{"id":9937,"date":"2015-07-20T20:42:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T20:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdcontent.com\/blog\/?p=9937"},"modified":"2024-04-03T09:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:30:41","slug":"writer-pursuit-of-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdcontent.com\/blog\/writers-hub\/writer-pursuit-of-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a Freelancer: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/exhibits\/charters\/declaration_transcript.html\">United States Declaration of Independence<\/a>\u00a0named &#8220;<strong>life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness&#8221;<\/strong> as the unalienable rights of man, we&#8217;ve tried to understand what exactly that means.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Self-employed\u00a0freelance writers are no exception.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s marketplace freelance writers\u00a0and the self-employed are pursuing happiness, but falling short.This is because they are\u00a0<strong>failing to understand their minimal viable product<\/strong> (MVP).<\/p>\n<h2>A Freelancer&#8217;s Minimum Viable Product<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Everyone has a minimum viable product to offer<\/strong>, but not everyone knows what it is.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/theleanstartup.com\/principles\">minimum viable product<\/a> is a first generation product, with upgrades to follow.<\/li>\n<li>More precisely, it is the simplest thing that you can create that gets your product or service through the build, measure, learn cycle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is known as validated learning, the ultimate form of <strong>learning by doing<\/strong>.\u00a0Sounds like freelance writing, huh?<\/p>\n<p>While the minimum viable product or (MVP) and build, measure, learn cycle were coined by <a href=\"https:\/\/theleanstartup.com\/principles\">Eric Ries\u00a0in his Lean Startup Methodology<\/a> for small business startups, you can also apply it to the world of freelance writing and content marketing!<\/p>\n<h2>Learning Through the Build, Measure, Learn Cycle<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Freelance writers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><strong>Build<\/strong>\u00a0through creating content.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><strong>Measure<\/strong> what the clients have to say about what they have written.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><strong>Learn<\/strong> how to become better writers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>By incorporating the Lean Startup methodology into your writing career, you can find the lowest risk investment with the highest reward.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A writer\u2019s minimum viable product is their ability to write engaging articles, product descriptions etc.<\/li>\n<li>Writers that can write about most anything are rare\u00a0and special\u00a0in the content writing market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to Use Writing as Your MVP<\/h2>\n<p>The phrase <em>content is king<\/em>\u00a0was created with writers\u00a0in mind.\u00a0Many gifted writers\u00a0assume that they&#8217;re going to write the next whirlwind novel. 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