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Chris S.

Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania

$55/hr
4.9
113 jobs

Words That Sell. Copy That Converts. Profits That Scale. If your sales funnel, email campaign, or landing page isn’t making you money, it’s costing you money. You don’t need more traffic. You need better conversions. That’s where I come in. For 25+ years, I’ve helped businesses turn words into sales. Not just “nice-sounding” words—but conversion-driven messaging rooted in psychology, persuasion, and buyer behavior. My copy has generated millions in sales across industries as diverse as SaaS, eCommerce, high-ticket coaching, B2B software, real estate, and even dog training and dating advice. 🚀 Where I’m Most Useful to Your Company: ✅ Sales Letters (Long-form, Short-form, Direct Response) ✅ Landing Pages that Double (or Triple) Conversion Rates ✅ Email Autoresponder Sequences (Cold, Nurture, Re-Engagement) ✅ Sales Funnels that Move Prospects from Awareness to Purchase ✅ Lead Generation & Nurture – Get More Qualified Leads, Not Just Clicks ✅ VSLs, Explainer Videos & YouTube Ads – Video Copy that Sells ✅ Case Studies & Authority-Boosting Content ✅ AI-Powered Chatbot & Sales Copy Creation 💡 What Makes Me Different? 1️⃣ Direct-Response Focused – Every word I write is designed to sell. No fluff, no filler—just ROI-driven copy that turns browsers into buyers. 2️⃣ Proven, Repeatable Results – My work isn’t guesswork; it’s built on data-driven frameworks from MECLABS, StoryBrand, and Gap Selling. 3️⃣ I Teach What I Do – I created The Simple Copywriting System, a self-study masterclass on copywriting that helps business owners and marketers master persuasion. 4️⃣ ChatGPT & AI Marketing Expert – I don’t just write copy—I train businesses to harness AI for rapid growth in content, ads, and sales automation. 5️⃣ FREE Value Proposition Development Session – Most businesses struggle with a weak, unclear value proposition. I help you fix this before writing a single word, ensuring your message is magnetic to your audience. 🛠 Tools & Platforms I Work With: ✔ AI & ChatGPT Marketing Tools – Prompt Engineering, AI Automation ✔ Sales Funnel Builders: ClickFunnels, Unbounce, Instapage, Leadpages ✔ Website Platforms: WordPress, Divi, Beaver Builder ✔ Email Marketing: Aweber, Mailchimp, ConvertKit, ActiveCampaign ✔ Ad Platforms: Google Ads (GDN, YouTube), Facebook/Instagram, AdRoll ✔ A/B Testing & CRO Tools: Google Optimize, Hotjar, VWO 🔥 PLUS: I’m a ChatGPT & AI-Powered Marketing Expert AI is changing the game, but most businesses don’t know how to use it properly. I’ve created an entire course teaching marketers how to leverage ChatGPT to explode sales, boost productivity, and streamline content creation. I can help you: ✅ Automate Your Content & Sales Messaging (without losing authenticity) ✅ Train ChatGPT for Your Business (so it speaks in your brand’s voice) ✅ Turn AI into a Sales Asset (from ad copy to entire funnels) 💡 Why does this matter? Because businesses that integrate AI properly are scaling faster, lowering costs, and winning bigger. Let me show you how. 🚀 Let’s Turn Your Offers into Sales Machines If you want high-performing copy that boosts conversions, increases sales, and actually moves the needle, let’s talk. I look forward to helping you scale your business with copy that sells. 👉 Click the "Hire" button, and let’s make your marketing work harder for you. - Chris

  • Copywriting
  • Content Writing
  • English
  • Creative Writing
  • Feature Writing
  • WordPress
  • Internet Marketing
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Speech Writing
  • Business Writing
  • Article Writing
  • Financial Writing
  • Online Writing
Holly Grace C.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

$50/hr
4.8
332 jobs

💸 Content writer with experience at ElevenLabs, Upwork, Pipedrive, Microsoft, Bytedance, OMG, and 2 of the world's biggest AI LLM companies 📈 💥TOP 0.1% OF UPWORK AI COPYWRITING AND CONTENT TALENT💥 New for 2026: Expert AEO content services to help you BLOW UP your traffic from ChatGPT / Gemini / Perplexity / Manus / Claude / CoPilot 📈 Proven SEO content writing techniques with over 1500+ featured snippets and counting! 🦄 Helped one unicorn AI company scale traffic 10x in less than one year 💸 Made over £15 MILLION in direct ROI, counted in CTRs and conversions ✍️ I'm an internal SEO writer for the SEO brand Semrush 🤝 On-team content specialist for some of the world’s biggest SEO agencies in London, LA, and New York 🎟️ Attendee of BrightonSEO and other SEO conferences 🤖 Expert in AI SEO content strategies, including AEO / GEO / LLMO optimisation of content Whether you're looking for WordPress blogs that keep your clients coming or e-commerce Shopify blogs with a heavy pinch of convincing sales power, I can do it. With experience managing the entire blog content funnel, from ideation to upload, the best thing about my SEO content strategy services is that it's 100% hands-off, meaning you can focus on your business while I get the leads coming in. Worried about how your SEO strategy holds up against GEO / LLMO / AEO search and AI blogs? Well, I'm the expert in this, too, helping you write AI content that actually holds water (but that your readers won't notice is AI). With my expertise, you'll lock in: ⚡️Human-powered copy that ACTUALLY ranks on ChatGPT, Perplexity, & MORE ⚡️ AI-blog writing at a lower cost that SCALES your content strategy like never before ⚡️Expert-level research skills, even in complex niches (I'm a qualified lawyer, after all! 🤓) ⚡️DEEP SEO copywriting knowledge -- even the SEO companies trust me with their content! ⚡️SGE content writing skills + my secrets to getting into the featured snippets ⚡️ Page-one level content that's value-packed and wholly unique ⚡️My unique blog structure that guarantees a click My specialty is blog writing that works for you and generates you actual returns. I'm not about flowery language, and I don't give you filler. I'm not a bot in disguise, and I won't fill your blog with AI (unless you want me too!). I never plagiarise, and I never outsource. I'm just a great blog writer who gets stuff done, is OBSESSED with SEO and AEO, and understands the power of a well written sentence in making your customers click. Looking for an AI-powered content strategy? That’s my jam, too! 🍓 I know that some businesses prefer human writing, but if you’re ready to scale your revenue with an AI roadmap, then you need me on your team. You see, AI-content doesn’t perform on its own. Whether you’re an AI startup figuring out positioning, or an established business ready for AI transformation, I’ll design a clear, practical SEO content strategy that ties directly to revenue. So get ready to hit those extra zeros. On the execution side, I turn my strategy into content output that will knock your socks off, both in terms of quality and of impact in your business. That means AI research that uncovers opportunities your competitors wish they knew about, AI writing that still sounds like a cuddly human behind it all, and AI written assets that your sales team will love. With my own AI-workflows, I create everything from AI blog content and AI articles to AI newsletters, technical AI documentation, and detailed AI reports. Tools I can use: AirOps, SEMrush, SurferSEO, Ahrefs, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Frase (and a whole lot more) AI tools I am an expert in to generate AI content: Airops, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Manus, Claude AI, Claude Code, make. com (and more!) Want to work with me? If you can see my profile, I have some availability. Send me a message with your website, I'll prep you a Loom or we can jump on a call, and we can get to work!

  • Copywriting
  • Content Writing
  • SEO Writing
  • Business Writing
  • Website Content
  • Blog Content
  • Blog Writing
  • Content Marketing Strategy
  • On-Page SEO
  • Website Copywriting
  • Storytelling
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Article Writing
  • Newsletter Writing
Marcus T.

Burnley, United Kingdom

$80/hr
5.0
99 jobs

Let's be frank: most copywriters on this platform couldn't sell a bag of sand to a sheikh. Not because they're bad. They just haven't clocked who they're actually up against. In 2026, your copy isn't competing with other brands anymore... It's competing with TikTok. Reels. A bottomless pit of quick-hit entertainment engineered by the smartest people alive to be more interesting than you. Your buyer's thumb has been trained like a drunk slot-machine addict in Vegas. Swipe, hit, swipe, hit, repeat. They'll discard a boring sentence in less time than it takes to blink - and they don't feel bad about it, because there's an AI dancing dog in pyjamas waiting for them next. That's the arena now. Your ads. Your emails. Your sales pages - all of it shoved into the same two inches of glass, fighting a literal dopamine casino for 0.2 seconds of human attention. Most copywriters try to out-entertain that feed. You can't. Nobody can. The only way out? Crafting a sales message so scarily accurate to their most burning problems, it’s impossible to ignore. This is what I specialise in. And I’ve made $10M+ in attributed revenue doing it. ✔️ I mine the deep nooks and crannies your buyers vent in - reviews, comments, forums, the threads they think no one else is reading. ✔️ I dig out the 2am confessions they'd never even reveal to their friends, and aim them straight back. ✔️ I find the angle already buried in feedback your team's too slammed to read, and build the whole hook around it. ✔️ And I hunt down the hidden angles already printing money in your market - then build yours off what's proven to stop thumbs, not what sounds clever. Your customers wrote your best copy years ago. I just go in and extract it. Here’s what I help with specifically: ✔️ Cold traffic funnels - ads, advertorials, sales pages ✔️ Email retention - flow buildouts, email opt-in forms, and ongoing campaigns ✔️ Landing page & Website copy ✔️ VSL copy ✔️ Full-stack creative strategy I mostly work with D2C & B2C brands (but my methods also work well for B2B). How do we start? It isn’t a 45-minute "discovery call" at 5:45pm on a Friday. Send me a page, an email, an ad, anything. I'll tear it apart for free and show you exactly what’s leaking. Worst case, you get a brutal second opinion that costs you nothing. If your copy's already beating TikTok for attention, godspeed. If not, send me a message and let’s chat. Marcus

  • Copywriting
  • Email Copywriting
  • Email Marketing Strategy
  • Email Marketing
  • Klaviyo
  • Email Automation
  • Ecommerce Marketing
  • Sales Copywriting
  • Sales Funnel Copywriting
  • Campaign Copywriting
  • Direct Response Copywriting
  • Email Campaign
  • Welcome Email
  • Re-Engagement Email
Ivan K.

Fabriano, Italy

$100/hr
4.9
60 jobs

Oh no! You're paying three invoices to ship one landing page. Copywriter → designer → dev, each translating the last person's work worse. I'm the one that ships it finished. 10 years as a SaaS/B2B conversion copywriter, now full-stack. I write the words, then build the actual product around them, in Svelte, Next.js, or interactive scrollytelly 3D. Also an indie founder, which means I treat your runway like my own. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "We hit $960k a month from $200k average thanks to Ivan's landing page and ad creative. Our all-time record revenue." – Tommy Joiner, co-founder, WordAgents *** PROOF IT WORKS *** ➤ UX & copy lead @ Redocly • scaled to #1 API docs tool on GitHub, 25k+ stars ➤ Scaled SEO & CRO for Uploadcare, image infra used by 10k+ devs ➤ Copy, growth and UI/UX for clients backed by YCombinator & 500 Global ➤ Awwwards Honors with leading design agencies (Orizon, High Five, FlowMyFigma) *** TECH STACK *** ➤ FRONTEND: TypeScript, Svelte / SvelteKit, React / Next.js, Tailwind CSS ➤ BACKEND: PostgreSQL, Firebase, Neon, Supabase, Drizzle ORM, Node, Python ➤ SEO / AEO: Proprietary tracking tooling, JSON-LD, programmatic architectures ➤ 3D & PHYSICS: Three.js, Threlte, WebGL, custom physics engines ➤ UX & GROWTH: Figma, Wireframing, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Direct-Response Copywriting *** PRODUCTS SHIPPED *** My own products combine hundreds of users and 30k+ SERP + GEO impressions in hard-tech verticals: ➤ Veenie — space simulation suite and Venus atmospheric flight engine. Presented at the 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 2026) alongside NASA and JPL teams ➤ SpaceFOMO — space industry event and technology aggregator powered by LLM agents ➤ Pipewriter — Google Docs wireframing tool used by top copywriters and agencies ➤ AeroSheet — 3D wing & airfoil designer on the web and in spreadsheets ➤ @veenie/risk — quant-grade statistics engine powering MonteSheet (Monte Carlo simulator in Google Sheets running 100k iterations in 3 seconds) Word on the street by my users: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Just discovered Pipewriter and been obsessing over it all morning” – Jaye Hannah, Content Strategist @ SemRush ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I've never seen a tool like this that works natively in Docs. This changes everything for us UX writers.” – Eoin Cronnolly, SaaS Copywriter (Pipewriter user) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Probably the smartest copywriter. Also a very neat SaaS founder” – Dr Jameson Day, Investor @ SummaUp *** THE DEEP TECH FLEX *** Building Veenie, SpaceFOMO and aerospace tooling means I live in agent orchestration, physics, frontier devtools and GEO/AEO pipelines daily, not just B2B SaaS landing pages. If your product is highly technical, deeply complex, or needs to be shown rather than told, I speak your (and your users’) native language. ----- Taking 2 new clients a month so the work stays sharp. If you're tired of managing three freelancers to ship one feature, send the invite.

  • Copywriting
  • Website Copy
  • Conversion Rate Optimization
  • Technical SEO
  • Landing Page Optimization
  • Ecommerce SEO
  • SaaS Development
  • Svelte
  • Next.js
  • React
  • PostgreSQL
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace
  • Three.js
  • Simulation Software
  • Engineering Physics
  • Firebase
  • Google Apps Script
  • Google Workspace
  • Supabase
Robert R.

Melbourne, Australia

$60/hr
4.9
593 jobs

I am a professional digital marketer and website development project lead having worked on hundreds of websites generating meaningful ROI in a variety of industries. My diverse skill set allows me to manage anything related to website development (specialise in Wordpress & Shopify) and digital marketing projects. My expertise spans multiple industry sectors including finance, real estate, fashion, entertainment, beauty, sports, IT & technology, travel and food to name a few. WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT I have over 15 years managing IT and website development teams across multiple projects, however, recently have specialised in Wordpress and Shopify websites including Woocommerce, blogging, publishers, customer website builds, marketplaces, and ecommerce platforms. I have experience in a plethora of plug-ins that can maximise the growth potential for companies. My expertise includes the following: - Responsive Design - WooCommerce - Building a new website from scratch. - Custom wordpress theme development. - Custom wordpress plugin development. - Membership Website Development - Database Management - Website Migration - PHP/ HTML DIGITAL MARKETING: A chartered marketer with 18 years’ experience delivering data-driven marketing strategies incorporating innovation, automation, and operational management. With a strong commercial-led focus, I am looking for opportunities that utilises my skills. I have 18 years experience in marketing and communications and have worked with over 100 businesses spanning multinationals, start-ups, not for profits, and local businesses. I possess experience across the full spectrum of marketing, ranging from B2C, B2B, client-side, and agency side, which has undoubtedly brought a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and results to a wide range of businesses. Charles Darwin once said "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. "In today’s competitive digital marketplace, this is so true. GENERAL PROFILE: Whether it's search engine algorithms, A/B testing marketing creatives, website development, social media engagement, user metrics, WordPress, or customer experience, the best companies continue to learn and thrive on innovation, flexibility, and data to succeed. Throughout my career, I have always brought strategy and hands-on experience to the party; this is the only way I believe you can get the holistic perspective to digital marketing and website development. So, how can I help you? Good question, over the last 15 years I have worked on diverse projects consisting of SEO, Wordpress, PPC, SMM, affiliate marketing, content marketing, Google analytics, local search marketing, lead generation, inbound marketing, website development (Wordpress), social media, CRM systems (MailChimp, Hubspot, Infusionsoft) and conversions. Whatever your digital marketing and website development needs, I can help. From a client-side, I was Head of Marketing for a company called VideoJug back in 2006. I successfully drove marketing and website development results for this start-up to in excess of 14 million monthly unique users and over 300,000 daily search visits. At its peak, Videojug was in the top 1,000 websites in the world. After Videojug, I started an agency called Bough Digital. Bough Digital is a professional full-service digital marketing company based in the UK, which aims to deliver a first-class, full-scale service to a variety of clients. With this, I have worked with some of the largest names in the UK and across the globe, including eBay, Antler, Reader's Digest, NHS, NASUWT, VMWare, and Alamy, to name a few. During this work, I have worked across multiple verticals and a multitude of digital marketing tactics. MY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL SET  Digital Marketing Strategy  Wordpress Development  Shopify Development  Data-Driven Insights & Actions  Search Engine Optimisation  Content Optimisation & Strategy  UX & UI  Google AdWords  CRM (Infusionsoft)  Competitor & Industry Analysis  Pricing Strategies  Customer Profiling  Campaign Management  Budgeting & Reporting  Social Media  Inbound Marketing  Omni-channel Communication  Analytics & Reporting  Data Visualisation  Lead Nurturing  Marketing Automation PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Msc in Business Management Ba (hons) in Leisure & Sport Management INTERESTS  Tennis  Squash  Soccer  Golf  Sports  Digital Photography (beginner)  Forex Market

  • Content Writing
  • Search Engine Marketing
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Social Media Marketing
  • WordPress
  • Content Creation
  • UX Research
  • Content Strategy
  • Google Search
  • Web Development
Sammar B.

London, United Kingdom

$35/hr
5.0
12 jobs

220%+ organic traffic growth. 3× more qualified leads. Conversion rates up 40%+ - all within six months, for businesses across the UK, US, Europe, and beyond. If that's the kind of growth you're after, keep reading. I've spent 8+ years writing copy that actually does something. Ads that stop the scroll. Landing pages that turn visitors into leads. Email sequences that nurture and convert. Blog content that ranks and drives real revenue. I work with businesses that are tired of copy that sounds nice but doesn't move the needle. Every brief I take on starts with one question: what does this need to do? Then I build backwards from there. ✅How I Approach Copy I'm a big believer that the right framework makes all the difference. So depending on your audience, your funnel stage, and what you're trying to achieve, I'll draw from whichever model fits best: 🟪AIDA - when you need to grab attention fast and push toward action 🟪PAS - when the pain point is the most powerful lever to pull 🟪Before-After-Bridge - when you want people to feel the transformation before they buy 🟪4 Ps - when a strong promise backed by proof is what closes the deal 🟪StoryBrand - when your brand messaging needs clarity and your customer needs to be the hero 🟪Story-based copy - when you want long-form content that sells through connection, not pressure I don't pick a framework and force-fit everything into it. I pick the one that's going to work for that piece of copy, for that audience, at that stage of the funnel. ✅Research, Tools & How I Use AI Good copy starts with understanding: the market, the audience, the search landscape, the competition. Here's how I build that foundation before I write a single word: - For research and SEO, I use Semrush and Ahrefs for keyword and competitor analysis, Surfer SEO / Clearscope to make sure content is optimised to rank, and Perplexity when I need fast, reliable research on niche or technical topics. - For writing and editing, I work with ChatGPT, Claude, and Jasper for ideation, exploring angles, and accelerating first drafts. Hemingway and Grammarly help keep everything tight, readable, and on-brand. On AI: I use it to work smarter and faster, not to replace the thinking. The strategy, the voice, the judgment calls are mine. What you get is copy that's been shaped by 8 years of direct response experience, informed by real research, and refined until it sounds like you. ✅What I Can Help You With 1. Paid Ads Copy • Meta, Google, LinkedIn, YouTube • Hooks, headlines, primary text, CTAs, and A/B variants 2. Landing Pages & Sales Funnels • Full-funnel copywriting from top-of-funnel awareness to bottom-of-funnel conversion • Messaging aligned across ads, and pages • Sales pages, lead magnets, squeeze pages, and multi-step funnels 3. Email Sequences & Automation • Welcome flows, nurture sequences, abandoned cart campaigns, re-engagement, and sales email campaigns • Copy written to increase opens, clicks, conversions, and customer value 4. Long-Form Direct Response & Advertorials • VSL scripts, long-form sales letters, advertorials, and promotional copy • Persuasive storytelling to educate, engage, and convert your audience • Perfect for high-ticket offers, launches, and evergreen funnels 5. SEO Blog & Content Marketing • Articles, guides, and blog content optimised for search engines and conversions • Supports your funnel, drives qualified organic traffic, and nurtures leads • Keyword strategy, headings structure, and internal linking 6. Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) & Messaging Strategy • Copy audits, A/B testing recommendations, and funnel optimisation • Data-backed improvements to boost conversions, reduce CPL/CPA, and maximise ROI ✅Results Worth Mentioning - 220%+ organic traffic growth through strategic SEO content - 3× increase in qualified leads through funnel-optimised copy - 30–40% reduction in CPL/CPA across ad and email campaigns - Conversion rates lifted from ~2% to 4–7%+ on key landing pages - Full-funnel revenue growth through tighter, more consistent messaging ✅Who I Work With SaaS & Tech - startups, scale-ups, and platforms that need copy as sharp as their product eCommerce & Retail - beauty, cosmetics, lifestyle, and consumer goods brands Healthcare & Wellness - clinics, supplement brands, and health-focused businesses Real Estate & PropTech - platforms and agencies in a competitive, trust-driven space Marketing Agencies - teams that need a reliable copywriting partner who gets performance Coaches, Course Creators & Info Products - educators who need copy that sells the transformation Basically: if copy has a direct line to your revenue, we'll work well together. Eight years in, the briefings that excite me most are the ones where the traffic is there, the offer is good, but nothing is converting. That's not a visibility problem. That's a messaging problem. And that's what I fix. If you want a copy that pulls its weight, let's talk.

  • Copywriting
  • Sales Copy
  • Direct Response Copywriting
  • Sales Copywriting
  • Email Copywriting
  • Website Copywriting
  • Sales Funnel Copywriting
  • Landing Page
  • SEO Content
  • Blog Writing
  • Blog Content
  • Website Copy
  • Content Marketing
  • Conversion Rate Optimization
  • Digital Marketing
  • Article Writing
  • Long-Form Writing
  • Scriptwriting
  • Video Sales Letter
  • Sales & Marketing

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Copywriter hiring guide

Copywriters craft persuasive text designed to guide audiences through every stage of the sales funnel. From catchy taglines and SEO-friendly web copy to vivid product descriptions and email campaigns, these professionals help businesses communicate effectively with their target market. Hiring a skilled copywriter can dramatically improve conversion rates, strengthen brand messaging, and drive measurable results across marketing channels.

What does a copywriter do?

A copywriter writes content designed to persuade, inform, or convert. The goal is to connect with a target audience and guide them toward a specific action, whether that's buying a product, signing up for a newsletter, or downloading a white paper.

Where content writers focus more on information, copywriters often specialize in direct response, search engine optimization (SEO), and brand voice, often collaborating with brand strategists for comprehensive messaging.

Key deliverables include:

  • SEO and digital copy: Web pages, blog posts, social media posts, video scripts, and email newsletters

  • Brand and creative copy: Taglines, brand stories, corporate communications, product packaging, event promotion

  • Direct response and marketing copy: Sales and landing pages, email marketing, paid ads, case studies, white papers, press releases

How to hire a copywriter on Upwork

Upwork can help you connect with experienced copywriters who can help your content reach and convert its audience. The hiring process is flexible, fast, and built to help you find talented, experienced professionals. Just follow these four simple steps.

Step 1: Craft a targeted job post

Your job post serves as the first point of contact with copywriters and directly influences the quality of applications you receive. In your post:

  • Specify the type of copy you need, such as landing pages, email funnels, or product descriptions

  • Describe your industry, target audience, and preferred brand tone

  • Include desired outcomes or KPIs (key performance indicators) like conversion rates or engagement metrics

  • Mention any required research, revisions, or optimization expectations

For a faster starting point, try the Job Post Generator powered by Uma™, Upwork's Mindful AI. Describe what you need in a few sentences, and Uma will craft a job post in seconds. You can also review copywriter job description templates to see what to include in your post.

Step 2: Filter and evaluate candidates

As you receive proposals, you can compare candidates based on their portfolios, proposals, and testimonials.

  • Use Upwork’s features to filter by rate, experience, and location

  • Have Uma conduct instant video interviews and provide shortlists of candidates with side-by-side comparisons

  • Review portfolios for similar deliverables and writing styles that match your brand

  • Look for SEO knowledge, direct response expertise, or specialized certifications

  • Check testimonials and any documented conversion metrics from past clients

Step 3: Interview your top choices

Quick video interviews can provide answers to any questions you have left for your top choices. They also help you get a feel for what working and communicating with candidates might be like.

  • Schedule and conduct interviews within Upwork messaging, where you'll receive immediate transcripts and summaries provided by Uma

  • Ask about their copy testing and optimization processes

  • Discuss their writing workflow and approach to revisions

  • Explore how they adapt tone and messaging for different audiences

  • Have them walk you through how previous work drove measurable results

To help your interviews be productive, you can review interview questions for copywriters.

Step 4: Agree on scope and begin work

Before the person you choose can begin work, you’ll need to have a clear contract in place. Contracts protect both parties and help collaborations be successful from beginning to end.

  • Use Upwork’s tools and services for creating and managing contracts, and processing payments

  • Choose fixed-price contracts for projects with clear deliverables, such as writing a predetermined number of pieces

  • Create milestone to break larger projects into manageable sizes, such as research, outlining, first draft, and revisions

  • Choose hourly contracts for ongoing projects or projects that lack a clear deliverable, such as supporting ongoing marketing efforts with many drafts of different types of content

Once the contract begins, be sure to give the writer everything they need to succeed, including limited access to Google Drive folders, brand guides, and similar assets.

How much does hiring a copywriter cost?

The cost to hire a copywriter is determined by the scope and complexity of the project, as well as the skills and experience of the professional. Hourly rates for copywriters on Upwork range between $19-$45 per hour. The following chart lists typical costs for projects frequently found through Upwork.

Basic web copy

$500-$1,500/project

Entry-level
  • About-page copy
  • Contact-page messaging
  • Basic service descriptions

Email sequence

$1,500-$4,000/project

Mid-level
  • 5-7 email welcome series
  • Nurture sequence copy
  • Sales email campaigns

Landing page copy

$2,000-$5,000/project

Mid-level
  • Sales page messaging
  • Lead generation copy
  • A/B testing variants

Full website copy

$5,000-$15,000/project

Expert-level
  • Complete site messaging
  • Brand voice development
  • SEO optimization

Multi-channel campaign

$10,000-$25,000/project

Expert-level
  • Full funnel copy strategy
  • Integrated campaign messaging
  • Conversion optimization

Frequently asked questions

Is hiring a copywriter worth it?

Yes, hiring a copywriter is worth the investment, especially if you're running a B2C business or launching a product. A strong landing page or email funnel written by a skilled professional can dramatically improve conversion rates. For some small businesses, a single rewrite can be the difference between break-even and profitability.

What qualifications should a copywriter have?

Qualifications you should look for include strong writing skills, a solid understanding of marketing strategy, and the ability to connect with your target audience. Instead of focusing on degrees, review their portfolio and highlight required skills in your job description. The best copywriters can show examples of copy that converts and explain the thinking behind their messaging.

Are copywriters still in demand?

Yes, copywriters are more in demand than ever. As digital marketing and e-commerce continue to grow, businesses need skilled copywriters to craft messaging that converts. While many teams experiment with AI tools, the results often fall short when it comes to brand voice, nuance, and strategy. Businesses continue to rely on professional copywriters when ROI and customer experience are on the line.

How do I find a copywriter?

To find a copywriter, start by defining your project. Then search for freelance copywriters with relevant experience. Upwork makes it easy to browse portfolios, compare ratings, and find professionals who specialize in your industry. Look for candidates who have worked on similar projects and can adapt to your brand's tone.

Is an AI or human copywriter better?

For copywriting, professional writers are best; crafting text that converts takes creativity and expertise that AI has yet to achieve. AI tools can help generate drafts, but they often miss brand voice and emotional cues. Skilled human copywriters deliver messaging that's tailored, persuasive, and aligned with your goals.

What types of projects do copywriters work on?

Copywriters contribute to a wide range of projects. Their job is to write copy that converts users. This includes web copy, landing pages, sales letters, social media posts, email marketing campaigns, product descriptions, and white papers. Some specialize in content marketing, while others focus on direct response or SEO.

Should I employ a full-time copywriter or engage a freelancer?

For most businesses, hiring a freelance copywriter offers more flexibility and value. Freelancers are ideal for project-based work, like a new landing page or sales email sequence. You get access to specialized talent without the overhead of a full-time hire. In-house copywriters can be a good fit for companies with ongoing, high-volume content needs.