Meet Dez
"I'm just a mom who found her secret sauce."
I did not finish college, although I did spend three years there. I was one of those "school of hard knocks" kids who was solely responsible for her financial position. No trust fund. No parental stipends here. And while I wasn't sure what I wanted to be when I grew up, I knew I wanted to be successful.
Turns out, I'm a bit of a Chatty-Cathy who likes to hustle, which is the perfect set of skills for sales. My first big-girl job was in an administrative assistant role that quickly had me promoted to an account management position. At 22, I had already started a 401(k) and felt I was well on my way. It was on a sales call at that job that I was approached by the CBS television affiliate to come and sell television advertising for them. That sounded thrilling to me at the time, so I made the jump.
A few job hops later, all sales roles, I might add, with intentions of leveling up my earning potential as I went, I found myself heading up a National Sales Division of a staffing agency. It wasn't the lucrative, high-paying gig I'd hoped to have by my late 30s, but I enjoyed my work and felt connected to the company's success.
But then one day, I received a delivery service letter at my home, telling me my employment and services were no longer needed. Much of the corporate staff lost their jobs that day. And my shit was in a box on the sidewalk out front, along with everyone else's.
The universe was telling me something. It was then I began re-evaluating my career trajectory as some mid-life crisis pulse check. I was going to take my time this time around and figure out what I wanted to really do with my time and passion.
I started looking online and researching all the "work from home" opportunities and side hustles out there. I created an Upwork account and tried putting myself out there for sales-related help and sales copywriting without much success.
Self-Reflection: I realized during this employment hiatus that one thing I was always good at was writing. In college, friends would ask for my help with their papers. As an adult, friends would have me write their resumes for them. And in my professional life, I was always the go-to gal for quirky jingles, brilliant taglines, and persuasive storytelling. I had my ah-ha moment when I realized that all these years, I had been selling when I would have been writing for a living.
I dove head-first into writing for the content mills and signing up for all the "become a writer" newsletters I could get my hands on back then. I would dedicate hours to thumbing through all the "writers wanted" ads online, too, getting discouraged at the dismal pay rates and terrible topics.
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Fast-forward one year, and I had started to gain traction. I was earning $2,000-$3,000 each month and feeling good about myself. There had been plenty of failures along the way, including working for some pretty awful clients and taking some harsh cirticism about my writing skills. But i had started to build reliable earnings, which was a victory for me. However, I still felt like money was too tight for comfort and sought to find better clients, better opportunities, and more money.
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It was five years ago that my box of desk items was out on that sidewalk. I couldn't be more blessed that it happened, too. Who knows how long I would have stayed in that rat-race environment? Now, I'm writing full-time and sharing the shortcut path to my success with others. I'm using my gift and empowering other women who might share similar stories.
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You can realize your writing dream without taking the five years it took me to start earning $5,000, $7,000, and even $10,000 every month. Let me show you the way. You can do the work and join me in sharing your story!
Look, I'm
Nothing Special
Some "coaches" out there tout incredibly successful career resumes and best-selling books. I'm not going to coach you about how to write the next best-selling novel or how to land an interview with Oprah. That wasn't my journey.
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I'm not special. My writing is good. But I'm not some mythical unicorn success story that only a select few can achieve. And I'm certainly not an English major here to tell you how to write. That's your journey to take, to find your style, your voice, and your niche.
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However, there is a big misconception out there that you can only be a successful writer by publishing books. I'm here to debunk that. There are literally thousands of paid opportunities to write out there if you just know where to look and how to get in on them. And that's where my magic wand comes in to boost your efforts.
Would you like to earn $50, $100, or $300
for writing one blog or article?
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Would you like to charge $50, $75 or $100
per hour to work on a content strategy?
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Would you like to develop your own
journey-based coaching service for others?
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How soon could you reach your financial goals if you had the know-how to tap into and leverage those opportunities?