I started with $1000 to run the writers and SEO cost, I had no other option but to do most of the marketing by myself and I did it. I started getting calls and emails from the city and soon, the word spread out and boom, we were earning profit.
Since our business had no logistics cost and no office rent as it was WFH, we saved a lot of money. I recommend people to reduce or minimize those costs as it would drain your savings at godspeed.
1. Tell us about your background and journey.
I am Bhavik Sarkhedi, philosophical by nature and storyteller by heart. And, well, I am one of the privileged content writers with Google Knowledge Panel.
I head Write Right, a content writing agency in India, catering B2B and B2C for all types of content.
Since its inception in May 2016, Write Right has completed 1200+ projects on creative content, copywriting, blog writing, website content, PR content, and social media writing to clients and businesses across the globe. After 3 successful years, Write Right introduced 2 subsidiaries, Taletel and Estorytellers, in the core content and blog writing niche
2. When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
I was passionate about writing, be it, for schools or assignments or any competition in my college. Although I pursued a full-time Mechanical Engineering course, I continued to write for money to increase my pocket money. That continuity helped me in the future when I left my full-time job as Production Executive.
I thought, at first, I should write and publish a book. So, I did. The Weak Point Dealer. It failed miserably. Well, no one bought it. Unfortunately, most of my savings were drained in that self-publishing gig and I had to join a part-time job to survive.
Soon, I found that content writing is a good career for me if I do it with zeal and determination. Thus, I worked for 4 years as a copywriter cum content writer and simultaneously created the foundation for my future. Simultaneously, I wrote 3 more books: Will You Walk A Mile?, The C To T of Content Marketing, and The Unproposed Guy.
The industry was booming and I jumped into it right now as I started writing for Huffington Post and Entrepreneur as a contributor author and I gained a hell of a lot of fame. It was one of the right moments when I thought I should start my own content writing and/or marketing agency.
Thus, Write Right. Big websites and magazines started approaching for interviews and I felt amazing thinking I am going uphill after a lot of downhills. Within 2 years, we had 15 writers who dedicatedly wrote thousands of original, plagiarism-free, personalized, and/or customized content as per the requirement, and the most common-sounding name ‘Write Right’ gave me hope that it will go big one day. It is big for me as there are really fewer businesses today which are bootstrapped and Write Right is one of them.
3. What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
When I started Write Right in 2016, it was all me and 5 freelance writers working from home. The market demanded good quality of raw and fresh content but people could not find it because of plagiarism issues and all the writers in India were just paraphrasing it.
4. What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
First, let me tell you what happened when I grew up. I started with Google My Business Page, dug deep, and started distributing offline brochures to IT hubs in my city Ahmedabad, sharing business cards at conferences and any big events I go to.
I started with $1000 to run the writers and SEO cost, I had no other option but to do most of the marketing by myself and I did it. I started getting calls and emails from the city and soon, the word spread out and boom, we were earning profit.
Since our business had no logistics cost and no office rent as it was WFH, we saved a lot of money. I recommend people to reduce or minimize those costs as it would drain your savings at godspeed.
Within 2 years, we had 15 writers who dedicatedly wrote thousands of original, plagiarism-free, personalized, and/or customized content as per the requirement, and the most common-sounding name ‘Write Right’ gave me hope that it will go big one day. It is big for me as there are really fewer businesses today which are bootstrapped and Write Right is one of them. Well, as a child, all I wanted to do was to become a Paulo Coelho, a best-selling author. And, trust me, I will be.
6. Do you have any tips for people who want to be an author?
Money attracts money. That’s a brutal truth. Accept it. Move on. Start earning to earn more. Have some money as savings when you want to choose the career of becoming an author.
Professional Contacts and referrals are very helpful in increasing business opportunities. Don’t underestimate it. Users and Clients come and go, their thought process remains the same. Funding is a myth; Go Bootstrapped.
Interviewed By: Navya Garg
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