Play #4: Ghostwrite LinkedIn for one founder, $1,000+/mo
Founders know LinkedIn brings clients and never have time to write. Starter ghostwriting retainers run $1,000 to $1,500 a month for two to three posts a week, per 2026 market roundups.
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The starter package: two to three posts a week, one 30-minute interview call, and a shared doc where the founder approves every post before it goes out. You are not inventing their opinions, you are translating a conversation they already had into posts that sound like them. Anything the founder would not say in a meeting does not get published. That rule is the whole job.
Record the call (with permission), feed Muse the transcript plus the founders past posts, and draft in batches of four. Build a one-page voice guide per client: phrases they use, stories they repeat, topics they avoid. Your edge is not writing speed, it is that the drafts need almost no edits. Track which posts get real replies, not just likes, and report that monthly.
Nobody hires a ghostwriter with an empty LinkedIn profile. Post daily for two weeks about content strategy and break down why specific posts worked: founders start reaching out. Price the first retainer at $1,000 to $1,500 a month, the reported starter range, and do not discount below it for long: cheap clients cost the most time. Expect 60 to 90 days before results show; say that upfront.