The Contra Handbook
Finish your Contra profile, one module at a time
The Contra Handbook is my course and book for freelancers who already have real work to show. You watch me rebuild my own profile, then make the same edits to yours.
$249
Checkout on Contra
It’s built on my study of 479 Contra profiles. 8 modules, plus the free Ledger module, take you from the first impression to a finished profile.
01
A title that lists everything
If you work across a few disciplines, your title turns into a list of skills. Whoever’s hiring has to guess which part fits their project.
02
Projects without your part in them
Finished work looks complete to you. Someone seeing it for the first time still can’t tell what you were responsible for, or what they could hire you to do.
03
Services that all say “let’s talk”
When every service ends in a chat, every chat opens with the same questions about scope and price.
Services people can start with
Each service shows its scope and its price. Put them in a deliberate order so a buyer can pick a starting point without messaging you first.
Spektra
Averi AI
Projects that show your part
A good project page explains the brief, what you did and what you delivered. Relevant work and honest feedback give people something real to decide on.
Two project pages from my own work
Earlier Contra profile · Captured 13 September 2026
$1M+
earned on Contra
100+
career clients
479
Contra profiles studied for the course
01
Score where you start
Fill in the Scorecard first. It gives you a baseline to come back to.
02
Watch, then make the edit
Each module is a short recording. After it, you do the matching Handbook exercise on your own profile.
03
Check it again on day 90
The last module turns your edits into a dated 90-day plan. Run the Scorecard again at the end and compare.
8 modules, plus the free Ledger module
Each recording runs under 30 minutes. The exercises take longer, because you’re doing them on your real profile.
00
The Ledger module
Free
Free, and separate from the eight paid modules. I walk you through your Contra profile and how people find it, including how the profile fields affect being found. You get a preview of the paid course, and you record your baseline search position so you can compare on day 90.
01
Position
Write a clearer title, pick the roles you can back up and say what people can hire you for.
02
Found
Fill in the profile fields buyers use to filter and find freelancers.
03
Work
Build your projects out with useful descriptions, relevant work and a video cover.
05
Proof
Ask for relevant reviews and make collecting feedback a habit.
06
Rank
Look at where your project payments land, and what changes when you invoice on or off Contra.
07
Products
Make a small first product and get your first review requests ready.
08
The Run
Set a 90-day plan and use the Scorecard to check your progress.
What you get
8 video modules, each under 30 minutes, plus the free Ledger module
The written Handbook and its exercises
The Scorecard, for day one and day 90
Six role appendices for designers, writers, developers, marketers, video and motion, and ops and assistants
A place in The Ledger, the buyers-only Skool group
$249
The course is about your profile and how you present your services. What you earn still depends on your work, your experience and your market.
You have work to show
You already have a Contra profile, a skill you can sell and real projects. You’re ready to open the profile, change things and keep going after the last video.
You bring your own discipline
Six role appendices adapt the exercises for designers, writers, developers, marketers, video and motion people, and ops and assistants.
You’ve picked your craft
Learning a craft, choosing a profession and finding a niche all come before this course. It starts from the profile you already have.
Daniel G. Bright
My own profile needed the work too
I’m Daniel, founder of BrightStudios. I sell brand and web design on Contra, and every example in the course comes from that work.
When I started recording, my title had a typo. A free call sat at the top of my services. I had twenty bloated services and fourteen products with no reviews between them.
So that became the course. You watch me fix it, change my mind and throw versions away. Bring your own work and an honest account of what you did on it, and start there.
Daniel G. Bright, Founder, BrightStudios
Feedback from people I’ve worked with
Ben Huffman, CEO & Co-Founder Contra
Questions before you buy
After checkout on Contra, fill in the short claim form in your purchase instructions. Your invite to The Ledger, the buyers-only community on Skool, arrives by email.
Each recording is under 30 minutes. Give yourself extra time for the exercises, since you’re making the changes as you go.
The Ledger module is. It walks you through your profile and how people find you on Contra, previews the paid course and has you record your baseline search position, so you can compare on day 90. It sits outside the eight paid modules.
It helps you present your work more clearly. Inquiries and earnings still depend on your work, your experience and your market, so I don’t promise either.
Let’s fix your profile
$249 on Contra for 8 modules, the Handbook, the Scorecard and a place in The Ledger. The Ledger module is free.