Hi

Just because there is competition, doesn't mean you can't do this. It just means it will take longer.

I know of a person who does this and makes a good living from it. The way she gets business is by having an information site regarding writing, which gets tons of free search engine traffic. She's built quite a community on her site and her visitors really love her and her information.

She gets clients because she spins the proofreading in as a helpful service and her visitors love that. It's a different approach than just building a site that displays your wares. The traffic she pulls from the information gives her a steady stream of new people visitors who see links to her services. Otherwise, her site would just sit there or would be buried under the hundreds of other proofreading sites on the Net.

Saw your post and thought I'd share this idea. Hope it helps.