
Copywriting for Hotels: How the Right Focus and Style Can Win New Customers
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsThumb through most hotel advertisements and you’ll see attractive photos of beds, polished sinks and beautiful swimming pools under starlight. These are good for grabbing readers’ attention, but in the end, the text will really make the…

How To Be A Brilliant Copywriter In Just 7 Simple Steps
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsEven a novice will be able to create professional copy and become a brilliant copywriter within hours by following these 7 Golden Rules! Some might call it copywriting, some might call it content writing, but whether you're writing for a…

5 Writing Tips Inspired by Hemingway
Content & StrategyA few summers ago my daughter read A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway’s World War I novel. She liked it for the most part, which I consider a compliment to the old master since he has to compete with J.K. Rowling and other modern authors…

Traits of-a great content writer
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsThe New Year is finally upon us and with that: new resolutions, new budgets and new plans, both personal and professional. As you begin to plan for 2015, there is a good chance you will be looking to expand your content marketing strategies.Content…

Scannable and Objective: Marketese or Sex on a Page?
Copywriting Skills“A copywriting style that embellishes the effects or benefits of a product or service in an attempt to make it more attractive to the target audience. Frequently uses superlatives and adjectives.” I don’t know if I could recommend SiteTurners,…

How to Deliver the Perfect Pitch
Copywriting SkillsWhether you’re pitching for investment or selling to a customer, having your pitch tightly refined and perfected is crucial. Pitching can be intimidating at first, but by following these few simple principles, you can become a seasoned pro…

The secret to finding your blog writing style
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsThere’s so much about writing that seems uncertain, fluid, and changeable. Especially when it comes to questions about your blog writing style, or the unique voice you want to use to address your readers. You know it’s important, because…

Inside the blog content ideas funnel
Copywriting SkillsHave you ever wondered why people who make magazines, newspapers and big, content-rich websites never seem to run out of ideas? The truth is, there is a process for generating blog content ideas, and it frequently involves staring into space. Not…
The five secrets to emotional content
Content & StrategyIn the dark corner of the room, I heard my oldest writing mentor cough. He walked from the shadows into a dusty beam of sunlight at the end of the table. “This is it,” his voice rasped as he sat down. “This… this… is the secret of…

Is Content Writing About Copywriting or Journalism?
Content & StrategyWe’ve hit crunch time in the content writing world. Two different species of writer have started inhabiting the same territory. Journalists left the old mountains of media empires to feed on the plains of marketing. Copywriters looked…

Online Writing Tip 1: Kill Your Darlings
Content & Strategy"In writing, you must kill your darlings." - William Faulkner While the quote's origin is ambiguous, the power of the message is the same. Whether you're writing content for your website, your latest blog post, or a cold sales email, being…

Online Writing Tip: Learn From Social Media
Content & Strategy Social MediaSocial, social, social. Lets get social (don't click if you value your sanity). We're constantly barraged with the importance of social media - whether you're a writer, a small business owner or, well...a regular punter. Social media can…
