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6 Lessons From A Copywriter Intern’s First 6 Days

Hey there! I’m an intern at Victors & Spoils, an advertising agency in Boulder, Colorado. Welcome to ad life, a world of sweat, tears and iced coffee. Expect bad puns by the boatload. As a self-taught creative hailing from biz school,…
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5 Writing Tips Inspired by Hemingway

A 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…
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Scannable and Objective: Marketese or Sex on a Page?

“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,…
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How to Deliver the Perfect Pitch

Whether 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…
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Inside the blog content ideas funnel

Have 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…
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The five secrets to emotional content

In 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…
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Is Content Writing About Copywriting or Journalism?

We’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…
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Telltale Signs You’re Much Smarter Than Average

Intelligence, or IQ, isn’t what you know, but rather the pace at which you acquire new information. Longitudinal studies have shown that IQ is fixed at an early age, so you’re stuck with what you’ve got. While IQ is far from being the…
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Stop Selling. Start Sharing. It’s what social media is all about.

If you think social media is about selling, think again. If you think social media is about selling, think again. Advertising is about selling. Social media is about sharing: sharing your expertise by positioning yourself or your business as…

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