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5 Quick Copywriting Rules for Blogs

According to Salary.com, the average copywriter salary is $44,000 a year with the highest paid copywriters bringing in six figures annually. You can imagine, that a lot of training and specific skills go into writing copy that sales and that…
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5 Travel Brands With Super-Sticky Content

(And What We Can Learn From Them) These are the online travel brands that pop. They’re the ones that lure swarms of qualified traffic and keep their audiences salivating for more. In other words, these brands are ‘sticky’. What…
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Advice on Being a Freelance Copywriter – 10 Things I’ve Learnt

I’ve been self employed since 1996 and running my marketing, copywriting and training business since 2008. Time, I thought, to reflect on what I’ve learnt. Behind the scenes what have I learnt about keeping sane and solvent? 1. Like your…
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Back and neck pain relief for desk people

Too much computer time giving you neck or back pain? Try this … Today I’m straying from my normal topics of marketing and copywriting to help your business increase sales, and letting you in on a different tip. If you’ve ever experienced…
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Copywriting slogan competition shortlist

Back in February we ran a slogan competition to come up with a world-beating slogan for Copywriter Collective. We received all the entries in the Spring but it has taken us a long time to get everything together and decide on a shortlist. Our…
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John the copywriter’s recipe for becoming a copywriter.

I’m often asked “What is a copywriter?” It seems like people are extremely curious because one of the most asked questions on Google is “How to be a copywriter?” I think the term copywriter is very confusing for people. They mix…
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Expectations: the great creative hurdle

A friend of mine (a poet at heart) recently told me he was trying to write a poem, but hadn’t drafted anything he considered worthwhile. Or anything at all, really. His reason? He had his heart set on writing a 30-line sonnet. And he hadn’t…
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Short Vs. Long Copy: 5 Guidelines to Help You Decide

It’s easy to find advice on how long copy should be. It’s hard to find specific advice on how long copy should be. You’ll see things like: It’s OK for it to be long, but not too long. The more expensive the product, the…
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4 Copywriting Techniques Every Good Storyteller Already Knows

Did you know that some great writers like Fitzgerald and Joseph Heller were copywriters before they became famous novelists? Storytelling and writing to sell have much more in common than you might think. Not every good storyteller makes…

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