4 Tips for Writing Successful Swipe Copy
Master copywriter and marketer Dan Kennedy, in his highly popular and successful copywriting seminars, likes to tell his students that "sometimes good enough is good enough" when it comes to a piece of sales copy. What does Dan mean by...
10 Tips for Aspiring Freelance Copywriters
Every week I receive a couple of emails from people seeking advice on how to get into freelance copywriting. While there's no simple answer, and no answer which applies to everyone, there are a few tips which I believe will help most people make the move into freelance...
10 top tips for writing a super responsive ezine.
One of the most often asked questions that I see is 'how can I write an ezine that people will want to read.' Anyone can tell you that there is 'money in the list' but how do you create a list of readers who are happy to send money in your direction? After all, if they don't...
12 Job Application Tips For Copywriters
I recently advertised for freelance copywriters to work for my copywriting business and received some 200 applications. I've done quite a bit of recruiting in the past, so, from the outset, I knew exactly what sort of expertise I was after. I also knew I'd be inundated with...
35 Promotional Tips for Writers
Whether you just published your first book or your tenth, whether you write poetry, fiction or non-fiction, the key to book sales is marketing and promotion. Poetry is not going to make a writer rich. However, being recognized as a published poet can lead to paid gigs. There...
Freelance Writing Assignment Commissioning Tips
How To Get The Best From Your Freelance Writer
The information in this article is the result of my experiences as a magazine editor when I learnt a few of my fellow journalists and writers had attributes normally associated with sleazy politicians: they could be economical...
Power Writing 101: Tips and Tricks to Get You Taken Seriously!
In my ten years as an advertiser, I’ve encountered plenty of folks with a flair for writing. They were born having some idea of where to put the words within the sentence, and the sentences within the paragraph. They usually know what words to use – when to say ‘bloom’ instead...
Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge
After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition , the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues. Do you realize what you're saying?? In the...
Tips and Guide to Writing a Proposal that Will WOW Your Client
Does writing a proposal seem confusing? Not sure what format to use or what information to include? This is a simple guide to writing a great proposal that will increase your new business and sales. The key to securing new business is in building a relationship with your...
Web Site Design Tips for Writers
There are thousands of writers, paid and unpaid, online and offline, who are in the process of putting their works up for the audience of the World Wide Web to witness. This is a marvelous opportunity for undiscovered talent to be given a chance for literary acceptance, and...
Website Promotion - 6 Essential Tips to Article Writing
It is widely considered that article writing is now one of THE key promotional tools that should be employed to drive increased targeted traffic to your web site. This practice should become as commonplace as any when it comes to site promotion. It is no secret that editors...
Writing Tips For Novice Authors
If you are reading this article then you probably have asked yourself at some point in your life, "Do I have what it takes to become an author?" I believe that successful authors, those who actually write and finish that novel, or book of poetry, or even that book of short...
