• Why Your Marketing Should Be About The Why And Not The What

      The vast majority of business write website copy that focuses on what they do. They believe that’s what people want to know. After all, when someone lands on a website, they want to know they’re in the right place, so it makes sense to kick things off with: “We are the market leaders in […]

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  • Writing Persuasively – The Easy Way

      The art of writing persuasively is the cornerstone of great marketing. Without it, your words become empty; mere squiggles on a page or screen that hold no meaning. It’s not an easy thing to master, which is why I wanted to give you the chance to revisit a post I wrote about it a […]

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  • Writing Newsletters Post GDPR

      After the mad panic to comply with GDPR, you can now safely continue with your newsletter marketing. They are still a fantastic marketing tool to keep customers warm leads. Regardless of how long you’ve been marketing in this way, it’s worth going back over how they should be written to make sure your customers […]

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  • Guest Blogs – How To Get Yours Published

      Guest blogging can be a great way to get your name known to a broader audience. However, it’s worth remembering that not every website will accept guest blogs. And that’s OK. So, if you decide to blast out emails to random websites in the hope that one of them will say yes, it may […]

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  • What Do Your Customers Want From Your Website?

      If you knew what your customers wanted from your website, your life would be so much easier. So how do you know what your customers want? Well, when designing your website, the first thing not to do is focus on things like: Colours Fonts Gadgets and gizmos Graphics and images How cool it should look […]

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  • The Price of Copywriting And How To Charge For Your Expertise

      This article is for all copywriters – whether established, starting out, or just thinking about it. Running a freelance business sounds ideal, but it’s not always ‘the greener side’ as discussed in my recent post “Running a Freelance Business – The Truth They Don’t Want You To Know.” Possibly the most contentious issue facing […]

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  • How To Focus Your Copywriting

    Understanding who you’re talking to When you settle down to start writing your marketing content, who or what are you thinking about? Allowing spurious thoughts to enter your head while writing (such as what’s for tea tonight, or did you feed the cat this morning?), will lead to disjointed thoughts that have no focus There […]

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  • Create Your Own Content Marketing Ideas Generator

        How cool would it be to have a continuous supply of content ideas for your marketing activities? Never again would you have that awful empty head feeling when you realise your last article has been published and you have no idea what to write next. You’re conscious that search engine optimisation is the […]

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  • Running A Freelance Business – The Truth They Don’t Want You To Know

      If you’re planning running a freelance business you’ve no doubt come across all the posts that tell you what a fantastic life it is. Freelancing means you can say farewell to the 9 to 5 grind, annoying bosses, make more money than you ever dreamed possible, and have a constant stream of high paying […]

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  • Copywriting Life – Why I’m A Generalist

      One of the first things potential clients want to know is whether I’ve written for their industry before. I sort of get why they want to know, but the fact is I don’t need experience in any specific sector to be able to write about it. When I started out, people were always asking […]

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