• Copywriting Agency or Freelance Copywriter – which is best?

      In the red corner, we have a copywriting agency. In the blue corner, a freelance copywriter. Which one do you hire to do your copywriting? Will it be the marketing agency that does your design and web work, or do you find yourself a professional freelance copywriter? Let’s look at them in detail. Copywriting […]

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  • Copywriting Should Reflect Customer Needs, Not Your Wants

    Customer needs is a typical conversation I have with clients. They tell me what they want me to write about, and I tell them that’s rubbish (ok, not in those exact words) and that their copy must give their customers want they need. In other words, background about your business, comments like ‘industry-leading’, ‘cutting-edge’, ‘state-of-the-art’ […]

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  • How to Avoid a Freelance Client Famine

    Freelance client famine is a thing. It is the threat that keeps freelancers everywhere in a state of high alert. One minute life’s great; the next, there’s no work or money coming in. This article from my archives gives a few ideas about how to combat the famine when it strikes (and it will). On […]

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