• Content Calendars – Pain in The Neck or Valuable Tool?

      Your business needs content. A constant stream of relevant, original and topical content on your website will give your company the online visibility you want. Of course, that doesn’t happen by magic. It can either be done in-house or by hiring in a specialist – I’m not going to go into the pros and […]

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  • White Papers – Not Dust, No Starch, No Snoring

      Even the words ‘white paper’ trigger a yawn, and yet it should be one of the most exciting and entertaining pieces of marketing your company produces. Traditionally, they are viewed as being dense, technical documents that bore the pants off the reader. That’s why once sent out, the generally gather dust in the recipient’s […]

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  • Why Copywriters Are the Ventriloquists of the Marketing World

    Ventriloquism wasn’t even on my radar when I started as a freelance copywriter, but it soon became apparent that it would be an essential skill if I were going to make it in this industry. Most people make the mistake of thinking that writing is, well, just writing. It isn’t, especially not in the context […]

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  • How to Use Storytelling in Your Content Marketing

      If you are sitting comfortably, I’ll begin. Once upon a time, there was a marketer that wanted to make an impact in his industry. Everywhere he looked, his competitors were getting more business and greater exposure even though he believed his product was head and shoulders above theirs. Despite his blogs, social channels and […]

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  • Writing Persuasive Content Without the Cheese

    Let’s get one thing straight from the start. Persuasive content is not brightly coloured, bold, italicised or a combination of all three. All that does is to create a look that’s cheesy, unprofessional and downright stupid. The power must come from the words you use and not the form that they take. Another thing to […]

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  • How To Brief A Copywriter

    The way you brief your copywriter will determine the success of your project. No, really, it will. Get the brief wrong, and the end result will be completely different from what you were expecting. And it won’t be your copywriter’s fault. You see, the brief you give are your instructions. They will be followed to […]

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  • Give your copywriter time

    When working on a marketing project, I can guarantee the last thing you thought of was the copy. Especially if we’re talking about websites and brochures.  I get it all the time. Clients come to me and need content (whether that’s web copy, brochure content, sales letters, case studies, articles, scripts, white papers or reports) […]

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  • How Much Thought Have You Given Your Tone of Voice?

    Tone of voice? Isn’t that just a fallacy dreamt up by the marketing industry in an attempt to justify their high charges I guess some agencies might use it that way, but I can assure you tone of voice is not only real, but it’s also vital to your online success. In fact, I’d go […]

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  • You Don’t Need Experience to Write Fabulous Copy

    (In fact, it’s best you don’t have any experience at all) The first question I’m asked by potential clients is how much experience I have writing for their industry.  There are two possible responses to this: I lie and think of a number and bluff my way through the resulting conversation Be honest and convince […]

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  • Why Copywriters Make Great Listeners

    Most people think that to be a copywriter you only have to be able to write.  Of course, that’s a big part of the job. But writing isn’t just writing. There’s a lot more to it than that.  A professional copywriter does several things really well: Writing Researching Listening It’s that last one that I […]

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