Must-Read Copywriting Books for 2009
I’m often asked what books I read and which ones I keep on my desk as references. Here’s a list of several books I’ve read just recently (along with a couple of long-time favs) and highly recommend for anyone interested in writing copy whether you’re a career writer or writing copy for your own site. You’ll notice that all of them [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 15:43:56
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Better blogging: wake the jester within
When I began trying to break into professional writing I was obsessed with writing “clean” copy. Grammatically correct? check ... . It was so clean I had scrubbed all the personality out of it. Lucky for me, an editor explained that creativity ... editor and let the words flow. Every passionate writer knows the ecstasy of hearing her “muse” whispering [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 16:52:26
January 7, 2009
Instead of a full time job - have you considered doing some work at home? Well, the good news is that this is not just a fantasy. Today, millions of people worldwide have established highly-successful careers as freelance ... A writer is needed for an ongoing writing project. You will need to write copy to stimulate others [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 22:00:08
Should a writer self-publish?
As a writer, I am needy by definition and need ego gratification to help keep me motivated. If you’re a writer, that probably applies to you as well. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about freelance writing, copy writing, web content authoring or your novel. You want to see your hard [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 19:42:03
How to Communicate More Effectively, Part 7 - Bringing it All Together
[How to Communicate More Effectively is a series of guest posts from Gareth L Powell ... the discipline necessary to write good marketing copy has helped me in my creative writing endeavours.In ... and slumping book sales, we need to use every tool we can in order to attract and retain our readership [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 18:00:03
9 Tips to Write Effective Google AdWords Copy
If you are doing Pay-Per-Click Advertising for some time, ... to forget that no matter how technical the whole PPC gets with things like Quality Score, Campaign ... that you can consider while writing your next PPC Advertisement: 1. Be Specific: Don’t write a generic Ad copy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 13:31:12
To Write Persuasively, Know Your Customer’s Mind
Many moons ago in a Xerox sales training class, I learned the difference between skeptical and indifferent customers. It’s a distinction that I’ve found imperative to keep in mind at all times when writing any sort ... about brown corrugated shipping boxes. Before writing sales copy, you must get a handle [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:31:59
Designers : Reign Design-Neg (Depends on Experiences) by Nick Wong
1. Freelance or Full time Copy Writer Wanted for Newspaper Advertisement copy writing. 2. Part-time or Full-time Graphic Designer Wanted. *Experienced in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop (MacVersion) Location : Bandar Sri Damansara ... Hours 8.30am - 5.30am Onsite Yes Needed Skills Copywriting, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop Start [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 14:27:36
The Audacious Guide to Starting a New Blog
What advice would you give to new bloggers? That was the question I asked last week. In short form your answers look like this: Adapt your writing style Network Learn, copy ... that follow were contributed by readers of Confident Writing - some regular, some new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 07:31:07
Kevan Lee for hire
I have become quite adept at putting the word “free” in “freelance writer,” but if you’d like to hire me for an actual paying job, I can do that, too. Actually, forget I ever said the first part. Here are the services I am available for: Copywriting & copy editing Technical writing Website design & customization Website marketing Madden [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 19:25:00
Outsourcing: The Advantages To An Internet Business
Outsourcing is a word we hear often nowadays. However, there are more people who stop and wonder wonder what outsourcing is ... into web development, writing copy, getting traffic, building a list and generating leads. The popularity ... . But the fact is, there are several good reasons to outsource. Outsourcing, what and why. Usually [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 09:18:44
Countdown to the holiday!
The countdown to Christmas is on, and I *think* I have just about everything in place ... to be done and gone at this point. I hope to finish the outstanding jobs and do some more writing ... a copy with my January newsletter, (ahead of release date!) so look out for that one!This morning [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 15:19:00
Converting Newsletter Readers Into Website Explorers
All the experts agree, if you want visitors to explore your website, you have to give them a reason; without one, ... Author services, including sales copy writing, free article posting, manuscript readings, reviews ... 6. dreamt 7. screeched 8. 118 9. 336 10. Maine 11. a duck’s quack Mike Morgan is a freelance [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 23:11:26
Copywriting Spa - Here's How to Indulge!
Writing sales copy that actually sells isn’t easy. Try as you may to edit yours, it still may not convert enough traffic ... !Here's how to hire a copywriter, one with the skills necessary to heal the sales tension on your website ... , but still a breeze to read. If you have to re-read lots of sentences in a freelance writer’s work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 08:46:00
Copy editor, UK English - oDesk
A new freelance writing opportunity has been posted by oDesk.com: Seeking detail oriented copy editor, proof reader(UK English preferred) for newsletter, and blog articles. Preferably someone who works in a different time zone to me (India) so that my editing can be turned around in a 24 hour time frame. Work Load: Copywriting [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 04:31:41
Website for a Copy Editor? Ask Anne the Writing Pro
Hi Anne, I can see that a writer’s website is useful because it contains writing samples, a visual example of what the writer can do ... , or maybe you can. How about an example of a manuscript before and after copy editing? Maybe half a page ... with, or a definition of copy editing and a description of your specific skills, or an explanation [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 13:16:55
What Pages Do I Put On My Professional Website?
What Pages Do I Put On My Professional Website? By Deborah Gallant on Dec 29, 2008 in New to the Internet | comments(0) ... . If you use a web designer, make sure they build one in to your site so people can easily find ... he had planned ahead! When you sit down to tackle the job of writing the copy for your professional coaching [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 09:04:48
links for 2009-01-21
Writing Sales Copy For Conversions, Part 2 - Search Engine Watch (SEW) ... to get them to your landing page. (tags: content landingpages conversions) Writing Sales Copy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 22:02:11
Flyby
Good lord, it’s been a busy week. I’ve been at work, home with the kids, then back to work again; I’ve been dragging children to pediatrician appointments and changing diapers and writing website copy and answering email and trying to meet freelance obligations and staring at the enormous [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 04:12:42
How You Can Take Advantage of the Increasing Demand for Free
The freelance writing market is a growing market to be in ... in the field in which you want to, though. While not all freelance work is glamorous, it is still quite a profitable market. There are careers in proofreading as well as in copy writing. In proof reading [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 06:04:23
An Evolving Model for Editing
Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell writes:(Copy editors) may be a vanishing breed ... other newspapers -- where there are supervising editors who edit stories before a copy editor gets ... and the immediacy of the Internet. Chris Wienandt, president of the American Copy Editors Society [more...]
Date: 2008-08-30 04:59:00
Writing Email Copy That Turns Into Sales
For many of us heavily invested in eCommerce, the official economic recession of 2008 has one positive spin: it bolsters and quickens our culture’s direction online. We are increasingly moving to the Web ... direction for our offer and our online, Web savvy, surfing audience. Now let’s consider all the elements [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 07:43:47
johnnyb
25January2009Controversy Brewing over the Darwin 2009 Project at the University of Oklahoma This year, ... is the letter I am writing to OU’s President Boren, and I hope that some of you will do the same. Please don’t copy my letter directly - write your own - but feel free to be inspired David Boren, President [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 05:04:29
McDonagh Plots a Return Trip to Broadway
Martin McDonagh winning an Oscar for best live action short in 2006. (Monica Almeida/The New York Times) ... Farrell, which he also directed.He’s hinted in recent years he wouldn’t be writing more plays ... in Spokane,” a copy of which the paper has obtained. Unlike his other plays, it’s not set in Ireland [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 15:44:47
How to Write Effective Web Copy
Most web designers won’t tell you how important web copy is ... away. Make it clear what your web site is about. If they don’t read it, then they weren’t interested ... , motivate prospects to buy, and increase sales. Use them in your web site’s headlines and copy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 02:26:52
Weekly review: Week ending January 16, 2009
Despite feeling under the weather with the beginnings of a nasty sore throat, ... was fun. Writing the copy was okay, and it could've been better if I could've just released ... the extra half-hour I spent writing up my take-aways. I often find myself referring to things I've [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 01:19:50
Some of this, a little of that
Let’s get to it: * I don’t suppose there’s an award for most spontaneously poetic tribute ... , one gruff copy editor said, “Yeah, three months to write it and three months to color it.” * Old chum ... in American politics. A choice passage: To begin with, “czar” is a strange word for these jobs, given [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 13:32:43
links
Interesting article on the history and culture of Autodesk. Super useless super powers. http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6662 ... ? No. That’s time I could spend reading business books, or writing ad copy, or programming [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 16:34:30
Digital Cameras: Making the Digital World Shine
Digital Cameras: Making the Digital World Shine When I decided to change careers about 12 months ago, ... initially was to try my hand at freelance copywriting, focusing primarily on Internet content. But as time went on, I soon found myself writing more and more copy for my own web sites and articles [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 13:21:01
Freelance Journalists
Freelance Journalists We are seeking freelancers to write engaging, on-brand copy for our lifestyle channel on our website .. ... Freelance Art editors Designers Photographers Picture research PR/Comms Broadcasters Media sales [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 12:01:17
Exploring Freelancing -- An Interview with ABCNEWS.com Writer & Author Michelle Goodman
With the recession biting in and unemployment rolls in the US alone at a 25-year high, ... me some freelance work writing advertorials about clothing trends (basically ad copy disguised as journalism). New ... book). She is also the author of "My So-Called Freelance Life -- How to Survive and Thrive [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 18:27:16
The Great Book Bank Robbery - Legal Notice
On the 16th January on page 9 The Bookseller printed a whole page ‘Legal Notice’ on behalf of the Google Book Search Settlement Administration ... or Other Writing’. It went on ‘Your rights may be affected by a class action settlement regarding ... and other writings that were published or distributed in hard copy on or before January 5th 2009... Inserts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 15:00:00
Proofreader needed for internet copy
A new freelance writing opportunity has been posted by eLance.com: I need help with my writing. I am expected to blog once or twice a week for a... Content summary only. Please visit [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 17:20:26
Shameless plug
Ryerson University in Toronto offers a range of magazine courses, a couple of which* I teach ; ... Writing (Staff and Freelance) (CDJN 117)Advanced Magazine Writing (CDJN 118)Magazine Copy Editing (CDJN [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 21:00:00
Between the Pages with Diana Rodriguez Wallach
I think it was the end of spring when Diana Rodriguez Wallach contacted me through MySpace and told me about her upcoming YA release, ... to write a lot of copy very quickly. This definitely [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 07:00:00
Walkin in Chennai, Jan 21,22,23, Java, Oracle
We are conducting walk-in for the following professionals from Wednesday 21st Jan 09 to Friday 23rd Jan 09 in RAQMIAYT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ltd at ... : 3 to 5 yrs Oracle with pl/Sql expTechnical Writer: 3to 5 yrs exp in technical writing with erp ... : Please carry hard copy of your resume. HR Team RAQMIAYT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ltd [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:30:00
Copy editor, Proof reader, UK English - oDesk
A new freelance writing opportunity has been posted by oDesk.com: Seeking detail oriented copy editor, proof reader(UK English preferred) ... to grammar, spelling etc. Be sure your email application reflects this. Work Load: Copywriting [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 05:30:26
The VP Debate: Palinpalooza (Wink, Wink)
Jon Cummings: My junior year at college I took a creative writing class in which all the students received copies of each other’s short stories and offered critiques in a roundtable format. Almost all the students were earnest, ambitious types practicing to write the Great American Novel, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 08:49:11
Did Bill Ayers ghostwrite Obama's memoir? Or vice-versa?
Jack Cashill, author of the fine book What's the Matter with California? ... of Obama's paying jobs have been writing related -- copy editor at a newsletter shop, briefwriter [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 02:55:31
How to Easily Copy XBOX Games!
By Sam LockwoodWe've learned that finding out how to copy XBOX games has been on a lot of gamers' minds, ... in writing this article is not for people to make illegal copies of XBOX games. What we are trying ... you fret - we won't be spouting a lot of highly complex technical jargon. What we will do is present a very [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 09:24:00
Professional Copywriter / Ad Sales Copy - oDesk
A new freelance writing opportunity has been posted by oDesk ... ; Copywriting / Editing Skills: Advertising / Graphic Design Country: United States Hours Billed: 129 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 16:04:22
Geithner, Obama and China
Geithner, Obama and China by David Kotok January 24, 2009David R ... , an extensive Q & A occurred in writing. We have posted a copy of the US Senate Finance Committee’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 13:12:55
Copy - oDesk
A new freelance writing opportunity has been posted by oDesk ... Posted On: September 22, 2008 ID: 1389900 Category: Writing > Copywriting / Editing Country [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 11:40:15
Legal Staff 2009
0 January 25th, 2009Posted in Jakarta, Lowongan Kerja 2009, ... matters - Good English speaking and writing skills - Computer literate ... linking to it. Simply copy and paste the code below [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 06:31:04
What's the Going Rate for News Copy?
Permalink Is There Money To Be Had In Writing Advertorials? ... writers. He asked what, exactly, an advertorial was, and if it's a decent niche area for freelance ... . This is a form of copywriting, and so, yes, there is a market for it. Writers hoping [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 00:09:27
You're twisting my melon, man
I love the Happy Mondays. Call the cops! I dunno. Most Mondays don't start off this well, so Happy Monday came to mind, ... I went to talk to a guy about some writing assignments. He wants me to produce much of the copy and serve as the editor for a new quarterly publication he is introducing in the region. If it works [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:25:09
Stella!
I had so much fun writing a post several months ago about how to copy the looks of Tori Spelling's new master bedroom and son's bedroom ( ... ):Here's how you copy this look:First, the bright pink crib bedding. Tori chose this Harper Three Piece [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 11:30:00
Yes, We Can - Blog Again
Dr Christiane Paul's New Book: Digital Art It’s time to start posting to AotN again ... is the book cover. I have just ordered a copy from Amazon. I feel that my thoughts and writing style [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 05:43:50
Things I Haven’t Done Yet
Mamacita says: 1. I haven’t entered my students’ names in either the online gradebook or the hard copy gradebook yet. I really need to do this because writing the scores on a piece of paper with first names only on it is getting pretty awkward. 2. I haven’t figured out all the bells and whistles my new laptop [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 06:05:04
Freelance Writing Jobs Friday, January 23, 2009
We end this week with 79 freelance writing, blogging, editing, translation and etc. jobs ... writing project Seeking writer / researcher / photographer (Texas) Industry Experts / Writers ... Copy Writer for Healthy Snack Company Freelance writers - Women’s Social Media Immediate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 15:44:03
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