Sometimes my Muse surprises me. I submitted a quote on a project that I thought would take me about an hour to do — write four Adwords ads for a current client to split test. Instead, I cranked out seven of them in a little over 30 minutes (no extra charge). The fellow loves them […]
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I got a $1050.00 project from a completely unexpected source this week. I was able to get it done in two days (off and on). I edited five existing web pages and wrote four others from scratch. I also edited a lot of descriptions (without charging for them) because I saw typos and grammatical errors
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Presentations are funny things. You never know exactly how they’re going to turn out or what (if any) lasting effect you’ll have on the audience. You prepare and then simply hope for the best. So when Candace Thompson introduced me with a string of superlatives–including “world class”– I wanted to signal to her, “Oh, geez,
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I wrote a long-form sales letter on Monday and Tuesday. The client has proclaimed it “excellent” and paid me $3,000 for it. That’s just under a dollar per word… a good price for a relatively-new start-up company that must rely on a targeted audience and great conversion rates to keep on keepin’ on. I feel
Yesterday in less than 90 minutes both of my does gave birth to six wee ones–four boys and two girls. Both does had triplets. All are doing great! I was able to get in on all six births. As Maggie gave birth to her three boys within less than a half hour, Jazzy helped her
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This week I’ve been editing and copy-enhancing a 42,000-word manuscript for a pastor and an 8,000-word sales letter for NeuroGym, John Assaraf’s company. Truth to tell, I’d rather be writing copy from scratch (it pays better; I am in business and writing copy is my flagship offering!), but hey… editing/enhancement is often very interesting; I
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I’ve been asked to give a motivational speech to high school students and their teachers and parents during a big event on February 4th in Graham. It should be a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to it. The topic I’ve been assigned: “How to Stay Positive”. That’s perfect for me. I should be able
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I’ve been editing and copy-enhancing a new 42,000-word manuscript for a second-time client, a pastor. It’s another good’un! The edited version went back to him this afternoon for his review and final look-see to see if it’s everything he wants it to be. I suspect we’ll be doing a little more tweaking. I need to
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Locally, I know five copywriters personally. Two are men; three are women. Four of them (two men and two women) are self-proclaimed copywriters. Their portfolios reveal them to be newbies/wannabes. They’ve written feature pieces, some of which are pleasantly and properly written but far from powerfully written. A copywriter has to know how to write
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