Men With Pens

JUNE 13, 2010

And you’ll learn why right here in this valuable interview with a pro copywriter. I’ve turned down a few projects because I knew they were scams or they used unethical tactics. As a rule, I can work for about 3 hours on one project before getting a little loopy, so I move on to something else in the afternoon.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2011

You think you’re writing project is hard? I’m Steff, a legally blind writer and blogger. Steff Metal is a copywriter, blogger, and medieval swordfighter who believes every word you write should be worth fighting for. How do you network and expand your business when you can’t make eye contact?

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

Readers have shown that they enjoy the medium, but thus far digital flipbooks haven’t yet reached their full potential as a means for bloggers to interest their audiences. Customize the digital project on the site with live links, ads, meta tags, branding, etc. The Benefits of Digital Flipbooks. and images. EditionDuo. Leave a Comment!

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ProBlogger

JUNE 30, 2012

This post is by Ash Ambirge of The Middle Finger Project. I also happen to run a six-figure blog and business called The Middle Finger Project. I also happen to run a six-figure blog and business called The Middle Finger Project. The Middle Finger Project started as just that—a platform for attention. The vulgar one.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Written by Taylor - 39 Comments This discussion we’ve been having about whether bloggers should get paid for their work is fascinating, and I think it’s pretty great that the whole MwP community here has been so level-headed and thoughtful about it. To hear them tell it, bloggers who don’t give it away have turned positively abusive.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 3, 2012

That’s probably as far removed from the subjects of entrepreneurship, copywriting, or freelancing as I could get. My blog posts, articles, and writing projects have all benefited from my fiction writing experience – that means I’m better at communicating with people and clients who bring me income. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2010

You want to get it out of the way so you can start your writing project. Tweet about your writing project. Dean Rieck is one of America’s top copywriters and never, ever procrastinates. He stays busy writing for his many clients and providing copywriting tips for smart copywriters at Pro Copy Tips.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 29, 2012

I nearly abandoned this blog to go run off to play in the sunshine of Damn Fine Words, a project that’s always sparked my motivation like a lit blowtorch. You can easily get away with admitting mistakes when you’re a small blogger or start-up business, but when you reach a certain level of success, your reputation is everything.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

The world is full of dreaming writers who have heard golden stories of the great beyond (working full time as a well-paid freelance copywriter) but who have yet to make the mysterious transformation from mere mortal to freelance god. IDENTITY It’s not enough to be a copywriter. You can’t tell one from the other.

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

You’re a parent or a friend or a lover or an employee or a speaker or a blogger or a stranger on the street or a patron at a restaurant or a person jogging in the park. You’ll know your own writing voice and you’ll also be able to take on several different voices easily, which lets you take on more projects and jobs.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

FreeMind helps you to keep track of your projects using notes with links in what is called the knowledge base. Nozbe This is a web-based time and project management app that helps you get things done. Organize your projects and see what you have left to do. Makes editing, storing and searching data easy.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 4, 2010

If you ever decide to take a break to work on a project or to get some much-needed rest, good freelancers like Joe could take over other projects you have on the go for a week or two. Let Joe take on all the coding that goes into a project while you work on the design side of things. And you get to take care of yourself.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

The Pros and Cons Written by Agent X - 30 Comments Here’s a great slam-dunk post for you from my respected friend and international copywriting authority, Dean Rieck of Direct Creative and Pro Copy Tips. Copywriters can advance to Creative Director positions, for example. Enjoy – it’s a good one! You’re on your own.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

All copywriters and graphic artists welcome. Any projects you’d like to drop hints about? Consulting promotion in June, but our biggest project delivery to date will be the birth of our first child scheduled for June 19th…all go! We’re going to be creating some wicked stuff for you this year, dear readers.

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Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2010

They work on projects, they do their own customer service, their own customer management, their marketing and networking, their project scheduling, admin and bookkeeping. Perception is projection – people see us in the way we project ourselves to them. They have to stay on top of everything. Carl Johnson´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MAY 9, 2010

Contained within this word is the secret to web copywriting that knows the heart and mind of your client – yea! Why You Should Use a Questionnaire Questionnaires don’t just work for web copywriting services. What sort of laywer/blogger/sponge connoisseur are you, exactly?” “Do Come closer. How do you want it to feel?”

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

If you’ve been writing within the same area for a while (copywriting, or blogging, or fiction, maybe) try comparing an older piece you wrote with something new written recently. This is where bloggers get a head start: if you have a blog, you have a good reason to put fingers to keyboard on a regular basis. Spot the differences?

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

You were supposed to deliver this project at 5pm and you’re almost finished but… A new email comes in. Hire yourself, and assign yourself a project. Pick a project that will help further your success. I set a date to get it done and treated it like a client project. Emails bombard you. It’s a rush.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

And for the freelancer, a clear statement of the project that includes understandable objectives, requirements and specific deliverables, helps focus his time and resources on the task at hand, instead of trying to figure out what you need. Trust freelancers to see the project through. Let freelancers do their job. 6) Thank them.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 16, 2010

I took a break and made some food and thought about getting started on that new project. Now imagine this one: “I got up and immediately sat down and wrote down a bunch of new ideas that I had for that project. Two hours of work, and then you can get moving on that awesome new project that’s going to make you rich and famous.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

I know whenever I’m looking to hire somebody for contract work or to share in projects I’m taking on I always check their website to learn more about them. In the days of brick and mortar a nice building projected the I’m here to stay message. Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 12, 2010 at 1:34 am Spot on.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

But there is something sexy about completing a project that you’re proud of and that results in a happy client who refers you to someone else while you cash his cheque at your bank. Amy Harrison runs Harrisonamy Copywriting. I think we have all experienced overnight success as bloggers. Glad thats over with.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

I can’t count the number of times over the years that someone else in my market space–a competitor, if you will–has approached me to work on a project with them or to take care of something for one of their clients that they can’t do. I’ve reached out to competitors to offer job opportunities, as well.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 3, 2010

I just recently began turning projects down (and oh my – the stress relief!). repeatedly reschedule meetings, fail to send promised information) to bring the project to a grinding halt once you drop everything for them. One of my new years resolutions is to change my default answer to “No&# instead of “Yes&#.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Like Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars, corrupted by what he fought against, bloggers and business hopefuls obliviously walk the same path as the fated Dark Lord of the Sith. 99% of LD bloggers are just making it up as they go along. The same goes for bloggers blogging about blogging. But we are all aware of how power corrupts.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 1, 2010

If you don’t give yourself one, you’ll subconsciously start creating your own breaks – by cutting corners, skimping on quality, rushing projects. You’ll have more revisions than usual, and that takes time away from projects that earn you money. Don’t freak out that you don’t have a project to work on.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Written by James - 19 Comments There’s a strategy used in copywriting, and it involves being authoritative, even aggressive. Every writer who has ever sent me samples hoping to get a project has sent me this sort of copy. It doesn’t. But it requires little skill and no finesse, so it’s easy and fun to write.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

While total writers’ block may be a reality for some individuals, for most of us we’re just stuck on a particular project. If you write for a living, you may well end up writing on projects that aren’t exactly thrilling to you. But I managed to finish the project by self-discipline. Excellent post.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 23, 2010

Answer: I am someone who gives 110% to every project. You’re just a very nice copywriter who wants to make a great human being sound human. The copywriters run screaming…) In my experience, people get more formal when they write. What we get often sounds more like this: Question: What kind of person are you?

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

How to get paid what you’re worth for every single project you write. • Oh, hang on, I do write on the web, just not a CopyWriter. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. And the next one.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

Deadlines seem to be my best motivator and with a self-imposed structure, I’m not sure self-education would force itself into my schedule in the way that projects with due dates do. I am 100% on board with creating your own courses and creating your own ‘class projects.’ I have to give my 2 cents.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

And many online copywriters are thrilled to land a new blogging gig – so thrilled they rarely pause to wonder if writing for their client’s blog is really the best investment of that person’s marketing budget. We’ve all heard the hype that every business must have a blog. Thanks for sharing.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 14, 2010

It’s to get you new clients, new projects, new referrals and better success – quickly. A website critique , a business consult , or a copywriting audit gives you a substantial report packed with info and suggestions for improvements for one a flat fee. Start setting aside 10% of your earnings from every project you work on.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 20, 2009

How do you tell your clients that you need an extension on a project because you’re sick? They won’t be shocked and dismayed when you finally do announce there’s no way in hell you can get out of bed and that their project is going to be late. If a client gets sick, you can bet the project gets pushed back. Scheduling helps.

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Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2010

It’s as true for novelists as it is for article writers, copywriters, or any other kind of writer. I did NaNo in 2007, thinking of doing it again this year, depending what stage my other writing projects are at. Thanks so much for this! Saralee Reply Saralee Etter July 22, 2010 at 9:56 am I loved this blog too! Thanks for this!

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

No one can give 110% effort on every project… it’s a mathematical impossibility. Why You’ll Never Swipe Your Way To Copywriting Success Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) May 24, 2010 at 9:20 am @Henry – Before I posted a job ad and publicized it, I did some direct headhunting. Don’t use canned answers.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

There are great copywriting and content creators that have enormously popular websites that do that for you. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. They’re all small business owners.

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