Men With Pens

MARCH 30, 2010

And the next time you have sales copy to write for a client where the standards – money and success – really do apply, ask yourself why customers want them for and for what purpose. Get us to write your sales copy. 9 Responses to “How to Write Sales Copy When the Standards Don’t Apply&# Comments Read below or add a comment.

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

They’re also a great way to wow business clients with your portfolio. Post by Melissa Thomas Mellissa Thomas is a freelance copywriter, copy editor , and blog junkie sharing her business journey with new and growing entertainment business entrepreneurs over at E.i. Crazy bonus touch? How To Make a Digital Flipbook. EditionDuo.

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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

APRIL 25, 2010

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. Reorganize your GTD folder. If for no other reason, do it for the irony. He really wants you to visit his blog today.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

Back in 2006 I noticed I started getting a lot of two types of emails: People wanting to hire bloggers would email me asking if I knew anyone suitable for a blogging job that they had. While it started slow with just a new job every few days – since 2006 we’ve had well over 10,000 jobs listed! How to Apply for a Blogging Job.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2010

Well, she would have been, except she called copywriters vanilla. There are copywriters, bloggers, academic writers (the vanilla of the writing world?), Get a copy of Chip and Dan Heath’s book Made to Stick if you want the authoritative take on this.) Can we have disco music and flashing lights?) Now I’m offended.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 23, 2010

Why don’t you answer a couple of questions for us about who you really are, and we’ll use that information to make your web copy sound more like you? They don’t know the reasons, or they don’t have the ability we have to work them into their own web copy. Then you can go put that voice into the web copy. Make a note.

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Men With Pens

MAY 9, 2010

The never-fail secret to making sure your client is thrilled with the web copy you write 99.999% of the time. 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.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 18, 2010

With summer break coming up and me not having to teach, I plan on spending a great deal of my time working on finding a way to make a living with my writing, fiction and copy. The response was pretty overwhelming. Professor Beej ( @professorbeej ) March 18, 2010 at 11:56 pm I would simply adore being able to pay for this kind of course.

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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! Hell yeah Nice post.

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

Speaking of links, if you have an ugly website with horrible copy that doesn’t reflect your skills, please don’t tell us. A poor-copy website with a tacky, broken design is kind of like pulling down your pants – at the wrong time. Get your copy today. DON’T point to a really bad website. We have this.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

You could write new copy to draw readers in closer and get them hiring you more. Secrets of Writing Killer Copy Reply Giulietta Nardone ( @giuliettaspeaks ) March 1, 2010 at 9:12 am Hi James, Excellent advice about when to say yes and when to say no. Pick a project that will help further your success. Jodi Kaplan´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

All copywriters and graphic artists welcome. Since I’m sadly short of copywriting clients at the moment (I blame my almost-nonexistent promotional efforts for this), I’ve been concentrating on fiction lately. Even if I´m not one of your copywriter-followers I come here almost every day for good stuff, just because. ;D

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

Back in 2006 I noticed I started getting a lot of two types of emails: People wanting to hire bloggers would email me asking if I knew anyone suitable for a blogging job that they had. While it started slow with just a new job every few days – since 2006 we’ve had well over 10,000 jobs listed! How to Apply for a Blogging Job.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Usually copy comes in nice bite-sized chunks: a webpage, a blog post, an article, a press release. 18 Responses to “How to Organize Huge Copywriting Projects&# Comments Read below or add a comment. Little ebooks. About the amount of information you’d get in five decent-lengthed blog posts. Actual books. For publication.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

They say that good marketing depends on catchy headlines, great copy, and solid branding , and it does. What “They&# Aren’t Saying Write headlines and copy. What does it take, mentally, for you to write million-dollar headlines , bold copy, and recruit affiliates? Get branding. Find affiliates. All of that, yes.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

People want to see your portfolio, your testimonials, and your professional-looking website. If you keep seeing clients come to your sales page and run off without buying, you probably want to take a class in writing killer sales copy that converts. Especially since no one cares about your degree. That’s right. You’re a freelancer.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

If you decide you need a website or blog with the perfect look to attract new customers and killer copy that hooks them, draws them in and gets them saying yes, contact us at Men with Pens today. I am currently putting together a brochure/portfolio/website and I check your archives regularly for ideas on how to pitch myself.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

Reply susan ( @susanfinch ) April 12, 2010 at 8:42 pm It sounds like he needs a website and branding that isn’t just like everyone else, that’s not a typical splash page with a formulated copy deck of info. One of the best copywriters I’ve seen lately is Copylicious, clean, quirky copy with something interesting to say.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

Oh, hang on, I do write on the web, just not a CopyWriter. Should said person who may have or may not have purchased something in the past present a receipt via email to Mr. James Pen Man (who of course does not exist either), said person would receive a beautiful, lovely free copy of the ebook that doesn’t exist.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

You and I understand the term stakeholder, but to someone running their own copywriting business, they could conjure of images of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At least I invoice upon submission of draft copy, so that’s not a worry. PM Hut – I don’t disagree that it is an oversimplified definition. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2010

Reply Mike April 4, 2010 at 11:39 pm Doing pro bono work is a great idea–wonderful way to build a portfolio and make connections. But — and this is a big BUT — I now have a large portfolio of my work and just got my first blogging client (to the point of having a niche). Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 12, 2010

Yeah, handwriting has its advantages, especially if you do a lot of “creative&# writing, such as novels, short stories, ad copy, blogging, etc. You copywriters are oh so deceiving But yes, clean the attic. ANYTHING that gets the process moving is good. Where the hell are the pictures of hotties in bikinis and wet T shirts?

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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. You can spruce up the conversion rate of their existing site content and sales copy.

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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. Reply Carl Thoren ( @CarlThoren ) April 16, 2010 at 6:12 am One of the best decisions I made as a writer, was to become a full-time Copywriter.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 18, 2010

Not that there should be rules or too much structure around blogging, because I don’t agree with that, but we should never copy someone else’s material or jump on the bandwagon just to continue to produce content. If we are keeping up with trends, then we need to make sure we bring something else to the table. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

MAY 30, 2010

Allow me to demonstrate in a fictitious piece of sales copy targeting my teen: “Dearest daughter of mine, Imagine it’s the end of summer and the last day of work. If your web copy is putting your visitors to sleep, contact us today. That rockstar feeling? That’s one hell of an emotional benefit. Nor would she want to.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Frank ( @[link] ) February 22, 2010 at 4:27 am I think it’s really interesting to look back at copy that you have written. I know the feeling about having written something years ago – one that comes to mind is a short story of the theft of a spoon – and wishing we had that copy today.

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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. … How’d you manage to get two copies?&# Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

Keep a copy handy and let executors know how to access this information so they can post it if they need to. Leave a copy with your notary or lawyer to have him attach it to the will, or put it in a safety deposit box that’s been listed in your testament. So go ahead. Write something up, just in case. We need a custodian too.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

It’s all over the place, because plenty of experts (and not-so-experts) suggest reading aloud as a way to improve your work for sparkling copy. I know I write well, my posts get attention, my web copy sells. Since then, I read all my copy out loud. I know you’ve seen this writing tip before. Or are you? Reply Mary E.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

So far, I’ve never miss a deadline and I come up with a copy that my clients love. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. I hate writing boot camps as it feels like being pressured to write.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

I wrote web copy and ebooks and taglines and fiction and all kinds of writerly stuff. One of the greatest help to me in breaking through my stiff, “this is business’ muse was participating over at Creative Copy Challenge. I couldn’t write. Well, that’s not entirely true. I could write. Not blog posts, though.

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Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2010

Are You Turning Away Customers By Sounding Stuffy or Stroppy in your Web Copy? It seemed like I would have plenty of time to handle a few copywriting jobs, do some yard work and do all the other things on my to-do list. I can see a massacre of unneeded chores on my to do list happening today. Amy Harrison´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

The web copy itself is a bigger concern. Be more concise, have a more confident tone, and use excitement and urgency in your web copy so that it catches attention quickly and pulls visitors toward the inevitable step of contacting you. contact form might reassure your potential clients and let them know they won’t have long to wait.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2010

Should You Write Your Own Copy? Should You Write Your Own Copy? It’s a simple copy paste jobs even if there ARE images. Should You Write Your Own Copy? Reviewing them is a lot of extra work. Good luck to everyone who wants to guest post. I hope this perspective from the other side has helped.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Even Taylor, a Men with Pens copywriter, doesn’t really think she gets much out of her college degree when she does her job. My life changed and I found myself following a different career path – several of them, in fact, before I became a copywriter and settled in quite happily. And she has a degree in ENGLISH , for Pete’s sake.

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