Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Maybe he wants a new website, or some copy, or marketing advice. Post by James Chartrand James Chartrand is a leading pro copywriter, online business consultant and the owner/founder/CEO of Men with Pens and Damn Fine Words , the game-changing writing course for business owners. So how often do you say it to your prospects?

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Around 2011, 2010, around that time, I was building out Twitter and becoming a Twitter influencer, and I started writing more inspirational content that I felt would help people. From 2011, that's more than a decade ago, so you put out your first poetry book. So 2011, I was thinking about the poetry book, but I had almost no direction.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2011

It’s the end of 2011. You might have put some effort into your website already. Maybe you need better website design. Maybe you need brilliant copy. We usually sell our 5-page web copy package for $2,387. Need a website AND web copy? Website Design. I’ve got news for you: The coming year?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 28, 2013

Everything I’ve just said isn’t news – all the pros tell you this: Write compelling website copy to pull in new customers. How do you make website copy more compelling and effective for your business?… first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 19, 2012

They complain they’re having trouble getting new clients or earning a decent living from their business, and after I take one glance at their website, I can see why. Most freelancers have a terrible website. Maybe the copy is terrible. I was planning to get around to that…” They know their website has problems.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

That’s about how long we spend on a website before deciding whether or not it’s worth our time. It’s possible to put your website in front of thousands of people on any given day. How you got them more clients – with great web design, fantastic copy, killer marketing strategies – was a detail. Considerably. It still works.

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Men With Pens

MAY 6, 2012

And if your business has a website, a blog, or operates online, then writing skills are crucial. Post by James Chartrand James Chartrand is an entrepreneur, a pro copywriter and the founder and CEO of Men with Pens and Damn Fine Words , the game-changing writing course for business owners. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Men With Pens

JULY 29, 2012

Far too many blog posts and pages of web copy are “I” or “we” focused like this: In this post, I’m going to teach you… We are a prize-winning company… Some “I” language is fine. Here’s an example: The tests were conducted on several websites… (passive voice). Want an example?

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Men With Pens

JUNE 12, 2011

So they give me the virtual finger, go work their asses off throwing together a business plan, mocking up a website, writing copy, and what have you. Post by James Chartrand James Chartrand is the pen name of a thirty-something copywriter, problogger and online entrepreneur from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Everyone knows that!!!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 1, 2013

Blog posts, newsletters, website copy, emails… you have to write a lot to achieve your business goals. You know you need copywriting for your website, but you aren’t really sure how to write website copy that actually brings you sales. The problem is that you don’t know how.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 15, 2012

I’ve been a copywriter for almost 20 years now. What works to make the doubt be quiet so we can get down to the business of hammering out copy for websites or ads for air conditioners or hey, even that novel we’ve got locked a drawer somewhere? When she couldn't find a website that would help her - she created one herself.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2012

Write compelling website copy to land clients and sales. How to create compelling web copy. It showed in their web copy, because it didn’t bring in sales. It first launched in September of 2011 to resounding success. All the pros tell you to write – and write lots, too. No one tells you how. How, how, how….

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Order a Silver business web design package before January 8 and get a brand new, swanky website design to show off your expertise – and get a free upgrade to our Gold web design package. Bundle Up Your Web Copy. Or brushing up your copywriting skills so you can make more money in 2011? We make this one real easy for you.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

You know this, because all the pros tell you to write compelling website copy to increase your client base and sales. How to write compelling website copy that draws in new customers. first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. Not after the course – after each lesson.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 9, 2013

You see, many people tell me they wish they could register for Damn Fine Words, because they know that if they could just get in the course… …they could set their business firmly on the path of success, because they’d finally have the skills to write engaging website copy that pulls in much-needed clients.

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

While the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported a 125% increase in digital magazine readership from 2010 to 2011 for consumer magazines, AdAge reported in March 2012 that the jump still only accounts for 1% of total paid and verified circulation. It’s the next hot item – and if you get ahead of the game, you can be one of the frontrunners.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Would a better website boost your sales? Would more focused web copy turn more visitors into clients? Post by James Chartrand James Chartrand is an entrepreneur, a pro copywriter and the founder and CEO of Men with Pens and Damn Fine Words , the game-changing writing course for business owners.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 20, 2012

You see, many people tell me they wish they could register for Damn Fine Words, and that if they could just get in… …they could finally start that online business, because they’d have the skills to write website copy that pulls in clients. She loves the color blue, her kids, and ice skating.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 8, 2012

According to the 2011 Technorati State of the Blog report , 90 percent of bloggers use some kind of multimedia on their site. This shouldn’t surprise you, but the most popular form is photos: With this in mind, just putting photos on your blog or website postings isn’t going to get you a lot of attention. Super-sized photos.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

In 2011 visual social media platforms like Pinterest and insta.gram exploded in use, signalling a trend towards lifecasting in a more visual way, which applies to the blogosphere too; readers want your pages to look interesting. From there, I click on an image and copy the URL to add into the blog post. Screen grabs.

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