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What is Content Writing? 10 Essential Tips for Irresistible Content

Smart Blogger

It might include a blog post (like the one you’re reading now), video or podcast scripts , social media posts , ebooks , white papers , press releases, web pages, and the like. A freelance content writer creates web content that educates the reader and helps them fall in love with your company or brand.

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19 Ways to Win, Attract, and Retain High-Paying Clients

Freelance Magic

Or their poetry-dripping prose. By working with these agencies, you get your foot in the door and start building valuable relationships with folks inside these brands (if the agency allows direct contact with clients). Here’s a script you can tweak: “Hey {name}, I hope your day is going well so far! Phrasing is everything.

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The Mindset And Business Of Selling Books Direct With Russell Nohelty

The Creative Penn

So I was like, well, I've read a bunch of the scripts that I've been on camera with, and they're all not very good. So it's interesting, you mentioned you started off in visual creativity with camera operator and script writing and that kind of visual sense. So I could probably do at least this good.

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Writing Fast, Collaboration, And Author Mindset With Daniel Willcocks

The Creative Penn

Maybe we can do this together, help promote each other, and do it all under this unified brand. So when you're writing your prose not worried about swear words, you're not worried about sort of graphic material, it's just a place to play. It's freeing. So there's Jeremy Bates. Joanna: Oh, yes.

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Brands Often Overlook This Superhero of Storytelling

Content Marketing Institute

Yet some brands are working with top comics creators and publishers such as Marvel Comics. OK, maybe writing this article as a comic script isn’t such a great idea, even if prose is at a disadvantage when discussing such a visual medium. Why risk the reputation of your brand with poor quality work for some marginal savings?

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Everything You Want to Know About Becoming a Freelance Copywriter

Susan Greene

The words we write (our “copy”) sell products and services, convince people to take an action, or persuade them to think of a company or brand in a certain light. Script for a 90-second promotional video for a company that sells fraud-prevention software. I kept the length and all the nonsensical, pointless prose about the elephant.

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How to Make Your Content More Readable

Content Marketing Institute

Some studies show even highly educated people disengage rather than spend the mental energy to unpack dense, complicated prose. There’s no equivalent plain-language law in the commercial sector, but, given how fiercely brands compete for audience attention, they should be addressing it voluntarily. Research shows that the average U.S.