On Careers And Business This is a quick article having seen a guy on Reddit talking about his agency copywriting work, how much raise should he ask for and whether or not he could ask for a 10% raise from his junior copywriting position. This makes me want to clarify some thoughts on the agency/traditional…
Yesterday I posted a collection of articles on market research. Then I received a follow up question about finding the target audience. Most gurus would say, “load up your keyword research tool and see what people are searching for.” Big mistake. Keyword research goes a lot further down the road than that. SurvivingMyTwenties, who asked…
Commenter Kyle left his thoughts on this article the other day: That’s a good tip, but you would think that hundreds of freelancers would have already pounced on this. I guess if you niche down really far it could work. To summarise for those of you who hate clicking links, the article is about flipping…
Social Media For Niche Sites Sometimes people ask me about social media for niche sites. I’ve written about it before, but for the life of me I can’t find where. It was early in the niche site challenge so I’m pretty sure my views have evolved anyway. Here’s what I think about how to use…
How Not To Get Copywriting Work Another quick browse of reddit’s copywriting subforum confirms that the competition for copywriters is as weak as ever. Check out this plea for clients: Now, usually when I do these “observational studies” I’ll try and reach out to the person in need of help. This guy has deleted his…
Here’s a useful and practically free tip I use whenever I have a new brainwave idea. It’s similar to the future notebook idea I posted about a week or two ago. When you have a new project idea, be it an e-commerce store, an informational product or a service business, here’s what you need to…
Niche Site Challenge Week 48 It’s week 48 of the niche site challenge. Every week I post an update on the year-long challenge I’m doing that involves building niche sites for fun and profit. I write these updates to state what I’ve done (or not) and with random thoughts about niche site building. What Did…
Reader Question: Writing About Products You Don’t Own A reader emailed me a few weeks back asking about how to write for his own niche sites. He said he felt uncomfortable writing about products he’d never used before. Now, I’ve covered this before on the blog. What was interesting about this case is that he…
All Romance E-Books and Why You Should Be Act Like A Publisher Way back in the archives, I talked about topics like copyright, the publishing industry and thinking about your words as assets in the future. For a good few years, I wrote and sold short stories as a hobby. It was much later that…
Welcome To 2017! Happy New Year to you all. You’re probably out having fun, or nursing a headache from last night. That is, if you didn’t read my advice from Friday. Regardless, let’s talk about some of the stuff you can do to ensure you have a great 2017. This list is mainly focused on…