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About Rob Chidley

Professional copywriter, author and self-taught, improvisational gardener.

Looking for a freelancer?

Posted on February 22, 2012

I’ve just joined Guru.com – a new kind of website which allows freelancers place bids on live jobs in an international forum.  The only problem with this method of finding work is that the freelancer has to pay to bid on … Continue reading →

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Do you belong?

Posted on February 15, 2012

I follow people on Twitter and people follow me.  Twitter has been with us a while and now charities and corporate bodies are talking of accompanying their parters/investors and on whichever symbolic journey they want to take in business or … Continue reading →

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Social Media made easy

Posted on February 6, 2012

The folks at Instagram have helped us all out by boiling down the complex world(s) of Social Media into one easy page: Easy, ain’t it?

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The Messages of 2011 – in review

Posted on January 25, 2012

Exactly 12 months ago, on 25th January 2011, the revolution in Egypt began. Wael Ghonim, a marketing manager for Google and political activist, used the social media site Facebook (have you heard of it?) to organise a campaign of non-violent … Continue reading →

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God Bless Editors Everywhere!

Posted on December 16, 2011

Having been published, and having advised others on marketing their books, I thought I had a pretty strong understanding of the processes that occur in producing a book. My experience in publishing just got a little wider. I just helped … Continue reading →

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Introducing

Posted on November 24, 2011

Amy and I are proud to introduce to the world our son, Richard Charles Chidley, born at 19.56 on Wednesday 23rd November 2011.  He weighed in at 6lbs 8oz and is entirely handsome and perfect in every way. Amy experienced … Continue reading →

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A quick note to say…

Posted on October 21, 2011

I’m the guest blogger for STEWARDSHIP, a rather different kind of finance organisation that helps charities and other worthy causes maximise their £giving power through tax efficiency and other clever means.  They balance the spiritual and practical very well, and … Continue reading →

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Lemonade and other challenges

Posted on October 20, 2011

I love being a freelance copywriter.  One reason is that the hardest jobs are often the most fun, especially if they don’t end as you’d imagined in the beginning.  That’s the joy of the creative process. The tough tasks throw … Continue reading →

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Busy days

Posted on October 5, 2011

The next few days are packed with good stuff! Tomorrow I am interviewing a wonderful lady about her time in Austria when she ran a staging post for covert missionaries into Eastern-block states during the Cold War.  Afterwards, I am … Continue reading →

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Christmas with the Copywriters

Posted on September 29, 2011

It is traditional at this time of year for supermarkets to stock their Seasonal Aisle with advent calendars, stollen and stocking-shaped packaging full of branded chocolate bars.  These corporate hogs must have an economic reason for doing so because they … Continue reading →

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