Category Archives: Copywriting

Looking for a freelancer?

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?

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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The Messages of 2011 – in review

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!

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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Lemonade and other challenges

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

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

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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Non-Verbal Communication

I have just signed up for a course in British Sign Language (Stage One) with a local provider.  I’ve always wanted to learn BSL and be able to communicate in a way that relies wholly on observation, interaction and empathy … Continue reading

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First post

My first post; what to write?  I shall tell you what this blog is for: it is to draw together impressions from my professional copywriting, other client work & experiences of being an author. The garden may creep its way … Continue reading

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