I was delighted to discover, earlier this week, that I’ve been nominated for the top ten of the best writers’ blogs on the Writing White Papers website. Very uplifting, particularly when you consider that the nomination might have come from a fellow writer. Now the pressure is on to try and maintain whatever it is […]
How to Protect the Copyright of Your Copywriting, and Get Juicy Backlinks on Autopilot
Content thieves. They’re everywhere these days. You could say the term ‘copy writing’ has never been more apt. It’s not just the copy sweatshops and unscrupulous business owners guilty of lifting other people’s content and claiming it as their own. Even professional journalists are at it. The Independent’s Johann Hari had to hand back his George Orwell […]
How to Write a White Paper in Eight Simple Steps and Earn Up To $1000 Per Page
Do you offer white paper copywriting services? If not, allow me to try and convince you. We know that info marketing is all the rage these days, with inbound marketing the latest rebranding of what blogging is all about. As such, there’s lots of demand for copywriters that know how to write fact based long […]
Are you an SEO copywriter? Maybe you should change your title to content strategist
SEO is changing fast. No longer is it a mystery only the technically minded can understand. The rules are clear: create a well built website and fill it with content people want to read and share. When combined with a promotion strategy, traffic and higher rankings will naturally follow. This Spartan sounding approach to SEO […]
Anybody know a good Belgian translator/copywriter?
I’ve been working on a website that needs to be translated into Belgian for a French and Belgian audience. There’s around 4000 words that will need to be translated and it’s vital it doesn’t lose the friendly tone. So I’m looking for someone that’s fluent in Belgian with copywriting expertise, rather than just a straight translator. […]
Video Copywriting Tips
If you’ve arrived here looking for a video copywriting service, please visit this page for more information. Have you created a video about your business yet? If not you might want to, because the video revolution is here. A recent Comscore Video Metric report found that last May 84.5 percent of the US internet audience […]
The Truth about SEO Copywriting – It’s about Customers, Not Keywords
There are few professions that can compete with the air of mystery that surrounds SEO. In fact, David Copperfield could learn a thing or two about misdirection and creating mystique from a chat with an SEO consultant. But things are changing. Google’s algorithm is getting ever more sophisticated, and the attempts to game it ever […]
Should B2B copywriters use long form sales letters on corporate websites?
Ah, the long form sales letter. Such a bone of contention among copywriters. Many will deride their length, saying nobody has the patience to read pages of copy these days, whilst direct marketing copywriters, who test avidly, will tell you otherwise. When discussing long form copy, many people will picture those get rich quick schemes […]
Ahhhhh!! My blog has been hacked!!!!! How to avoid this happening to you
I’d always believed that, much like email scams and credit card fraud, having your website hacked is the sort of thing that happens to other people, but never to you. After all, I’d never be so foolish as to allow tricksters to get the better of me! Unfortunately, I fell foul of this fallacy last Friday. […]
Which Marketing Channel is the Most Trusted? Our Survey Says…
Getting people to trust you has always been a cornerstone of effective copywriting. It’s a simple principle: if people believe what you say, they’re more likely to buy. A key factor in building trust, that’s often ignored, is the channel you use. An advertorial, for example, in a well respected broadsheet is likely to have […]