[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In today’s marketing world, you need to wear a lot of hats. With SEO, PR and content marketing all converging like never before, you need to be clued up on multiple areas if you want to be the added value copywriter clients are crying out for these days. A great way of building up your […]
Popups Not Working? Create Lead Magnets Instead
Hopefully, last week’s post on the folly of chasing Likes instead of leads had you nodding sagely in agreement. Now that’s out of the way, I’m sure you’d like to know how today’s smart marketers are generating leads like gangbusters? As with many of the best tactics, this one is nothing new. All it involves […]
11 Tools to Power Your Content Marketing Planning in 2015
The first week of January is nearly over and my resolutions to get up earlier and drink less coffee are a distant memory. But I hope you’ll join me in sticking to one resolution this year, and that’s to be one of the smart marketers planning for success in 2015, and not just jettisoning content […]
I’ve started doing Inbound Marketing, and this is why you should too
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] For years now, content marketers (myself included) have been banging their drum on how the old outbound tactics of email blasts, unmeasurable magazine ads and carpet bombing messages aren’t working anymore. Today’s buyer is too savvy. They’re not as clueless as they were 10 or 20 years ago. With so much information at their […]
10 Questions to Convert Copywriting Prospects into Clients
Responding to email enquiries is a lot like fishing. You dangle a rod (a.k.a your marketing strategy) waiting for a prospect to swim by and take nibble on your hook. Fail to bait it properly, with the right offer, and you wont develop enough interest to reel them in. The same applies if you try to reel them in too quickly […]
Define Your Client’s ‘Why’ to Give Them a USP Competitors Can’t Copy
‘Why’? It’s an important question. As copywriters, it’s something we ask relentlessly. Why should people buy this product? Why is it better than the other options? It’s also a much deeper question than I realized. As you know, people buy things based on emotion or subconscious decisions, whether it’s fear, hope, greed or any of […]
6 Sales Tips for Copywriters and Freelancers
Why is it that we’re full of ideas on promoting our clients’ businesses but shrivel up and look for somewhere to hide when it comes to selling our own? Many of us chose this road because we’re happier tapping keyboards than greasing palms. But if you want to thrive, and not just survive, an ongoing […]
Copywriting is Easy
I’m about to share some information that could destroy my business. What I’m about to tell you could cause sales of my new eBook to plummet, shakes of the head from peers and derision throughout the industry. I could even be banned from future conferences and subjected to a writ forbidding me from speaking of […]
How to Update Your PR Strategy to Stop Publishing into the Digital Vacuum But Instead Generate Real Results for Your Clients
PR used to be a lonely soul. It would perform tasks in isolation, diligently writing back slapping press releases to keep the boardroom happy. But times have changed. PR has since been brought in from the cold to work shoulder to shoulder with the rest of the marketing crew. Social media and modern content creation […]
8 Ways to Boost Your Copywriting Business’ Revenue in 2014 – An Early Xmas Gift from The Copywriter’s Crucible
Just a quick note to wish you all a merry Christmas. Hopefully, you’re demanding clients are allowing you some time away from the keys to spend with your families and to indulge in the festive spirit. If not, just think of the money. The end of the year is always a good time to reflect […]