Copywriters on the rack #32: Jo Millett
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What design agencies want from Freelance Copywriters
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Copywriters on the rack #31: Mel Barfield
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Don’t wait for the right time
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Is it just me, or can you still smell 2023?
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Suck on this, ChatGPT
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Freelance Copywriters need to play the long game
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The detours are the journey
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Copywriters on the rack #30: Tom Davies
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How to make your freelancers fall in love with you
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How to make your clients fall in love with you
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The serious business of redundancy in the creative industries
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Getting about a bit
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Taking yourself seriously – the shortcut to an early grave
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Sorry, but talent will only get you so far
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Copywriters on the rack #29: Dee Primett
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Seven reasons not to hire Jonathan Wilcock
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Copywriters on the rack #28: Dave Harland
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Tales of the Univited #6 Euston, we have a problem
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Pennies for your thoughts
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Copywriters on the rack #27: Andrew Boulton
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Copywriters on the rack #26: Ben McKinney
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First rule of freelancing – don’t be a pain in the arse
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Grab your disco knickers; we’re having a party
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Copywriters on the rack #25: Vikki Ross
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Forget everything you know (about copywriting)
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Copywriters on the rack #24: Ed Callow
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Copywriters on the rack #23: Ian David
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Copywriters on the rack #22: Sally Fox
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How to land your first copywriting job (aka, 1001 ways to skin an HR Director)
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Copywriters on the rack #21: Catherine Jones
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37 things I’ve learned from a career in copywriting
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Copywriters on the rack #20: Felicity Wild
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Copywriters on the rack #19: Glenn Fisher
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Why discounting your freelance copywriting fees doesn’t make (long-term) business sense
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Copywriters on the rack #18: Penny Brazier
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No one cares about freelance copywriters – get over it
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Copywriters on the rack #17: Fi Shailes
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Copywriters on the rack #16: Emily Penny
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Copywriters on the rack #15: Chris Miller
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Good Copywriters keep good company
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Copywriters on the rack #14: Katie Thompson
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Copywriters on the rack #13: Nigel Graber
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Tales of the Uninvited #5: Four years in the saddle.
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Copywriters on the rack #12: Emma Cownley
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There’s nowt wrong with being nice
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Copywriters on the rack #11: Joe Jeffries
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Tales of the uninvited #4: Junior Bake Off and the meaning of life
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Copywriters on the rack #10: Sophie Cross
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If you’re in the communication business, you need to communicate
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Copywriters on the rack #9: Lee Trott
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Copywriters on the rack #8: Fiona Thompson
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Tales of the uninvited #3: The day they killed advertising
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Copywriters on the rack #7: Nick Parker
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Copywriters on the rack #6: Sarah Townsend
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Copywriters on the rack #5: André Spiteri
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Freelance Copywriters adapt to survive
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Copywriters on the rack #4: Tom Albrighton
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Covid-19 has taught me to worry less (and helped me become a better Copywriter)
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Copywriters on the rack #3: Katherine Wildman
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Copywriters on the rack #2: Gareth Hancock
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Copywriters on the rack #1: Alice Hollis
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You must, you will, you are. How discipline can make you a better freelance writer.
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The best freelance copywriters never grow up
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Sometimes my job makes me weep
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5 reasons why you’ll never make it as a freelance copywriter
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Creativity doesn’t stop when there’s no brief
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Senses working overtime (even if I’m not). Seeing.
- Copywriting
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Senses working overtime (even if I’m not). Hearing.
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Freelance Copywriter and Back Pocket Philosopher
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6 steps to simplify your life and be a better freelance writer
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What do freelance copywriters do? A day in the life.
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Tales of the uninvited #2: A brush with death in Kashmir
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How to survive as a freelance copywriter – lessons learnt the hard way.
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Tales of the Uninvited #1: How to kill a pig
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Life lessons and copywriting parallels
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Nescience Foods launches ‘Virtchew’ Freeganitarian snack range
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Dot & Squiggle – life in the advertising agency
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Storytelling and copywriting – sorry, you’ve got it all wrong
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How I slapped myself out of the freelancer doldrums
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I’m making it all up as I go along
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The Anagram Murders (a short story…)
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- Creativity
Recent guest blog posts (to April 2019)
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Job satisfaction (a short story…)
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Is it good to expose yourself online?
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Why would anyone in their right mind pay for freelance copywriting services?
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Freelance creatives; spare a thought for your clients
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Headline unlovingly handcrafted in fluffy gray flannel, with a limp lining of blah blah blah etc.
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From German sausages to made up words, a Freelance Copywriter never stops learning.
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A copywriter needs thick skin and self-belief
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How do you doodle-do?
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We’re Drifting Apart (handling life in the creative department Part 2)
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Why you need to leave a g p in your copywriting
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Problem? Schmoblem! (handling life in the creative department Part 1)
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Grab a hi-vis vest; it’s Traffic Island Discs #2
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Traffic Island Discs
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The Official People’s Top ‘You Gotta Watch’ Movie List
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How to tell a creative copywriter their work sucks (without getting blood or tears on the carpet)
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The Non-Movie Buff’s Top 10 Movie List
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What is copywriting? Art or Science?
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Copywriting for the worst client in the world
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Why you should never compromise on creativity
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The Seven Deadly Skills of a Great Copywriter
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Rules are great. Let’s break ’em.
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Why I don’t use the F word
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Probing the creative mind #10 Jim Archer
- Advertising
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Why you don’t need a specialist freelance copywriter
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Do puns have a place in advertising?
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Creative freelancer v Creative agency
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40 freelance copywriting survival tips
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Brand tone of voice in action on the South Western line
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Probing the creative mind #9 Ed Prichard
- Copywriting
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8765 days (excluding weekends) in advertising and design
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Does brainstorming work?
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The agony of a freelance copywriter
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How freelance copywriters conquer writer’s block
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Where do creative ideas come from?
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Probing the creative mind #7 David Taylor
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What I learnt in 2017
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The So, What If… 9×9 photography game
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Probing the creative mind #6 Chris Harrison
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Am I a copywriter or a content writer? Yes!
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Probing the creative mind #5 Stephen Ambrose
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We’ve created a copywriting monster
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Probing the creative mind #4 – Mick Brigdale
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Music and creativity
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Getting creative with pumpkins
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Freelance copywriter – passing the copy test
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Probing the creative mind #3 – Alex Bamford
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Probing the creative mind #2 – Riz Jaffer-Clarke
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Probing the creative mind #1 – Mick Sands
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How to write a creative brief
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Choosing a freelance copywriter
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So, What If…
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Copywriting – the art of the one liner
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Copy editing – get to the point
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Advertising doesn’t work!
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