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How to Organize Writing Projects | Men With Pens

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Reply Steve Errey - The Confidence Guy ( @SteveErrey ) February 25, 2010 at 12:02 pm It’s funny, when I’m not coaching I freelance as a Senior Producer in digital Ad and Marketing agencies in London, and I deal with big copywriting projects all the time. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

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5 Surefire Ways to Get Freelancing Clients | Men With Pens

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Announce the winners on your site, and offer a limited-time discount to anyone who didn’t win. The hard part of it all is convincing a client to work with a freelancer instead of an agency. Then, you select the winners from the best comments after the contest has been open for a week or two. Powered by frugal

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Why Good Copywriting Goes Bad: Ignorance | Men With Pens

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There are some helpful tips later in the article, but the non sequiturs that lead into them have no bearing whatsoever, especially if you work in an agency environment or as part of a larger company. Don’t go for the cheap laugh. Its a great way for you to get eyes on your business and traffic to your site. Powered by frugal

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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

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’ I’ve been writing in ad agencies for over 20 years now and have never seen the freelance side. However, starting my own agency 10 years ago was a lot like freelance: nerve wracking, gut wrenching and wondering if I’d get that next paycheck. Along the way I met a lot of freelance advertising and PR writers.

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Six Ways to Get More Juice from Your Freelancer | Men With Pens

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When training young people in ad agencies I always coach them to start with the positives, with the things they like and that are on target, then their comments will be better received and will have context. Joshua – To build on your point, as the client you need to be open to questions the freelancer might have about your brief.

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Do Clients Need to Like You to Buy? | Men With Pens

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Back when I used to work for advertising and marketing agencies, the client would choose from a list of agencies they had heard of and get us to pitch. All the agencies on their list could do the work, and had trust in the field built through reputation and client roster. I think we’ve all arrived at a very special place.

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Free Blog Posts | Men With Pens

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Limited time offer discounts, periodical sales, and fliers four times a year. It’s called a breach of Copyright. One can promote ideas, push policy, raise interest, and perhaps, in the long term, even change behavior. Then you function as an attention portal and ad agencies will pay attention. I think not.

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