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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

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Dress in comfortable clothes (I recommend Hawaiian shirts). You have to be disciplined with money, a skill many writers don’t have. I’ve also done the freelancing thing–learning to market myself, developing my money management skills and learned to juggle. You can enjoy a quiet, stress-free work environment.

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Why Good Copywriting Goes Bad: Ignorance | Men With Pens

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Foreign language copywriters or professional translators skilled at intercultural communications adapt your key messages to targets whose cultural values and references can differ significantly. Good copy will reveal that the emperor is has no clothes. These experts should be brought on board at the beginning of the word food chain.

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Why You Don't Need to Mimic Someone Else's Fame | Men With Pens

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However, he isn’t stodgy, and his social skills are better than mine. Writing is a skill that I will be working on much more over the next several years to lifetime. MwP is Powered by… Sign up now and get access to exclusive content, deals and discounts, sneak previews and all sorts of secret stuff you wont want to miss.

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What's Under the Hood of Your Web Copy? | Men With Pens

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If you write web copy that speaks of being good in sales but sounds like it comes from a casual, laid-back stay-at-home mom, your client won’t be pleased if she’s actually a businesswoman who wears upscale clothes to impress clients at high-profile meetings every day at her downtown office. Ragnar´s last blog.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

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However, if they go to develop skills like writing and critical thinking, to learn more about the world and to connect with future leaders, then university is invaluable. I have used those skills almost every day of my working life. And now I coach public speaking skills. I did an Arts degree (Modern Languages).

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Creative Mind Cleaning | Men With Pens

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Possibly behind that couch in the corner, the one buried under boxes and old clothes. But then again, I know that my copywriting skills never seem to flag, and I credit that to the fact that I never have more than a few days go by without some sort of copy to write. That story you thought of in 1999 is still in there, somewhere.

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Princess Bride Guide to Copywriting | Men With Pens

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By that, I mean you should experiment and learn new skills. Day 3, 5 Ways to Enhance Your Writing Skills Reply Eric C ( @onviolence ) January 20, 2010 at 11:21 am I usually hate posts like these because they seem forced, but actually each one of these was right on. Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.

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