Why copywriting is a lot like reality TV I say ‘reality TV’. You think of… fit families hopping from pillar to post to avoid a sea of bright red lava…...
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Quiz: Which type of freelancer are you? Let me kick off by saying: I’m a little bit of all of the below. But, if I have to choose three, I’d...
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The most irritating things freelance clients say x10 This article simmered inside me for years. And back in 2013, when a bad cough was just a bad cough, and I...
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Hey freelancer! Recognise these guys from the coffee shop days? Eish. I miss the coffee-shop-hop. Back when, as freelancers in search of ambient noise and caffeine, we’d find our favourite...
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Financial freedom for freelancers (& other oxymoron’s) In 2015, I attended a presentation by Dr John Demartini. You know, the dark-haired dude on the streetpole ads in Sandton? The one...
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Freelancing advice: To freebie or not to freebie? Need some freelancing advice? There’s nothing that gets my back up as much as being asked to provide free freelance writing work...
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What to do as a freelancer when everything’s urgent If I had R100 for every time a client – prospective, new or regular – called or emailed me and said, “Ha...
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Being a freelancer: 5 things that continually surprise meClue: Being a freelancer isn't always what we think it'll be. Most people are good people (who intend to pay). I used...
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I’ve been freelancing for 15 years this year, and every year from 2005 to 2017 I sent out word of an annual rate increase in my year-end Thank You card….
Copywriting? So much more than writing. Contrary to what you might believe, not even half of the copywriting job is the actual writing. If I were forced to apply a…