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Should You Package Your Copywriting Services?

By Nicki Krawczyk 4 Comments

A man wearing a blue t-shirt and matching baseball cap with black shorts is standing against a yellow wall and holding three cardboard boxes. He also has a curious expression on his face.

One of the keys to selling copywriting services—or selling anything, really—is to make it as easy as possible for a potential client to say yes. The more obvious you can make it that your solution is the best solution, the faster you’ll get them to hire you. The tricky thing is that many would-be clients aren’t entirely sure of exactly what they need. Or they may think they … [Read more...]

Land Copywriting Clients With These 35 Tips

By Nicki Krawczyk 2 Comments

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Looking for copywriting clients is a big part of your job. (At least initially; eventually referrals will make everything much easier.) Many new copywriters can fall into a little bit of a client-search trap, though: They pick one method of searching and stick with it. If that method works consistently for you, then great. But it’s much more likely that that method will be … [Read more...]

How To Use Quizzes and Surveys to Attract Copywriting Clients

By Nicki Krawczyk 4 Comments

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In an ideal world, a client who needed copy would magically find your portfolio site, instantly know you’re the right copywriter for them, and immediately hire you for their many, lucrative projects. <sigh> In the real world, it’s a little more complicated. First, you have to capture a prospective client’s attention. Then, you often have to “nurture” your prospective … [Read more...]

Should I Pay to Advertise My Copywriting Business?

By Nicki Krawczyk 2 Comments

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If you ever look at Meta, Instagram, Google, TikTok, or any number of platforms, you encounter a ton of ads for lots of products and services. After a while, it’s hard not to wonder, “If it’s working for them, wouldn’t it work for me?” Does paid advertising work for a copywriting business? Paid advertising can be a great place to way to get a lot of traffic to your portfolio … [Read more...]

Creative Ways to Market Yourself as a Copywriter

By Nicki Krawczyk 2 Comments

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Marketing your copywriting services via your website, networking, and with pitch emails is both crucial and here to stay. But with new technology and new outlets appearing every day, there are all kinds of opportunities to market yourself as a copywriter in new and creative ways. As I’ve said before, and I’m sure I’ll say thousands of times more, you absolutely must have an … [Read more...]

Why Copywriting Matters So Much

By Nicki Krawczyk Leave a Comment

I was talking to a young woman who was thinking through her career options. She was good at writing (I’m sure you can relate) and was interested in copywriting. Her big objection to it, though? “Yeah, but I want my job to really mean something.” She had no idea how much she didn’t understand. People tend to think of marketing and sales as bad things; “forcing” people … [Read more...]

Copywriting Q&A: 4 New Trends in Portfolios

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4 New trends in copywriting portfolios

It used to be that your simply portfolio entailed a big binder with printouts of all of your best work. But welcome to 2016 kids—here’s what portfolios are looking like today... Today’s question comes from Nedda H., who asks, “I’ve worked hard to make my samples awesome. Is there anything you can recommend to make the way I present them awesome, too?” First, let’s start … [Read more...]

What’s a CTA or Call to Action?

By Nicki Krawczyk 1 Comment

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As a copywriter, the pieces you write will almost always include a CTA. CTA stands for call to action. A CTA is the copy you use to tell the reader what you want them to do next. A CTA is the action you want the user to take.So, if you’re writing an email and the goal is to get them to buy a certain product, it may mean linking the text “shop now,” or even working with the … [Read more...]

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Portfolio Tips

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